Wi-Fi Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 99 274
Rank change year-on-year -165 +175 -8
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 534 1,037 519
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 2.99% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.97% 17.94% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 434 234 385
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,325 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £28,621
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.67% -3.85%
75th Percentile £48,598 £49,875 £47,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Wi-Fi falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,355 5,781 6,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.83% 16.66% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,591 3,164 4,468
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £36,026 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% -19.94% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Wi-Fi relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -83 177 £36,250 -12.65% 61
North of England +27 118 £31,000 -11.43% 42
Midlands -110 103 £40,000 +5.96% 36
North West +20 64 £31,000 +6.90% 22
South West -81 62 £38,378 +18.08% 13
East of England -121 55 £33,250 -14.19% 18
West Midlands -33 53 £43,750 +15.89% 27
East Midlands -90 50 £40,000 -3.03% 9
Yorkshire -16 42 £38,750 -3.13% 17
Wales -43 18 £29,250 -13.97% 5
North East -46 12 £30,000 -25.00% 6
Scotland +12 8 £28,000 -15.15% 7
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 113 (21.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 105 (19.66%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.56%) Apache
3 3 (0.56%) IIS
4 2 (0.37%) Confluence
5 1 (0.19%) HCL Domino
5 1 (0.19%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 28 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.56%) Trello
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.12%) Raiser’s Edge
3 4 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 234 (43.82%) Microsoft 365
2 136 (25.47%) Azure
3 128 (23.97%) Entra ID
4 26 (4.87%) AWS
5 21 (3.93%) OneDrive
6 14 (2.62%) Mimecast
7 11 (2.06%) Google Workspace
8 9 (1.69%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
9 7 (1.31%) SaaS
10 6 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.56%) Asana
11 3 (0.56%) ClickUp
11 3 (0.56%) GCP
11 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.56%) Stripe
12 2 (0.37%) IaaS
12 2 (0.37%) PaaS
12 2 (0.37%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 233 (43.63%) Firewall
2 145 (27.15%) LAN
3 144 (26.97%) VPN
4 137 (25.66%) WAN
5 125 (23.41%) DNS
6 110 (20.60%) DHCP
7 109 (20.41%) VLAN
8 83 (15.54%) Wireless
9 76 (14.23%) VoIP
10 68 (12.73%) Internet
11 63 (11.80%) TCP/IP
12 55 (10.30%) Network Security
13 41 (7.68%) Cisco Nexus
14 37 (6.93%) Broadband
15 31 (5.81%) Structured Cabling
16 30 (5.62%) Bluetooth
17 26 (4.87%) OSPF
18 25 (4.68%) BGP
19 23 (4.31%) SD-WAN
20 16 (3.00%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.56%) MySQL
2 3 (0.56%) Power BI
3 2 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.19%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (2.81%) Git
2 9 (1.69%) JIRA
3 6 (1.12%) GDB
3 6 (1.12%) GitLab
3 6 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 174 (32.58%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.74%) Telecoms
3 35 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (3.93%) Public Sector
6 19 (3.56%) Manufacturing
6 19 (3.56%) Retail
7 18 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.00%) Finance
9 13 (2.43%) Electronics
9 13 (2.43%) Law
10 12 (2.25%) Advertising
11 8 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.75%) Wearables
14 3 (0.56%) Marketing
14 3 (0.56%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.37%) Billing
15 2 (0.37%) Military
16 1 (0.19%) Games
Job Titles
1 175 (32.77%) IT Support
2 126 (23.60%) Support Engineer
3 124 (23.22%) IT Engineer
4 109 (20.41%) IT Support Engineer
5 98 (18.35%) Senior
6 82 (15.36%) Network Engineer
7 71 (13.30%) Analyst
8 50 (9.36%) Support Technician
9 44 (8.24%) IT Technician
10 42 (7.87%) IT Support Technician
11 40 (7.49%) Senior Network Engineer
12 35 (6.55%) 2nd Line Support
13 34 (6.37%) Sales Executive
14 33 (6.18%) Senior Analyst
14 33 (6.18%) Support Analyst
15 31 (5.81%) IT Analyst
16 29 (5.43%) Network Analyst
17 27 (5.06%) Senior Network Analyst
18 26 (4.87%) Security Analyst
18 26 (4.87%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.25%) Yocto
2 6 (1.12%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.75%) pytest
3 4 (0.75%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (0.56%) Flash
4 3 (0.56%) Web Services
5 2 (0.37%) Terraform
6 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 92 (17.23%) Driving Licence
2 57 (10.67%) Onboarding
3 44 (8.24%) CCTV
4 40 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (5.06%) IoT
6 17 (3.18%) Embedded Systems
7 15 (2.81%) Device Driver
8 14 (2.62%) Security Posture
9 11 (2.06%) Raspberry Pi
10 9 (1.69%) Clustering
10 9 (1.69%) FMCG
10 9 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.69%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.50%) ARM Cortex
12 6 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.94%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.94%) EPoS
13 5 (0.94%) Fibre Optics
14 4 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 218 (40.82%) Windows
2 106 (19.85%) Windows Server
3 73 (13.67%) Windows 10
4 38 (7.12%) Mac OS
5 31 (5.81%) Linux
6 28 (5.24%) Android
7 21 (3.93%) Apple iOS
8 20 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 13 (2.43%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
13 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (29.96%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (27.34%) Customer Service
3 141 (26.40%) Cybersecurity
4 78 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (14.42%) Disaster Recovery
6 55 (10.30%) ITIL
7 51 (9.55%) Business Continuity
8 48 (8.99%) Vulnerability Management
9 44 (8.24%) Incident Management
9 44 (8.24%) Service Delivery
10 38 (7.12%) SIEM
11 37 (6.93%) Data Security
11 37 (6.93%) Penetration Testing
11 37 (6.93%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 36 (6.74%) Network Load Balancing
13 34 (6.37%) Mentoring
13 34 (6.37%) Project Delivery
14 32 (5.99%) Mobile Device Management
14 32 (5.99%) Time Management
15 30 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.99%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.06%) C
3 20 (3.75%) Python
4 16 (3.00%) Embedded C
4 16 (3.00%) SQL
5 14 (2.62%) C++
6 4 (0.75%) Bash
7 2 (0.37%) Bicep
7 2 (0.37%) Go
7 2 (0.37%) Rust
8 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.19%) Ruby
8 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (11.24%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (9.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (9.55%) Degree
4 39 (7.30%) CCNA
5 25 (4.68%) CCNP
6 24 (4.49%) DBS Check
7 21 (3.93%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (2.81%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (2.62%) Security Cleared
10 13 (2.43%) SC Cleared
11 12 (2.25%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.50%) CIPD
14 7 (1.31%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.12%) AWS Certification
16 4 (0.75%) CISSP
16 4 (0.75%) MCSA
16 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 3 (0.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (9.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 30 (5.62%) SLA
3 20 (3.75%) GDPR
3 20 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (1.69%) JTAG
6 4 (0.75%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 209 (39.14%) Active Directory
2 76 (14.23%) Hyper-V
3 51 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.81%) Firmware
5 12 (2.25%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.12%) vSphere
7 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.56%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.37%) iptables
10 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 84 (15.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
3 14 (2.62%) FortiGate
3 14 (2.62%) SCCM
4 7 (1.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.75%) Iperf
6 3 (0.56%) Autotask
6 3 (0.56%) cPanel
6 3 (0.56%) Plesk
6 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.56%) WSUS
7 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.19%) Ansible
7 1 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 256 (47.94%) Microsoft
2 122 (22.85%) Cisco
3 75 (14.04%) Aruba
4 61 (11.42%) Palo Alto
4 61 (11.42%) VMware
5 44 (8.24%) SonicWALL
6 41 (7.68%) Qualys
7 38 (7.12%) Veeam
8 27 (5.06%) Apple
8 27 (5.06%) Fortinet
9 26 (4.87%) Ubiquiti
10 18 (3.37%) Meraki
10 18 (3.37%) Sophos
11 14 (2.62%) Google
12 12 (2.25%) Datto
13 9 (1.69%) WatchGuard
14 8 (1.50%) Draytek
14 8 (1.50%) ServiceNow
15 7 (1.31%) CheckPoint
15 7 (1.31%) Juniper