Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 229 409
Rank change year-on-year -123 +180 +47
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 397 1,200 885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 1.29% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.67% 9.65% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 302 1,024 686
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,325 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £29,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +0.59% -6.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,002 12,433 16,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.85% 13.39% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,022 9,427 8,679
10th Percentile £23,733 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.80% -1.90%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,225 £78,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK

Wi-Fi
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 April 2025. 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
England -119 368 £45,000 +5.88% 409
UK excluding London -83 259 £45,000 +12.50% 318
Work from Home -29 133 £41,500 -12.63% 126
London -52 129 £55,000 +4.76% 129
Midlands -11 81 £52,500 +31.25% 52
West Midlands -8 59 £50,000 +44.93% 31
South East -9 49 £37,500 -11.76% 73
South West +30 40 £46,000 +18.71% 42
East of England -12 34 £37,500 +15.38% 64
North of England -87 33 £44,700 +11.75% 65
East Midlands +10 22 £57,500 +43.75% 20
North West -72 19 £41,000 +2.50% 32
Wales +35 15 £40,000 +14.29% 14
Yorkshire +14 13 £45,000 +19.21% 25
Scotland +85 5 £55,000 +57.14% 21
Northern Ireland +35 2 - - 1
North East +22 1 £40,000 -5.88% 10

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (12.34%) SharePoint
2 40 (10.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.77%) CMS
4 10 (2.52%) Confluence
5 3 (0.76%) WordPress
6 2 (0.50%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (12.09%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.01%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (1.01%) InDesign
4 4 (1.01%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Sage 200
1 7 (1.76%) Sage 50
2 6 (1.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 177 (44.58%) Microsoft 365
2 161 (40.55%) Azure
3 30 (7.56%) AWS
3 30 (7.56%) Entra ID
4 27 (6.80%) SaaS
5 23 (5.79%) OneDrive
6 16 (4.03%) Google Workspace
7 11 (2.77%) IaaS
8 10 (2.52%) PaaS
9 7 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.76%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.51%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.26%) Slack
12 4 (1.01%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.01%) Contentful
12 4 (1.01%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.76%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 173 (43.58%) Firewall
2 129 (32.49%) WAN
3 117 (29.47%) LAN
4 99 (24.94%) VPN
5 69 (17.38%) SD-WAN
6 68 (17.13%) DNS
7 59 (14.86%) Network Security
8 52 (13.10%) VLAN
9 44 (11.08%) Wireless
10 43 (10.83%) Internet
11 40 (10.08%) DHCP
12 39 (9.82%) VoIP
13 30 (7.56%) MPLS
14 28 (7.05%) TCP/IP
15 24 (6.05%) BGP
16 23 (5.79%) Bluetooth
16 23 (5.79%) OSPF
17 22 (5.54%) IPsec
18 18 (4.53%) Cisco Firepower
18 18 (4.53%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.02%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.50%) Power BI
3 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.01%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.76%) Git
2 3 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.25%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.25%) Subversion
3 1 (0.25%) Xcode
General
1 122 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.36%) Finance
3 36 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (6.05%) Electronics
6 20 (5.04%) Telecoms
7 17 (4.28%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.53%) Marketing
9 12 (3.02%) Public Sector
10 11 (2.77%) Law
11 10 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.52%) Tech for Good
12 9 (2.27%) Automotive
12 9 (2.27%) Local Government
13 8 (2.02%) Legal
14 6 (1.51%) Banking
15 5 (1.26%) Police
15 5 (1.26%) Publishing
15 5 (1.26%) Welsh Language
16 3 (0.76%) Games
Job Titles
1 68 (17.13%) Support Engineer
2 66 (16.62%) Senior
3 57 (14.36%) IT Support
4 52 (13.10%) Network Engineer
5 48 (12.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 45 (11.34%) IT Engineer
7 44 (11.08%) Lead
8 42 (10.58%) Analyst
9 34 (8.56%) IT Support Engineer
10 27 (6.80%) Support Analyst
11 24 (6.05%) 2nd Line Support
12 22 (5.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (5.29%) IT Analyst
14 19 (4.79%) Architect
15 18 (4.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 17 (4.28%) Senior Network Engineer
17 16 (4.03%) 1st Line Support
17 16 (4.03%) Network Architect
18 15 (3.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 15 (3.78%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.28%) 802.1X
2 9 (2.27%) CSS
2 9 (2.27%) HTML
3 3 (0.76%) .NET
4 2 (0.50%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.50%) HTML5
4 2 (0.50%) JSON
4 2 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.25%) React Native
5 1 (0.25%) Redux
5 1 (0.25%) RESTful
5 1 (0.25%) SAML
5 1 (0.25%) Web Services
5 1 (0.25%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.25%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.31%) Data Centre
2 28 (7.05%) Driving Licence
2 28 (7.05%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (5.29%) IoT
3 21 (5.29%) Video Conferencing
4 17 (4.28%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.53%) CCTV
6 11 (2.77%) NB-IoT
7 10 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.02%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.76%) GNSS
9 7 (1.76%) iPad
10 6 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.51%) EPoS
10 6 (1.51%) iPhone
10 6 (1.51%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.51%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.26%) Social Media
12 4 (1.01%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 164 (41.31%) Windows
2 81 (20.40%) Windows Server
3 74 (18.64%) Windows 10
4 34 (8.56%) Linux
5 20 (5.04%) Mac OS
6 13 (3.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (2.77%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (2.27%) Windows 7
10 7 (1.76%) Android
11 5 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.01%) VMS
13 3 (0.76%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.50%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (32.49%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (17.13%) Customer Service
3 57 (14.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (13.60%) ITIL
5 35 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (8.82%) Service Delivery
6 34 (8.56%) Network Management
7 32 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (7.81%) Mentoring
9 30 (7.56%) Migration
10 23 (5.79%) Penetration Testing
10 23 (5.79%) Roadmaps
11 22 (5.54%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (5.54%) Time Management
12 21 (5.29%) Presales
13 18 (4.53%) Project Management
14 17 (4.28%) Asset Management
14 17 (4.28%) Infrastructure Management
15 16 (4.03%) Analytics
16 15 (3.78%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.05%) PowerShell
2 21 (5.29%) SQL
3 16 (4.03%) Python
4 13 (3.27%) Bash
4 13 (3.27%) C
5 10 (2.52%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.76%) C++
7 4 (1.01%) Embedded C
8 3 (0.76%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 78 (19.65%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (13.85%) Degree
3 54 (13.60%) CCNA
4 47 (11.84%) CCNP
5 20 (5.04%) Security Cleared
6 19 (4.79%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (4.03%) CCIE
8 14 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (3.53%) SC Cleared
9 11 (2.77%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (2.02%) CHECK Team Leader
11 7 (1.76%) A+ Certification
11 7 (1.76%) CREST Certified
11 7 (1.76%) CWNA
11 7 (1.76%) CWTS
12 5 (1.26%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.26%) CITP
13 4 (1.01%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.29%) SLA
2 12 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (3.02%) GDPR
3 10 (2.52%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.01%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (1.01%) AUTOSAR
5 4 (1.01%) NIST
5 4 (1.01%) PMO
6 3 (0.76%) IEC 62304
6 3 (0.76%) MISRA
6 3 (0.76%) QA
7 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.50%) JTAG
7 2 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 128 (32.24%) Active Directory
2 37 (9.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.80%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.53%) Firmware
5 14 (3.53%) vSphere
6 10 (2.52%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.01%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.50%) Docker
9 2 (0.50%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.50%) pfSense
10 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 29 (7.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (6.55%) Terraform
3 19 (4.79%) Ansible
4 17 (4.28%) SCCM
5 16 (4.03%) FortiGate
6 11 (2.77%) Puppet
7 4 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.01%) Autotask
8 3 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.50%) cPanel
9 2 (0.50%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.25%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.25%) Iperf
10 1 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.25%) Nessus
10 1 (0.25%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.25%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 173 (43.58%) Microsoft
2 139 (35.01%) Cisco
3 79 (19.90%) Meraki
4 45 (11.34%) VMware
5 42 (10.58%) Fortinet
6 36 (9.07%) Aruba
7 33 (8.31%) HP
8 29 (7.30%) Palo Alto
8 29 (7.30%) SolarWinds
9 25 (6.30%) Juniper
10 23 (5.79%) Apple
11 21 (5.29%) Google
12 14 (3.53%) CheckPoint
13 12 (3.02%) Veeam
14 11 (2.77%) Zscaler
15 10 (2.52%) HubSpot
16 9 (2.27%) WatchGuard
17 8 (2.02%) Dell
17 8 (2.02%) Sage
18 7 (1.76%) SAP