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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 237 396
Rank change year-on-year -64 +159 +67
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 473 1,231 876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.25% 0.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.23% 9.04% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 321 1,036 647
10th Percentile £28,250 £24,375 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £30,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £54,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £66,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +3.90% -14.44%

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 6,543 13,614 16,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 13.87% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,245 9,523 8,270
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -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 26 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 26 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 -89 440 £45,000 +5.88% 334
UK excluding London -42 323 £42,500 +6.25% 237
Work from Home -36 144 £41,500 -12.63% 137
London -11 137 £52,500 - 118
Midlands -4 90 £50,626 +27.36% 32
South East +11 73 £37,500 -6.25% 68
East of England +10 57 £38,750 +19.23% 36
West Midlands +17 55 £50,000 +47.06% 18
South West +46 45 £46,000 +15.00% 29
East Midlands +26 35 £57,500 +43.75% 13
North of England -100 34 £41,000 +2.50% 61
North West -77 21 £36,750 -8.13% 28
Wales +39 16 £40,000 +14.29% 5
Yorkshire -3 12 £53,600 +41.05% 25
Scotland +101 6 £54,750 +56.43% 14
Northern Ireland +35 2 - - 1
North East +29 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 55 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 43 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.11%) CMS
3 10 (2.11%) Confluence
4 3 (0.63%) WordPress
5 2 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.42%) IIS
Applications
1 54 (11.42%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.63%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.63%) InDesign
4 3 (0.63%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (2.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (1.27%) Sage 200
2 6 (1.27%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 170 (35.94%) Microsoft 365
2 162 (34.25%) Azure
3 32 (6.77%) OneDrive
4 31 (6.55%) AWS
5 28 (5.92%) Entra ID
6 24 (5.07%) SaaS
7 16 (3.38%) Google Workspace
8 8 (1.69%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.48%) Google Analytics
10 6 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.27%) AWS Direct Connect
10 6 (1.27%) IaaS
11 5 (1.06%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.06%) PaaS
11 5 (1.06%) Slack
12 4 (0.85%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.63%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 186 (39.32%) Firewall
2 137 (28.96%) WAN
3 121 (25.58%) LAN
4 112 (23.68%) VPN
5 108 (22.83%) Wireless
6 82 (17.34%) Bluetooth
7 78 (16.49%) SD-WAN
8 73 (15.43%) 5G
9 72 (15.22%) DNS
10 70 (14.80%) LTE
11 60 (12.68%) VLAN
12 59 (12.47%) GSM
13 56 (11.84%) UMTS
14 50 (10.57%) Network Security
15 45 (9.51%) DHCP
16 42 (8.88%) Internet
16 42 (8.88%) VoIP
17 33 (6.98%) MPLS
17 33 (6.98%) TCP/IP
18 29 (6.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.85%) Power BI
4 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Git
1 4 (0.85%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.42%) KGDB
3 2 (0.42%) Subversion
4 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
General
1 128 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 80 (16.91%) Electronics
3 53 (11.21%) Finance
4 32 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (4.44%) Manufacturing
6 21 (4.44%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.17%) Marketing
8 12 (2.54%) Law
8 12 (2.54%) Legal
9 10 (2.11%) Local Government
9 10 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (2.11%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.11%) Tech for Good
10 8 (1.69%) Automotive
11 6 (1.27%) Banking
12 5 (1.06%) Police
12 5 (1.06%) Welsh Language
13 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.63%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 75 (15.86%) Support Engineer
2 64 (13.53%) Senior
3 57 (12.05%) Electronics Engineer
3 57 (12.05%) Network Engineer
3 57 (12.05%) Test Engineer
4 56 (11.84%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 56 (11.84%) IT Support
5 51 (10.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (10.15%) Lead
7 47 (9.94%) IT Engineer
8 38 (8.03%) Analyst
9 35 (7.40%) IT Support Engineer
10 29 (6.13%) 2nd Line Support
11 26 (5.50%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (4.44%) Technical Support
14 20 (4.23%) 1st Line Support
15 19 (4.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 19 (4.02%) IT Analyst
16 18 (3.81%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.81%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.90%) CSS
2 9 (1.90%) HTML
3 2 (0.42%) .NET
3 2 (0.42%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.42%) HTML5
3 2 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.21%) JSON
4 1 (0.21%) SAML
4 1 (0.21%) Web Services
4 1 (0.21%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 85 (17.97%) Driving Licence
2 33 (6.98%) Data Centre
3 29 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (6.13%) Video Conferencing
4 22 (4.65%) IoT
5 19 (4.02%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.38%) CCTV
7 11 (2.33%) NB-IoT
8 10 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.69%) iPad
10 7 (1.48%) GNSS
10 7 (1.48%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.27%) EPoS
11 6 (1.27%) iPhone
11 6 (1.27%) Social Media
11 6 (1.27%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.06%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 174 (36.79%) Windows
2 90 (19.03%) Windows Server
3 74 (15.64%) Windows 10
4 40 (8.46%) Linux
5 20 (4.23%) Mac OS
6 18 (3.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (2.11%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.90%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.27%) Android
10 6 (1.27%) VMS
11 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.42%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.42%) Unix
13 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 77 (16.28%) Customer Service
4 65 (13.74%) Validation
5 62 (13.11%) Coaching
6 58 (12.26%) Verification and Validation
7 57 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
7 57 (12.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 56 (11.84%) Test Strategy
9 50 (10.57%) ITIL
10 37 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
12 35 (7.40%) Network Management
13 32 (6.77%) Service Delivery
14 28 (5.92%) Migration
15 25 (5.29%) Time Management
16 23 (4.86%) Penetration Testing
17 22 (4.65%) Presales
18 21 (4.44%) Virtual Environments
19 20 (4.23%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.13%) PowerShell
2 23 (4.86%) SQL
3 18 (3.81%) Python
4 13 (2.75%) Bash
4 13 (2.75%) C
5 9 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.48%) C++
7 5 (1.06%) Embedded C
8 3 (0.63%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 108 (22.83%) Degree
2 78 (16.49%) Cisco Certification
3 59 (12.47%) HND
4 53 (11.21%) CCNA
5 47 (9.94%) CCNP
6 19 (4.02%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (3.38%) Security Cleared
8 15 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.96%) CCIE
10 12 (2.54%) SC Cleared
11 11 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (1.69%) A+ Certification
12 8 (1.69%) CHECK Team Leader
13 7 (1.48%) CREST Certified
13 7 (1.48%) CWNA
13 7 (1.48%) CWTS
14 5 (1.06%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
16 3 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.23%) SLA
2 12 (2.54%) GDPR
3 11 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (1.90%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.85%) NIST
6 4 (0.85%) PMO
6 4 (0.85%) QA
7 3 (0.63%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (0.63%) AUTOSAR
7 3 (0.63%) IEC 62304
7 3 (0.63%) MISRA
8 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.42%) JTAG
8 2 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 130 (27.48%) Active Directory
2 41 (8.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (5.50%) Hyper-V
4 24 (5.07%) Firmware
5 17 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (2.96%) vSphere
7 7 (1.48%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.42%) Docker
9 2 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.42%) pfSense
9 2 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 32 (6.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (5.07%) Terraform
3 22 (4.65%) SCCM
4 18 (3.81%) Ansible
5 13 (2.75%) FortiGate
6 11 (2.33%) Puppet
7 6 (1.27%) Autotask
8 4 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.42%) cPanel
9 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.42%) ZENworks
10 1 (0.21%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.21%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.21%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.21%) Iperf
10 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.21%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.21%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.21%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.21%) WSUS
Vendors
1 180 (38.05%) Microsoft
2 137 (28.96%) Cisco
3 89 (18.82%) Meraki
4 48 (10.15%) VMware
5 45 (9.51%) Fortinet
6 35 (7.40%) HP
7 33 (6.98%) SolarWinds
8 32 (6.77%) Aruba
9 27 (5.71%) Apple
9 27 (5.71%) Palo Alto
10 21 (4.44%) CheckPoint
10 21 (4.44%) Juniper
11 20 (4.23%) Google
12 12 (2.54%) Veeam
12 12 (2.54%) Zscaler
13 10 (2.11%) HubSpot
13 10 (2.11%) Infoblox
14 9 (1.90%) WatchGuard
15 8 (1.69%) F5
16 7 (1.48%) Acronis