Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 287 415 389
Rank change year-on-year +128 -26 -38
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 592 936 1,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.12% 0.76% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.40% 6.14% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 490 700 905
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,234 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £43,438 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% -3.47% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -3.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,005 15,255 16,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.11% 12.42% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,279 10,353 11,511
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +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 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +117 538 £44,000 +3.53% 285
UK excluding London +72 392 £40,000 -4.76% 229
Work from Home +140 212 £45,000 -10.00% 109
London +252 192 £53,750 +7.50% 79
North of England +95 107 £39,814 -6.32% 60
Midlands +80 81 £43,000 -4.44% 51
South East +50 80 £46,250 +23.33% 58
South West +27 53 £37,500 -8.67% 30
West Midlands +66 49 £44,621 -0.84% 42
North West +86 45 £40,000 -5.88% 28
Yorkshire +79 45 £37,250 -12.35% 26
Wales +39 35 £33,750 -38.64% 6
East Midlands +64 30 £42,500 +14.86% 9
East of England +76 22 £45,000 +26.76% 19
North East +42 17 £40,000 +2.56% 7
Scotland +22 13 £50,000 +23.13% 5
Northern Ireland +37 1 £45,000 +16.88% 4

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 73 (12.33%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.18%) MS Exchange
3 3 (0.51%) Confluence
3 3 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 41 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.20%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.51%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (1.18%) SAP Business One
2 4 (0.68%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 250 (42.23%) Microsoft 365
2 239 (40.37%) Azure
3 99 (16.72%) Entra ID
4 56 (9.46%) AWS
5 47 (7.94%) PaaS
6 41 (6.93%) OneDrive
7 39 (6.59%) SaaS
8 38 (6.42%) IaaS
9 28 (4.73%) Datadog
10 27 (4.56%) GCP
11 17 (2.87%) Nutanix
12 14 (2.36%) WhatsApp
13 13 (2.20%) Mimecast
14 10 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (1.35%) Rubrik
16 7 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
17 4 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
18 3 (0.51%) Azure Monitor
18 3 (0.51%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 274 (46.28%) Firewall
2 251 (42.40%) WAN
3 227 (38.34%) LAN
4 176 (29.73%) VPN
5 162 (27.36%) DNS
6 157 (26.52%) DHCP
7 115 (19.43%) VLAN
8 96 (16.22%) Wireless
9 91 (15.37%) TCP/IP
10 90 (15.20%) Network Security
11 69 (11.66%) SD-WAN
12 63 (10.64%) VoIP
13 52 (8.78%) SAN
14 48 (8.11%) IPsec
15 47 (7.94%) Internet
16 41 (6.93%) BGP
17 38 (6.42%) MPLS
18 35 (5.91%) Cisco Nexus
19 30 (5.07%) OSPF
20 26 (4.39%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.01%) Tableau
4 4 (0.68%) MySQL
5 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.34%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.17%) MS Access
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.01%) JIRA
2 3 (0.51%) Git
2 3 (0.51%) Subversion
3 1 (0.17%) GitLab
General
1 135 (22.80%) Social Skills
2 47 (7.94%) Finance
3 43 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 33 (5.57%) Public Sector
6 30 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
7 26 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (4.05%) Manufacturing
9 22 (3.72%) Legal
10 20 (3.38%) Retail
11 17 (2.87%) Banking
12 16 (2.70%) Law
13 13 (2.20%) Back Office
13 13 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.35%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.35%) Marketing
14 8 (1.35%) Police
14 8 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.18%) Welsh Language
16 6 (1.01%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 103 (17.40%) Senior
2 100 (16.89%) Network Engineer
3 93 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 92 (15.54%) IT Engineer
5 73 (12.33%) Support Engineer
6 65 (10.98%) Analyst
7 64 (10.81%) IT Support
8 43 (7.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 38 (6.42%) IT Support Engineer
10 29 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 28 (4.73%) Consultant
12 26 (4.39%) Field Engineer
13 25 (4.22%) Project Manager
14 24 (4.05%) Lead
14 24 (4.05%) Senior Network Engineer
14 24 (4.05%) Support Analyst
15 22 (3.72%) Project Consultant
16 21 (3.55%) IT Manager
16 21 (3.55%) Security Analyst
16 21 (3.55%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.01%) 802.1X
1 6 (1.01%) Yocto
2 4 (0.68%) SAML
3 3 (0.51%) Middleware
3 3 (0.51%) ServiceStack
4 2 (0.34%) .NET
4 2 (0.34%) HTML
4 2 (0.34%) Velocity
5 1 (0.17%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 89 (15.03%) Data Centre
2 25 (4.22%) Driving Licence
3 23 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.53%) CCTV
4 15 (2.53%) EPoS
4 15 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
5 12 (2.03%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.69%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.35%) iPhone
7 8 (1.35%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.18%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.01%) Device Driver
9 6 (1.01%) IoT
9 6 (1.01%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (0.84%) PKI
10 5 (0.84%) Replication
11 4 (0.68%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 266 (44.93%) Windows
2 145 (24.49%) Windows Server
3 74 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 35 (5.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 33 (5.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 32 (5.41%) Linux
7 31 (5.24%) Android
8 27 (4.56%) Apple iOS
9 19 (3.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 17 (2.87%) Mac OS
11 9 (1.52%) Windows 7
12 6 (1.01%) Embedded Linux
13 3 (0.51%) CentOS
13 3 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.34%) VyOS
15 1 (0.17%) AIX
15 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.17%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (18.75%) ITIL
2 108 (18.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 82 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (13.34%) Cybersecurity
5 70 (11.82%) Customer Service
6 53 (8.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 50 (8.45%) Agile
8 43 (7.26%) Service Delivery
9 41 (6.93%) Project Management
10 31 (5.24%) SIEM
11 30 (5.07%) Project Delivery
12 28 (4.73%) ITSM
13 27 (4.56%) IT Strategy
13 27 (4.56%) Roadmaps
14 26 (4.39%) Network Management
15 25 (4.22%) Computer Science
15 25 (4.22%) Migration
16 24 (4.05%) Knowledge Transfer
17 23 (3.89%) Mentoring
18 22 (3.72%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 37 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 18 (3.04%) C
3 14 (2.36%) SQL
4 12 (2.03%) Embedded C
5 7 (1.18%) Bash
5 7 (1.18%) C++
6 4 (0.68%) Embedded C++
6 4 (0.68%) Python
7 2 (0.34%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.34%) PHP
8 1 (0.17%) C#
8 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 123 (20.78%) Cisco Certification
2 103 (17.40%) CCNA
3 91 (15.37%) Degree
4 67 (11.32%) CCNP
5 46 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (4.73%) MCP
6 28 (4.73%) Security Cleared
7 27 (4.56%) SC Cleared
8 24 (4.05%) MCSE
9 18 (3.04%) Azure Certification
10 17 (2.87%) A+ Certification
11 13 (2.20%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.69%) DV Cleared
14 9 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.18%) CCIE
15 7 (1.18%) MCTS
16 6 (1.01%) CISSP
16 6 (1.01%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.07%) SLA
2 23 (3.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (1.86%) NCSC
4 9 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.18%) GDPR
6 3 (0.51%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.51%) AUTOSAR
6 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.34%) MISRA
7 2 (0.34%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.34%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 230 (38.85%) Active Directory
2 71 (11.99%) Hyper-V
3 59 (9.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (3.89%) Firmware
5 12 (2.03%) vSphere
6 11 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.35%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.34%) pfSense
11 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.17%) Docker
11 1 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (10.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (8.28%) SCCM
3 43 (7.26%) FortiGate
4 13 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.69%) SCOM
6 9 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.52%) WSUS
7 8 (1.35%) Ansible
8 6 (1.01%) PaperCut
8 6 (1.01%) SmoothWall
9 5 (0.84%) N-central
10 4 (0.68%) Nessus
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco Prime
11 3 (0.51%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.34%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.17%) Autotask
13 1 (0.17%) Kubernetes
13 1 (0.17%) Malwarebytes
Vendors
1 250 (42.23%) Microsoft
2 233 (39.36%) Cisco
3 131 (22.13%) VMware
4 77 (13.01%) Meraki
5 69 (11.66%) Palo Alto
6 53 (8.95%) CheckPoint
7 45 (7.60%) Aruba
8 39 (6.59%) Juniper
9 34 (5.74%) Fortinet
10 28 (4.73%) AppDynamics
10 28 (4.73%) Citrix
10 28 (4.73%) Dynatrace
11 27 (4.56%) Veeam
12 23 (3.89%) McAfee
13 22 (3.72%) Forcepoint
14 21 (3.55%) Apple
15 20 (3.38%) Oracle
16 19 (3.21%) SolarWinds
16 19 (3.21%) Ubiquiti
17 18 (3.04%) HP