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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 236 392
Rank change year-on-year +43 +156 +80
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 839 1,229 878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 1.25% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.10% 9.02% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 322 1,034 648
10th Percentile £28,250 £24,325 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,688 £29,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -13.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £54,063
90th Percentile £87,475 £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 6,936 13,623 16,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 13.85% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,252 9,516 8,186
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.47% -4.29%
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 30 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 30 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 +49 806 £45,000 +5.88% 248
UK excluding London +70 685 £42,500 +6.25% 189
East of England +81 213 £38,750 +19.23% 24
South East +97 182 £37,500 -6.25% 57
Midlands +56 180 £50,000 +25.79% 30
Work from Home -25 146 £41,750 -12.11% 117
London -18 139 £52,500 - 71
East Midlands +87 126 £57,500 +43.75% 8
West Midlands -1 54 £50,000 +49.25% 21
South West +52 48 £46,000 +15.00% 22
North of England -103 38 £41,000 +2.50% 41
North West -78 23 £36,750 -8.13% 24
Wales +36 16 £40,000 +18.52% 4
Yorkshire -3 14 £53,600 +33.17% 11
Scotland +95 6 £54,750 +56.43% 12
Northern Ireland +33 2 - - 2
North East +29 1 £40,000 -5.88% 8

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 54 (6.44%) SharePoint
2 44 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.19%) CMS
3 10 (1.19%) Confluence
4 3 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.36%) WordPress
5 2 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 55 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.36%) InDesign
4 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.31%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (0.72%) Sage 200
2 6 (0.72%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 169 (20.14%) Microsoft 365
2 164 (19.55%) Azure
3 32 (3.81%) AWS
3 32 (3.81%) OneDrive
4 28 (3.34%) Entra ID
5 23 (2.74%) SaaS
6 15 (1.79%) Google Workspace
7 8 (0.95%) Power Platform
8 7 (0.83%) Google Analytics
9 6 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (0.72%) AWS Direct Connect
9 6 (0.72%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.60%) IaaS
10 5 (0.60%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.60%) Slack
11 4 (0.48%) Amazon S3
11 4 (0.48%) PaaS
12 3 (0.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.36%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 472 (56.26%) Wireless
2 446 (53.16%) Bluetooth
3 437 (52.09%) 5G
4 434 (51.73%) LTE
5 423 (50.42%) GSM
6 420 (50.06%) UMTS
7 189 (22.53%) Firewall
8 140 (16.69%) WAN
9 122 (14.54%) LAN
10 111 (13.23%) VPN
11 79 (9.42%) SD-WAN
12 71 (8.46%) DNS
13 63 (7.51%) VLAN
14 48 (5.72%) Network Security
15 44 (5.24%) DHCP
16 42 (5.01%) Internet
16 42 (5.01%) VoIP
17 34 (4.05%) MPLS
18 32 (3.81%) TCP/IP
19 29 (3.46%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.07%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.48%) Power BI
4 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Git
1 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.24%) KGDB
3 2 (0.24%) Subversion
4 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
General
1 444 (52.92%) Electronics
2 129 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 53 (6.32%) Finance
4 31 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (2.62%) Manufacturing
7 21 (2.50%) Telecoms
8 15 (1.79%) Marketing
9 13 (1.55%) Legal
10 12 (1.43%) Law
11 10 (1.19%) Local Government
11 10 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.19%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.19%) Tech for Good
12 8 (0.95%) Automotive
13 6 (0.72%) Banking
14 5 (0.60%) Welsh Language
15 4 (0.48%) Police
16 3 (0.36%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 421 (50.18%) Electronics Engineer
1 421 (50.18%) Test Engineer
2 420 (50.06%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 75 (8.94%) Support Engineer
4 64 (7.63%) Senior
5 56 (6.67%) IT Support
5 56 (6.67%) Network Engineer
6 53 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 47 (5.60%) IT Engineer
7 47 (5.60%) Lead
8 38 (4.53%) Analyst
9 35 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
10 29 (3.46%) 2nd Line Support
11 26 (3.10%) Support Analyst
12 22 (2.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (2.50%) Technical Support
14 20 (2.38%) 1st Line Support
15 19 (2.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 19 (2.26%) 3rd Line Support
15 19 (2.26%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.15%) 802.1X
2 9 (1.07%) CSS
2 9 (1.07%) HTML
3 2 (0.24%) .NET
3 2 (0.24%) .NET Core
3 2 (0.24%) HTML5
3 2 (0.24%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.12%) JSON
4 1 (0.12%) SAML
4 1 (0.12%) Web Services
4 1 (0.12%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 449 (53.52%) Driving Licence
2 32 (3.81%) Data Centre
2 32 (3.81%) Video Conferencing
3 29 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (2.62%) IoT
5 18 (2.15%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.03%) CCTV
7 11 (1.31%) NB-IoT
8 10 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 8 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (0.95%) iPad
10 7 (0.83%) GNSS
10 7 (0.83%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.72%) EPoS
11 6 (0.72%) iPhone
11 6 (0.72%) Security Posture
11 6 (0.72%) Social Media
11 6 (0.72%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.60%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 177 (21.10%) Windows
2 93 (11.08%) Windows Server
3 74 (8.82%) Windows 10
4 41 (4.89%) Linux
5 20 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.26%) Mac OS
7 11 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (1.19%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.07%) Windows 7
10 6 (0.72%) Android
10 6 (0.72%) VMS
11 5 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
13 2 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.24%) Unix
13 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (53.64%) Mentoring
2 429 (51.13%) Validation
3 426 (50.77%) Coaching
4 422 (50.30%) Verification and Validation
5 421 (50.18%) Customer Requirements
6 420 (50.06%) Test Strategy
7 129 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (9.18%) Customer Service
9 58 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 49 (5.84%) ITIL
11 37 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
13 35 (4.17%) Network Management
14 31 (3.69%) Service Delivery
15 29 (3.46%) Migration
16 26 (3.10%) Time Management
17 24 (2.86%) Virtual Environments
18 23 (2.74%) Penetration Testing
19 22 (2.62%) Presales
20 19 (2.26%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (3.58%) PowerShell
2 24 (2.86%) SQL
3 18 (2.15%) Python
4 13 (1.55%) Bash
4 13 (1.55%) C
5 9 (1.07%) JavaScript
6 7 (0.83%) C++
7 5 (0.60%) Embedded C
8 3 (0.36%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.24%) PHP
10 1 (0.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 471 (56.14%) Degree
2 423 (50.42%) HND
3 77 (9.18%) Cisco Certification
4 53 (6.32%) CCNA
5 46 (5.48%) CCNP
6 18 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (1.91%) Security Cleared
8 13 (1.55%) CCIE
9 12 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 12 (1.43%) SC Cleared
10 8 (0.95%) A+ Certification
10 8 (0.95%) CHECK Team Leader
11 7 (0.83%) CREST Certified
11 7 (0.83%) CWNA
11 7 (0.83%) CWTS
12 5 (0.60%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.48%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.38%) SLA
2 12 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (1.43%) GDPR
3 9 (1.07%) PCI DSS
4 8 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.48%) NIST
5 4 (0.48%) PMO
5 4 (0.48%) QA
6 3 (0.36%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.36%) AUTOSAR
6 3 (0.36%) IEC 62304
6 3 (0.36%) MISRA
7 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.24%) JTAG
7 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 131 (15.61%) Active Directory
2 46 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (3.22%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.62%) Firmware
5 20 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (1.67%) vSphere
7 7 (0.83%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.24%) Docker
10 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.24%) pfSense
10 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 32 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (2.86%) Terraform
3 23 (2.74%) SCCM
4 18 (2.15%) Ansible
5 13 (1.55%) FortiGate
6 11 (1.31%) Puppet
7 6 (0.72%) Autotask
8 4 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.48%) ZENworks
9 2 (0.24%) cPanel
9 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.12%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.12%) Iperf
10 1 (0.12%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.12%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 183 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 135 (16.09%) Cisco
3 90 (10.73%) Meraki
4 53 (6.32%) VMware
5 46 (5.48%) Fortinet
6 35 (4.17%) HP
7 33 (3.93%) SolarWinds
8 31 (3.69%) Aruba
9 27 (3.22%) Apple
9 27 (3.22%) Palo Alto
10 21 (2.50%) CheckPoint
11 20 (2.38%) Juniper
12 19 (2.26%) Google
13 13 (1.55%) Veeam
14 12 (1.43%) Zscaler
15 10 (1.19%) HubSpot
15 10 (1.19%) Infoblox
16 9 (1.07%) WatchGuard
17 7 (0.83%) Sage
17 7 (0.83%) SAP