Wi-Fi Job Trends in Wales

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 58 88
Rank change year-on-year -43 +30 +7
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 11 7 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.49% 1.03% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.40% 4.09% 10.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 18
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £33,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £37,733 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.14% +16.10% -
75th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £45,780
90th Percentile £49,250 £48,100 -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.19% -1.76% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 172 171 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.60% 25.22% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 121 135 149
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,504 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £25,087 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £27,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -31.25% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £57,950
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.41%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Wales

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Wales over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in Wales

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Wales region over the 6 months to 10 July 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 Wales -32 9 £35,000 -40.17% 4
North Wales -9 2 £25,000 -37.50% 2
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (18.18%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) DHCP
1 5 (45.45%) DNS
2 4 (36.36%) LAN
2 4 (36.36%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) VLAN
4 1 (9.09%) Broadband
4 1 (9.09%) Converged Networks
4 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (9.09%) MPLS
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security
4 1 (9.09%) RTP
4 1 (9.09%) VoIP
4 1 (9.09%) WLAN
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) IT Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) IT Support
1 6 (54.55%) IT Support Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Support Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) IT Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Service Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Support
3 3 (27.27%) Service Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) ICT Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
2 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) EPoS
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (63.64%) Customer Service
3 5 (45.45%) ITIL
4 4 (36.36%) ITSM
5 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (18.18%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (18.18%) CRM
6 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (18.18%) Inventory Management
6 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
6 2 (18.18%) Service Management
6 2 (18.18%) Time Management
7 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
7 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (9.09%) Migration
7 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CCNA
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (18.18%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) BitLocker
3 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Meraki
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) Apple
4 1 (9.09%) Aruba
4 1 (9.09%) Draytek
4 1 (9.09%) HP
4 1 (9.09%) McAfee
4 1 (9.09%) MobileIron
4 1 (9.09%) Yealink