Wi-Fi Job Trends in the West Midlands

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > West Midlands

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 112 158
Rank change year-on-year -37 +46 -19
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 64 55 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.72% 1.71% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.85% 13.75% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 60 47 35
10th Percentile £28,000 - £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £33,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -22.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,258 £44,875 £48,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £49,700 £58,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 462 400 707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.17% 12.40% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 350 317 328
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £28,525
25th Percentile £32,625 £30,750 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £39,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.59% -22.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the West Midlands

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Worcestershire -18 26 £68,750 +118.25% 5
Staffordshire +21 19 £28,000 -31.71% 3
Birmingham -38 11 £43,000 +10.26% 8
Shropshire -22 3 £32,500 +27.45% 1
Herefordshire -13 1 £70,150 +65.06%
Warwickshire -24 1 £32,500 -20.25% 3
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (40.63%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (28.13%) Entra ID
3 10 (15.63%) Azure
4 6 (9.38%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.69%) GCP
6 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 33 (51.56%) LAN
1 33 (51.56%) WAN
2 31 (48.44%) VPN
3 28 (43.75%) Firewall
4 21 (32.81%) BGP
4 21 (32.81%) EIGRP
4 21 (32.81%) OSPF
5 13 (20.31%) Broadband
5 13 (20.31%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (20.31%) DHCP
5 13 (20.31%) DNS
5 13 (20.31%) Internet
6 12 (18.75%) TCP/IP
7 7 (10.94%) VLAN
8 3 (4.69%) VoIP
9 2 (3.13%) SD-WAN
9 2 (3.13%) Wireless
9 2 (3.13%) WLAN
10 1 (1.56%) Bluetooth
10 1 (1.56%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.69%) Law
2 3 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (4.69%) Retail
3 2 (3.13%) Advertising
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.56%) Automotive
4 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (32.81%) Network Engineer
2 14 (21.88%) IT Support
3 13 (20.31%) Field Sales Executive
3 13 (20.31%) Sales Executive
4 11 (17.19%) IT Engineer
4 11 (17.19%) Senior
4 11 (17.19%) Support Engineer
5 10 (15.63%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (14.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) IT Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) IT Manager
8 4 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.69%) E-Commerce Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.56%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 26 (40.63%) Windows
2 9 (14.06%) Windows 10
2 9 (14.06%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.38%) Android
4 5 (7.81%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.13%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 17 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (10.94%) Business Continuity
5 6 (9.38%) Asset Management
6 5 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.25%) Coaching
7 4 (6.25%) ITSM
7 4 (6.25%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.69%) Cyber Resilience
8 3 (4.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.69%) E-Commerce
8 3 (4.69%) Logistics
8 3 (4.69%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.69%) Migration
8 3 (4.69%) Server Management
9 2 (3.13%) Data Protection
9 2 (3.13%) Identity Management
9 2 (3.13%) IT Asset Management
9 2 (3.13%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.13%) Python
3 1 (1.56%) C
3 1 (1.56%) Ruby
3 1 (1.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (20.31%) CCNP
3 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) Degree
5 1 (1.56%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.56%) CCNA
5 1 (1.56%) CWNA
5 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.56%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (1.56%) JTAG
1 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (26.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (40.63%) Cisco
1 26 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.81%) Apple
3 3 (4.69%) Fortinet
3 3 (4.69%) Google
3 3 (4.69%) Meraki
3 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.69%) VMware
4 2 (3.13%) SonicWALL
4 2 (3.13%) Sophos
4 2 (3.13%) WatchGuard
5 1 (1.56%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (1.56%) Yahoo!