Wi-Fi Job Trends in Yorkshire

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 142 128
Rank change year-on-year -16 -14 +91
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 37 20 92
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.54% 0.58% 1.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.27% 3.53% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 27 15 54
10th Percentile £29,900 £29,000 £24,300
25th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £26,703
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -6.67% +8.70%
75th Percentile £49,597 £43,250 £51,563
90th Percentile £68,256 £44,661 £71,725
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.61% -2.35% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 509 566 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 7.38% 16.42% 12.01%
Number of salaries quoted 309 374 526
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,087 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,239 £48,438 £60,264
90th Percentile £73,000 £67,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in Yorkshire

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
West Yorkshire -21 23 £47,500 +18.75% 4
South Yorkshire -31 7 £42,500 +41.67% 6
Humberside - 2 - - 2
East Yorkshire - 1 - - 4
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (24.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (21.62%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (43.24%) Azure
3 11 (29.73%) Entra ID
4 6 (16.22%) AWS
5 5 (13.51%) Power Platform
6 3 (8.11%) OCI
7 2 (5.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
8 1 (2.70%) Mimecast
8 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (29.73%) Firewall
2 7 (18.92%) DNS
2 7 (18.92%) VLAN
3 6 (16.22%) DHCP
3 6 (16.22%) LAN
3 6 (16.22%) VPN
4 5 (13.51%) TCP/IP
4 5 (13.51%) WAN
5 4 (10.81%) VoIP
6 3 (8.11%) Broadband
6 3 (8.11%) Internet
6 3 (8.11%) IP Telephony
6 3 (8.11%) Network Security
6 3 (8.11%) NGFW
6 3 (8.11%) VXLAN
6 3 (8.11%) Wireshark
7 2 (5.41%) BGP
7 2 (5.41%) OSPF
7 2 (5.41%) SD-WAN
7 2 (5.41%) WLAN
General
1 19 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Finance
3 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.70%) Advertising
4 1 (2.70%) Law
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Support Engineer
2 15 (40.54%) IT Support
3 13 (35.14%) IT Engineer
3 13 (35.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Engineer
5 6 (16.22%) Senior
6 4 (10.81%) Network Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) Network Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Network Operations Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Operations Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support
8 2 (5.41%) Senior IT Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Web Services
2 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.70%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Algorithms
1 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
1 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 3 (8.11%) Operational Technology
1 3 (8.11%) PKI
1 3 (8.11%) SCADA
2 2 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (43.24%) Windows
2 11 (29.73%) Windows Server
3 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (16.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (13.51%) Android
6 3 (8.11%) Mac OS
6 3 (8.11%) Windows 10
7 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (29.73%) Mentoring
3 9 (24.32%) Coaching
3 9 (24.32%) ITIL
4 8 (21.62%) ITSM
5 7 (18.92%) Change Management
6 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (16.22%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (16.22%) Project Delivery
6 6 (16.22%) Service Management
7 5 (13.51%) Business Continuity
7 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (13.51%) Identity Management
7 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (10.81%) Network Virtualisation
9 3 (8.11%) Benchmarking
9 3 (8.11%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (8.11%) ERP
9 3 (8.11%) Smart Manufacturing
9 3 (8.11%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.11%) Python
2 3 (8.11%) SQL
3 2 (5.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (13.51%) Azure Certification
2 5 (13.51%) CCNA
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) CCNP
5 1 (2.70%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.70%) ACSP
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.11%) SLA
3 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 11 (29.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.81%) Terraform
3 3 (8.11%) Ansible
3 3 (8.11%) Autotask
4 2 (5.41%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Aruba
2 5 (13.51%) Cisco
2 5 (13.51%) Veeam
3 4 (10.81%) Apple
3 4 (10.81%) Meraki
4 3 (8.11%) Arista
4 3 (8.11%) ConnectWise
4 3 (8.11%) Mitel
4 3 (8.11%) NetScout
4 3 (8.11%) Remedy
4 3 (8.11%) Rockwell
4 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
4 3 (8.11%) VMware
5 1 (2.70%) Google
5 1 (2.70%) iManage
5 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds