Wi-Fi Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 300 352
Rank change year-on-year +70 +52 -61
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 922 587 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.17% 1.05% 0.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.17% 5.51% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 739 413 541
10th Percentile £24,240 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £56,300
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,700 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -3.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,052 10,657 11,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.72% 19.15% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,121 4,564 6,554
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the UK excluding London

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
North of England +73 256 £40,000 - 43
South East +51 195 £40,000 +2.06% 55
Midlands +45 180 £37,500 +10.29% 24
North West +10 134 £40,000 - 16
East of England +35 120 £32,500 -7.80% 14
South West +13 119 £40,000 - 23
West Midlands +38 111 £32,500 -5.11% 16
Yorkshire +109 94 £37,250 +7.97% 19
East Midlands +3 65 £40,000 +20.30% 8
Scotland -65 42 £35,000 -19.08% 11
North East +3 35 £39,000 - 8
Wales +13 21 £32,500 - 8
Northern Ireland +21 5 - - 1
Wi-Fi
UK

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 123 (13.34%) SharePoint
2 82 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.84%) Confluence
4 6 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (0.65%) IIS
5 4 (0.43%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.22%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) JOnAS
8 1 (0.11%) Site Server
Applications
1 133 (14.43%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.33%) Trello
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) 1Password
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.43%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.22%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 399 (43.28%) Microsoft 365
2 269 (29.18%) Azure
3 120 (13.02%) Entra ID
4 72 (7.81%) OneDrive
5 67 (7.27%) AWS
6 29 (3.15%) SaaS
7 25 (2.71%) IaaS
8 20 (2.17%) PaaS
9 18 (1.95%) Power Platform
10 14 (1.52%) Mimecast
11 13 (1.41%) Google Workspace
12 9 (0.98%) GCP
12 9 (0.98%) Nutanix
12 9 (0.98%) WhatsApp
13 8 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (0.76%) Slack
15 6 (0.65%) GitHub
15 6 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 5 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 294 (31.89%) LAN
2 264 (28.63%) WAN
3 263 (28.52%) Firewall
4 221 (23.97%) Wireless
5 155 (16.81%) DHCP
6 149 (16.16%) DNS
7 131 (14.21%) VPN
8 130 (14.10%) TCP/IP
9 91 (9.87%) Bluetooth
10 89 (9.65%) VLAN
11 80 (8.68%) Internet
12 66 (7.16%) Network Security
13 65 (7.05%) VoIP
14 63 (6.83%) MPLS
15 61 (6.62%) Ethernet
16 60 (6.51%) SD-WAN
17 46 (4.99%) LTE
18 40 (4.34%) BGP
19 37 (4.01%) OSPF
20 31 (3.36%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.41%) MySQL
4 5 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.43%) Power BI
6 2 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.22%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.69%) JIRA
2 22 (2.39%) LabVIEW
3 16 (1.74%) Git
4 5 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.43%) Subversion
5 4 (0.43%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
General
1 247 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 90 (9.76%) Telecoms
3 83 (9.00%) Finance
4 61 (6.62%) Retail
5 59 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (6.18%) Manufacturing
7 56 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
8 55 (5.97%) Electronics
9 49 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (4.12%) Public Sector
11 36 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.39%) Law
12 22 (2.39%) Marketing
13 20 (2.17%) Legal
14 16 (1.74%) Local Government
15 14 (1.52%) Automotive
16 12 (1.30%) Mandarin Language
16 12 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (1.19%) Back Office
18 8 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 163 (17.68%) Support Engineer
2 140 (15.18%) IT Engineer
3 139 (15.08%) IT Support
4 127 (13.77%) Network Engineer
5 107 (11.61%) Senior
6 92 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 82 (8.89%) IT Support Engineer
8 71 (7.70%) Embedded Engineer
9 66 (7.16%) Software Engineer
10 63 (6.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 56 (6.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 52 (5.64%) Analyst
13 51 (5.53%) IT Technician
14 48 (5.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 43 (4.66%) IT Manager
16 42 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support
17 41 (4.45%) 3rd Line Support
18 39 (4.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 38 (4.12%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
20 35 (3.80%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.41%) REST
1 13 (1.41%) Yocto
2 11 (1.19%) HTML
3 8 (0.87%) Laravel
4 7 (0.76%) Vue
5 6 (0.65%) CSS
5 6 (0.65%) React Native
6 5 (0.54%) .NET
6 5 (0.54%) NETCONF
7 4 (0.43%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.43%) Flask
8 3 (0.33%) COM
8 3 (0.33%) Node.js
8 3 (0.33%) Qt
8 3 (0.33%) SignalR
8 3 (0.33%) WinForms
9 2 (0.22%) LAMP
9 2 (0.22%) V-Ray
10 1 (0.11%) LDAP
10 1 (0.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 147 (15.94%) Driving Licence
2 83 (9.00%) Data Centre
3 52 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (5.21%) IoT
5 43 (4.66%) CCTV
6 35 (3.80%) Management Information System
7 31 (3.36%) Onboarding
8 23 (2.49%) EPoS
9 22 (2.39%) Acoustics
9 22 (2.39%) Satnav
10 21 (2.28%) Embedded Systems
11 16 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
12 13 (1.41%) Device Driver
13 12 (1.30%) Clustering
14 10 (1.08%) Fibre Optics
14 10 (1.08%) Social Media
15 9 (0.98%) ARM Cortex
15 9 (0.98%) Mobile App
15 9 (0.98%) PropTech
15 9 (0.98%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 398 (43.17%) Windows
2 210 (22.78%) Windows Server
3 121 (13.12%) Windows 10
4 107 (11.61%) Linux
5 57 (6.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 46 (4.99%) Mac OS
6 46 (4.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 43 (4.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 36 (3.90%) Embedded Linux
9 33 (3.58%) Android
10 31 (3.36%) Apple iOS
11 19 (2.06%) Windows 7
12 17 (1.84%) VyOS
13 11 (1.19%) Windows 8
14 9 (0.98%) Ubuntu
15 7 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
16 6 (0.65%) ThreadX
17 4 (0.43%) VMS
18 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (19.74%) Customer Service
2 131 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (12.69%) Cybersecurity
4 113 (12.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 90 (9.76%) Agile
6 84 (9.11%) ITIL
6 84 (9.11%) Software Engineering
7 71 (7.70%) Service Delivery
8 69 (7.48%) Asset Management
9 51 (5.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (5.53%) Project Management
10 49 (5.31%) Project Delivery
11 45 (4.88%) Coaching
12 43 (4.66%) Proactive Maintenance
13 42 (4.56%) Disaster Recovery
14 41 (4.45%) Mentoring
14 41 (4.45%) Migration
15 40 (4.34%) Test Automation
16 39 (4.23%) ERP
17 36 (3.90%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.13%) C
2 59 (6.40%) PowerShell
3 54 (5.86%) SQL
4 48 (5.21%) Python
5 43 (4.66%) Embedded C
6 28 (3.04%) C++
7 20 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.41%) C#
8 13 (1.41%) PHP
9 6 (0.65%) Bash
9 6 (0.65%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.33%) VB
11 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 155 (16.81%) Degree
2 97 (10.52%) Cisco Certification
3 65 (7.05%) Security Cleared
4 63 (6.83%) CCNA
5 43 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 39 (4.23%) CCNP
7 37 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (2.71%) SC Cleared
9 24 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (2.60%) JNCIA
10 22 (2.39%) A+ Certification
10 22 (2.39%) CCIE
11 19 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
12 16 (1.74%) CISSP
12 16 (1.74%) MCSE
13 15 (1.63%) DBS Check
14 10 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 8 (0.87%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.87%) CCSA
15 8 (0.87%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (9.65%) SLA
2 45 (4.88%) GDPR
3 42 (4.56%) PCI DSS
4 20 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.87%) IEC 62304
6 8 (0.87%) ISO 13485
6 8 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 8 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.76%) QA
8 5 (0.54%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.54%) MISRA
8 5 (0.54%) NCSC
9 4 (0.43%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.33%) JTAG
11 1 (0.11%) Automotive SPICE
11 1 (0.11%) AUTOSAR
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 268 (29.07%) Active Directory
2 96 (10.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (8.24%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.12%) KVM
5 26 (2.82%) Firmware
6 15 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (1.63%) vSphere
7 9 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.54%) Docker
10 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (0.43%) pfSense
10 4 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.11%) NFS
12 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 97 (10.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (3.90%) SCCM
3 25 (2.71%) WSUS
4 19 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
5 18 (1.95%) Autotask
6 16 (1.74%) FortiGate
7 12 (1.30%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (0.98%) vCenter Server
9 8 (0.87%) SmoothWall
10 6 (0.65%) Backup Exec
10 6 (0.65%) Terraform
11 5 (0.54%) Nagios
11 5 (0.54%) OfficeScan
12 4 (0.43%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.43%) Ansible
12 4 (0.43%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.33%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 386 (41.87%) Microsoft
2 214 (23.21%) Cisco
3 150 (16.27%) VMware
4 67 (7.27%) Meraki
5 61 (6.62%) Veeam
6 55 (5.97%) Dell
7 52 (5.64%) Aruba
8 46 (4.99%) Citrix
9 45 (4.88%) Apple
10 43 (4.66%) Fortinet
11 39 (4.23%) Juniper
12 38 (4.12%) HP
13 35 (3.80%) Ruckus Wireless
14 30 (3.25%) Nokia
14 30 (3.25%) Palo Alto
15 29 (3.15%) Draytek
16 26 (2.82%) Google
17 24 (2.60%) Ubiquiti
18 21 (2.28%) Datto
18 21 (2.28%) Sophos