Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 379 513
Rank change year-on-year +135 +134 -128
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 1,222 867 1,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 0.87% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.07% 5.55% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 642 845
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £27,850
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% -14.44% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

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 18 May 2024.

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 18 May 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
England +139 1,140 £42,500 +6.25% 222
UK excluding London +70 905 £40,000 +3.90% 164
Work from Home +183 424 £47,500 +5.56% 92
London +157 289 £52,500 +15.38% 70
North of England +74 249 £40,000 - 45
South East +55 191 £40,000 +6.17% 50
Midlands +70 178 £38,625 +13.60% 23
North West +18 136 £40,000 - 21
South West +16 124 £40,000 - 20
East of England +40 115 £31,750 -7.97% 20
West Midlands +63 110 £33,000 -2.94% 11
Yorkshire +113 91 £40,250 +15.83% 19
East Midlands +27 63 £40,000 +6.67% 12
Scotland -72 38 £35,000 -32.04% 3
North East -1 26 £42,500 +10.39% 5
Wales +15 18 £33,750 -2.70% 7
Northern Ireland +23 5 - - 3

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
1 152 (12.44%) SharePoint
2 124 (10.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.39%) Confluence
4 7 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2000
5 6 (0.49%) IIS
6 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (0.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.16%) WordPress
9 1 (0.082%) JOnAS
9 1 (0.082%) Site Server
Applications
1 148 (12.11%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.33%) Trello
6 1 (0.082%) 1Password
6 1 (0.082%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.082%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.33%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.25%) Epicor Tropos
3 1 (0.082%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.082%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 500 (40.92%) Microsoft 365
2 393 (32.16%) Azure
3 160 (13.09%) Entra ID
4 92 (7.53%) AWS
5 77 (6.30%) OneDrive
6 55 (4.50%) SaaS
7 52 (4.26%) IaaS
8 47 (3.85%) PaaS
9 20 (1.64%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.55%) GCP
10 19 (1.55%) Google Workspace
11 17 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (1.15%) WhatsApp
13 12 (0.98%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.74%) Nutanix
15 8 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.65%) Slack
16 6 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 6 (0.49%) GitHub
16 6 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 436 (35.68%) LAN
2 407 (33.31%) WAN
3 402 (32.90%) Firewall
4 275 (22.50%) Wireless
5 231 (18.90%) DHCP
6 223 (18.25%) DNS
7 202 (16.53%) VPN
8 139 (11.37%) TCP/IP
9 136 (11.13%) VLAN
10 116 (9.49%) SD-WAN
11 108 (8.84%) MPLS
12 105 (8.59%) Network Security
13 104 (8.51%) Internet
14 93 (7.61%) Bluetooth
15 76 (6.22%) Ethernet
16 72 (5.89%) VoIP
17 62 (5.07%) BGP
18 50 (4.09%) OSPF
19 46 (3.76%) LTE
20 39 (3.19%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (0.82%) MySQL
4 7 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (0.49%) Tableau
6 5 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.25%) Power BI
8 2 (0.16%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 37 (3.03%) JIRA
2 22 (1.80%) LabVIEW
3 19 (1.55%) Git
4 5 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.33%) Subversion
5 4 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.25%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.082%) Eclipse
General
1 339 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 114 (9.33%) Finance
3 99 (8.10%) Telecoms
4 90 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (6.06%) Retail
6 62 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 62 (5.07%) Manufacturing
7 61 (4.99%) Organisational Skills
8 55 (4.50%) Electronics
9 53 (4.34%) Documentation Skills
10 47 (3.85%) Public Sector
11 33 (2.70%) Law
12 30 (2.45%) Marketing
13 27 (2.21%) Legal
14 23 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
15 20 (1.64%) Local Government
16 13 (1.06%) Automotive
17 12 (0.98%) Games
17 12 (0.98%) Mandarin Language
18 11 (0.90%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 192 (15.71%) Network Engineer
2 185 (15.14%) IT Engineer
3 181 (14.81%) IT Support
4 178 (14.57%) Support Engineer
5 158 (12.93%) Senior
6 110 (9.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 105 (8.59%) IT Support Engineer
8 91 (7.45%) Analyst
9 68 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
10 66 (5.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 66 (5.40%) IT Technician
11 65 (5.32%) Project Manager
12 62 (5.07%) 2nd Line Support
13 61 (4.99%) Software Engineer
14 60 (4.91%) IT Manager
15 58 (4.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 58 (4.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 48 (3.93%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 47 (3.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 41 (3.36%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.23%) REST
2 13 (1.06%) Yocto
3 10 (0.82%) 802.1X
4 8 (0.65%) HTML
4 8 (0.65%) Laravel
5 7 (0.57%) Vue
5 7 (0.57%) X-Windows
6 6 (0.49%) CSS
6 6 (0.49%) NETCONF
6 6 (0.49%) React Native
7 5 (0.41%) .NET
8 4 (0.33%) Flask
9 3 (0.25%) Android Jetpack
9 3 (0.25%) COM
9 3 (0.25%) Node.js
9 3 (0.25%) OpenGL
9 3 (0.25%) Qt
9 3 (0.25%) SignalR
9 3 (0.25%) WinForms
10 2 (0.16%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 161 (13.18%) Driving Licence
2 134 (10.97%) Data Centre
3 60 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (4.26%) CCTV
5 49 (4.01%) IoT
6 45 (3.68%) Management Information System
7 44 (3.60%) EPoS
8 40 (3.27%) Public Cloud
9 37 (3.03%) Onboarding
10 34 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
11 25 (2.05%) PKI
12 22 (1.80%) Acoustics
12 22 (1.80%) Embedded Systems
12 22 (1.80%) Satnav
13 15 (1.23%) Social Media
14 13 (1.06%) Device Driver
14 13 (1.06%) Mobile App
14 13 (1.06%) PropTech
15 12 (0.98%) iPad
16 11 (0.90%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 497 (40.67%) Windows
2 244 (19.97%) Windows Server
3 159 (13.01%) Windows 10
4 103 (8.43%) Linux
5 59 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 58 (4.75%) Android
7 56 (4.58%) Mac OS
8 51 (4.17%) Apple iOS
9 49 (4.01%) Windows Server 2012
10 47 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
11 34 (2.78%) Embedded Linux
12 23 (1.88%) Windows 7
13 18 (1.47%) VyOS
14 11 (0.90%) Mac OS X
14 11 (0.90%) Windows 8
15 10 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
16 9 (0.74%) Ubuntu
17 6 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
17 6 (0.49%) ThreadX
18 3 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (16.20%) Customer Service
2 195 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (14.16%) Cybersecurity
4 153 (12.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 126 (10.31%) ITIL
6 123 (10.07%) Agile
7 96 (7.86%) Project Management
8 82 (6.71%) Service Delivery
9 81 (6.63%) Software Engineering
10 74 (6.06%) Asset Management
11 61 (4.99%) Disaster Recovery
11 61 (4.99%) Mentoring
11 61 (4.99%) Project Delivery
12 58 (4.75%) PRINCE2
13 56 (4.58%) Migration
14 53 (4.34%) Computer Science
15 51 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 47 (3.85%) Coaching
16 47 (3.85%) Proactive Maintenance
17 45 (3.68%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 74 (6.06%) C
2 69 (5.65%) PowerShell
3 59 (4.83%) SQL
4 48 (3.93%) Python
5 42 (3.44%) Embedded C
6 24 (1.96%) C++
7 19 (1.55%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.15%) C#
9 10 (0.82%) PHP
10 7 (0.57%) Bash
11 4 (0.33%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.25%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.25%) VB
13 1 (0.082%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.082%) VBA
Qualifications
1 191 (15.63%) Degree
2 133 (10.88%) Cisco Certification
3 85 (6.96%) CCNA
4 72 (5.89%) Security Cleared
5 62 (5.07%) CCNP
6 44 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (2.29%) SC Cleared
9 27 (2.21%) A+ Certification
9 27 (2.21%) CCIE
10 26 (2.13%) DBS Check
10 26 (2.13%) JNCIA
11 24 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
12 22 (1.80%) CISSP
13 16 (1.31%) APMP
13 16 (1.31%) MCSE
14 13 (1.06%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.90%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.82%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.36%) SLA
2 55 (4.50%) PCI DSS
3 47 (3.85%) GDPR
4 33 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (0.90%) NCSC
7 10 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 8 (0.65%) IEC 62304
8 8 (0.65%) ISO 13485
8 8 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 8 (0.65%) QA
9 5 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.41%) MISRA
10 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.33%) NIST
11 3 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
11 3 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
11 3 (0.25%) JTAG
12 2 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 358 (29.30%) Active Directory
2 133 (10.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 98 (8.02%) Hyper-V
4 39 (3.19%) KVM
5 34 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (2.13%) Firmware
7 17 (1.39%) vSphere
8 12 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.41%) Docker
11 5 (0.41%) pfSense
11 5 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
12 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.082%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.082%) NFS
Systems Management
1 117 (9.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (3.44%) WSUS
3 41 (3.36%) SCCM
4 25 (2.05%) Jamf Pro
5 21 (1.72%) FortiGate
6 16 (1.31%) Autotask
7 12 (0.98%) PaperCut
8 10 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.82%) SmoothWall
8 10 (0.82%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.49%) Ansible
10 6 (0.49%) Backup Exec
10 6 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
10 6 (0.49%) Terraform
11 5 (0.41%) Nagios
11 5 (0.41%) OfficeScan
12 4 (0.33%) AirWatch
12 4 (0.33%) Nessus
12 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 482 (39.44%) Microsoft
2 324 (26.51%) Cisco
3 193 (15.79%) VMware
4 125 (10.23%) Meraki
5 92 (7.53%) Fortinet
6 83 (6.79%) Aruba
7 73 (5.97%) Veeam
8 72 (5.89%) Apple
9 70 (5.73%) Dell
10 60 (4.91%) HP
10 60 (4.91%) Juniper
11 52 (4.26%) Ruckus Wireless
12 49 (4.01%) Citrix
12 49 (4.01%) Palo Alto
13 38 (3.11%) Google
14 35 (2.86%) SolarWinds
15 31 (2.54%) Nokia
16 29 (2.37%) CheckPoint
16 29 (2.37%) Draytek
17 26 (2.13%) Ubiquiti