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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 303 343
Rank change year-on-year +75 +40 -54
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 901 622 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.26% 1.05% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.24% 5.73% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 727 434 558
10th Percentile £24,240 £26,000 £28,425
25th Percentile £26,625 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £49,625 £56,300
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%

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 9,754 10,849 11,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.62% 18.34% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,061 4,721 6,541
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £74,919
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +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 20 May 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 20 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
North of England +64 248 £40,000 - 44
South East +59 190 £40,000 +6.17% 49
Midlands +66 177 £37,500 +10.29% 25
North West +7 137 £40,000 - 20
South West +17 123 £40,000 - 21
East of England +47 115 £31,750 -7.97% 21
West Midlands +65 110 £33,000 -2.94% 13
Yorkshire +110 89 £37,750 +8.63% 19
East Midlands +17 62 £40,000 +6.67% 12
Scotland -74 38 £35,000 -32.04% 3
North East +4 26 £42,500 +10.39% 5
Wales +17 18 £33,750 -2.70% 7
Northern Ireland +33 5 - - 2
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
1 125 (13.87%) SharePoint
2 84 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.89%) Confluence
4 6 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (0.67%) IIS
5 4 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (0.44%) 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
1 131 (14.54%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.44%) Trello
5 1 (0.11%) 1Password
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.44%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.33%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 393 (43.62%) Microsoft 365
2 258 (28.63%) Azure
3 123 (13.65%) Entra ID
4 74 (8.21%) OneDrive
5 69 (7.66%) AWS
6 34 (3.77%) SaaS
7 26 (2.89%) IaaS
8 21 (2.33%) PaaS
9 17 (1.89%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.44%) Google Workspace
11 12 (1.33%) Mimecast
12 11 (1.22%) WhatsApp
13 10 (1.11%) GCP
14 8 (0.89%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.89%) Slack
15 7 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.67%) GitHub
16 6 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 5 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 290 (32.19%) LAN
2 261 (28.97%) WAN
3 256 (28.41%) Firewall
4 212 (23.53%) Wireless
5 156 (17.31%) DHCP
6 149 (16.54%) DNS
7 126 (13.98%) TCP/IP
8 125 (13.87%) VPN
9 92 (10.21%) Bluetooth
10 84 (9.32%) VLAN
11 78 (8.66%) Internet
12 63 (6.99%) MPLS
12 63 (6.99%) Network Security
13 62 (6.88%) Ethernet
14 60 (6.66%) VoIP
15 58 (6.44%) SD-WAN
16 45 (4.99%) LTE
17 40 (4.44%) BGP
18 38 (4.22%) OSPF
19 31 (3.44%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.11%) MySQL
4 6 (0.67%) Tableau
5 5 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.33%) Power BI
6 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.22%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 34 (3.77%) JIRA
2 22 (2.44%) LabVIEW
3 16 (1.78%) Git
4 5 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.44%) Subversion
5 4 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
General
1 240 (26.64%) Social Skills
2 89 (9.88%) Telecoms
3 81 (8.99%) Finance
4 62 (6.88%) Retail
5 58 (6.44%) Manufacturing
6 57 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (5.99%) Electronics
8 48 (5.33%) Documentation Skills
9 42 (4.66%) Public Sector
10 36 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (2.77%) Marketing
12 21 (2.33%) Law
12 21 (2.33%) Legal
13 15 (1.66%) Local Government
14 13 (1.44%) Automotive
14 13 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
16 11 (1.22%) Back Office
17 6 (0.67%) French Language
Job Titles
1 149 (16.54%) Support Engineer
2 137 (15.21%) IT Engineer
3 133 (14.76%) IT Support
4 124 (13.76%) Network Engineer
5 106 (11.76%) Senior
6 89 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 81 (8.99%) IT Support Engineer
8 68 (7.55%) Embedded Engineer
9 62 (6.88%) Analyst
10 61 (6.77%) Software Engineer
11 58 (6.44%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 56 (6.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 51 (5.66%) IT Technician
14 49 (5.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 44 (4.88%) IT Manager
16 43 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support
17 41 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
18 38 (4.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
19 36 (4.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
19 36 (4.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.44%) Yocto
2 12 (1.33%) REST
3 8 (0.89%) HTML
3 8 (0.89%) Laravel
4 7 (0.78%) Vue
5 6 (0.67%) CSS
5 6 (0.67%) React Native
6 5 (0.55%) .NET
6 5 (0.55%) NETCONF
7 4 (0.44%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.44%) 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%) JSON
10 1 (0.11%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 147 (16.32%) Driving Licence
2 85 (9.43%) Data Centre
3 50 (5.55%) Self-Motivation
4 47 (5.22%) IoT
5 43 (4.77%) CCTV
6 35 (3.88%) Management Information System
7 30 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 24 (2.66%) EPoS
9 22 (2.44%) Acoustics
9 22 (2.44%) Satnav
10 21 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
11 17 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
12 13 (1.44%) Device Driver
13 10 (1.11%) Clustering
13 10 (1.11%) Fibre Optics
13 10 (1.11%) Social Media
14 9 (1.00%) ARM Cortex
14 9 (1.00%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.00%) PropTech
15 8 (0.89%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 397 (44.06%) Windows
2 203 (22.53%) Windows Server
3 116 (12.87%) Windows 10
4 100 (11.10%) Linux
5 52 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 51 (5.66%) Mac OS
7 43 (4.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 41 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 34 (3.77%) Embedded Linux
10 33 (3.66%) Android
11 31 (3.44%) Apple iOS
12 18 (2.00%) VyOS
13 16 (1.78%) Windows 7
14 11 (1.22%) Windows 8
15 9 (1.00%) Ubuntu
16 7 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
17 6 (0.67%) ThreadX
18 3 (0.33%) VMS
19 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (19.76%) Customer Service
2 131 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (13.32%) Cybersecurity
4 111 (12.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 93 (10.32%) Agile
6 81 (8.99%) Software Engineering
7 77 (8.55%) ITIL
8 72 (7.99%) Service Delivery
9 67 (7.44%) Asset Management
10 52 (5.77%) Project Management
11 50 (5.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (5.44%) Project Delivery
13 44 (4.88%) Coaching
13 44 (4.88%) Disaster Recovery
14 43 (4.77%) Proactive Maintenance
15 41 (4.55%) Mentoring
16 39 (4.33%) ERP
16 39 (4.33%) Migration
16 39 (4.33%) Test Automation
17 35 (3.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 74 (8.21%) C
2 59 (6.55%) PowerShell
3 54 (5.99%) SQL
4 47 (5.22%) Python
5 42 (4.66%) Embedded C
6 24 (2.66%) C++
7 19 (2.11%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.55%) C#
9 10 (1.11%) PHP
10 6 (0.67%) Bash
11 4 (0.44%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.33%) VB
13 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 151 (16.76%) Degree
2 91 (10.10%) Cisco Certification
3 66 (7.33%) Security Cleared
4 59 (6.55%) CCNA
5 43 (4.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (4.00%) CCNP
7 34 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.89%) SC Cleared
9 25 (2.77%) JNCIA
10 24 (2.66%) A+ Certification
10 24 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (2.44%) CCIE
12 21 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (1.78%) CISSP
13 16 (1.78%) DBS Check
14 14 (1.55%) MCSE
15 9 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 8 (0.89%) AWS Certification
16 8 (0.89%) CCSA
16 8 (0.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.32%) SLA
2 43 (4.77%) GDPR
3 42 (4.66%) PCI DSS
4 19 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.89%) IEC 62304
6 8 (0.89%) ISO 13485
6 8 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 7 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.78%) QA
8 5 (0.55%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.55%) MISRA
9 4 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.44%) NCSC
10 3 (0.33%) Automotive SPICE
10 3 (0.33%) AUTOSAR
10 3 (0.33%) JTAG
11 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 261 (28.97%) Active Directory
2 95 (10.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (8.10%) Hyper-V
4 38 (4.22%) KVM
5 25 (2.77%) Firmware
6 15 (1.66%) vSphere
7 14 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
10 5 (0.55%) Docker
10 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.44%) pfSense
12 2 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.11%) NFS
Systems Management
1 95 (10.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (3.44%) SCCM
3 24 (2.66%) WSUS
4 18 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
5 16 (1.78%) Autotask
6 15 (1.66%) FortiGate
7 10 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (1.00%) SmoothWall
8 9 (1.00%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.67%) Backup Exec
9 6 (0.67%) Terraform
10 5 (0.55%) Nagios
10 5 (0.55%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.55%) PaperCut
11 4 (0.44%) AirWatch
11 4 (0.44%) Ansible
11 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.33%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.22%) SCOM
13 2 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 379 (42.06%) Microsoft
2 203 (22.53%) Cisco
3 144 (15.98%) VMware
4 68 (7.55%) Meraki
5 60 (6.66%) Veeam
6 55 (6.10%) Dell
7 52 (5.77%) Apple
8 51 (5.66%) Aruba
9 45 (4.99%) Fortinet
10 42 (4.66%) Citrix
10 42 (4.66%) Juniper
11 38 (4.22%) HP
12 33 (3.66%) Ruckus Wireless
13 31 (3.44%) Nokia
14 30 (3.33%) Palo Alto
15 29 (3.22%) Draytek
16 27 (3.00%) Google
17 21 (2.33%) Ubiquiti
18 19 (2.11%) Datto
19 18 (2.00%) Vyatta