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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 388 495
Rank change year-on-year +149 +107 -96
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 1,217 876 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.23% 0.87% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.00% 5.57% 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 648 835
10th Percentile £24,275 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,125 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -1.04%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £69,750 £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 13,516 15,741 20,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 8,007 11,698
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.23% +3.33%

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 10 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 10 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 +155 1,132 £42,500 +6.25% 224
UK excluding London +64 901 £40,000 +3.90% 169
Work from Home +175 422 £47,500 +5.56% 81
London +163 287 £52,500 +5.00% 67
North of England +74 247 £40,000 - 42
South East +55 191 £40,000 +5.02% 53
Midlands +68 175 £39,750 +15.22% 27
North West +12 135 £40,000 - 22
South West +22 121 £40,000 - 16
East of England +47 117 £32,500 -5.80% 23
West Midlands +49 107 £33,500 -2.90% 15
Yorkshire +114 91 £40,250 +15.83% 15
East Midlands +22 63 £40,000 +6.67% 12
Scotland -69 39 £35,000 -32.04% 5
North East -2 25 £42,500 +10.39% 5
Wales +14 19 £33,750 -2.70% 6
Northern Ireland +24 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
1 153 (12.57%) SharePoint
2 123 (10.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.40%) Confluence
4 7 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2000
6 5 (0.41%) Exchange Server 2013
6 5 (0.41%) IIS
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 (12.16%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.81%) 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 2 (0.16%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.082%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 495 (40.67%) Microsoft 365
2 391 (32.13%) Azure
3 160 (13.15%) Entra ID
4 92 (7.56%) AWS
5 76 (6.24%) OneDrive
6 53 (4.35%) SaaS
7 49 (4.03%) IaaS
8 46 (3.78%) PaaS
9 20 (1.64%) GCP
9 20 (1.64%) Power Platform
10 19 (1.56%) Google Workspace
11 16 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (1.15%) WhatsApp
13 12 (0.99%) Mimecast
14 9 (0.74%) Nutanix
15 8 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.66%) Slack
16 6 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 6 (0.49%) Datadog
16 6 (0.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 433 (35.58%) LAN
2 405 (33.28%) WAN
3 401 (32.95%) Firewall
4 274 (22.51%) Wireless
5 229 (18.82%) DHCP
6 221 (18.16%) DNS
7 204 (16.76%) VPN
8 138 (11.34%) TCP/IP
9 135 (11.09%) VLAN
10 117 (9.61%) SD-WAN
11 106 (8.71%) MPLS
11 106 (8.71%) Network Security
12 103 (8.46%) Internet
13 93 (7.64%) Bluetooth
14 77 (6.33%) Ethernet
15 72 (5.92%) VoIP
16 61 (5.01%) BGP
17 50 (4.11%) OSPF
18 46 (3.78%) LTE
19 40 (3.29%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.66%) MySQL
4 7 (0.58%) 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 36 (2.96%) JIRA
2 22 (1.81%) LabVIEW
3 19 (1.56%) 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
1 336 (27.61%) Social Skills
2 115 (9.45%) Finance
3 99 (8.13%) Telecoms
4 89 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (6.16%) Retail
6 63 (5.18%) Manufacturing
7 62 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
8 60 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (4.60%) Documentation Skills
10 55 (4.52%) Electronics
11 47 (3.86%) Public Sector
12 33 (2.71%) Law
13 28 (2.30%) Marketing
14 27 (2.22%) Legal
15 23 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.64%) Local Government
17 12 (0.99%) Automotive
17 12 (0.99%) Back Office
17 12 (0.99%) Games
17 12 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 192 (15.78%) Network Engineer
2 183 (15.04%) IT Engineer
3 178 (14.63%) IT Support
4 175 (14.38%) Support Engineer
5 157 (12.90%) Senior
6 109 (8.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 104 (8.55%) IT Support Engineer
8 90 (7.40%) Analyst
9 70 (5.75%) Embedded Engineer
10 66 (5.42%) IT Technician
11 65 (5.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 65 (5.34%) Project Manager
12 62 (5.09%) 2nd Line Support
12 62 (5.09%) IT Manager
12 62 (5.09%) Software Engineer
13 59 (4.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 57 (4.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 48 (3.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 46 (3.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 40 (3.29%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.23%) REST
2 14 (1.15%) Yocto
3 10 (0.82%) 802.1X
4 8 (0.66%) Laravel
5 7 (0.58%) Vue
5 7 (0.58%) X-Windows
6 6 (0.49%) CSS
6 6 (0.49%) HTML
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%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 160 (13.15%) Driving Licence
2 135 (11.09%) Data Centre
3 60 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (4.27%) CCTV
5 49 (4.03%) IoT
6 45 (3.70%) EPoS
6 45 (3.70%) Management Information System
7 41 (3.37%) Public Cloud
8 37 (3.04%) Onboarding
9 36 (2.96%) Video Conferencing
10 25 (2.05%) PKI
11 22 (1.81%) Acoustics
11 22 (1.81%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (1.81%) Satnav
12 15 (1.23%) Social Media
13 14 (1.15%) Device Driver
14 12 (0.99%) iPad
14 12 (0.99%) Mobile App
14 12 (0.99%) PropTech
15 11 (0.90%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 489 (40.18%) Windows
2 238 (19.56%) Windows Server
3 159 (13.06%) Windows 10
4 100 (8.22%) Linux
5 57 (4.68%) Android
6 56 (4.60%) Mac OS
7 55 (4.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 50 (4.11%) Apple iOS
9 48 (3.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 45 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
11 35 (2.88%) Embedded Linux
12 22 (1.81%) Windows 7
13 18 (1.48%) VyOS
14 11 (0.90%) Windows 8
15 10 (0.82%) Mac OS X
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%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (16.19%) Customer Service
2 192 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
3 170 (13.97%) Cybersecurity
4 152 (12.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 126 (10.35%) Agile
6 124 (10.19%) ITIL
7 98 (8.05%) Project Management
8 83 (6.82%) Software Engineering
9 81 (6.66%) Service Delivery
10 74 (6.08%) Asset Management
11 63 (5.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 62 (5.09%) Project Delivery
13 61 (5.01%) Mentoring
14 58 (4.77%) PRINCE2
15 55 (4.52%) Migration
16 52 (4.27%) Computer Science
17 50 (4.11%) Continuous Improvement
18 47 (3.86%) Coaching
18 47 (3.86%) Presales
18 47 (3.86%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 76 (6.24%) C
2 70 (5.75%) PowerShell
3 59 (4.85%) SQL
4 48 (3.94%) Python
5 43 (3.53%) Embedded C
6 24 (1.97%) C++
7 19 (1.56%) JavaScript
8 14 (1.15%) C#
9 8 (0.66%) Bash
9 8 (0.66%) PHP
10 4 (0.33%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.25%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.25%) VB
12 1 (0.082%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.082%) VBA
Qualifications
1 192 (15.78%) Degree
2 134 (11.01%) Cisco Certification
3 86 (7.07%) CCNA
4 72 (5.92%) Security Cleared
5 62 (5.09%) CCNP
6 44 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.30%) SC Cleared
10 27 (2.22%) A+ Certification
10 27 (2.22%) CCIE
10 27 (2.22%) JNCIA
11 26 (2.14%) DBS Check
12 24 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
13 22 (1.81%) CISSP
14 16 (1.31%) APMP
15 13 (1.07%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.07%) MCSE
16 11 (0.90%) Azure Certification
17 10 (0.82%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (7.40%) SLA
2 55 (4.52%) PCI DSS
3 47 (3.86%) GDPR
4 32 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (0.74%) NCSC
8 8 (0.66%) IEC 62304
8 8 (0.66%) ISO 13485
8 8 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 8 (0.66%) QA
9 5 (0.41%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.41%) MISRA
10 4 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.33%) Automotive SPICE
10 4 (0.33%) AUTOSAR
10 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.33%) NIST
11 3 (0.25%) JTAG
12 2 (0.16%) GRC
System Software
1 356 (29.25%) Active Directory
2 134 (11.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 97 (7.97%) Hyper-V
4 39 (3.20%) KVM
5 33 (2.71%) VMware ESXi
6 26 (2.14%) Firmware
7 17 (1.40%) vSphere
8 12 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
10 6 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.41%) Docker
11 5 (0.41%) pfSense
12 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 2 (0.16%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.082%) NFS
Systems Management
1 115 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (3.45%) WSUS
3 41 (3.37%) SCCM
4 25 (2.05%) Jamf Pro
5 22 (1.81%) FortiGate
6 16 (1.31%) Autotask
7 12 (0.99%) PaperCut
8 10 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
8 10 (0.82%) SmoothWall
8 10 (0.82%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 7 (0.58%) 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%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.25%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 481 (39.52%) Microsoft
2 323 (26.54%) Cisco
3 192 (15.78%) VMware
4 127 (10.44%) Meraki
5 93 (7.64%) Fortinet
6 83 (6.82%) Aruba
7 72 (5.92%) Apple
7 72 (5.92%) Veeam
8 69 (5.67%) Dell
9 60 (4.93%) HP
10 58 (4.77%) Juniper
11 52 (4.27%) Ruckus Wireless
12 50 (4.11%) Citrix
13 49 (4.03%) Palo Alto
14 38 (3.12%) Google
15 34 (2.79%) SolarWinds
16 31 (2.55%) Nokia
17 29 (2.38%) CheckPoint
18 27 (2.22%) Draytek
19 26 (2.14%) Ubiquiti