WLAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for WLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WLAN over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 598 626
Rank change year-on-year +49 +28 -112
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 214 153 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.25% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.19% 1.40% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 175 117 181
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,500 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.75% +2.53% +3.95%
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £55,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £48,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.49% -3.33% +18.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

WLAN 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 9,776 10,911 10,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.11% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,770 6,474
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,889 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
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 WLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Midlands +57 74 £48,500 +30.70% 10
North of England +75 70 £43,500 -10.77% 5
West Midlands +70 66 £48,500 +65.81% 8
Yorkshire +108 37 £37,000 -32.73% 1
North West +27 32 £56,250 +12.50% 3
South West -8 27 £49,750 +12.94% 4
East of England +20 21 £32,000 -36.00% 5
South East -27 17 £48,750 +21.88% 9
East Midlands -18 8 £47,500 +28.00% 2
North East -12 6 £35,000 +6.06% 1
Wales +10 5 £44,886 -12.62% 1
Scotland -59 5 £50,000 -33.33% 1
Northern Ireland +27 2 - - 2
WLAN
UK

WLAN
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 15 (7.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.61%) IIS
3 11 (5.14%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.93%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 83 (38.79%) Azure
2 74 (34.58%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (11.68%) Entra ID
4 18 (8.41%) AWS
5 10 (4.67%) GCP
6 7 (3.27%) OpenShift
6 7 (3.27%) SaaS
7 6 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.34%) Azure Stack
8 5 (2.34%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.87%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.87%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.93%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.93%) IaaS
10 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.93%) PaaS
10 2 (0.93%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.93%) Serverless
11 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 204 (95.33%) LAN
2 149 (69.63%) WAN
3 72 (33.64%) SD-WAN
4 69 (32.24%) Firewall
5 58 (27.10%) MPLS
6 46 (21.50%) OSPF
7 45 (21.03%) BGP
8 44 (20.56%) VPN
9 37 (17.29%) Wireless
10 36 (16.82%) TCP/IP
11 32 (14.95%) Network Security
12 28 (13.08%) DNS
13 25 (11.68%) DHCP
13 25 (11.68%) VLAN
14 22 (10.28%) SAN
15 21 (9.81%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (8.41%) VoIP
17 11 (5.14%) Software-Defined Networking
18 8 (3.74%) HSRP
18 8 (3.74%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.74%) MySQL
3 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.93%) Power BI
4 1 (0.47%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.47%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 42 (19.63%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.41%) Retail
3 13 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.07%) Finance
4 7 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.34%) Local Government
6 5 (2.34%) Police
7 4 (1.87%) Agriculture
7 4 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.40%) Automotive
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
9 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.47%) Law
10 1 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 71 (33.18%) Analyst
2 57 (26.64%) Operations Analyst
3 55 (25.70%) Network Analyst
4 53 (24.77%) Network Operations Analyst
5 40 (18.69%) Network Engineer
6 39 (18.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (17.29%) Senior
8 20 (9.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 17 (7.94%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (7.48%) IT Analyst
11 15 (7.01%) 2nd Line Support
11 15 (7.01%) 3rd Line Support
11 15 (7.01%) IT Engineer
12 14 (6.54%) IT Support
12 14 (6.54%) Senior Network Engineer
13 13 (6.07%) Support Engineer
14 11 (5.14%) IT Support Analyst
14 11 (5.14%) Support Analyst
15 10 (4.67%) IT Manager
15 10 (4.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) Web Services
2 1 (0.47%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.15%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.07%) Public Cloud
3 10 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.27%) EMC VNX
4 7 (3.27%) FMCG
4 7 (3.27%) PMI
4 7 (3.27%) Private Cloud
4 7 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.87%) CCTV
6 4 (1.87%) Replication
7 3 (1.40%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.40%) PKI
7 3 (1.40%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.47%) IoT
9 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 54 (25.23%) Windows
2 35 (16.36%) Windows Server
3 17 (7.94%) Linux
4 16 (7.48%) Android
4 16 (7.48%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.54%) Apple iOS
6 10 (4.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (4.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (3.27%) Windows 7
9 5 (2.34%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.87%) VMS
10 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.40%) CentOS
12 2 (0.93%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.93%) Rocky
12 2 (0.93%) Unix
12 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (22.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (16.36%) Customer Service
3 31 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (14.02%) ITIL
4 30 (14.02%) Service Management
5 21 (9.81%) Project Delivery
6 20 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (8.88%) Presales
8 18 (8.41%) Network Architecture
9 17 (7.94%) Cloud Security
10 16 (7.48%) Coaching
10 16 (7.48%) High Availability
10 16 (7.48%) ITSM
11 13 (6.07%) Computer Science
12 12 (5.61%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (5.61%) Service Delivery
13 11 (5.14%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (5.14%) Mentoring
13 11 (5.14%) Systems Engineering
14 10 (4.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.62%) SQL
2 9 (4.21%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.34%) Bash
3 5 (2.34%) Python
Qualifications
1 71 (33.18%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (25.23%) CCNP
3 50 (23.36%) CCNA
4 40 (18.69%) CCIE
5 38 (17.76%) CCDP
6 29 (13.55%) Degree
7 12 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (3.74%) Security Cleared
10 7 (3.27%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (3.27%) MCSA
10 7 (3.27%) MCSE
10 7 (3.27%) PMI Certification
10 7 (3.27%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (2.80%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.87%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.87%) MCP
13 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.93%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.35%) SLA
2 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.93%) GDPR
4 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (33.18%) Active Directory
2 64 (29.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (13.55%) Hyper-V
4 16 (7.48%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (6.54%) vSphere
6 8 (3.74%) Firmware
7 7 (3.27%) Docker
8 4 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.93%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 41 (19.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (9.35%) SCCM
3 13 (6.07%) WSUS
4 12 (5.61%) Nagios
5 9 (4.21%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.27%) Ansible
6 7 (3.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 7 (3.27%) Kubernetes
7 6 (2.80%) SmoothWall
8 5 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (2.34%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.34%) OfficeScan
9 2 (0.93%) Puppet
9 2 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 93 (43.46%) Microsoft
2 89 (41.59%) VMware
3 66 (30.84%) Cisco
4 25 (11.68%) Veeam
5 23 (10.75%) Aruba
6 22 (10.28%) SolarWinds
7 20 (9.35%) Citrix
8 18 (8.41%) Fortinet
8 18 (8.41%) Palo Alto
9 16 (7.48%) Meraki
10 14 (6.54%) Juniper
10 14 (6.54%) Sophos
11 10 (4.67%) HP
12 8 (3.74%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.74%) Ekahau
12 8 (3.74%) Google
13 7 (3.27%) EMC
13 7 (3.27%) Extreme Networks
14 6 (2.80%) LogicMonitor
15 5 (2.34%) Centreon