IEEE 802.11
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 802.11 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 802.11 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 948 1196
Rank change year-on-year +75 +248 -353
Permanent jobs citing 802.11 23 22 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.021% 0.023%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.17% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 30
10th Percentile £32,625 £67,375 £23,725
25th Percentile £33,750 £69,063 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £92,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -56.76% +37.04% +18.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £75,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -46.67% +35.14% -14.62%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

802.11 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 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

802.11
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 802.11 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 802.11 in the UK

802.11
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 802.11.

Salary trend for 802.11 in the UK

802.11
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 802.11 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 802.11 in the UK

802.11
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 802.11 within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +114 23 £40,000 -56.76% 1
UK excluding London +17 22 £40,000 -46.67% 1
Midlands - 9 £37,500 -
East Midlands - 8 £37,500 -
East of England - 7 £80,000 - 1
Work from Home +96 6 £80,000 - 2
South West - 6 £30,000 -
London +130 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

802.11
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 8 (34.78%) Entra ID
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (56.52%) DHCP
1 13 (56.52%) DNS
1 13 (56.52%) Wireless
2 10 (43.48%) TCP/IP
3 8 (34.78%) VLAN
3 8 (34.78%) Wireshark
4 7 (30.43%) BGP
4 7 (30.43%) Firewall
4 7 (30.43%) OSPF
5 6 (26.09%) 5G
5 6 (26.09%) 5G NR
5 6 (26.09%) Ethernet
5 6 (26.09%) LTE
5 6 (26.09%) Software-Defined Radio
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (17.39%) NetScaler
6 4 (17.39%) VPN
7 2 (8.70%) Bluetooth
7 2 (8.70%) IPsec
7 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
1 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Automotive
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber-Physical System
3 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.35%) Avionics
3 1 (4.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Administrator
1 8 (34.78%) Network Administrator
1 8 (34.78%) Systems Administrator
2 6 (26.09%) Network Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Radio Specialist
3 5 (21.74%) Technical Specialist
4 4 (17.39%) Network Support
4 4 (17.39%) Network Support Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Juniper Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Network Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) PCIe
2 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 4 (17.39%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.70%) CAN bus
3 2 (8.70%) IoT
3 2 (8.70%) SCADA
4 1 (4.35%) Robotics
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Linux
1 8 (34.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (34.78%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (34.78%) Patch Management
3 7 (30.43%) Agile
4 6 (26.09%) Digital Signal Processing
4 6 (26.09%) Performance Analysis
4 6 (26.09%) Signal Processing
4 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
4 6 (26.09%) UML
5 5 (21.74%) Network Design
6 4 (17.39%) Change Management
6 4 (17.39%) ITIL
6 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (13.04%) Business Continuity
7 3 (13.04%) Change Control
7 3 (13.04%) ISMS
7 3 (13.04%) Network Architecture
7 3 (13.04%) Validation
7 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 2 (8.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 8 (34.78%) CCNA
2 8 (34.78%) CCNP
2 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (21.74%) DV Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (8.70%) CEH
5 2 (8.70%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (8.70%) ECSA
5 2 (8.70%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Firmware
2 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
3 6 (26.09%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Cisco
2 8 (34.78%) Veeam
3 4 (17.39%) Citrix
3 4 (17.39%) Fortinet
3 4 (17.39%) Meraki
3 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.35%) Arista
4 1 (4.35%) Juniper
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.35%) Riverbed