CWNA Job Trends in England

CWNP Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CWNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 - 660
Rank change year-on-year - - +323
Permanent jobs citing CWNA 4 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.008% - 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.023% - 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - £60,000
25th Percentile £58,011 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,522 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.10%
75th Percentile £71,017 - £90,625
90th Percentile £77,007 - £92,750
UK median annual salary £59,522 £43,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +36.83% -45.63% +60.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CWNA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,554 17,917 13,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.69% 36.13% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,069 7,221 9,544
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,350 £93,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

CWNA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CWNA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

CWNA job vacancy trend in England

CWNA
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CWNA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CWNA

CWNA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CWNA in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CWNA in England

CWNA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CWNA within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
London - 1 - -
CWNA
UK

CWNA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) WLAN
3 2 (50.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless Security
4 1 (25.00%) WPA2
General
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Network Design
3 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (25.00%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) RIBA
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) CWDP
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Arista
2 1 (25.00%) Aruba
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Ekahau
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds