WLAN Jobs in England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 626 554 679
Rank change year-on-year -72 +125 +189
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 81 282 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.33% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.77% 2.55% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42 157 137
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £32,300
25th Percentile £36,813 £37,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £74,063 £59,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £89,750 £70,600 £76,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £46,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% +6.95% +1.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

WLAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,506 11,045 11,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.86% 12.93% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,794 7,382 6,789
10th Percentile - £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £51,536
% change year-on-year -31.58% -7.83% -1.84%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in England

WLAN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WLAN in England.

Salary trend for WLAN in England

WLAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in England over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for WLAN in England

WLAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the England region over the 6 months to 20 July 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 +96 36 £80,000 +36.34% 15
South East +33 14 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North of England -20 14 £44,700 -5.89% 9
Yorkshire +8 13 £44,700 +19.20% 5
South West +73 8 £52,500 +6.06% 2
West Midlands -24 6 £35,000 -27.84% 4
Midlands -35 6 £35,000 -27.84% 11
East of England -13 3 £32,500 -27.64% 8
North East +31 1 £54,000 +24.14% 1
WLAN
UK

WLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 31 (38.27%) Azure
2 19 (23.46%) AWS
2 19 (23.46%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (18.52%) Entra ID
4 14 (17.28%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (4.94%) Google Workspace
5 4 (4.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) GCP
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 72 (88.89%) LAN
1 72 (88.89%) WAN
2 57 (70.37%) Firewall
3 37 (45.68%) VPN
3 37 (45.68%) Wireless
4 35 (43.21%) SD-WAN
5 33 (40.74%) BGP
6 32 (39.51%) OSPF
7 30 (37.04%) MPLS
8 20 (24.69%) DNS
8 20 (24.69%) IPsec
9 18 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
9 18 (22.22%) DHCP
10 17 (20.99%) Network Security
10 17 (20.99%) TCP/IP
11 16 (19.75%) NX-OS
11 16 (19.75%) VLAN
11 16 (19.75%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (17.28%) Cisco ISE
13 12 (14.81%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (13.58%) Finance
3 7 (8.64%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.94%) Automotive
4 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.94%) Retail
5 3 (3.70%) Banking
5 3 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.47%) Advertising
6 2 (2.47%) Aviation
6 2 (2.47%) Local Government
6 2 (2.47%) Police
7 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.23%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 39 (48.15%) Network Engineer
2 15 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (18.52%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (14.81%) Senior
4 10 (12.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Cisco Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Network Operations Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Operations Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (8.64%) Lead
6 6 (7.41%) Analyst
6 6 (7.41%) IT Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Infoblox Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Data Centre Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.41%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (34.57%) Data Centre
2 19 (23.46%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.17%) Mobile Computing
4 4 (4.94%) Smartphone
5 3 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.47%) Handset
6 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.47%) PKI
6 2 (2.47%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.86%) Windows
2 14 (17.28%) Windows 10
3 10 (12.35%) Apple iOS
3 10 (12.35%) Mac OS
4 8 (9.88%) Windows Server
5 5 (6.17%) Linux
6 4 (4.94%) Mac OS X
6 4 (4.94%) Ubuntu
6 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.80%) Change Management
2 25 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (23.46%) ITIL
4 17 (20.99%) Process Improvement
5 15 (18.52%) Customer Service
5 15 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (16.05%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (14.81%) Cloud Security
7 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
7 12 (14.81%) Runbook
8 11 (13.58%) Service Delivery
9 10 (12.35%) Network Architecture
9 10 (12.35%) Network Segmentation
9 10 (12.35%) Problem Management
10 9 (11.11%) Project Delivery
11 7 (8.64%) Incident Response
12 6 (7.41%) Computer Science
12 6 (7.41%) Mentoring
12 6 (7.41%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.88%) Python
2 6 (7.41%) SQL
3 5 (6.17%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.70%) R
5 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (30.86%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (25.93%) CCNP
3 19 (23.46%) CCNA
4 16 (19.75%) Degree
5 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (8.64%) CCIE
7 6 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (7.41%) MCSE
8 5 (6.17%) CCSA
9 4 (4.94%) AWS Certification
9 4 (4.94%) CCSE
9 4 (4.94%) HNC
9 4 (4.94%) HND
10 2 (2.47%) A+ Certification
10 2 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (2.47%) MCITP
10 2 (2.47%) MCP
10 2 (2.47%) SC Cleared
10 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.70%) NIST
2 2 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.47%) NCSC
2 2 (2.47%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.23%) GDPR
3 1 (1.23%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (27.16%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.88%) Firmware
3 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.23%) Docker
4 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (16.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (8.64%) Ansible
3 3 (3.70%) Terraform
4 1 (1.23%) CA Spectrum
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.23%) Nagios
4 1 (1.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (71.60%) Cisco
2 26 (32.10%) Microsoft
3 23 (28.40%) Meraki
4 22 (27.16%) SolarWinds
5 21 (25.93%) CheckPoint
6 20 (24.69%) Fortinet
7 14 (17.28%) Apple
7 14 (17.28%) Dynatrace
8 10 (12.35%) Aruba
8 10 (12.35%) Infoblox
9 9 (11.11%) Juniper
9 9 (11.11%) Palo Alto
10 5 (6.17%) F5
10 5 (6.17%) Riverbed
11 4 (4.94%) Dell
11 4 (4.94%) Google
11 4 (4.94%) ServiceNow
11 4 (4.94%) Ubiquiti
12 2 (2.47%) arcserve
12 2 (2.47%) Arista