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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 581 623 720
Rank change year-on-year +42 +97 +150
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 98 229 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.25% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.10% 1.88% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 39 187 144
10th Percentile - £31,700 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% +14.12% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £55,375 £50,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £67,000 £59,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% +14.12% -8.11%

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 8,896 12,155 13,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.04% 13.53% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,762 8,542 7,007
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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
Midlands +37 40 £35,000 -27.84% 16
West Midlands +30 35 £35,000 -27.84% 10
London +112 31 £85,000 +44.44% 28
South East +68 12 £47,500 -5.00% 9
Yorkshire +25 8 £44,700 +19.20% 11
North of England -25 8 £44,700 -3.35% 15
East Midlands +41 5 - - 5
South West +89 4 £55,000 +10.55% 1
East of England +28 3 £67,500 +110.94% 8
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 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (11.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (32.65%) Azure
2 19 (19.39%) AWS
3 14 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (13.27%) AWS Direct Connect
5 11 (11.22%) Entra ID
5 11 (11.22%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.04%) GCP
8 1 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (57.14%) WAN
2 54 (55.10%) LAN
3 49 (50.00%) Firewall
4 40 (40.82%) Network Security
5 37 (37.76%) BGP
5 37 (37.76%) OSPF
6 35 (35.71%) Wireless
7 30 (30.61%) Internet
8 28 (28.57%) SD-WAN
9 27 (27.55%) MPLS
10 22 (22.45%) DNS
11 21 (21.43%) DHCP
11 21 (21.43%) VPN
12 17 (17.35%) IPsec
12 17 (17.35%) TCP/IP
13 16 (16.33%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (16.33%) Cisco ISE
13 16 (16.33%) VLAN
14 14 (14.29%) NX-OS
14 14 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.22%) Automotive
2 11 (11.22%) Retail
3 5 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.10%) Finance
4 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.04%) Local Government
5 2 (2.04%) Police
6 1 (1.02%) Advertising
6 1 (1.02%) Aviation
6 1 (1.02%) Banking
6 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.02%) Korean Language
6 1 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.02%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (41.84%) IT Engineer
2 29 (29.59%) Support Engineer
3 28 (28.57%) IT Support
3 28 (28.57%) IT Support Engineer
3 28 (28.57%) Network Engineer
4 13 (13.27%) Cisco Engineer
4 13 (13.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 12 (12.24%) Systems Engineer
6 11 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (11.22%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (10.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 9 (9.18%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 9 (9.18%) Network Operations Engineer
8 9 (9.18%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (7.14%) Lead
9 7 (7.14%) Senior
10 5 (5.10%) Infoblox Engineer
10 5 (5.10%) Senior Network Engineer
11 4 (4.08%) Cisco Consultant
11 4 (4.08%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 29 (29.59%) Driving Licence
2 24 (24.49%) Management Information System
3 22 (22.45%) Data Centre
4 11 (11.22%) Smartphone
5 5 (5.10%) Mobile Computing
6 2 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.04%) PKI
6 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (57.14%) Windows
2 40 (40.82%) Linux
3 21 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 13 (13.27%) Windows Server
5 11 (11.22%) Mac OS X
5 11 (11.22%) Ubuntu
5 11 (11.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (11.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (10.20%) Apple iOS
6 10 (10.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (41.84%) Computer Science
2 40 (40.82%) ITIL
2 40 (40.82%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (34.69%) Mentoring
4 33 (33.67%) Network Management
5 28 (28.57%) Asset Management
5 28 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
6 26 (26.53%) Change Management
7 14 (14.29%) Cloud Security
8 12 (12.24%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (11.22%) Business Case
9 11 (11.22%) Customer Service
9 11 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (11.22%) Performance Tuning
9 11 (11.22%) Service Delivery
9 11 (11.22%) Systems Engineering
10 10 (10.20%) Network Architecture
10 10 (10.20%) Problem Management
10 10 (10.20%) Process Improvement
10 10 (10.20%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.24%) PowerShell
1 12 (12.24%) SQL
2 6 (6.12%) Python
3 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.02%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (47.96%) Degree
2 46 (46.94%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (44.90%) CCNP
4 41 (41.84%) CCNA
4 41 (41.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (41.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (40.82%) MCSE
6 28 (28.57%) LPIC
6 28 (28.57%) MCP
7 11 (11.22%) HNC
7 11 (11.22%) HND
8 7 (7.14%) CCIE
9 3 (3.06%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.06%) CCSA
9 3 (3.06%) CCSE
10 2 (2.04%) SC Cleared
10 2 (2.04%) Security Cleared
11 1 (1.02%) CEH
11 1 (1.02%) OSCP
11 1 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.04%) NIST
1 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.02%) GDPR
2 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.02%) NCSC
2 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (24.49%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.14%) Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) Docker
3 1 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (10.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.10%) Ansible
3 4 (4.08%) Terraform
4 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.02%) Nagios
Vendors
1 81 (82.65%) Cisco
2 58 (59.18%) Microsoft
3 22 (22.45%) Fortinet
4 21 (21.43%) Apple
5 17 (17.35%) CheckPoint
6 16 (16.33%) Meraki
6 16 (16.33%) SolarWinds
7 13 (13.27%) Dynatrace
8 11 (11.22%) Dell
8 11 (11.22%) Google
8 11 (11.22%) Ubiquiti
9 10 (10.20%) Infoblox
10 9 (9.18%) Juniper
11 7 (7.14%) Palo Alto
12 5 (5.10%) Riverbed
13 4 (4.08%) Arista
13 4 (4.08%) F5
14 3 (3.06%) LogicMonitor
14 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
15 2 (2.04%) Aruba