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

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 628 726
Rank change year-on-year +57 +98 +125
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 97 226 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.12% 1.87% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 39 185 147
10th Percentile - £31,300 £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 £85,000 £54,225 £50,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £66,200 £58,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% +12.79% -8.27%

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 8,668 12,070 13,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.97% 13.69% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,615 8,541 7,118
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,913 £32,500 £35,381
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

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 27 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 27 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 +39 40 £35,000 -27.84% 31
West Midlands +42 35 £35,000 -27.84% 21
London +121 32 £85,000 +44.44% 30
South East +75 11 £47,500 -2.56% 39
Yorkshire +34 8 £44,700 +20.00% 21
North of England -15 8 £44,700 +1.02% 35
East Midlands +38 5 - - 8
South West +84 3 £53,750 +8.04% 15
East of England +16 3 £67,500 +110.94% 27
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 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (12.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (34.02%) Azure
2 19 (19.59%) AWS
3 14 (14.43%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (13.40%) AWS Direct Connect
5 12 (12.37%) Google Workspace
6 11 (11.34%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (2.06%) GCP
9 1 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (54.64%) WAN
2 52 (53.61%) LAN
3 48 (49.48%) Firewall
4 40 (41.24%) Network Security
5 39 (40.21%) BGP
5 39 (40.21%) OSPF
6 34 (35.05%) Wireless
7 29 (29.90%) Internet
8 27 (27.84%) MPLS
8 27 (27.84%) SD-WAN
9 21 (21.65%) DNS
10 20 (20.62%) DHCP
10 20 (20.62%) VPN
11 17 (17.53%) Cisco ISE
11 17 (17.53%) IPsec
11 17 (17.53%) TCP/IP
12 16 (16.49%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (16.49%) VLAN
13 15 (15.46%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (14.43%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.37%) Automotive
2 12 (12.37%) Retail
3 5 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.15%) Finance
4 2 (2.06%) Local Government
4 2 (2.06%) Police
4 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.03%) Aviation
5 1 (1.03%) Banking
5 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.03%) Korean Language
5 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (43.30%) IT Engineer
2 28 (28.87%) IT Support
2 28 (28.87%) IT Support Engineer
2 28 (28.87%) Network Engineer
2 28 (28.87%) Support Engineer
3 14 (14.43%) Cisco Engineer
3 14 (14.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 13 (13.40%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (10.31%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 10 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (10.31%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (9.28%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 9 (9.28%) Network Operations Engineer
6 9 (9.28%) Operations Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Lead
7 7 (7.22%) Senior
8 5 (5.15%) Infoblox Engineer
8 5 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) Consultant
9 4 (4.12%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.31%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 29 (29.90%) Driving Licence
2 25 (25.77%) Management Information System
3 22 (22.68%) Data Centre
4 12 (12.37%) Smartphone
5 5 (5.15%) Mobile Computing
6 2 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.06%) PKI
6 2 (2.06%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (58.76%) Windows
2 41 (42.27%) Linux
3 22 (22.68%) Windows 10
4 14 (14.43%) Windows Server
5 12 (12.37%) Mac OS X
5 12 (12.37%) Ubuntu
5 12 (12.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (12.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (10.31%) Apple iOS
6 10 (10.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.27%) Computer Science
2 40 (41.24%) ITIL
3 39 (40.21%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (35.05%) Mentoring
5 33 (34.02%) Network Management
6 28 (28.87%) Asset Management
6 28 (28.87%) IT Asset Management
7 25 (25.77%) Change Management
8 14 (14.43%) Cloud Security
9 12 (12.37%) Business Case
9 12 (12.37%) Performance Tuning
9 12 (12.37%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (12.37%) Systems Engineering
10 10 (10.31%) Customer Service
10 10 (10.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (10.31%) Network Architecture
10 10 (10.31%) Problem Management
10 10 (10.31%) Runbook
10 10 (10.31%) Service Delivery
11 9 (9.28%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.40%) PowerShell
1 13 (13.40%) SQL
2 7 (7.22%) Python
3 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.03%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (48.45%) Degree
2 45 (46.39%) Cisco Certification
3 43 (44.33%) CCNP
4 42 (43.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (42.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (42.27%) MCSE
6 39 (40.21%) CCNA
7 28 (28.87%) LPIC
7 28 (28.87%) MCP
8 12 (12.37%) HNC
8 12 (12.37%) HND
9 6 (6.19%) CCIE
10 3 (3.09%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.09%) CCSA
10 3 (3.09%) CCSE
11 2 (2.06%) SC Cleared
11 2 (2.06%) Security Cleared
12 1 (1.03%) CEH
12 1 (1.03%) OSCP
12 1 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.06%) NIST
1 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.03%) GDPR
2 1 (1.03%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.03%) NCSC
2 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (24.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.22%) Firmware
3 1 (1.03%) Docker
3 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (10.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.19%) Ansible
3 5 (5.15%) Terraform
4 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.03%) Nagios
Vendors
1 81 (83.51%) Cisco
2 58 (59.79%) Microsoft
3 23 (23.71%) Fortinet
4 22 (22.68%) Apple
5 17 (17.53%) CheckPoint
5 17 (17.53%) SolarWinds
6 15 (15.46%) Meraki
7 13 (13.40%) Dynatrace
8 12 (12.37%) Dell
8 12 (12.37%) Google
8 12 (12.37%) Ubiquiti
9 10 (10.31%) Infoblox
10 9 (9.28%) Juniper
11 7 (7.22%) Palo Alto
12 5 (5.15%) F5
12 5 (5.15%) Riverbed
13 4 (4.12%) Arista
13 4 (4.12%) LogicMonitor
14 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
15 2 (2.06%) Aruba