WLAN Job Trends in the Highlands

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 5 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 1.28% 13.33% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 40.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £37,075 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% - -
75th Percentile £37,000 £43,188 -
90th Percentile - £43,225 -
Scotland median annual salary £55,500 £40,250 £49,250
% change year-on-year +37.89% -18.27% +15.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 2.56% 33.33% 12.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £31,400 £27,750 -
25th Percentile £32,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £30,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £35,500 £43,000 -
90th Percentile £36,400 £43,150 -
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £47,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -35.79% +46.15% -38.10%

WLAN
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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
Inverness -6 1 £36,000 -10.56% 1
WLAN
Scotland

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Operations Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto