WLAN Job Trends in London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 352 490
Rank change year-on-year -9 +138 +77
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 42 32 26
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.21% 0.25% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.09% 2.42% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 23 19 25
10th Percentile £64,381 £63,500 £50,200
25th Percentile £77,125 £72,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £58,850
Median % change year-on-year - +44.44% +17.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,000 £72,950
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +13.40% +14.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,005 1,323 3,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.84% 10.48% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 990 947 2,015
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,773 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £88,438 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

WLAN job vacancy trend in London

WLAN
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WLAN

WLAN
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for WLAN in London

WLAN
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Central London +1 10 £90,000 +33.33% 3
East London - 5 £105,000 - 1
WLAN
England

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (73.81%) Azure
2 24 (57.14%) AWS
3 15 (35.71%) AWS Direct Connect
4 13 (30.95%) SaaS
4 13 (30.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 7 (16.67%) GCP
6 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.76%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 40 (95.24%) LAN
1 40 (95.24%) WAN
2 38 (90.48%) Firewall
3 32 (76.19%) SD-WAN
4 25 (59.52%) Cisco ISE
5 23 (54.76%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (47.62%) BGP
6 20 (47.62%) OSPF
7 18 (42.86%) Network Security
8 17 (40.48%) MPLS
9 16 (38.10%) Cisco ASA
9 16 (38.10%) NX-OS
9 16 (38.10%) VPN
9 16 (38.10%) Wireless
10 15 (35.71%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (35.71%) IPsec
10 15 (35.71%) VXLAN
11 13 (30.95%) NetScaler
12 8 (19.05%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (7.14%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) GitLab
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 8 (19.05%) Finance
1 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Banking
2 4 (9.52%) Retail
3 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 12 (28.57%) Architect
2 12 (28.57%) Network Architect
3 11 (26.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (26.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (23.81%) Cisco Engineer
4 10 (23.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 10 (23.81%) Firewall Engineer
5 9 (21.43%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 9 (21.43%) Network Operations Engineer
5 9 (21.43%) Operations Engineer
6 8 (19.05%) Senior
7 6 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (11.90%) AWS Engineer
8 5 (11.90%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
10 2 (4.76%) Network Consultant
10 2 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
10 2 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 28 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 9 (21.43%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Linux
1 3 (7.14%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Network Segmentation
2 13 (30.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (30.95%) Roadmaps
2 13 (30.95%) Zero Trust
3 10 (23.81%) Kalman Filter
3 10 (23.81%) Runbook
4 9 (21.43%) Cloud Security
4 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (14.29%) Presales
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (11.90%) Network Architecture
8 5 (11.90%) Threat Management
9 4 (9.52%) Product Roadmap
9 4 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
10 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Transformation
10 3 (7.14%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (23.81%) CCIE
3 4 (9.52%) Azure Certification
3 4 (9.52%) CCNP
4 3 (7.14%) CCNA
5 2 (4.76%) CCSA
5 2 (4.76%) CCSE
5 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) CWNA
6 1 (2.38%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Firmware
2 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) FortiGate
2 4 (9.52%) Terraform
3 3 (7.14%) Ansible
4 2 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.38%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 29 (69.05%) Cisco
2 19 (45.24%) Fortinet
3 17 (40.48%) CheckPoint
4 16 (38.10%) Meraki
5 15 (35.71%) Dynatrace
5 15 (35.71%) SolarWinds
6 11 (26.19%) Palo Alto
7 9 (21.43%) ServiceNow
8 3 (7.14%) Juniper
8 3 (7.14%) Red Hat
8 3 (7.14%) VMware
9 2 (4.76%) Aerohive Networks
9 2 (4.76%) Aruba
9 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
9 2 (4.76%) Zscaler
10 1 (2.38%) Arista