WLAN Job Trends in the North of England

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 255 254
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +133
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 17 26 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.29% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 2.69% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 37
10th Percentile £22,400 £30,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £25,500 £35,438 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £58,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -55.74% +38.24% -2.86%
75th Percentile £26,500 £83,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £30,500 - £67,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £64,600 £48,500
% change year-on-year -41.95% +33.20% +2.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,610 966 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.22% 10.62% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 756 536 957
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,413 £27,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £33,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,000 £61,949
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

WLAN job vacancy trend in the North of England

WLAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WLAN

WLAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the North of England

WLAN
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Yorkshire -7 16 £26,000 -56.67% 1
North East +10 1 - - 1
WLAN
England

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) LAN
2 16 (94.12%) WAN
3 8 (47.06%) Firewall
3 8 (47.06%) VPN
4 7 (41.18%) BGP
5 6 (35.29%) ADSL
5 6 (35.29%) Broadband
5 6 (35.29%) MPLS
5 6 (35.29%) SD-WAN
5 6 (35.29%) VoIP
5 6 (35.29%) WebEx
6 5 (29.41%) Network Security
7 4 (23.53%) Internet
7 4 (23.53%) NGN
7 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
7 4 (23.53%) Unified Communications
7 4 (23.53%) VLAN
8 3 (17.65%) Wireless
9 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (5.88%) IPsec
General
1 4 (23.53%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Support Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Support
2 6 (35.29%) Technical Support Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) IT Support
3 4 (23.53%) Unified Communications Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 2 (11.76%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
4 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (11.76%) IT Technician
4 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Data Centre
1 6 (35.29%) Handset
2 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (23.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.88%) Android
3 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
1 7 (41.18%) ITIL
2 6 (35.29%) Supplier Management
3 4 (23.53%) Network Design
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (41.18%) CCNA
3 2 (11.76%) CCNP
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco
2 7 (41.18%) Aruba
2 7 (41.18%) Meraki
3 6 (35.29%) Fortinet
3 6 (35.29%) Huawei
3 6 (35.29%) Polycom
4 4 (23.53%) Avaya
4 4 (23.53%) Mitel
5 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.88%) VMware