WLAN Job Trends in Scotland

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 147 190
Rank change year-on-year +19 +43 +13
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 5 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.18% 0.074% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.61% 0.62% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £37,075 £35,625
25th Percentile - £37,188 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £40,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +86.34% -5.29% -
75th Percentile - £43,188 £48,188
90th Percentile - £43,225 £49,425
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,264 £48,500
% change year-on-year -13.06% +30.44% -3.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 311 325 532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.38% 12.02% 17.93%
Number of salaries quoted 196 132 459
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £47,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.79% +69.64% -43.15%
75th Percentile £49,625 £66,563 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

WLAN job vacancy trend in Scotland

WLAN
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing WLAN

WLAN
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Shetland Islands - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £75,000 - 1
WLAN
UK

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Head of IT
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto