WLAN Job Trends in the South West

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 183 205
Rank change year-on-year -1 +22 +65
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 1 10 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.020% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 2.03% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,631 £30,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,398 £33,250 £30,066
Median % change year-on-year +18.49% +10.59% -29.26%
75th Percentile £40,166 £44,813 £45,000
90th Percentile - £58,425 £45,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £64,600 £48,500
% change year-on-year -18.73% +33.20% +2.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 620 492 777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.36% 11.40% 17.74%
Number of salaries quoted 367 286 595
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £61,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,000 £70,000
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 South West

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

WLAN job vacancy trend in the South West

WLAN
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing WLAN

WLAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Wiltshire +1 1 £39,398 +18.49%
WLAN
England

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation