WLAN Jobs in the South West

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring WLAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WLAN over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 263 253
Rank change year-on-year +87 -10 +48
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 3 27 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.083% 0.29% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.56% 2.19% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 24 10
10th Percentile £51,375 £42,500 £35,550
25th Percentile £51,563 £46,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £49,750 £44,050
Median % change year-on-year +8.04% +12.94% +4.41%
75th Percentile £56,563 £50,250 £46,100
90th Percentile £57,125 £52,500 £47,538
England median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% +14.12% -

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 531 1,234 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.77% 13.22% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 329 932 538
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,125 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the South West

WLAN
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the South West.

Salary trend for WLAN in the South West

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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 17 May 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
Gloucestershire +53 1 £52,500 +5.00% 2
Wiltshire +37 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £55,000 - 2
WLAN
England

WLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) IT Audit
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds