WLAN Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 197 190
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +3
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 7 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.093% 0.078% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.41% 0.53% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £26,250 - £36,500
25th Percentile £31,875 £59,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £61,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.43% +19.61% +20.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £62,500 £53,000
90th Percentile £51,250 - £61,700
South East median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year -19.05% +27.27% +3.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 495 568 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.60% 14.79% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 365 258 302
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £66,125
90th Percentile £71,500 £71,325 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -17.48% +3.00%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

WLAN job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

WLAN
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WLAN

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Buckinghamshire - 5 £40,000 - 2
Berkshire +11 2 £50,000 -18.03% 5
WLAN
South East

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
2 5 (71.43%) WAN
2 5 (71.43%) Wireless
3 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (42.86%) Network Security
4 3 (42.86%) SD-WAN
4 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (42.86%) Unified Communications
4 3 (42.86%) VLAN
4 3 (42.86%) VoIP
5 2 (28.57%) Broadband
5 2 (28.57%) OSPF
5 2 (28.57%) VPN
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (14.29%) DHCP
6 1 (14.29%) DNS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) B2B Sales Executive
2 2 (28.57%) Sales Executive
2 2 (28.57%) Telesales Executive
3 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Support Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) B2B
2 2 (28.57%) B2B Sales
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Generation
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Telesales
3 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) Autotask
2 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (14.29%) N-central
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Fortinet
3 2 (28.57%) Aruba
3 2 (28.57%) Ruckus Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) WatchGuard
4 1 (14.29%) Apple
4 1 (14.29%) Datto