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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 183 190
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +80
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 3 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.082% 0.30% 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.85% 2.40% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £35,750 £42,875
25th Percentile £59,500 £36,875 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £42,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +43.53% -17.07% +70.83%
75th Percentile £62,500 £49,625 £57,813
90th Percentile - £51,650 £60,625
South East median annual salary £52,500 £36,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +44.83% -9.38% -4.76%

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 352 541 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.61% 12.42% 16.80%
Number of salaries quoted 239 255 428
10th Percentile £27,450 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £33,875 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £77,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +1.01%

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

WLAN
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 3 November 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
Berkshire +3 3 £61,000 - 2
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) 5G
2 2 (66.67%) 802.11
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) BYOD
1 2 (66.67%) CCTV
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Economics
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (33.33%) Biotechnology
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Ruckus Wireless