WLAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 551 609
Rank change year-on-year +41 +58 +26
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 69 215 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.97% 2.18% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 24 172 101
10th Percentile - £30,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £48,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +21.25% +3.90%
75th Percentile £52,156 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £63,625 £53,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% +14.12% -8.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,144 9,866 10,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.00% 13.17% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,355 7,111 4,601
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Midlands +37 40 £35,000 -27.84% 16
West Midlands +30 35 £35,000 -27.84% 10
South East +68 12 £47,500 -5.00% 9
Yorkshire +25 8 £44,700 +19.20% 11
North of England -25 8 £44,700 -3.35% 15
East Midlands +41 5 - - 5
South West +89 4 £55,000 +10.55% 1
East of England +28 3 £67,500 +110.94% 8
Northern Ireland +41 1 - -
Wales +37 1 £49,750 +10.84% 3
WLAN
UK

WLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Azure
2 13 (18.84%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.94%) Google Workspace
4 10 (14.49%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.90%) AWS
6 1 (1.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (52.17%) Network Security
2 31 (44.93%) Internet
3 30 (43.48%) LAN
4 27 (39.13%) Firewall
4 27 (39.13%) WAN
5 23 (33.33%) Wireless
6 19 (27.54%) DNS
7 18 (26.09%) DHCP
8 17 (24.64%) TCP/IP
8 17 (24.64%) VLAN
9 15 (21.74%) BGP
9 15 (21.74%) OSPF
10 5 (7.25%) VPN
10 5 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (5.80%) SD-WAN
12 3 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (4.35%) IPsec
12 3 (4.35%) MPLS
12 3 (4.35%) VoIP
13 2 (2.90%) 802.11
General
1 24 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.94%) Automotive
2 11 (15.94%) Retail
3 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.90%) Finance
5 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.90%) Local Government
5 2 (2.90%) Police
6 1 (1.45%) Advertising
6 1 (1.45%) Aviation
6 1 (1.45%) Games
6 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (59.42%) IT Engineer
2 29 (42.03%) Support Engineer
3 28 (40.58%) IT Support
3 28 (40.58%) IT Support Engineer
4 13 (18.84%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (14.49%) Network Engineer
6 9 (13.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Senior
8 3 (4.35%) Core Network Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Lead
9 2 (2.90%) Network Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) Network Manager
9 2 (2.90%) Network Team Leader
9 2 (2.90%) Senior Manager
9 2 (2.90%) Senior Network Manager
9 2 (2.90%) Team Leader
10 1 (1.45%) Juniper Consultant
10 1 (1.45%) Service Delivery Engineer
10 1 (1.45%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 29 (42.03%) Driving Licence
2 11 (15.94%) Management Information System
2 11 (15.94%) Smartphone
3 4 (5.80%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.90%) PKI
4 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.45%) BYOD
5 1 (1.45%) IoT
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (78.26%) Windows
2 39 (56.52%) Linux
3 20 (28.99%) Windows 10
4 13 (18.84%) Windows Server
5 11 (15.94%) Mac OS X
5 11 (15.94%) Ubuntu
5 11 (15.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (15.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (13.04%) Apple iOS
6 9 (13.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.97%) Computer Science
2 39 (56.52%) ITIL
3 35 (50.72%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (43.48%) Network Management
5 29 (42.03%) Mentoring
6 28 (40.58%) Asset Management
6 28 (40.58%) IT Asset Management
7 11 (15.94%) Business Case
7 11 (15.94%) Performance Tuning
7 11 (15.94%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (15.94%) Systems Engineering
8 10 (14.49%) Change Management
8 10 (14.49%) Customer Service
8 10 (14.49%) Service Delivery
9 9 (13.04%) Problem Management
10 4 (5.80%) Network Design
11 3 (4.35%) Proactive Monitoring
11 3 (4.35%) Project Management
11 3 (4.35%) Roadmaps
11 3 (4.35%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) PowerShell
1 12 (17.39%) SQL
2 1 (1.45%) Python
2 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 43 (62.32%) Degree
2 41 (59.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 40 (57.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (57.97%) MCSE
4 39 (56.52%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (55.07%) CCNA
6 36 (52.17%) CCNP
7 28 (40.58%) LPIC
7 28 (40.58%) MCP
8 11 (15.94%) HNC
8 11 (15.94%) HND
9 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.45%) CCIE
10 1 (1.45%) CWAP
10 1 (1.45%) CWNA
10 1 (1.45%) CWSP
10 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.45%) MCSA
10 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (1.45%) GDPR
1 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
1 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.45%) NCSC
1 1 (1.45%) NIST
1 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.45%) Ansible
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) Nagios
Vendors
1 55 (79.71%) Cisco
2 53 (76.81%) Microsoft
3 20 (28.99%) Apple
4 12 (17.39%) Fortinet
5 11 (15.94%) Dell
5 11 (15.94%) Google
5 11 (15.94%) Ubiquiti
6 8 (11.59%) Meraki
7 3 (4.35%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.90%) Aruba
8 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.90%) Riverbed
8 2 (2.90%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.45%) arcserve
9 1 (1.45%) Forcepoint
9 1 (1.45%) Juniper
9 1 (1.45%) Peregrine
9 1 (1.45%) Remedy
9 1 (1.45%) Sophos
9 1 (1.45%) VMware