WLAN Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 483 490
Rank change year-on-year -42 +7 +74
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 80 40 281
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.13% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.70% 0.77% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 67 22 165
10th Percentile £27,500 - £30,500
25th Percentile £30,875 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,250 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -21.13% +21.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £53,000
90th Percentile £76,201 £57,500 £63,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +17.65%

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 4,698 5,174 9,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.03% 17.45% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,180 2,695 7,130
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £44,693
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -10.50% -0.68%
75th Percentile £60,500 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £68,775
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.86%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WLAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

WLAN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WLAN

WLAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

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 14 June 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
North of England -31 21 £37,250 -16.67% 6
South East -18 18 £42,500 -10.53% 8
Wales - 18 £50,000 - 5
North West - 12 £44,250 - 4
Yorkshire -46 9 £34,750 -22.26% 2
South West -47 8 £32,500 -43.48% 2
East of England -16 6 £42,500 -22.73% 2
Midlands -26 5 £65,000 +85.71% 2
West Midlands -26 4 £70,000 +100.00% 2
Scotland - 3 £55,500 -
Northern Ireland -30 1 £57,500 -
East Midlands - 1 £38,500 -
WLAN
UK

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 33 (41.25%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (37.50%) Azure
3 10 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.25%) AWS
4 5 (6.25%) OneDrive
5 4 (5.00%) Viva Engage
6 1 (1.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 80 (100.00%) LAN
2 69 (86.25%) WAN
3 42 (52.50%) Firewall
4 39 (48.75%) VPN
5 24 (30.00%) Wireless
6 22 (27.50%) Network Security
7 19 (23.75%) SD-WAN
8 14 (17.50%) VLAN
9 13 (16.25%) TCP/IP
10 9 (11.25%) Unified Communications
11 8 (10.00%) VoIP
12 7 (8.75%) IPsec
12 7 (8.75%) MPLS
13 6 (7.50%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (7.50%) Cisco Wireless
13 6 (7.50%) DHCP
13 6 (7.50%) DNS
14 5 (6.25%) SSL
14 5 (6.25%) WebEx
14 5 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
General
1 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.50%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.75%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.25%) Finance
7 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Retail
7 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 27 (33.75%) IT Support
3 20 (25.00%) Senior
3 20 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 17 (21.25%) IT Engineer
5 16 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 16 (20.00%) Support Engineer
6 11 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (13.75%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (13.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
7 10 (12.50%) IT Technician
7 10 (12.50%) Support Technician
8 9 (11.25%) Architect
9 6 (7.50%) Lead
9 6 (7.50%) Lead Architect
10 5 (6.25%) Designer
10 5 (6.25%) Network Designer
11 4 (5.00%) Network Architect
12 3 (3.75%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.25%) Driving Licence
2 7 (8.75%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.25%) PKI
4 4 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.00%) iPad
4 4 (5.00%) iPhone
5 3 (3.75%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (32.50%) Windows
2 12 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.75%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (5.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.25%) Android
6 1 (1.25%) Linux
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.75%) Customer Service
2 16 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (13.75%) ITIL
5 11 (13.75%) Mentoring
6 10 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (10.00%) Network Design
7 8 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (8.75%) Agile
8 7 (8.75%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (7.50%) Architectural Patterns
9 6 (7.50%) CI/CD
9 6 (7.50%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (7.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 6 (7.50%) Incident Response
9 6 (7.50%) Migration
9 6 (7.50%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (7.50%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.75%) Python
2 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (30.00%) CCNP
3 21 (26.25%) Degree
4 17 (21.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (15.00%) CCNA
6 7 (8.75%) Security Cleared
7 6 (7.50%) CCIE
7 6 (7.50%) JNCIP
8 4 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (5.00%) DBS Check
9 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
10 2 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.25%) CCSP
11 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.25%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.25%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.25%) vSphere
4 1 (1.25%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.75%) Ansible
1 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 35 (43.75%) Cisco
2 34 (42.50%) Microsoft
3 22 (27.50%) Fortinet
4 18 (22.50%) VMware
5 14 (17.50%) Aruba
6 8 (10.00%) Palo Alto
7 7 (8.75%) Meraki
8 5 (6.25%) HP
9 4 (5.00%) CheckPoint
9 4 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (5.00%) Juniper
9 4 (5.00%) ProCurve
10 3 (3.75%) Apple
10 3 (3.75%) Huawei
11 2 (2.50%) Ruckus Wireless
11 2 (2.50%) Samsung
11 2 (2.50%) WatchGuard
12 1 (1.25%) Extreme Networks
12 1 (1.25%) Mitel
12 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow