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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 500 576
Rank change year-on-year -56 +76 +87
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 48 272 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.36% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.53% 2.84% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 28 148 91
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,375 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,100 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +14.12% +11.84%
75th Percentile £54,250 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,875 £64,875 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -

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 8,994 9,580 9,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.87% 12.72% 18.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 6,674 4,517
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £62,000
90th Percentile £66,675 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £33,500 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -29.47% -7.50% -2.19%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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
South East +54 14 £47,500 -5.00% 4
North of England -16 12 £49,350 +2.81% 8
Yorkshire +13 11 £44,700 +19.20% 4
South West +83 8 £52,500 +5.00% 2
West Midlands -13 7 £35,000 -27.84% 3
Midlands -28 7 £35,000 -27.84% 8
Northern Ireland +42 3 £52,500 -
Wales +26 2 £49,750 +10.84% 3
East of England +10 2 £43,750 +36.72% 5
North East +36 1 £54,000 +24.14% 1
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 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (33.33%) Azure
1 16 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (10.42%) Google Workspace
4 2 (4.17%) AWS
4 2 (4.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 43 (89.58%) LAN
2 38 (79.17%) WAN
3 31 (64.58%) Firewall
4 27 (56.25%) Wireless
5 18 (37.50%) DNS
6 17 (35.42%) TCP/IP
7 16 (33.33%) DHCP
7 16 (33.33%) VLAN
8 13 (27.08%) Network Security
9 10 (20.83%) VPN
10 8 (16.67%) BGP
10 8 (16.67%) OSPF
10 8 (16.67%) SD-WAN
11 7 (14.58%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (12.50%) MPLS
13 5 (10.42%) Internet
13 5 (10.42%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (10.42%) IPsec
14 4 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (8.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 26 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.42%) Automotive
4 5 (10.42%) Retail
5 4 (8.33%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.17%) Advertising
7 2 (4.17%) Finance
7 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.17%) Local Government
7 2 (4.17%) Police
8 1 (2.08%) Aviation
8 1 (2.08%) Games
Job Titles
1 19 (39.58%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.75%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) IT Engineer
3 7 (14.58%) Senior
3 7 (14.58%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Analyst
4 4 (8.33%) Core Network Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Network Analyst
4 4 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Lead
6 2 (4.17%) Network Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Network Team Leader
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Network Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Team Leader
6 2 (4.17%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 6 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.42%) Smartphone
3 3 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.17%) PKI
4 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.17%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.08%) BYOD
5 1 (2.08%) IoT
5 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (47.92%) Windows
2 14 (29.17%) Windows 10
3 9 (18.75%) Apple iOS
3 9 (18.75%) Mac OS
3 9 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 5 (10.42%) Linux
4 5 (10.42%) Mac OS X
4 5 (10.42%) Ubuntu
4 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) ITIL
1 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 11 (22.92%) Root Cause Analysis
3 11 (22.92%) Service Delivery
4 10 (20.83%) Change Management
5 9 (18.75%) Problem Management
6 6 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 6 (12.50%) Network Design
6 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.42%) Business Case
7 5 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.42%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (10.42%) Project Management
7 5 (10.42%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
8 4 (8.33%) Roadmaps
9 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) SQL
2 6 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (6.25%) R
4 2 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (29.17%) CCNA
2 14 (29.17%) CCNP
3 11 (22.92%) Degree
4 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (14.58%) MCSE
6 6 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (10.42%) HNC
7 5 (10.42%) HND
8 2 (4.17%) CCIE
8 2 (4.17%) CWAP
8 2 (4.17%) CWDP
8 2 (4.17%) CWNA
8 2 (4.17%) CWSP
8 2 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
8 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
9 1 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (2.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.17%) NCSC
2 2 (4.17%) NIST
3 1 (2.08%) GDPR
3 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Docker
2 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.17%) Ansible
3 1 (2.08%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.08%) Nagios
Vendors
1 29 (60.42%) Cisco
2 23 (47.92%) Microsoft
3 14 (29.17%) Apple
4 10 (20.83%) Meraki
5 9 (18.75%) Fortinet
6 5 (10.42%) Aruba
6 5 (10.42%) Dell
6 5 (10.42%) Google
6 5 (10.42%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (8.33%) Palo Alto
8 3 (6.25%) Riverbed
9 2 (4.17%) arcserve
9 2 (4.17%) CheckPoint
9 2 (4.17%) Forcepoint
9 2 (4.17%) SolarWinds
9 2 (4.17%) Sophos
10 1 (2.08%) HP
10 1 (2.08%) Peregrine
10 1 (2.08%) Remedy
10 1 (2.08%) VMware