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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 546 598
Rank change year-on-year +37 +52 +28
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 66 214 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.99% 2.19% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 23 174 112
10th Percentile - £30,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £48,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% +19.75% +3.85%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £54,750 £62,500 £55,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% +10.23% -7.37%

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 6,643 9,757 10,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.73% 13.67% 18.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,249 7,082 4,692
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £43,742 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.98% -2.80% -4.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,016
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,250
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.47% -4.29%

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 17 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 17 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 +31 41 £35,000 -27.84% 8
West Midlands +28 36 £35,000 -27.84% 5
South East +76 11 £47,500 -2.56% 2
Yorkshire +30 6 £44,700 +20.00% 5
North of England -22 6 £44,700 +1.02% 6
East Midlands +18 5 - - 2
South West +87 3 £53,750 +8.04% 3
East of England +28 3 £67,500 +110.94% 3
Northern Ireland +41 1 - - 2
Wales +37 1 £49,750 +10.84% 2
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:

Applications
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.21%) Azure
2 13 (19.70%) Google Workspace
3 12 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (13.64%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.03%) AWS
6 1 (1.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (53.03%) Network Security
2 30 (45.45%) Internet
3 25 (37.88%) LAN
4 24 (36.36%) Firewall
5 22 (33.33%) WAN
6 20 (30.30%) Wireless
7 18 (27.27%) DHCP
7 18 (27.27%) DNS
7 18 (27.27%) TCP/IP
7 18 (27.27%) VLAN
8 17 (25.76%) BGP
8 17 (25.76%) OSPF
9 5 (7.58%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (6.06%) VPN
11 3 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (4.55%) IPsec
11 3 (4.55%) MPLS
11 3 (4.55%) SD-WAN
11 3 (4.55%) VoIP
12 2 (3.03%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 25 (37.88%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.70%) Automotive
2 13 (19.70%) Retail
3 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.03%) Finance
4 2 (3.03%) Local Government
4 2 (3.03%) Police
5 1 (1.52%) Aviation
5 1 (1.52%) Games
5 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (65.15%) IT Engineer
2 28 (42.42%) IT Support
2 28 (42.42%) IT Support Engineer
2 28 (42.42%) Support Engineer
3 15 (22.73%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (13.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 8 (12.12%) Network Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Senior
7 2 (3.03%) Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Core Network Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Lead
7 2 (3.03%) Network Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Network Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Network Team Leader
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Network Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Team Leader
8 1 (1.52%) Cisco Consultant
8 1 (1.52%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 1 (1.52%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 29 (43.94%) Driving Licence
2 13 (19.70%) Management Information System
2 13 (19.70%) Smartphone
3 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.03%) PKI
4 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.52%) BYOD
5 1 (1.52%) IoT
5 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (81.82%) Windows
2 41 (62.12%) Linux
3 22 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 14 (21.21%) Windows Server
5 13 (19.70%) Mac OS X
5 13 (19.70%) Ubuntu
5 13 (19.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (19.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (13.64%) Apple iOS
6 9 (13.64%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (62.12%) Computer Science
2 38 (57.58%) ITIL
3 33 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (45.45%) Network Management
5 29 (43.94%) Mentoring
6 28 (42.42%) Asset Management
6 28 (42.42%) IT Asset Management
7 13 (19.70%) Business Case
7 13 (19.70%) Performance Tuning
7 13 (19.70%) Systems Engineering
8 11 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (13.64%) Change Management
9 9 (13.64%) Customer Service
9 9 (13.64%) Problem Management
9 9 (13.64%) Service Delivery
10 4 (6.06%) Network Design
11 3 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (4.55%) Proactive Monitoring
11 3 (4.55%) Roadmaps
11 3 (4.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.21%) PowerShell
2 13 (19.70%) SQL
3 1 (1.52%) Python
3 1 (1.52%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (66.67%) Degree
2 42 (63.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (62.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 41 (62.12%) MCSE
4 36 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (53.03%) CCNA
6 33 (50.00%) CCNP
7 28 (42.42%) LPIC
7 28 (42.42%) MCP
8 13 (19.70%) HNC
8 13 (19.70%) HND
9 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
9 2 (3.03%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.52%) CWAP
10 1 (1.52%) CWDP
10 1 (1.52%) CWNA
10 1 (1.52%) CWSP
10 1 (1.52%) MCSA
10 1 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.52%) GDPR
1 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
1 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (34.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Ansible
2 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.52%) Nagios
Vendors
1 54 (81.82%) Cisco
2 52 (78.79%) Microsoft
3 22 (33.33%) Apple
4 14 (21.21%) Fortinet
5 13 (19.70%) Dell
5 13 (19.70%) Google
5 13 (19.70%) Ubiquiti
6 6 (9.09%) Meraki
7 2 (3.03%) Aruba
7 2 (3.03%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.03%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.03%) Riverbed
7 2 (3.03%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.52%) Arista
8 1 (1.52%) Juniper
8 1 (1.52%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (1.52%) VMware