CWNP Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CWNA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 870 959
Rank change year-on-year +164 +89 +262
Permanent jobs citing CWNA 6 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.008% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.022% 0.029% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 8
10th Percentile £34,375 £42,875 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,563 £46,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £47,500 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +21.02% -7.65%
75th Percentile £45,353 £56,250 £52,813
90th Percentile £48,631 £73,125 £67,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £47,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -9.47% +23.38% -9.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CWNA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,097 27,438 33,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.19% 27.71% 32.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11,306 17,258 15,028
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%
75th Percentile £68,525 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%

CWNA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CWNA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CWNA in the UK

CWNA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CWNA.

Salary trend for CWNA in the UK

CWNA
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CWNA within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +183 6 £43,000 -9.47% 2
Wales - 6 £43,000 -
Work from Home +119 2 £36,250 -50.85% 4

CWNA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (66.67%) Network Security
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (16.67%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) WLAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Welsh Language
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Network Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Network Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Network Support
3 1 (16.67%) Network Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Assurance
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNA
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CWTS
3 1 (16.67%) CWAP
3 1 (16.67%) CWDP
3 1 (16.67%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Aerohive Networks