WLAN Job Trends

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 386 536
Rank change year-on-year -179 +150 +254
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 89 399 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.64% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 5.12% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 57 104 164
10th Percentile £25,500 - £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £55,625 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% +14.69% -3.00%
75th Percentile £66,500 £85,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £99,000 £90,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.71% -17.65% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,739 7,788 7,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.49% 12.54% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,078 4,075 6,375
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -3.23%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

WLAN job vacancy trend in the UK

WLAN
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WLAN

WLAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 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
England -169 79 £38,449 -39.22% 51
UK excluding London -134 63 £37,000 +5.71% 48
London +30 24 £85,000 -5.56% 13
North of England +28 22 £26,000 -55.74% 8
Yorkshire +4 20 £26,000 -56.67% 7
Work from Home +63 18 £77,500 -3.13% 35
East of England +20 11 £32,500 -59.38% 4
Midlands -132 10 £43,750 +25.00% 6
South East +9 8 £55,000 +69.23% 24
West Midlands -101 6 £58,000 +65.71% 4
Northern Ireland +1 5 £57,500 -
East Midlands -26 4 £33,000 - 2
South West +19 3 £39,398 +18.49% 2
North East +9 2 £54,000 -5.26%
Wales +6 2 £49,750 -
Scotland +4 2 - - 4

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (10.11%) SharePoint
2 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (5.62%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (31.46%) Azure
2 21 (23.60%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.36%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.87%) AWS
5 2 (2.25%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.25%) GCP
5 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (97.75%) LAN
2 81 (91.01%) WAN
3 52 (58.43%) Firewall
4 39 (43.82%) Wireless
5 38 (42.70%) VPN
6 27 (30.34%) SD-WAN
7 26 (29.21%) Network Security
8 20 (22.47%) BGP
8 20 (22.47%) MPLS
9 17 (19.10%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (16.85%) OSPF
11 14 (15.73%) VLAN
12 13 (14.61%) DNS
12 13 (14.61%) TCP/IP
12 13 (14.61%) VoIP
13 12 (13.48%) DHCP
13 12 (13.48%) Internet
14 10 (11.24%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (11.24%) EIGRP
15 8 (8.99%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Git
2 1 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.48%) Finance
3 9 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.87%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.74%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.62%) Banking
7 4 (4.49%) Retail
8 3 (3.37%) Games
8 3 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Aviation
10 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.12%) Law
10 1 (1.12%) Legal
10 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (44.94%) Network Engineer
2 15 (16.85%) Senior
3 12 (13.48%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (11.24%) Analyst
4 10 (11.24%) Support Technician
5 9 (10.11%) IT Engineer
6 8 (8.99%) IT Support
7 7 (7.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.74%) Support Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (6.74%) Technical Support
8 6 (6.74%) Technical Support Analyst
9 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 5 (5.62%) Network Operations Engineer
9 5 (5.62%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (5.62%) Unified Communications Engineer
10 3 (3.37%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.25%) EDI
2 2 (2.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.84%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.74%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.74%) Handset
3 5 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.62%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.37%) BYOD
5 3 (3.37%) CCTV
5 3 (3.37%) IoT
5 3 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.37%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.60%) Windows
2 10 (11.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.49%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (3.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.12%) Android
5 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (32.58%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (29.21%) Customer Service
3 25 (28.09%) ITIL
4 17 (19.10%) Network Monitoring
5 15 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (13.48%) Network Design
6 12 (13.48%) Process Improvement
7 11 (12.36%) Change Management
7 11 (12.36%) Service Delivery
8 9 (10.11%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (8.99%) Kalman Filter
9 8 (8.99%) Network Management
9 8 (8.99%) Proactive Monitoring
9 8 (8.99%) Project Delivery
9 8 (8.99%) Roadmaps
9 8 (8.99%) Supplier Management
10 7 (7.87%) Load Balancing
10 7 (7.87%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.36%) Python
2 2 (2.25%) R
3 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (34.83%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (24.72%) CCNP
3 20 (22.47%) CCNA
4 9 (10.11%) SC Cleared
4 9 (10.11%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.62%) A+ Certification
6 5 (5.62%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (5.62%) Degree
6 5 (5.62%) MCITP
6 5 (5.62%) MCP
6 5 (5.62%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (4.49%) CWNA
8 3 (3.37%) CWDP
8 3 (3.37%) CWSP
8 3 (3.37%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.25%) CCSA
9 2 (2.25%) CWAP
9 2 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) SLA
2 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.25%) NIST
3 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.12%) GDPR
3 1 (1.12%) NCSC
3 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (15.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) Firmware
3 3 (3.37%) KVM
4 2 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.12%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (12.36%) Ansible
1 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.87%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.25%) Terraform
4 1 (1.12%) CA Spectrum
4 1 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.12%) Nagios
4 1 (1.12%) SCCM
4 1 (1.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 53 (59.55%) Cisco
2 30 (33.71%) Microsoft
3 28 (31.46%) Fortinet
4 25 (28.09%) Aruba
5 17 (19.10%) Meraki
6 13 (14.61%) Palo Alto
7 10 (11.24%) CheckPoint
7 10 (11.24%) SolarWinds
8 7 (7.87%) HP
8 7 (7.87%) Juniper
9 6 (6.74%) F5
9 6 (6.74%) Huawei
9 6 (6.74%) Polycom
10 4 (4.49%) Avaya
10 4 (4.49%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (4.49%) Mitel
11 3 (3.37%) Ekahau
11 3 (3.37%) Extreme Networks
11 3 (3.37%) VMware
11 3 (3.37%) Zscaler