Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 11 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 586 862
Rank change year-on-year +41 +276 +29
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 258 194 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.36% 2.14% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 93 172 275
10th Percentile - £32,625 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% - +28.21%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,450 £92,375 £74,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - +13.33%

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 10,947 9,082 18,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 15.00% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,304 6,742 10,993
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,505
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

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 11 October 2024. 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 +26 252 £55,375 +10.75% 43
UK excluding London +43 204 £40,000 -5.88% 33
Midlands +42 92 £35,000 -28.21% 6
West Midlands +42 77 £35,000 -17.65% 4
South East -35 54 £41,250 +3.13% 11
London -2 50 £74,425 +6.32% 11
Work from Home -4 37 £70,000 +55.56% 42
North of England -14 35 £75,000 +42.86% 9
Yorkshire +42 22 £75,000 +46.34% 5
North West -27 21 £75,000 +15.38% 4
East of England -26 20 £75,000 +82.93% 2
East Midlands -28 15 - - 2
South West -17 11 £33,250 +10.59% 2
Northern Ireland +21 1 - - 1
Scotland +1 1 £40,000 - 3
North East -49 1 £80,000 +105.10%

WLAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (12.02%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 72 (27.91%) Azure
2 61 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (10.85%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.59%) Google Workspace
5 16 (6.20%) AWS
6 12 (4.65%) SaaS
7 10 (3.88%) IaaS
8 9 (3.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.33%) PaaS
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.78%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 167 (64.73%) LAN
2 141 (54.65%) WAN
3 115 (44.57%) Firewall
4 102 (39.53%) Network Security
5 85 (32.95%) Internet
6 76 (29.46%) Wireless
7 75 (29.07%) VPN
8 59 (22.87%) DNS
9 52 (20.16%) DHCP
10 48 (18.60%) TCP/IP
11 46 (17.83%) VLAN
12 39 (15.12%) SD-WAN
13 38 (14.73%) MPLS
14 36 (13.95%) BGP
15 33 (12.79%) OSPF
16 23 (8.91%) VoIP
17 22 (8.53%) Wi-Fi
18 18 (6.98%) Cisco ISE
19 11 (4.26%) Unified Communications
20 10 (3.88%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.78%) MySQL
1 2 (0.78%) Power BI
1 2 (0.78%) SQL Server
General
1 66 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.53%) Retail
3 17 (6.59%) Automotive
4 16 (6.20%) Finance
5 7 (2.71%) Law
6 6 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.33%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.94%) Legal
8 4 (1.55%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.78%) Games
9 2 (0.78%) Marketing
9 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 88 (34.11%) IT Engineer
2 76 (29.46%) IT Support
3 67 (25.97%) IT Support Engineer
3 67 (25.97%) Support Engineer
4 38 (14.73%) Network Engineer
5 22 (8.53%) Analyst
5 22 (8.53%) Support Analyst
6 21 (8.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (7.36%) Systems Engineer
8 18 (6.98%) Senior
9 14 (5.43%) Architect
9 14 (5.43%) Network Architect
10 12 (4.65%) LAN Engineer
10 12 (4.65%) LAN/WAN Engineer
10 12 (4.65%) WAN Engineer
11 11 (4.26%) Coordinator
11 11 (4.26%) Presales Engineer
11 11 (4.26%) Senior Network Engineer
12 10 (3.88%) Firewall Engineer
13 9 (3.49%) WLAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.26%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.16%) LDAP
3 2 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 106 (41.09%) Driving Licence
2 67 (25.97%) Onboarding
3 37 (14.34%) Data Centre
4 18 (6.98%) Management Information System
5 17 (6.59%) Smartphone
6 14 (5.43%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.16%) PMI
9 3 (1.16%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.78%) CMDB
10 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.78%) Handset
10 2 (0.78%) IoT
10 2 (0.78%) PKI
10 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Robotics
10 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 168 (65.12%) Windows
2 112 (43.41%) Linux
3 56 (21.71%) Windows Server
4 49 (18.99%) Windows 10
5 35 (13.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (10.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (7.36%) Mac OS X
8 17 (6.59%) Ubuntu
9 13 (5.04%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (3.88%) CentOS
11 7 (2.71%) Android
12 4 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (1.55%) Rocky
13 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (47.29%) ITIL
2 92 (35.66%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (34.50%) Computer Science
4 81 (31.40%) Network Management
5 70 (27.13%) Asset Management
5 70 (27.13%) Mentoring
6 67 (25.97%) IT Asset Management
7 43 (16.67%) Customer Service
8 32 (12.40%) Service Delivery
9 30 (11.63%) Change Management
9 30 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (8.53%) Presales
11 20 (7.75%) Systems Engineering
12 19 (7.36%) Inventory Management
13 18 (6.98%) Business Case
13 18 (6.98%) Performance Tuning
14 17 (6.59%) Roadmaps
15 14 (5.43%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (5.43%) Network Monitoring
16 13 (5.04%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.69%) PowerShell
2 23 (8.91%) SQL
3 9 (3.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 103 (39.92%) Cisco Certification
2 98 (37.98%) Degree
2 98 (37.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 93 (36.05%) CCNA
4 92 (35.66%) MCSE
5 89 (34.50%) CCNP
6 86 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 81 (31.40%) MCP
8 67 (25.97%) LPIC
9 22 (8.53%) SC Cleared
9 22 (8.53%) Security Cleared
10 17 (6.59%) HNC
10 17 (6.59%) HND
11 9 (3.49%) CCIE
12 8 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.33%) DV Cleared
14 4 (1.55%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.55%) PMI Certification
14 4 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (1.16%) CCIE Wireless
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.88%) SLA
2 6 (2.33%) NCSC
3 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 82 (31.78%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.43%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.10%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.16%) vSphere
6 2 (0.78%) Docker
7 1 (0.39%) Firmware
7 1 (0.39%) KVM
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (10.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.43%) vCenter Server
3 7 (2.71%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.71%) Nagios
3 7 (2.71%) SCCM
4 6 (2.33%) Ansible
4 6 (2.33%) Nessus
4 6 (2.33%) WSUS
5 4 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.55%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.16%) Cisco CME
6 3 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.78%) Terraform
8 1 (0.39%) SCOM
8 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 177 (68.60%) Microsoft
2 154 (59.69%) Cisco
3 39 (15.12%) Fortinet
4 35 (13.57%) VMware
5 24 (9.30%) Palo Alto
6 23 (8.91%) Apple
7 22 (8.53%) Google
8 18 (6.98%) Dell
8 18 (6.98%) Meraki
9 17 (6.59%) Ubiquiti
10 16 (6.20%) Aruba
10 16 (6.20%) Juniper
10 16 (6.20%) SolarWinds
11 14 (5.43%) HP
12 12 (4.65%) CheckPoint
13 9 (3.49%) Riverbed
14 5 (1.94%) Arista
14 5 (1.94%) SAP
15 4 (1.55%) Ruckus Wireless
15 4 (1.55%) Salesforce