Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WLAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 644 741 865
Rank change year-on-year +97 +124 -149
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 253 231 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.22% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.86% 1.44% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 210 188 296
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,625 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.23% -2.22% +18.42%
75th Percentile £56,875 £52,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,000 £65,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +19.75% +1.25% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

WLAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Top 17 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 27 April 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 +131 231 £48,500 +14.12% 42
UK excluding London +64 216 £48,500 +19.75% 30
Work from Home +148 119 £48,500 +10.23% 18
Midlands +59 73 £48,500 +30.70% 7
North of England +81 71 £44,250 -6.84% 5
West Midlands +83 65 £48,500 +65.81% 7
Yorkshire +116 38 £37,250 -32.27% 1
North West +35 32 £56,250 +12.50% 3
London +100 27 £58,850 +17.70% 16
South West +16 27 £49,750 +12.94% 4
East of England +20 20 £32,000 -36.00% 4
South East -17 17 £47,500 +18.75% 8
East Midlands -20 8 £47,500 +6.02%
Scotland -62 7 £50,000 -33.33%
North East -13 6 £35,000 +6.06% 1
Wales +14 5 £44,886 -12.62% 1
Northern Ireland +31 2 - - 2

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 21 (8.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.74%) IIS
3 11 (4.35%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.79%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.19%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.19%) Revit
3 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 102 (40.32%) Azure
2 83 (32.81%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (12.25%) Entra ID
4 23 (9.09%) AWS
5 14 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.74%) SaaS
7 10 (3.95%) GCP
8 7 (2.77%) IaaS
8 7 (2.77%) OpenShift
8 7 (2.77%) PaaS
9 6 (2.37%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.98%) Azure Stack
10 5 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.98%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.58%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.19%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.79%) Cloudflare
13 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 243 (96.05%) LAN
2 181 (71.54%) WAN
3 94 (37.15%) Firewall
4 78 (30.83%) SD-WAN
5 71 (28.06%) VPN
6 69 (27.27%) MPLS
7 52 (20.55%) Wireless
8 51 (20.16%) Network Security
9 50 (19.76%) BGP
10 47 (18.58%) OSPF
10 47 (18.58%) TCP/IP
11 42 (16.60%) DNS
12 31 (12.25%) DHCP
13 30 (11.86%) VLAN
13 30 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
14 29 (11.46%) SAN
15 18 (7.11%) VoIP
16 11 (4.35%) Software-Defined Networking
17 9 (3.56%) Unified Communications
18 8 (3.16%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.16%) MySQL
3 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.79%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) GitLab
General
1 48 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.11%) Retail
3 16 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (5.53%) Finance
6 6 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.98%) Local Government
7 5 (1.98%) Police
8 4 (1.58%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.58%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.19%) Automotive
9 3 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Advertising
10 2 (0.79%) Marketing
10 2 (0.79%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (28.46%) Analyst
2 57 (22.53%) Operations Analyst
3 56 (22.13%) Network Analyst
4 54 (21.34%) Network Engineer
5 53 (20.95%) Network Operations Analyst
6 46 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 44 (17.39%) Senior
8 20 (7.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 18 (7.11%) Senior Network Engineer
10 17 (6.72%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (6.72%) IT Engineer
11 16 (6.32%) IT Analyst
12 15 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support
12 15 (5.93%) 3rd Line Support
13 14 (5.53%) IT Support
13 14 (5.53%) Support Engineer
14 11 (4.35%) IT Manager
14 11 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
14 11 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.58%) Web Services
2 3 (1.19%) EDI
3 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.44%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.53%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (2.77%) CCTV
6 7 (2.77%) EMC VNX
6 7 (2.77%) FMCG
6 7 (2.77%) PMI
6 7 (2.77%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.77%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.98%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.98%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.58%) Replication
9 3 (1.19%) Acoustics
9 3 (1.19%) EPoS
9 3 (1.19%) IPTV
9 3 (1.19%) PKI
9 3 (1.19%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.19%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 61 (24.11%) Windows
2 39 (15.42%) Windows Server
3 21 (8.30%) Linux
4 16 (6.32%) Android
4 16 (6.32%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.53%) Apple iOS
6 10 (3.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.77%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.77%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.58%) VMS
9 4 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.19%) CentOS
11 2 (0.79%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.79%) Rocky
11 2 (0.79%) Unix
11 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (23.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (18.18%) ITIL
3 39 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (14.62%) Customer Service
5 36 (14.23%) Service Management
6 21 (8.30%) Project Delivery
7 20 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (7.91%) ITSM
7 20 (7.91%) Network Architecture
8 19 (7.51%) Presales
9 17 (6.72%) Cloud Security
9 17 (6.72%) High Availability
10 16 (6.32%) Coaching
10 16 (6.32%) Network Virtualisation
11 15 (5.93%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (5.53%) Agile
12 14 (5.53%) Analytics
12 14 (5.53%) Computer Science
12 14 (5.53%) DevOps
12 14 (5.53%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (11.86%) SQL
2 10 (3.95%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.77%) Python
4 5 (1.98%) Bash
Qualifications
1 76 (30.04%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (23.32%) CCNP
3 51 (20.16%) CCNA
4 40 (15.81%) CCIE
5 38 (15.02%) CCDP
6 35 (13.83%) Degree
7 15 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.95%) MCSE
10 8 (3.16%) Security Cleared
11 7 (2.77%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 7 (2.77%) MCSA
11 7 (2.77%) PMI Certification
11 7 (2.77%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (2.37%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.58%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.58%) MCP
14 2 (0.79%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.09%) SLA
2 7 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.98%) NCSC
4 4 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.58%) GDPR
5 3 (1.19%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.40%) SOC 3
System Software
1 81 (32.02%) Active Directory
2 70 (27.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (12.25%) Hyper-V
4 17 (6.72%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (5.93%) vSphere
6 8 (3.16%) Firmware
7 7 (2.77%) Docker
8 4 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.79%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 41 (16.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (9.88%) SCCM
3 13 (5.14%) WSUS
4 12 (4.74%) Nagios
5 10 (3.95%) Terraform
5 10 (3.95%) vCenter Server
6 9 (3.56%) Ansible
7 7 (2.77%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (2.77%) FortiGate
7 7 (2.77%) Kubernetes
8 6 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (2.37%) SmoothWall
9 5 (1.98%) OfficeScan
10 2 (0.79%) Puppet
10 2 (0.79%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.40%) Nessus
11 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 108 (42.69%) Microsoft
2 97 (38.34%) VMware
3 87 (34.39%) Cisco
4 27 (10.67%) SolarWinds
5 26 (10.28%) Meraki
6 25 (9.88%) Aruba
6 25 (9.88%) Veeam
7 23 (9.09%) Palo Alto
8 20 (7.91%) Citrix
8 20 (7.91%) Fortinet
9 15 (5.93%) Juniper
10 14 (5.53%) Sophos
11 13 (5.14%) CheckPoint
12 11 (4.35%) HP
13 10 (3.95%) Google
14 9 (3.56%) Zscaler
15 8 (3.16%) Ekahau
16 7 (2.77%) EMC
16 7 (2.77%) Extreme Networks
17 6 (2.37%) LogicMonitor