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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 636 761
Rank change year-on-year +122 +125 +98
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 172 253 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.48% 1.86% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 56 210 184
10th Percentile - £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,600 £48,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.20% +12.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £85,000 £56,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £67,000 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £48,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year -27.84% +19.75% +1.25%

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 6,936 13,623 16,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 13.85% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,252 9,516 8,186
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Top 14 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 30 April 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 +130 171 £64,600 +33.20% 32
UK excluding London +132 138 £35,000 -27.84% 30
Midlands +97 111 £35,000 -27.84% 9
West Midlands +71 91 £35,000 -27.84% 6
Work from Home +99 37 £75,000 +54.64% 23
London +111 34 £90,000 +52.93% 8
East Midlands +61 20 - - 2
South East +108 12 £47,500 - 1
North of England +19 6 £37,500 -15.25% 9
East of England +43 5 £80,000 +150.00%
Yorkshire +37 5 £41,100 +10.34% 5
South West +91 3 £53,750 +8.04% 5
North East +47 1 £34,000 -2.86%
Wales +36 1 £49,750 +10.84% 1

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 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (22.09%) Azure
2 18 (10.47%) AWS
3 16 (9.30%) Google Workspace
4 14 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.81%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.07%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (1.16%) Azure Stack
7 2 (1.16%) GCP
7 2 (1.16%) SaaS
8 1 (0.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 107 (62.21%) Network Security
2 98 (56.98%) Internet
3 58 (33.72%) LAN
4 52 (30.23%) WAN
5 49 (28.49%) Firewall
6 43 (25.00%) BGP
6 43 (25.00%) OSPF
7 37 (21.51%) Wireless
8 26 (15.12%) MPLS
9 25 (14.53%) DHCP
9 25 (14.53%) DNS
10 23 (13.37%) SD-WAN
10 23 (13.37%) TCP/IP
11 20 (11.63%) VLAN
12 19 (11.05%) Cisco ISE
13 16 (9.30%) VPN
13 16 (9.30%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (6.40%) IPsec
15 10 (5.81%) Cisco ASA
15 10 (5.81%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 7 (4.07%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (17.44%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.30%) Automotive
2 16 (9.30%) Retail
3 5 (2.91%) Finance
4 4 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (2.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.74%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.16%) Local Government
6 2 (1.16%) Police
7 1 (0.58%) Aviation
7 1 (0.58%) Banking
7 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.58%) Korean Language
7 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.58%) Marketing
7 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (66.28%) IT Engineer
2 96 (55.81%) Support Engineer
3 95 (55.23%) IT Support
3 95 (55.23%) IT Support Engineer
4 27 (15.70%) Network Engineer
5 20 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.98%) Cisco Engineer
6 12 (6.98%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 10 (5.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (4.65%) Architect
8 8 (4.65%) Lead
8 8 (4.65%) Network Architect
8 8 (4.65%) Senior
9 7 (4.07%) Consultant
10 6 (3.49%) Cisco Consultant
10 6 (3.49%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 6 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Juniper Consultant
10 6 (3.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.14%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 95 (55.23%) Driving Licence
2 23 (13.37%) Management Information System
3 21 (12.21%) Data Centre
4 16 (9.30%) Smartphone
5 5 (2.91%) Mobile Computing
6 3 (1.74%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.16%) PKI
7 2 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.58%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Replication
8 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 125 (72.67%) Windows
2 113 (65.70%) Linux
3 26 (15.12%) Windows 10
4 17 (9.88%) Windows Server
5 16 (9.30%) Mac OS X
5 16 (9.30%) Ubuntu
5 16 (9.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (9.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (5.81%) Apple iOS
6 10 (5.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (65.12%) Computer Science
2 106 (61.63%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (61.05%) ITIL
4 103 (59.88%) Network Management
5 102 (59.30%) Mentoring
6 95 (55.23%) Asset Management
6 95 (55.23%) IT Asset Management
7 19 (11.05%) Change Management
7 19 (11.05%) Systems Engineering
8 16 (9.30%) Business Case
8 16 (9.30%) Performance Tuning
9 12 (6.98%) Cloud Security
9 12 (6.98%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (6.40%) Customer Service
11 10 (5.81%) Problem Management
11 10 (5.81%) Service Delivery
12 9 (5.23%) Network Architecture
12 9 (5.23%) Network Monitoring
12 9 (5.23%) Roadmaps
13 8 (4.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.88%) PowerShell
2 16 (9.30%) SQL
3 8 (4.65%) Python
4 1 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 117 (68.02%) Degree
2 116 (67.44%) Cisco Certification
3 114 (66.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 112 (65.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 111 (64.53%) CCNP
5 111 (64.53%) MCSE
6 106 (61.63%) CCNA
7 95 (55.23%) LPIC
7 95 (55.23%) MCP
8 16 (9.30%) HNC
8 16 (9.30%) HND
9 8 (4.65%) CCIE
10 4 (2.33%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.74%) CITP
11 3 (1.74%) MCSA
11 3 (1.74%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.74%) Security Cleared
11 3 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.58%) GDPR
2 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (16.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.91%) Firmware
3 3 (1.74%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.58%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.40%) Ansible
2 10 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 151 (87.79%) Cisco
2 134 (77.91%) Microsoft
3 26 (15.12%) Apple
4 22 (12.79%) Fortinet
5 16 (9.30%) Dell
5 16 (9.30%) Google
5 16 (9.30%) SolarWinds
5 16 (9.30%) Ubiquiti
6 13 (7.56%) CheckPoint
6 13 (7.56%) Juniper
6 13 (7.56%) Palo Alto
7 12 (6.98%) Meraki
8 8 (4.65%) LogicMonitor
8 8 (4.65%) Riverbed
9 7 (4.07%) Dynatrace
9 7 (4.07%) F5
10 6 (3.49%) Arista
10 6 (3.49%) Infoblox
11 4 (2.33%) VMware
12 3 (1.74%) Aruba