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 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 566 794 883
Rank change year-on-year +228 +89 -251
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 175 284 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.17% 1.85% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 162 261 198
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,985 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +20.48% -12.63%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £91,125 £71,250 £70,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +13.33% -21.05%

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 8,066 15,350 16,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.15% 12.38% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,330 10,317 11,453
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -

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 4 December 2023.

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 4 December 2023. 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 +233 161 £48,500 -3.00% 63
UK excluding London +189 120 £42,500 - 47
Work from Home +189 64 £48,500 +2.11% 38
London +223 50 £77,500 +29.17% 21
North of England +158 45 £52,500 +5.00% 15
South East +117 26 £40,000 -3.61% 9
Midlands +123 22 £48,500 -3.00% 10
North West +105 18 £65,000 +30.00% 3
West Midlands +138 15 £47,500 - 8
Yorkshire +92 14 £52,500 +31.25% 8
North East +59 13 £38,500 +6.94% 4
South West +66 10 £30,066 -29.26% 5
East Midlands +36 7 £56,250 +7.14% 2
East of England +119 6 £37,500 +5.63% 2
Northern Ireland +35 4 £36,250 -3.33%
Wales +25 4 £35,000 -18.60% 2
Scotland +54 3 £40,000 -5.88% 4

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 18 (10.29%) MS Exchange
2 12 (6.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.14%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 61 (34.86%) Azure
2 52 (29.71%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (8.57%) AWS
4 14 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (5.14%) IaaS
6 9 (5.14%) PaaS
7 7 (4.00%) OneDrive
8 6 (3.43%) SaaS
9 4 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.29%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.71%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.71%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.57%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.57%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.57%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.57%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 158 (90.29%) LAN
2 118 (67.43%) WAN
3 88 (50.29%) Firewall
4 65 (37.14%) Wireless
5 61 (34.86%) VPN
6 41 (23.43%) SD-WAN
7 34 (19.43%) MPLS
8 33 (18.86%) DNS
9 30 (17.14%) VLAN
10 28 (16.00%) BGP
10 28 (16.00%) DHCP
11 27 (15.43%) Wi-Fi
12 26 (14.86%) VoIP
13 24 (13.71%) OSPF
14 20 (11.43%) Network Security
14 20 (11.43%) SAN
14 20 (11.43%) TCP/IP
15 15 (8.57%) Cisco ASA
16 14 (8.00%) NetScaler
17 13 (7.43%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.57%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.71%) MySQL
3 2 (1.14%) InfluxDB
3 2 (1.14%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) GitLab
2 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.57%) MSI
General
1 52 (29.71%) Social Skills
2 19 (10.86%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (8.00%) Law
4 12 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.71%) Legal
6 7 (4.00%) Retail
7 6 (3.43%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.86%) Local Government
8 5 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.29%) Finance
9 4 (2.29%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.71%) Police
11 2 (1.14%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.57%) Advertising
12 1 (0.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (30.29%) Network Engineer
2 31 (17.71%) Senior
3 22 (12.57%) IT Manager
4 20 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (10.86%) Architect
6 17 (9.71%) Network Architect
6 17 (9.71%) Senior Network Engineer
7 15 (8.57%) Analyst
8 14 (8.00%) Network Manager
9 13 (7.43%) Network Analyst
10 11 (6.29%) Support Engineer
11 10 (5.71%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (5.71%) IT Engineer
11 10 (5.71%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (5.14%) Consultant
12 9 (5.14%) Infoblox Consultant
12 9 (5.14%) Juniper Consultant
12 9 (5.14%) Network Consultant
12 9 (5.14%) Security Manager
13 7 (4.00%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.29%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.14%) CSS
2 2 (1.14%) EDI
2 2 (1.14%) Velocity
3 1 (0.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (18.86%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.29%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.57%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.43%) Handset
6 5 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.29%) Digital Signage
7 4 (2.29%) NHS
7 4 (2.29%) Replication
8 3 (1.71%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.71%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.14%) Clustering
9 2 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.14%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.14%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.14%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 47 (26.86%) Windows
2 22 (12.57%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.71%) Linux
4 15 (8.57%) Windows 10
5 10 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (5.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.71%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.14%) CentOS
8 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.14%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.14%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.57%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.29%) ITIL
2 31 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (14.86%) Network Design
4 25 (14.29%) Project Management
5 23 (13.14%) Customer Service
6 22 (12.57%) Service Management
7 19 (10.86%) Project Delivery
8 18 (10.29%) Mentoring
8 18 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (8.57%) Agile
11 14 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (7.43%) High Availability
13 12 (6.86%) PRINCE2
14 11 (6.29%) Roadmaps
15 10 (5.71%) Business Continuity
15 10 (5.71%) Contract Management
15 10 (5.71%) Network Management
16 9 (5.14%) SIEM
16 9 (5.14%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.00%) SQL
2 5 (2.86%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.29%) Python
4 1 (0.57%) Bash
4 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (30.29%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (22.29%) CCNP
3 33 (18.86%) CCNA
4 24 (13.71%) Degree
5 21 (12.00%) Security Cleared
6 19 (10.86%) CCIE
6 19 (10.86%) SC Cleared
7 13 (7.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (6.29%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (6.29%) MCSE
9 9 (5.14%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (3.43%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.43%) CCDP
11 4 (2.29%) CISSP
11 4 (2.29%) CWAP
11 4 (2.29%) CWNA
11 4 (2.29%) MCSA
12 3 (1.71%) MCT
12 3 (1.71%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.86%) SLA
2 7 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.00%) QA
3 4 (2.29%) NCSC
4 3 (1.71%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.14%) GDPR
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.57%) SOC 3
System Software
1 55 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 34 (19.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.29%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.14%) Terminal Server
5 6 (3.43%) vSphere
6 4 (2.29%) Firmware
6 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (2.29%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.71%) BitLocker
7 3 (1.71%) Docker
7 3 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.71%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (7.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.29%) SCCM
3 7 (4.00%) FortiGate
3 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 3 (1.71%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.14%) Ansible
5 2 (1.14%) Terraform
5 2 (1.14%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.57%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.57%) Icinga
6 1 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.57%) Nagios
6 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 84 (48.00%) Cisco
2 65 (37.14%) Microsoft
3 56 (32.00%) Aruba
4 47 (26.86%) VMware
5 46 (26.29%) Meraki
6 31 (17.71%) Palo Alto
7 30 (17.14%) Juniper
8 19 (10.86%) Fortinet
9 14 (8.00%) Riverbed
10 13 (7.43%) Infoblox
10 13 (7.43%) SolarWinds
11 11 (6.29%) Google
12 9 (5.14%) CheckPoint
12 9 (5.14%) F5
13 6 (3.43%) Huawei
14 5 (2.86%) Veeam
15 4 (2.29%) FireEye
15 4 (2.29%) Polycom
15 4 (2.29%) Symantec
16 3 (1.71%) Salesforce