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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 400 545
Rank change year-on-year -169 +145 +233
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 80 342 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.64% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.83% 4.77% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 49 103 159
10th Percentile £25,500 - £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,264 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.06% +30.44% +2.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £92,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £99,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% -22.22% +5.88%

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 9,621 7,173 7,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.96% 13.38% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,891 3,730 6,309
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,063 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -

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 15 January 2026.

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 15 January 2026. 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 -173 70 £45,000 -30.34% 35
UK excluding London -163 55 £34,000 -2.86% 35
Work from Home +52 22 £77,125 -9.26% 19
London +23 21 £81,250 -9.72% 8
North of England +5 17 £26,000 -55.74% 6
Yorkshire -7 16 £26,000 -56.67% 1
Midlands -124 12 £53,750 +53.57% 5
East of England +21 10 £32,500 -59.38% 2
West Midlands -98 8 £61,000 +74.29% 3
South East +2 7 £52,500 +61.54% 15
Scotland +8 5 £75,000 +86.34% 6
East Midlands -43 4 £33,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £58,250 -
North East +10 1 - - 1

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 8 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 32 (40.00%) Azure
2 20 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 9 (11.25%) AWS
5 5 (6.25%) AWS Direct Connect
5 5 (6.25%) SaaS
5 5 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.50%) GCP
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 78 (97.50%) LAN
2 73 (91.25%) WAN
3 46 (57.50%) Firewall
4 37 (46.25%) Wireless
5 30 (37.50%) VPN
6 26 (32.50%) SD-WAN
7 23 (28.75%) Network Security
8 22 (27.50%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (22.50%) BGP
9 18 (22.50%) MPLS
10 13 (16.25%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (16.25%) OSPF
11 12 (15.00%) VoIP
12 11 (13.75%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (12.50%) Internet
14 9 (11.25%) NX-OS
15 8 (10.00%) VXLAN
16 7 (8.75%) IPsec
16 7 (8.75%) VLAN
16 7 (8.75%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Git
General
1 36 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.75%) Finance
2 7 (8.75%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.00%) Banking
3 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (5.00%) Retail
4 3 (3.75%) Games
5 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Law
6 1 (1.25%) Legal
6 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (38.75%) Network Engineer
2 11 (13.75%) IT Engineer
3 10 (12.50%) Senior
3 10 (12.50%) Support Technician
4 9 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (11.25%) IT Support
5 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 8 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (10.00%) Network Operations Engineer
5 8 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
6 7 (8.75%) Analyst
6 7 (8.75%) Architect
6 7 (8.75%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (7.50%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (7.50%) Support Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.75%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.50%) REST
3 1 (1.25%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (27.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.25%) Handset
2 5 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.75%) BYOD
4 3 (3.75%) CCTV
4 3 (3.75%) IoT
4 3 (3.75%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (26.25%) Windows
2 9 (11.25%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.50%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.25%) Android
5 1 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.25%) Customer Service
2 22 (27.50%) ITIL
2 22 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (15.00%) Network Monitoring
4 12 (15.00%) Service Delivery
5 11 (13.75%) Change Management
5 11 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (13.75%) Network Architecture
5 11 (13.75%) Network Design
5 11 (13.75%) Runbook
6 10 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
6 10 (12.50%) Zero Trust
7 9 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (10.00%) Network Management
9 7 (8.75%) Mentoring
9 7 (8.75%) Presales
9 7 (8.75%) Roadmaps
10 6 (7.50%) Cloud Security
10 6 (7.50%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (28.75%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (18.75%) CCNA
2 15 (18.75%) CCNP
3 11 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 11 (13.75%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.00%) A+ Certification
5 4 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (5.00%) DBS Check
5 4 (5.00%) MCITP
5 4 (5.00%) MCP
5 4 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (3.75%) CWNA
7 2 (2.50%) CCSP
7 2 (2.50%) Degree
7 2 (2.50%) RIBA
8 1 (1.25%) CISSP
8 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.25%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.75%) PCI DSS
1 3 (3.75%) SLA
2 1 (1.25%) GDPR
2 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.25%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.00%) Firmware
3 3 (3.75%) KVM
4 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.25%) FortiGate
3 6 (7.50%) Ansible
4 1 (1.25%) Nagios
4 1 (1.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 44 (55.00%) Cisco
2 31 (38.75%) Fortinet
3 27 (33.75%) Microsoft
4 20 (25.00%) Meraki
5 18 (22.50%) Aruba
6 12 (15.00%) CheckPoint
6 12 (15.00%) Palo Alto
7 8 (10.00%) SolarWinds
8 6 (7.50%) HP
9 5 (6.25%) Dynatrace
9 5 (6.25%) Huawei
9 5 (6.25%) Juniper
9 5 (6.25%) Polycom
9 5 (6.25%) ServiceNow
10 4 (5.00%) Avaya
10 4 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (5.00%) Extreme Networks
10 4 (5.00%) Mitel
11 3 (3.75%) Ruckus Wireless
11 3 (3.75%) Zscaler