Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WPA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WPA 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 | 858 | 956 | 1229 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +98 | +273 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing WPA | 38 | 14 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.039% | 0.013% | 0.002% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.28% | 0.087% | 0.014% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £37,000 | - | £34,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | - | £39,000 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £43,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | - | £39,000 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
WPA 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% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing WPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WPA.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing WPA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WPA 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 | +135 | 36 | £55,000 | - | 11 |
| UK excluding London | +34 | 34 | £55,000 | - | 8 |
| North of England | - | 24 | £47,500 | - | 6 |
| Work from Home | - | 18 | £47,500 | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | - | 18 | £47,500 | - | 5 |
| South East | +23 | 6 | £55,000 | - | |
| North West | - | 5 | £36,000 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| North East | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| London | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | 3 |
| South West | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £55,000 | - | |
| East of England | - | 1 | £55,000 | - |
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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: