Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring WPA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WPA over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 802 865
Rank change year-on-year +107 +63 -
Permanent jobs citing WPA 21 28 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.031% 0.001%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.17% 0.25% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 1
10th Percentile £38,250 £42,800 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £50,625 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% -
75th Percentile £46,250 - £36,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

WPA 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 12,504 11,179 12,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.61% 12.51% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5,889 6,960 7,315
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £33,938 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £49,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.34% -4.81% -0.95%
75th Percentile £53,750 £64,075 £70,083
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £86,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -36.67% - -5.26%

WPA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WPA in the UK

WPA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WPA.

Salary trend for WPA in the UK

WPA
Top 5 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 31 July 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 +91 21 £42,500 -22.73% 27
Work from Home +53 12 - - 3
UK excluding London +89 11 £42,500 -22.73% 24
North of England +22 11 £42,500 -10.53% 22
Yorkshire +15 9 £42,500 -10.53% 22

WPA
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 (4.76%) CMS
1 1 (4.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (57.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Broadband
1 2 (9.52%) Internet
General
1 19 (90.48%) Social Skills
2 13 (61.90%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (57.14%) Local Government
3 12 (57.14%) Marketing
4 7 (33.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Business Development Manager
1 12 (57.14%) Business Manager
1 12 (57.14%) Development Manager
2 8 (38.10%) Developer
3 7 (33.33%) Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) Analyst Developer
4 6 (28.57%) Developer Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) IT Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) IT Support
4 6 (28.57%) IT Support Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Business Process Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (4.76%) Junior
5 1 (4.76%) Junior Developer
5 1 (4.76%) Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (9.52%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.76%) CSS
3 1 (4.76%) CSS3
3 1 (4.76%) HTML
3 1 (4.76%) HTML5
3 1 (4.76%) React
3 1 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Social Media
2 2 (9.52%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 12 (57.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Business Development
1 12 (57.14%) Business Forecasting
1 12 (57.14%) Business Strategy
1 12 (57.14%) CRM
2 1 (4.76%) Code Quality
2 1 (4.76%) Content Management
2 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis
2 1 (4.76%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (4.76%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (4.76%) Front End Development
2 1 (4.76%) Process Improvement
2 1 (4.76%) Test Strategy
2 1 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) JavaScript
2 7 (33.33%) C#
2 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 7 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft