WLAN Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 463 616
Rank change year-on-year +83 +153 +108
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 35 121 60
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.36% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 2.29% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 19 107 57
10th Percentile £45,760 £36,250 £35,966
25th Percentile £51,875 £41,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £48,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.64% +10.23% -20.00%
75th Percentile £92,500 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £102,000 £69,250 £63,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.40% +14.12% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,522 5,284 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.46% 15.62% 11.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 3,423 3,541
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,294
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

WLAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WLAN trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing WLAN.

WLAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

WLAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing WLAN over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

WLAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (71.43%) Azure
2 13 (37.14%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (34.29%) AWS
4 10 (28.57%) Entra ID
5 6 (17.14%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 32 (91.43%) LAN
1 32 (91.43%) WAN
2 21 (60.00%) Firewall
3 20 (57.14%) Wireless
4 16 (45.71%) BGP
4 16 (45.71%) OSPF
5 13 (37.14%) SD-WAN
6 12 (34.29%) MPLS
6 12 (34.29%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (31.43%) Cisco ISE
7 11 (31.43%) VPN
8 9 (25.71%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (22.86%) Cisco Firepower
9 8 (22.86%) IPsec
10 7 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (20.00%) NX-OS
11 5 (14.29%) DHCP
11 5 (14.29%) DNS
11 5 (14.29%) Network Security
12 4 (11.43%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Local Government
4 2 (5.71%) Police
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Aviation
5 1 (2.86%) Banking
5 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Network Engineer
2 10 (28.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Lead
4 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Network Operations Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Architect
6 3 (8.57%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Cisco Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Cloud Automation Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Network Architect
6 3 (8.57%) Network Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Data Centre
2 6 (17.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.71%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.71%) PKI
3 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (31.43%) Windows
2 10 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 10 (28.57%) Mac OS
2 10 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Change Management
2 12 (34.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 10 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 10 (28.57%) ITIL
3 10 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 10 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 9 (25.71%) Cloud Security
5 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (17.14%) Network Architecture
6 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (14.29%) Runbook
7 4 (11.43%) Network Management
7 4 (11.43%) Task Automation
8 3 (8.57%) Data Centre Operations
8 3 (8.57%) Network Segmentation
8 3 (8.57%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
8 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (8.57%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (22.86%) CCNP
3 5 (14.29%) CCIE
3 5 (14.29%) CCNA
4 2 (5.71%) AWS Certification
4 2 (5.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.71%) CITP
4 2 (5.71%) Degree
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) MCSA
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) GDPR
1 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) Firmware
3 1 (2.86%) Docker
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (20.00%) Ansible
3 6 (17.14%) Terraform
4 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (65.71%) Cisco
2 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
3 10 (28.57%) Apple
3 10 (28.57%) CheckPoint
4 8 (22.86%) Meraki
4 8 (22.86%) SolarWinds
5 7 (20.00%) Palo Alto
6 6 (17.14%) Dynatrace
6 6 (17.14%) Infoblox
7 5 (14.29%) Fortinet
8 4 (11.43%) F5
9 3 (8.57%) Arista
9 3 (8.57%) Juniper
9 3 (8.57%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (8.57%) Riverbed
10 2 (5.71%) Aruba
11 1 (2.86%) VMware