Hybrid/Remote WLAN Job Trends

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 403 427
Rank change year-on-year +60 +24 +184
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 21 37 66
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% 1.69% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 14 23 62
10th Percentile £36,125 £62,630 £32,950
25th Percentile £62,500 £63,150 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,125 £85,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +75.26% +2.11%
75th Percentile £88,438 £96,250 £53,813
90th Percentile £88,750 £99,800 £89,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £63,932 £48,500
% change year-on-year -17.88% +31.82% +2.11%

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 1,362 2,194 2,910
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.05% 13.32% 13.52%
Number of salaries quoted 877 1,232 2,465
10th Percentile £27,740 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WLAN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

WLAN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WLAN

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WLAN over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

WLAN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) AWS Direct Connect
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (19.05%) SaaS
3 4 (19.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) LAN
1 21 (100.00%) WAN
2 16 (76.19%) Firewall
3 13 (61.90%) SD-WAN
4 12 (57.14%) VPN
5 9 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (38.10%) BGP
6 8 (38.10%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (38.10%) NX-OS
6 8 (38.10%) OSPF
6 8 (38.10%) Wireless
7 7 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (23.81%) MPLS
9 4 (19.05%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (19.05%) IPsec
9 4 (19.05%) NetScaler
9 4 (19.05%) Network Security
9 4 (19.05%) VLAN
9 4 (19.05%) VXLAN
10 3 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
2 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Network Operations Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Senior
3 5 (23.81%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) AWS Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Firewall Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) IT Support
5 2 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 2 (9.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (9.52%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Data Centre
2 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 4 (19.05%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
1 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Runbook
3 8 (38.10%) Kalman Filter
4 7 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
5 5 (23.81%) Network Architecture
5 5 (23.81%) Zero Trust
6 4 (19.05%) Change Management
6 4 (19.05%) Network Segmentation
7 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
7 3 (14.29%) Load Balancing
7 3 (14.29%) Network Optimisation
7 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
8 2 (9.52%) Business Continuity
8 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
8 2 (9.52%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Management
9 1 (4.76%) Migration
9 1 (4.76%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) CCNP
1 1 (4.76%) CCSP
1 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Ansible
1 4 (19.05%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Cisco
2 12 (57.14%) Fortinet
3 8 (38.10%) CheckPoint
4 7 (33.33%) SolarWinds
5 6 (28.57%) Palo Alto
6 5 (23.81%) Meraki
7 4 (19.05%) Dynatrace
7 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
8 3 (14.29%) Aruba
8 3 (14.29%) F5