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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 384 459
Rank change year-on-year +25 +75 +140
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 46 37 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.25% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.25% 1.96% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 102
10th Percentile £60,625 £45,269 £36,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £51,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £75,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +54.64% +14.12%
75th Percentile £85,625 £90,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,000 £68,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +13.40% +10.86%

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 2,041 1,885 5,029
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.86% 12.90% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 1,126 3,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.94%

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

WLAN
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WLAN over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

WLAN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

WLAN
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 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 32 (69.57%) Azure
2 18 (39.13%) AWS
3 15 (32.61%) AWS Direct Connect
4 13 (28.26%) SaaS
4 13 (28.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.52%) GCP
7 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 44 (95.65%) LAN
1 44 (95.65%) WAN
2 37 (80.43%) Firewall
3 33 (71.74%) SD-WAN
4 27 (58.70%) Cisco ISE
5 23 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (43.48%) BGP
6 20 (43.48%) OSPF
7 19 (41.30%) MPLS
8 18 (39.13%) VPN
9 16 (34.78%) Cisco ASA
9 16 (34.78%) Network Security
9 16 (34.78%) NX-OS
9 16 (34.78%) Wireless
10 15 (32.61%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (32.61%) IPsec
10 15 (32.61%) VXLAN
11 13 (28.26%) NetScaler
12 10 (21.74%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (13.04%) Cisco Wireless
General
1 8 (17.39%) Finance
2 6 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.17%) Banking
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (58.70%) Network Engineer
2 12 (26.09%) Architect
3 10 (21.74%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (21.74%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 10 (21.74%) Firewall Engineer
3 10 (21.74%) Network Architect
3 10 (21.74%) Senior
3 10 (21.74%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Network Operations Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Operations Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) AWS Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) IT Support
7 3 (6.52%) Lead
7 3 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (43.48%) Data Centre
2 9 (19.57%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.70%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Network Segmentation
1 15 (32.61%) Zero Trust
2 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (26.09%) Runbook
4 11 (23.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (21.74%) Cloud Security
5 10 (21.74%) Kalman Filter
5 10 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (17.39%) Roadmaps
7 7 (15.22%) Network Architecture
7 7 (15.22%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 5 (10.87%) Change Control
9 5 (10.87%) Threat Management
10 4 (8.70%) Operational Stability
10 4 (8.70%) Presales
10 4 (8.70%) Product Roadmap
11 3 (6.52%) Proactive Monitoring
11 3 (6.52%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (17.39%) CCNP
3 5 (10.87%) CCIE
4 4 (8.70%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.52%) CCNA
6 2 (4.35%) CCSA
6 2 (4.35%) CCSE
6 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (4.35%) Degree
6 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.17%) CCSP
7 1 (2.17%) CWNA
7 1 (2.17%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.17%) Ansible
2 1 (2.17%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (80.43%) Cisco
2 22 (47.83%) Fortinet
3 18 (39.13%) Meraki
4 17 (36.96%) CheckPoint
5 15 (32.61%) Dynatrace
5 15 (32.61%) SolarWinds
6 11 (23.91%) Palo Alto
7 9 (19.57%) ServiceNow
8 4 (8.70%) Juniper
9 3 (6.52%) Huawei
10 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
11 1 (2.17%) Arista
11 1 (2.17%) Aruba