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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 428 489 568
Rank change year-on-year +61 +79 +181
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 39 107 59
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.31% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 2.12% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 19 86 54
10th Percentile £43,799 £36,250 £35,941
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,938 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £69,196
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% -2.70%

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 5,583 5,039 4,181
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.07% 14.81% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,996 3,112 3,257
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,951 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

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 6 July 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (58.97%) Azure
2 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (33.33%) AWS
4 12 (30.77%) Entra ID
5 10 (25.64%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (2.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (87.18%) LAN
1 34 (87.18%) WAN
2 26 (66.67%) Firewall
3 20 (51.28%) Wireless
4 18 (46.15%) BGP
4 18 (46.15%) OSPF
4 18 (46.15%) VPN
5 15 (38.46%) SD-WAN
5 15 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (35.90%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (30.77%) Cisco Firepower
7 12 (30.77%) IPsec
7 12 (30.77%) MPLS
7 12 (30.77%) NX-OS
8 8 (20.51%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (17.95%) DNS
10 5 (12.82%) DHCP
10 5 (12.82%) NetScaler
10 5 (12.82%) VXLAN
11 4 (10.26%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Banking
4 2 (5.13%) Local Government
4 2 (5.13%) Police
5 1 (2.56%) Aviation
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Network Engineer
2 10 (25.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Lead
5 6 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Network Operations Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Infoblox Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Senior
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Consultant
8 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Network Consultant
8 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 17 (43.59%) Data Centre
2 10 (25.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.13%) PKI
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 10 (25.64%) Apple iOS
2 10 (25.64%) Mac OS
2 10 (25.64%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (58.97%) Change Management
2 13 (33.33%) ITIL
3 12 (30.77%) Cloud Security
3 12 (30.77%) Root Cause Analysis
4 10 (25.64%) Customer Service
4 10 (25.64%) Kalman Filter
4 10 (25.64%) Problem Management
4 10 (25.64%) Service Delivery
5 9 (23.08%) Network Architecture
6 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.51%) Process Improvement
6 8 (20.51%) Runbook
7 5 (12.82%) Data Centre Operations
7 5 (12.82%) Network Segmentation
8 3 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (7.69%) Network Management
8 3 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) Python
2 2 (5.13%) SQL
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.69%) CCNA
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) CCNP
3 2 (5.13%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (5.13%) MCSE
4 1 (2.56%) MCSA
4 1 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.13%) NCSC
1 2 (5.13%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
2 1 (2.56%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (35.90%) Active Directory
2 8 (20.51%) Firmware
3 1 (2.56%) Docker
3 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.26%) Ansible
3 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (61.54%) Cisco
2 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
3 15 (38.46%) CheckPoint
4 14 (35.90%) SolarWinds
5 11 (28.21%) Infoblox
6 10 (25.64%) Apple
6 10 (25.64%) Dynatrace
7 9 (23.08%) Fortinet
8 8 (20.51%) Meraki
9 6 (15.38%) Palo Alto
10 5 (12.82%) Aruba
11 3 (7.69%) F5
12 2 (5.13%) arcserve
12 2 (5.13%) Arista
12 2 (5.13%) Forcepoint
12 2 (5.13%) Juniper
12 2 (5.13%) Riverbed
12 2 (5.13%) Sophos
13 1 (2.56%) VMware