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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 399 437
Rank change year-on-year +41 +38 +172
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 23 37 94
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% 1.74% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12 23 89
10th Percentile £30,375 £62,630 £36,250
25th Percentile £68,438 £63,150 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,125 £85,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +75.26% +2.11%
75th Percentile £88,750 £96,250 £62,500
90th Percentile - £99,800 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,600 £48,500
% change year-on-year -10.99% +33.20% +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 1,509 2,122 3,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.54% 13.09% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,209 3,056
10th Percentile £27,540 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £72,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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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 31 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 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) AWS
3 8 (34.78%) AWS Direct Connect
4 6 (26.09%) SaaS
4 6 (26.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (100.00%) WAN
2 21 (91.30%) LAN
3 18 (78.26%) Firewall
4 15 (65.22%) SD-WAN
5 14 (60.87%) VPN
6 13 (56.52%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (52.17%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (52.17%) NX-OS
8 11 (47.83%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (39.13%) BGP
9 9 (39.13%) MPLS
9 9 (39.13%) OSPF
10 8 (34.78%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (34.78%) IPsec
10 8 (34.78%) VXLAN
11 7 (30.43%) Wireless
12 6 (26.09%) NetScaler
13 5 (21.74%) Network Security
14 4 (17.39%) VLAN
15 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Banking
2 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Network Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Network Operations Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Operations Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Firewall Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) AWS Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) IT Support
5 4 (17.39%) Senior
5 4 (17.39%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 2 (8.70%) Cisco Architect
6 2 (8.70%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (8.70%) IT Technician
6 2 (8.70%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Data Centre
2 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
3 4 (17.39%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
1 4 (17.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Runbook
2 11 (47.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (43.48%) Kalman Filter
3 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (34.78%) Network Segmentation
4 8 (34.78%) Zero Trust
5 7 (30.43%) Cloud Security
6 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
7 4 (17.39%) Change Management
7 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
8 3 (13.04%) Proactive Monitoring
9 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
9 2 (8.70%) Migration
9 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
9 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
9 2 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (8.70%) Threat Management
10 1 (4.35%) Operations Management
10 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) CCNP
1 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.70%) CCIE
2 2 (8.70%) CCNA
2 2 (8.70%) CCSA
2 2 (8.70%) CCSE
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Cisco
2 16 (69.57%) Fortinet
3 12 (52.17%) CheckPoint
4 10 (43.48%) Meraki
5 8 (34.78%) Dynatrace
5 8 (34.78%) SolarWinds
6 6 (26.09%) ServiceNow
7 3 (13.04%) Palo Alto