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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 447 446
Rank change year-on-year +55 -1 +266
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 24 50 70
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.33% 1.36% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 28 62
10th Percentile £51,625 £40,125 £35,924
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +52.94% -
75th Percentile £84,375 £70,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £89,250 £83,375 £92,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -

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 1,799 3,676 3,338
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.12% 15.86% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 1,614 2,802
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,813 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%

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

WLAN
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing WLAN

WLAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing WLAN over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

WLAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WLAN
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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (41.67%) AWS
1 10 (41.67%) AWS Direct Connect
2 7 (29.17%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (95.83%) Firewall
2 22 (91.67%) WAN
3 19 (79.17%) LAN
3 19 (79.17%) VPN
4 17 (70.83%) SD-WAN
5 16 (66.67%) BGP
5 16 (66.67%) OSPF
6 13 (54.17%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (50.00%) NX-OS
8 10 (41.67%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (41.67%) IPsec
8 10 (41.67%) MPLS
9 8 (33.33%) Wireless
10 6 (25.00%) EIGRP
11 5 (20.83%) BIG-IP
11 5 (20.83%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (20.83%) NetScaler
11 5 (20.83%) VXLAN
11 5 (20.83%) Wireshark
General
1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Network Operations Engineer
3 6 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Infoblox Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Lead
5 3 (12.50%) Senior
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Technician
7 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Network Specialist
7 1 (4.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (58.33%) Data Centre
2 10 (41.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
1 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Change Management
2 11 (45.83%) Process Improvement
3 10 (41.67%) Cloud Security
3 10 (41.67%) Kalman Filter
4 9 (37.50%) Network Architecture
4 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (33.33%) Runbook
6 6 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (20.83%) Data Centre Operations
7 5 (20.83%) Incident Response
7 5 (20.83%) Load Balancing
7 5 (20.83%) Network Optimisation
7 5 (20.83%) Network Segmentation
8 4 (16.67%) Business Continuity
9 3 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (12.50%) ITIL
9 3 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
10 2 (8.33%) Change Control
10 2 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (8.33%) MCSE
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.17%) CCNA
2 1 (4.17%) CCNP
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.33%) NCSC
1 2 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Firmware
2 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Cisco
2 16 (66.67%) SolarWinds
3 13 (54.17%) CheckPoint
4 11 (45.83%) Infoblox
5 10 (41.67%) Dynatrace
6 9 (37.50%) Fortinet
7 8 (33.33%) Meraki
8 7 (29.17%) Palo Alto
9 6 (25.00%) Aruba
10 5 (20.83%) F5
11 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
12 2 (8.33%) arcserve
12 2 (8.33%) Forcepoint
12 2 (8.33%) Sophos