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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 431 435
Rank change year-on-year +40 +4 +232
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 22 39 66
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.28% 1.48% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 16 20 58
10th Percentile - £47,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,339 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +60.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £88,750 £86,563 £66,563
90th Percentile £89,375 £97,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £54,500 £56,250 £49,625
% change year-on-year -3.11% +13.35% -0.75%

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 1,723 2,627 3,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.42% 12.61% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 984 1,471 2,650
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £32,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,119 £42,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +2.94% -2.86%

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 15 October 2025.

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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
1 6 (27.27%) AWS Direct Connect
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (100.00%) Firewall
2 20 (90.91%) WAN
3 19 (86.36%) LAN
4 17 (77.27%) VPN
5 13 (59.09%) SD-WAN
6 12 (54.55%) BGP
6 12 (54.55%) OSPF
7 11 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (50.00%) NX-OS
8 9 (40.91%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (40.91%) Wireless
9 6 (27.27%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (27.27%) EIGRP
9 6 (27.27%) IPsec
9 6 (27.27%) MPLS
10 5 (22.73%) BIG-IP
10 5 (22.73%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (22.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 5 (22.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 5 (22.73%) Wireshark
General
1 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Network Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Network Operations Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Operations Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Senior
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Infoblox Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Lead
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Technician
7 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Data Centre
2 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
1 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Change Management
2 10 (45.45%) Kalman Filter
3 9 (40.91%) Network Architecture
3 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (40.91%) Process Improvement
4 8 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (36.36%) Runbook
5 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 5 (22.73%) Incident Response
6 5 (22.73%) Load Balancing
6 5 (22.73%) Network Optimisation
7 4 (18.18%) Business Continuity
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (13.64%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (13.64%) Data Centre Operations
8 3 (13.64%) ITIL
8 3 (13.64%) Network Segmentation
8 3 (13.64%) Performance Tuning
9 2 (9.09%) Email Filtering
9 2 (9.09%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (9.09%) MCSE
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.09%) NCSC
1 2 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Firmware
2 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (86.36%) Cisco
2 12 (54.55%) SolarWinds
3 11 (50.00%) CheckPoint
4 10 (45.45%) Fortinet
5 8 (36.36%) Palo Alto
6 7 (31.82%) Infoblox
7 6 (27.27%) Aruba
7 6 (27.27%) Dynatrace
8 5 (22.73%) F5
8 5 (22.73%) Meraki
9 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
10 2 (9.09%) arcserve
10 2 (9.09%) Forcepoint
10 2 (9.09%) Sophos