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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 457 604
Rank change year-on-year +33 +147 +135
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 34 120 57
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.36% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 2.30% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16 106 54
10th Percentile £45,024 £36,250 £35,941
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £48,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.95% +10.23% -20.00%
75th Percentile £91,250 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £69,375 £67,937
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +13.40% +10.86% -5.41%

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 4,546 5,209 4,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.36% 15.45% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 3,355 3,452
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £76,612
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

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 14 May 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (73.53%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (35.29%) AWS
4 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
5 8 (23.53%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 31 (91.18%) WAN
2 30 (88.24%) LAN
3 20 (58.82%) Firewall
3 20 (58.82%) Wireless
4 18 (52.94%) BGP
4 18 (52.94%) OSPF
5 14 (41.18%) SD-WAN
6 13 (38.24%) VPN
7 12 (35.29%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (32.35%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (32.35%) Cisco ISE
8 11 (32.35%) MPLS
9 10 (29.41%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (29.41%) IPsec
10 9 (26.47%) NX-OS
11 6 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
12 5 (14.71%) DHCP
12 5 (14.71%) DNS
13 4 (11.76%) BIG-IP
13 4 (11.76%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Local Government
4 2 (5.88%) Police
5 1 (2.94%) Aviation
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Network Engineer
2 10 (29.41%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Lead
4 6 (17.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Network Operations Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Infoblox Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Azure Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Cisco Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Juniper Consultant
7 3 (8.82%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.59%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (41.18%) Data Centre
2 8 (23.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.88%) PKI
3 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (32.35%) Windows
2 10 (29.41%) Apple iOS
2 10 (29.41%) Mac OS
2 10 (29.41%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Change Management
2 12 (35.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 11 (32.35%) Cloud Security
4 10 (29.41%) Customer Service
4 10 (29.41%) ITIL
4 10 (29.41%) Problem Management
4 10 (29.41%) Service Delivery
5 7 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (20.59%) Network Architecture
6 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (17.65%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (17.65%) Runbook
7 4 (11.76%) Data Centre Operations
7 4 (11.76%) Network Management
7 4 (11.76%) Network Segmentation
7 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 4 (11.76%) Task Automation
8 3 (8.82%) Proactive Monitoring
8 3 (8.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 3 (8.82%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (14.71%) CCNP
3 3 (8.82%) CCIE
3 3 (8.82%) CCNA
4 2 (5.88%) Degree
4 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) MCSA
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) GDPR
1 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.65%) Firmware
3 1 (2.94%) Docker
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.71%) Ansible
3 4 (11.76%) Terraform
4 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (64.71%) Cisco
2 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
3 12 (35.29%) CheckPoint
4 10 (29.41%) Apple
4 10 (29.41%) SolarWinds
5 8 (23.53%) Dynatrace
5 8 (23.53%) Infoblox
6 6 (17.65%) Fortinet
6 6 (17.65%) Meraki
6 6 (17.65%) Palo Alto
7 4 (11.76%) F5
8 3 (8.82%) Arista
8 3 (8.82%) Juniper
8 3 (8.82%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (8.82%) Riverbed
9 2 (5.88%) Aruba
10 1 (2.94%) VMware