WLAN Job Trends in Yorkshire

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring WLAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 139 168
Rank change year-on-year -7 +29 +97
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 16 12 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.47% 0.38% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.82% 3.56% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 12
10th Percentile £20,850 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £36,250 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +20.00% +27.39%
75th Percentile £27,500 £83,750 £59,688
90th Percentile £30,500 - £62,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £64,600 £48,500
% change year-on-year -30.34% +33.20% +2.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 568 337 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 16.68% 10.78% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 292 173 386
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +11.11% -4.71%
75th Percentile £41,338 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £74,375
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WLAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

WLAN job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

WLAN
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing WLAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing WLAN

WLAN
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for WLAN in Yorkshire

WLAN
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North Yorkshire +3 6 £10,000 -73.33% 1
West Yorkshire -20 1 - -
WLAN
England

WLAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) LAN
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
2 7 (43.75%) Firewall
3 6 (37.50%) Network Security
3 6 (37.50%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) ADSL
4 5 (31.25%) BGP
4 5 (31.25%) Broadband
4 5 (31.25%) MPLS
4 5 (31.25%) SD-WAN
4 5 (31.25%) VoIP
4 5 (31.25%) WebEx
5 4 (25.00%) Internet
5 4 (25.00%) NGN
5 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 4 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 4 (25.00%) VLAN
6 3 (18.75%) Wireless
7 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
General
1 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Technical Support
2 5 (31.25%) Technical Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support
3 4 (25.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Network Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 2 (12.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (12.50%) IT Technician
5 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
6 1 (6.25%) Core Network Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
1 5 (31.25%) Handset
2 4 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Android
3 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 5 (31.25%) Supplier Management
3 4 (25.00%) Network Design
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (6.25%) Information Security
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CCNA
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco
1 7 (43.75%) Meraki
2 6 (37.50%) Fortinet
3 5 (31.25%) Aruba
3 5 (31.25%) Huawei
3 5 (31.25%) Polycom
4 4 (25.00%) Avaya
4 4 (25.00%) Mitel