Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 604 720 899
Rank change year-on-year +116 +179 -131
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 317 202 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.29% 1.33% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 196 153 290
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.06% -10.53% +25.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +21.25% +3.90% +2.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,853 15,169 22,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.61% 16.40% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,443 7,634 11,811
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WLAN.

Salary trend for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the UK

WLAN
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
England +132 296 £49,500 +16.47% 34
UK excluding London +78 280 £48,500 +21.25% 29
Midlands +70 128 £48,500 +34.52% 6
Work from Home +94 117 £48,500 +17.58% 3
West Midlands +87 106 £48,500 +65.81% 3
North of England +47 71 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Yorkshire +95 39 £37,500 -25.00% 2
North West +3 36 £60,000 +14.29% 3
East of England +10 27 £32,000 -24.71% 6
South West -22 27 £49,750 +11.55% 4
London +65 26 £58,850 +17.70% 9
South East -55 26 £50,000 +25.00% 6
East Midlands -19 22 £47,500 +28.00% 3
Wales +12 5 £44,886 -12.62% 1
North East -27 5 £35,000 +6.06%
Scotland -68 4 £57,500 - 2
Northern Ireland +20 3 - - 2

WLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.79%) IIS
3 10 (3.15%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.95%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.95%) Revit
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 109 (34.38%) Azure
2 86 (27.13%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (11.36%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.20%) AWS
5 15 (4.73%) SaaS
6 14 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.15%) GCP
7 10 (3.15%) IaaS
7 10 (3.15%) PaaS
8 8 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.52%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.58%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.26%) Azure Stack
10 4 (1.26%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.26%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.63%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.63%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.63%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 239 (75.39%) LAN
2 179 (56.47%) WAN
3 122 (38.49%) Network Security
4 95 (29.97%) Firewall
5 72 (22.71%) Internet
5 72 (22.71%) SD-WAN
6 69 (21.77%) VPN
7 63 (19.87%) MPLS
8 60 (18.93%) Wireless
9 43 (13.56%) BGP
10 42 (13.25%) TCP/IP
11 41 (12.93%) DNS
12 38 (11.99%) OSPF
13 34 (10.73%) VLAN
14 33 (10.41%) Wi-Fi
15 31 (9.78%) DHCP
16 27 (8.52%) SAN
17 17 (5.36%) VoIP
18 12 (3.79%) Unified Communications
19 11 (3.47%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.47%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.52%) MySQL
3 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 56 (17.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (5.68%) Retail
3 15 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.42%) Finance
4 14 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.58%) Local Government
6 5 (1.58%) Police
7 4 (1.26%) Agriculture
7 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.95%) Automotive
8 3 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.63%) Advertising
9 2 (0.63%) Legal
9 2 (0.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.32%) Games
10 1 (0.32%) Law
10 1 (0.32%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 83 (26.18%) IT Engineer
2 81 (25.55%) IT Support
3 79 (24.92%) Support Engineer
4 69 (21.77%) Analyst
4 69 (21.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 55 (17.35%) Network Engineer
6 49 (15.46%) Senior
7 48 (15.14%) Operations Analyst
8 47 (14.83%) Network Analyst
9 46 (14.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 44 (13.88%) Network Operations Analyst
11 23 (7.26%) Senior Network Engineer
12 18 (5.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 17 (5.36%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (5.36%) Support Analyst
14 16 (5.05%) IT Analyst
15 15 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support
16 14 (4.42%) 3rd Line Support
17 11 (3.47%) IT Support Analyst
17 11 (3.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.26%) Web Services
2 2 (0.63%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.63%) EDI
3 1 (0.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 72 (22.71%) Driving Licence
2 68 (21.45%) Onboarding
3 36 (11.36%) Data Centre
4 14 (4.42%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (2.52%) EMC VNX
9 7 (2.21%) CCTV
9 7 (2.21%) FMCG
9 7 (2.21%) PMI
9 7 (2.21%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.89%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.58%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.58%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.95%) Acoustics
12 3 (0.95%) EPoS
12 3 (0.95%) IPTV
12 3 (0.95%) Replication
12 3 (0.95%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 126 (39.75%) Windows
2 82 (25.87%) Linux
3 38 (11.99%) Windows Server
4 22 (6.94%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.73%) Android
6 14 (4.42%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (2.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (2.21%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.26%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.26%) VMS
11 3 (0.95%) CentOS
11 3 (0.95%) Rocky
11 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (37.22%) ITIL
2 103 (32.49%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (25.87%) Computer Science
4 79 (24.92%) Mentoring
4 79 (24.92%) Network Management
5 68 (21.45%) Asset Management
6 67 (21.14%) IT Asset Management
7 62 (19.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 46 (14.51%) Customer Service
9 33 (10.41%) Service Management
10 24 (7.57%) Presales
11 22 (6.94%) Service Delivery
12 21 (6.62%) Change Management
12 21 (6.62%) Network Architecture
13 20 (6.31%) ITSM
13 20 (6.31%) Project Delivery
14 18 (5.68%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (5.36%) Cloud Security
15 17 (5.36%) High Availability
16 16 (5.05%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.20%) SQL
2 9 (2.84%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.21%) Python
4 5 (1.58%) Bash
Qualifications
1 130 (41.01%) Cisco Certification
2 117 (36.91%) CCNP
3 105 (33.12%) CCNA
4 101 (31.86%) Degree
5 80 (25.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 79 (24.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 76 (23.97%) MCSE
8 71 (22.40%) MCP
9 67 (21.14%) LPIC
10 31 (9.78%) CCIE
11 29 (9.15%) CCDP
12 8 (2.52%) SC Cleared
12 8 (2.52%) Security Cleared
13 7 (2.21%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 7 (2.21%) PMI Certification
14 6 (1.89%) MCSA
15 5 (1.58%) JNCIA
15 5 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (1.26%) Azure Certification
17 2 (0.63%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.62%) SLA
2 8 (2.52%) NCSC
3 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (26.18%) Active Directory
2 63 (19.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (8.52%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.68%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (4.73%) vSphere
6 8 (2.52%) Docker
6 8 (2.52%) Firmware
7 5 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.63%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.32%) KVM
Systems Management
1 45 (14.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (7.89%) SCCM
3 13 (4.10%) Nagios
3 13 (4.10%) WSUS
4 11 (3.47%) vCenter Server
5 9 (2.84%) Ansible
5 9 (2.84%) Terraform
6 8 (2.52%) EMC NetWorker
6 8 (2.52%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.21%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (1.89%) SmoothWall
9 5 (1.58%) OfficeScan
10 4 (1.26%) Nessus
11 2 (0.63%) Puppet
11 2 (0.63%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.32%) VxRail
Vendors
1 174 (54.89%) Microsoft
2 156 (49.21%) Cisco
3 87 (27.44%) VMware
4 29 (9.15%) SolarWinds
5 28 (8.83%) Meraki
6 26 (8.20%) Aruba
6 26 (8.20%) Palo Alto
6 26 (8.20%) Veeam
7 20 (6.31%) Citrix
7 20 (6.31%) Fortinet
8 16 (5.05%) CheckPoint
9 13 (4.10%) Juniper
9 13 (4.10%) Sophos
10 12 (3.79%) HP
11 9 (2.84%) Zscaler
12 8 (2.52%) Ekahau
12 8 (2.52%) EMC
13 7 (2.21%) Extreme Networks
13 7 (2.21%) Google
14 5 (1.58%) Centreon