Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WLAN over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 654 757 905
Rank change year-on-year +103 +148 -158
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 251 199 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.83% 1.30% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 200 151 294
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £42,500 £46,875
Median % change year-on-year +16.47% -9.33% +23.36%
75th Percentile £59,645 £51,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +21.25% +3.90% +1.99%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

WLAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,702 15,312 22,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.81% 16.31% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,415 7,633 11,891
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,345 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.46% -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 6 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 6 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 +84 231 £49,500 +16.47% 25
UK excluding London +33 216 £48,500 +21.25% 21
Work from Home +108 120 £48,500 +21.25% 5
North of England +58 72 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Midlands +35 65 £48,500 +34.52% 6
West Midlands +27 58 £48,500 +65.81% 3
Yorkshire +101 40 £37,500 -25.00% 2
North West +16 36 £60,000 +14.29% 2
South West -15 27 £49,750 +11.55% 4
East of England +2 26 £32,000 -36.00% 2
London +64 25 £58,850 +17.70% 8
South East -29 25 £50,000 +25.00% 3
East Midlands -27 7 £47,500 +28.00% 3
Wales +9 5 £44,886 -12.62% 1
North East -27 5 £35,000 +6.06%
Scotland -74 5 £50,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +20 2 - - 1

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 (6.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.78%) IIS
3 10 (3.98%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.80%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.20%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.20%) Revit
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.80%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 108 (43.03%) Azure
2 85 (33.86%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (14.34%) Entra ID
4 24 (9.56%) AWS
5 14 (5.58%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.58%) SaaS
6 10 (3.98%) GCP
7 9 (3.59%) IaaS
7 9 (3.59%) PaaS
8 8 (3.19%) OpenShift
9 7 (2.79%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.99%) Azure Stack
10 5 (1.99%) Nutanix
11 4 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.59%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.59%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.80%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.80%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 240 (95.62%) LAN
2 179 (71.31%) WAN
3 93 (37.05%) Firewall
4 75 (29.88%) SD-WAN
5 67 (26.69%) VPN
6 65 (25.90%) MPLS
7 58 (23.11%) Wireless
8 55 (21.91%) Network Security
9 45 (17.93%) BGP
10 43 (17.13%) TCP/IP
11 41 (16.33%) OSPF
12 40 (15.94%) DNS
13 32 (12.75%) VLAN
14 31 (12.35%) Wi-Fi
15 30 (11.95%) DHCP
16 27 (10.76%) SAN
17 16 (6.37%) VoIP
18 11 (4.38%) Software-Defined Networking
18 11 (4.38%) Unified Communications
19 10 (3.98%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.19%) MySQL
3 2 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 54 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.17%) Retail
3 15 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.58%) Finance
4 14 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.99%) Local Government
6 5 (1.99%) Police
7 4 (1.59%) Agriculture
7 4 (1.59%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.20%) Automotive
8 3 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.80%) Advertising
9 2 (0.80%) Legal
9 2 (0.80%) Marketing
10 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (28.69%) Analyst
2 54 (21.51%) Network Engineer
3 51 (20.32%) Operations Analyst
4 50 (19.92%) Network Analyst
5 48 (19.12%) Senior
6 47 (18.73%) Network Operations Analyst
7 45 (17.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (8.76%) Senior Network Engineer
9 19 (7.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 17 (6.77%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (6.77%) Support Analyst
11 16 (6.37%) IT Analyst
12 15 (5.98%) 2nd Line Support
12 15 (5.98%) 3rd Line Support
12 15 (5.98%) IT Engineer
13 14 (5.58%) IT Support
14 13 (5.18%) Support Engineer
15 11 (4.38%) Firewall Engineer
15 11 (4.38%) IT Support Analyst
15 11 (4.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.59%) Web Services
2 2 (0.80%) EDI
3 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.94%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.58%) Public Cloud
3 12 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 9 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.19%) EMC VNX
6 7 (2.79%) CCTV
6 7 (2.79%) FMCG
6 7 (2.79%) PMI
6 7 (2.79%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.39%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.99%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.99%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.99%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.20%) Acoustics
9 3 (1.20%) EPoS
9 3 (1.20%) IPTV
9 3 (1.20%) Replication
9 3 (1.20%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.80%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 59 (23.51%) Windows
2 38 (15.14%) Windows Server
3 22 (8.76%) Windows 10
4 16 (6.37%) Linux
5 15 (5.98%) Android
6 14 (5.58%) Apple iOS
7 9 (3.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (2.79%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.59%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.59%) VMS
11 3 (1.20%) CentOS
11 3 (1.20%) Rocky
11 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.80%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (23.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (19.92%) ITIL
3 46 (18.33%) Customer Service
4 36 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (13.15%) Service Management
6 23 (9.16%) Presales
7 22 (8.76%) Service Delivery
8 21 (8.37%) Change Management
8 21 (8.37%) Network Architecture
9 20 (7.97%) ITSM
9 20 (7.97%) Project Delivery
10 19 (7.57%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (6.77%) Cloud Security
11 17 (6.77%) High Availability
12 16 (6.37%) Coaching
12 16 (6.37%) Network Virtualisation
13 15 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (5.58%) Agile
14 14 (5.58%) Analytics
14 14 (5.58%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.36%) SQL
2 9 (3.59%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.79%) Python
4 5 (1.99%) Bash
Qualifications
1 67 (26.69%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (21.12%) CCNP
3 42 (16.73%) CCNA
4 34 (13.55%) CCIE
5 33 (13.15%) Degree
6 32 (12.75%) CCDP
7 14 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.59%) MCSE
9 9 (3.59%) Security Cleared
10 8 (3.19%) SC Cleared
11 7 (2.79%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 7 (2.79%) MCSA
11 7 (2.79%) PMI Certification
12 6 (2.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.99%) JNCIA
14 4 (1.59%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.59%) MCP
15 2 (0.80%) CCIE Data Center
15 2 (0.80%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.37%) SLA
2 7 (2.79%) NCSC
3 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.80%) GDPR
5 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (32.67%) Active Directory
2 63 (25.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.76%) Hyper-V
4 18 (7.17%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (5.98%) vSphere
6 8 (3.19%) Docker
6 8 (3.19%) Firmware
7 4 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.80%) Terminal Server
8 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (17.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (9.96%) SCCM
3 13 (5.18%) Nagios
3 13 (5.18%) WSUS
4 11 (4.38%) vCenter Server
5 9 (3.59%) Ansible
5 9 (3.59%) Terraform
6 8 (3.19%) EMC NetWorker
6 8 (3.19%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.79%) FortiGate
8 6 (2.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (2.39%) SmoothWall
9 5 (1.99%) OfficeScan
10 3 (1.20%) Nessus
11 2 (0.80%) Puppet
11 2 (0.80%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 107 (42.63%) Microsoft
2 88 (35.06%) Cisco
3 87 (34.66%) VMware
4 29 (11.55%) SolarWinds
5 28 (11.16%) Meraki
6 26 (10.36%) Aruba
6 26 (10.36%) Veeam
7 25 (9.96%) Palo Alto
8 20 (7.97%) Citrix
8 20 (7.97%) Fortinet
9 15 (5.98%) CheckPoint
10 13 (5.18%) Juniper
10 13 (5.18%) Sophos
11 12 (4.78%) HP
12 9 (3.59%) Zscaler
13 8 (3.19%) Ekahau
13 8 (3.19%) EMC
14 7 (2.79%) Extreme Networks
14 7 (2.79%) Google
15 5 (1.99%) Centreon