WLAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 585 655
Rank change year-on-year +29 +70 -126
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 215 138 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.25% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.15% 1.29% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 169 99 179
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% +3.90% +2.67%
75th Percentile £53,000 £49,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £54,500 £64,000
UK median annual salary £49,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.47% -10.53% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,991 10,710 11,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.73% 19.13% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,127 4,558 6,582
10th Percentile £25,760 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

WLAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the UK excluding London

WLAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
North of England +70 72 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Midlands +26 65 £48,500 +34.52% 6
West Midlands +45 58 £48,500 +65.81% 3
Yorkshire +102 40 £37,500 -25.00% 2
North West +24 36 £60,000 +14.29% 2
South West -7 27 £49,750 +11.55% 4
East of England +14 26 £32,000 -36.00% 3
South East -47 25 £50,000 +25.00% 4
East Midlands -27 7 £47,500 +28.00% 3
Wales +6 5 £44,886 -12.62% 1
North East -26 5 £35,000 +6.06%
Scotland -62 4 £57,500 -
Northern Ireland +18 2 - - 1
WLAN
UK

WLAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (6.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.58%) IIS
3 10 (4.65%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.93%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (7.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 87 (40.47%) Azure
2 78 (36.28%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (14.42%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.91%) AWS
5 10 (4.65%) GCP
6 8 (3.72%) OpenShift
7 7 (3.26%) SaaS
8 6 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.33%) Azure Stack
9 5 (2.33%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.86%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.86%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.93%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.93%) IaaS
11 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.93%) PaaS
11 2 (0.93%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.93%) Serverless
12 1 (0.47%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 204 (94.88%) LAN
2 149 (69.30%) WAN
3 71 (33.02%) Firewall
4 69 (32.09%) SD-WAN
5 52 (24.19%) MPLS
6 44 (20.47%) Wireless
7 42 (19.53%) VPN
8 40 (18.60%) OSPF
9 37 (17.21%) BGP
10 35 (16.28%) Network Security
11 33 (15.35%) TCP/IP
12 27 (12.56%) DNS
13 25 (11.63%) VLAN
14 24 (11.16%) DHCP
15 21 (9.77%) SAN
15 21 (9.77%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (7.44%) VoIP
17 11 (5.12%) Software-Defined Networking
18 8 (3.72%) EIGRP
18 8 (3.72%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.72%) MySQL
3 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 48 (22.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.37%) Retail
3 13 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.05%) Finance
4 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.33%) Local Government
6 5 (2.33%) Police
7 4 (1.86%) Agriculture
7 4 (1.86%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.40%) Automotive
8 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.93%) Legal
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
10 1 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 70 (32.56%) Analyst
2 50 (23.26%) Operations Analyst
3 48 (22.33%) Network Analyst
4 46 (21.40%) Network Operations Analyst
5 39 (18.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (17.21%) Network Engineer
6 37 (17.21%) Senior
7 19 (8.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 17 (7.91%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (7.91%) Support Analyst
9 16 (7.44%) IT Analyst
10 15 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (6.98%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (6.51%) IT Engineer
11 14 (6.51%) IT Support
11 14 (6.51%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (6.05%) Support Engineer
13 11 (5.12%) IT Support Analyst
14 10 (4.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 10 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) Web Services
2 1 (0.47%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.09%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.51%) Public Cloud
3 10 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.72%) EMC VNX
5 7 (3.26%) FMCG
5 7 (3.26%) PMI
5 7 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.79%) Private Cloud
7 5 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.86%) CCTV
9 3 (1.40%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.40%) Replication
9 3 (1.40%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.93%) CMDB
10 2 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) PKI
10 2 (0.93%) Robotics
10 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (25.58%) Windows
2 34 (15.81%) Windows Server
3 21 (9.77%) Windows 10
4 16 (7.44%) Linux
5 15 (6.98%) Android
6 14 (6.51%) Apple iOS
7 9 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (3.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 7 (3.26%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.86%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.86%) VMS
11 3 (1.40%) CentOS
11 3 (1.40%) Rocky
11 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.93%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (21.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (19.53%) Customer Service
3 34 (15.81%) ITIL
4 29 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (13.49%) Service Management
5 23 (10.70%) Presales
6 20 (9.30%) Project Delivery
7 19 (8.84%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (8.84%) Network Architecture
7 19 (8.84%) Service Delivery
8 17 (7.91%) Cloud Security
8 17 (7.91%) ITSM
9 16 (7.44%) Change Management
9 16 (7.44%) Coaching
9 16 (7.44%) High Availability
10 13 (6.05%) Computer Science
11 12 (5.58%) Mentoring
11 12 (5.58%) Root Cause Analysis
12 11 (5.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.12%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.16%) SQL
2 8 (3.72%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.33%) Bash
3 5 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (28.37%) Cisco Certification
2 47 (21.86%) CCNP
3 41 (19.07%) CCNA
4 33 (15.35%) CCIE
5 31 (14.42%) CCDP
6 29 (13.49%) Degree
7 11 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.19%) Security Cleared
9 8 (3.72%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.26%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (3.26%) MCSA
10 7 (3.26%) PMI Certification
11 6 (2.79%) MCSE
11 6 (2.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (2.33%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.86%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.86%) MCP
14 2 (0.93%) CCIE Data Center
14 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.84%) SLA
2 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.93%) GDPR
4 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (35.35%) Active Directory
2 59 (27.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (11.63%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.91%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (6.51%) vSphere
6 8 (3.72%) Docker
7 7 (3.26%) Firmware
8 4 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.93%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (20.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (9.77%) SCCM
3 13 (6.05%) Nagios
3 13 (6.05%) WSUS
4 10 (4.65%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.72%) EMC NetWorker
5 8 (3.72%) Kubernetes
6 7 (3.26%) Ansible
7 6 (2.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (2.79%) SmoothWall
8 5 (2.33%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.33%) OfficeScan
9 2 (0.93%) Puppet
10 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 95 (44.19%) Microsoft
2 82 (38.14%) VMware
3 65 (30.23%) Cisco
4 26 (12.09%) Veeam
5 24 (11.16%) SolarWinds
6 23 (10.70%) Aruba
7 20 (9.30%) Citrix
8 18 (8.37%) Fortinet
8 18 (8.37%) Meraki
8 18 (8.37%) Palo Alto
9 13 (6.05%) Sophos
10 12 (5.58%) Juniper
11 11 (5.12%) HP
12 8 (3.72%) CheckPoint
12 8 (3.72%) Ekahau
12 8 (3.72%) EMC
13 7 (3.26%) Extreme Networks
13 7 (3.26%) Google
14 5 (2.33%) Alcatel-Lucent
14 5 (2.33%) Red Hat