WAN Jobs in Bedfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 87 47
Rank change year-on-year +45 -40 -10
Permanent jobs citing WAN 9 3 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 2.05% 0.41% 3.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.15% 1.85% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 20
10th Percentile £33,375 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,563 £35,625 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £42,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +31.78% -16.23%
75th Percentile £51,563 £50,625 £53,000
90th Percentile £55,125 £54,000 £60,000
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +1.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

WAN 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 Bedfordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 47 162 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.68% 22.16% 22.91%
Number of salaries quoted 27 58 104
10th Percentile £21,250 £26,875 £28,500
25th Percentile £23,125 £37,813 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £52,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -0.47% +50.71%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £69,750 £68,750
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Bedfordshire.

Salary trend for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Luton - 6 - -
Bedford +23 2 £43,750 +34.62%
Leighton Buzzard -1 1 - -
WAN
East of England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
3 2 (22.22%) Wireless
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) NGFW
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Android
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
1 6 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Load Balancing
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Security Management
3 1 (11.11%) Server Building
3 1 (11.11%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) F5
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Meraki
3 1 (11.11%) Nokia
3 1 (11.11%) Riverbed
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds