WAN Jobs in Berkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 116 132 144
Rank change year-on-year +16 +12 -11
Permanent jobs citing WAN 47 56 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.52% 1.76% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.53% 12.42% 7.92%
Number of salaries quoted 36 30 36
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,250 £29,050
25th Percentile £42,000 £27,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £36,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -15.29% -24.44%
75th Percentile £72,188 £60,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £89,625 £71,875
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 493 451 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.99% 14.18% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 359 188 356
10th Percentile £28,970 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,000 £80,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Berkshire 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
Reading +13 29 £57,500 +3.60% 11
Newbury +23 13 £77,500 - 1
Bracknell +7 6 £50,000 +35.13% 1
Slough - 4 £52,500 -
Maidenhead +11 2 £52,500 +110.00%
Wokingham +1 1 £40,000 +12.68%
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (29.79%) Azure
3 3 (6.38%) AWS
4 2 (4.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (68.09%) LAN
2 30 (63.83%) Firewall
3 24 (51.06%) Wireless
4 20 (42.55%) SD-WAN
5 8 (17.02%) Network Security
6 7 (14.89%) DHCP
6 7 (14.89%) DNS
6 7 (14.89%) VPN
7 6 (12.77%) SAN
7 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
7 6 (12.77%) VoIP
8 5 (10.64%) NAS
9 4 (8.51%) Wireshark
10 3 (6.38%) BGP
10 3 (6.38%) Internet
10 3 (6.38%) OSPF
10 3 (6.38%) SSL
11 2 (4.26%) IPsec
11 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (2.13%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (8.51%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.38%) Banking
2 3 (6.38%) Finance
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Architect
2 14 (29.79%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (27.66%) IP Architect
4 9 (19.15%) Senior
5 8 (17.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (17.02%) IT Engineer
6 7 (14.89%) Support Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) IT Support
7 6 (12.77%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Network Engineer
7 6 (12.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (10.64%) Network Manager
9 4 (8.51%) Analyst
9 4 (8.51%) Incident Manager
9 4 (8.51%) Network Services Manager
9 4 (8.51%) NOC Manager
10 3 (6.38%) Banking Analyst
10 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 3 (6.38%) Network Architect
10 3 (6.38%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.13%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 19 (40.43%) Windows
2 11 (23.40%) Windows Server
3 8 (17.02%) Linux
4 4 (8.51%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (8.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.26%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Business Development
2 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
3 5 (10.64%) ITIL
4 4 (8.51%) Customer Experience
4 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (8.51%) Information Security
4 4 (8.51%) People Management
4 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (6.38%) Network Design
5 3 (6.38%) Visualisation
6 2 (4.26%) Containerisation
6 2 (4.26%) DevOps
6 2 (4.26%) Open Source
7 1 (2.13%) Budget Management
7 1 (2.13%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (2.13%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (2.13%) Incident Response
7 1 (2.13%) Security Hardening
7 1 (2.13%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.51%) Bash
2 4 (8.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.91%) SC Cleared
3 9 (19.15%) CCNA
3 9 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (10.64%) Degree
6 4 (8.51%) MCSE
7 3 (6.38%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.38%) MCP
8 2 (4.26%) JNCIA
9 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (25.53%) Active Directory
2 10 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.38%) vSphere
4 2 (4.26%) Docker
4 2 (4.26%) KVM
4 2 (4.26%) QEMU
4 2 (4.26%) Xen
5 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.13%) NFS
5 1 (2.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) vCenter Server
2 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.13%) Nessus
3 1 (2.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 17 (36.17%) Cisco
2 13 (27.66%) Juniper
3 12 (25.53%) Fortinet
3 12 (25.53%) Microsoft
4 11 (23.40%) VMware
5 3 (6.38%) Dell
6 2 (4.26%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.13%) Citrix
7 1 (2.13%) Google
7 1 (2.13%) Splunk
7 1 (2.13%) WatchGuard