WAN Jobs in Birmingham

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 50 98 91
Rank change year-on-year +48 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing WAN 112 46 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.13% 2.28% 3.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.95% 15.38% 24.19%
Number of salaries quoted 90 36 94
10th Percentile £26,700 £33,000 £38,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,163 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £67,313
90th Percentile £78,750 - £75,875
West Midlands median annual salary £41,750 £45,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% -1.10% +7.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 374 299 430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.81% 14.82% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 308 212 315
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,938 £34,063 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £76,250
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 15 (13.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.21%) Azure
2 22 (19.64%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.93%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.57%) AWS
6 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 57 (50.89%) LAN
2 51 (45.54%) Firewall
3 46 (41.07%) SD-WAN
4 22 (19.64%) MPLS
5 21 (18.75%) TCP/IP
6 19 (16.96%) Wireless
7 15 (13.39%) DNS
8 14 (12.50%) DHCP
8 14 (12.50%) VLAN
9 13 (11.61%) WLAN
10 11 (9.82%) Intrusion Detection
10 11 (9.82%) IPsec
10 11 (9.82%) Network Security
11 9 (8.04%) SAN
12 8 (7.14%) iSCSI
12 8 (7.14%) VoIP
12 8 (7.14%) VPN
13 7 (6.25%) BGP
13 7 (6.25%) OSPF
14 5 (4.46%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 45 (40.18%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.93%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.68%) Law
7 3 (2.68%) Retail
8 2 (1.79%) Finance
8 2 (1.79%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.79%) Local Government
9 1 (0.89%) Legal
9 1 (0.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (24.11%) Senior
2 26 (23.21%) Network Engineer
3 24 (21.43%) Architect
4 15 (13.39%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (11.61%) Senior Architect
5 13 (11.61%) Support Engineer
6 11 (9.82%) Administrator
6 11 (9.82%) Systems Administrator
6 11 (9.82%) WAN Engineer
7 10 (8.93%) Cisco Architect
7 10 (8.93%) IT Administrator
7 10 (8.93%) IT Systems Administrator
7 10 (8.93%) Senior Cisco Architect
8 8 (7.14%) IP Architect
8 8 (7.14%) Network Manager
8 8 (7.14%) Security Architect
8 8 (7.14%) Senior Support Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (15.18%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.82%) Wiki
3 7 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 7 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.46%) IoT
5 4 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.79%) PKI
7 1 (0.89%) PropTech
7 1 (0.89%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.64%) Windows
2 9 (8.04%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.36%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.46%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.57%) VMS
6 2 (1.79%) Unix
6 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (12.50%) Time Management
4 11 (9.82%) Network Monitoring
4 11 (9.82%) Patch Management
4 11 (9.82%) Presales
5 10 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (8.93%) Customer Engagement
5 10 (8.93%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (8.93%) Software Licensing
6 9 (8.04%) Computer Science
6 9 (8.04%) Decision-Making
7 8 (7.14%) Business Development
7 8 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (7.14%) ITIL
7 8 (7.14%) Network Management
7 8 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 7 (6.25%) Information Security
9 6 (5.36%) Network Design
9 6 (5.36%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.82%) Perl
1 11 (9.82%) PowerShell
1 11 (9.82%) Python
2 9 (8.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 28 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (22.32%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (21.43%) Degree
4 21 (18.75%) CCNP
5 19 (16.96%) CCNA
6 11 (9.82%) Azure Certification
7 9 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.57%) DBS Check
8 4 (3.57%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (2.68%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.68%) CCSK
9 3 (2.68%) CCSP
9 3 (2.68%) CISM
9 3 (2.68%) CISSP
10 2 (1.79%) CCDA
11 1 (0.89%) CCIE
11 1 (0.89%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.46%) NIST
2 3 (2.68%) SLA
3 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (15.18%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.93%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.57%) NFS
4 4 (3.57%) pfSense
5 3 (2.68%) Docker
6 2 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (4.46%) CASB
1 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (4.46%) Stealthwatch
2 3 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (49.11%) Cisco
2 39 (34.82%) Microsoft
3 37 (33.04%) Juniper
4 18 (16.07%) VMware
5 16 (14.29%) Meraki
6 14 (12.50%) Fortinet
7 11 (9.82%) Aruba
8 10 (8.93%) Adobe
8 10 (8.93%) Apple
9 9 (8.04%) Veeam
10 7 (6.25%) Nokia
11 6 (5.36%) Ericsson
12 5 (4.46%) Citrix
12 5 (4.46%) HP
12 5 (4.46%) Sophos
13 4 (3.57%) BroadSoft
13 4 (3.57%) Brocade
13 4 (3.57%) Dell
13 4 (3.57%) QNAP
13 4 (3.57%) Zerto