WAN Jobs in Central London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 115 162
Rank change year-on-year +1 +47 +42
Permanent jobs citing WAN 81 129 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.14% 2.49% 1.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 20.98% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 71 107 130
10th Percentile £34,750 £31,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £38,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -13.08% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £92,500
London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,542
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.42% +4.62%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 486 615 891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.86% 11.89% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 367 486 694
10th Percentile £32,300 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £60,305
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +5.71% +0.51%
75th Percentile £77,306 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £105,000 £97,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Central London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Central London

WAN
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
City of London +19 74 £55,000 +5.77% 24
City of Westminster -8 1 - -
WAN
London

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 (16.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (9.88%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.17%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (4.94%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.23%) Confluence
5 1 (1.23%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (75.31%) Azure
2 30 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (17.28%) Entra ID
4 10 (12.35%) AWS
5 9 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (9.88%) Rubrik
7 7 (8.64%) Azure API Management
7 7 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (8.64%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (8.64%) GCP
7 7 (8.64%) GitHub
7 7 (8.64%) IaaS
7 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (8.64%) PaaS
7 7 (8.64%) SaaS
8 6 (7.41%) Datadog
9 4 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.70%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (74.07%) LAN
2 51 (62.96%) Firewall
3 32 (39.51%) Wi-Fi
4 30 (37.04%) DNS
5 26 (32.10%) SD-WAN
6 25 (30.86%) Wireless
7 24 (29.63%) Network Security
8 23 (28.40%) DHCP
8 23 (28.40%) VPN
9 15 (18.52%) IPsec
10 13 (16.05%) IPv4
11 12 (14.81%) IPv6
12 11 (13.58%) TCP/IP
13 7 (8.64%) MPLS
13 7 (8.64%) Wireshark
14 6 (7.41%) BGP
14 6 (7.41%) OSPF
14 6 (7.41%) SAN
15 5 (6.17%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (6.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.64%) GitLab
1 7 (8.64%) Katalon Studio
General
1 24 (29.63%) Finance
2 15 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.35%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.94%) Legal
6 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.70%) Japanese Language
8 2 (2.47%) Law
8 2 (2.47%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.47%) Retail
9 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (37.04%) Network Engineer
2 17 (20.99%) Senior
3 10 (12.35%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) Support Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (8.64%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Lead
7 6 (7.41%) IT Support
8 5 (6.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Information Security Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Network Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (3.70%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.64%) YAML
2 1 (1.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) PKI
2 11 (13.58%) Data Centre
3 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.64%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (8.64%) Enterprise Cloud
4 7 (8.64%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (8.64%) Security Posture
5 4 (4.94%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.47%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.23%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.23%) CCTV
7 1 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.23%) FlexPod
7 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (43.21%) Windows
2 18 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.64%) Android
3 7 (8.64%) Apple iOS
4 5 (6.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (4.94%) Linux
5 4 (4.94%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.23%) CentOS
6 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.23%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.52%) Agile
2 14 (17.28%) Cloud Security
2 14 (17.28%) DevOps
2 14 (17.28%) Identity Access Management
3 12 (14.81%) IT Strategy
4 10 (12.35%) DevSecOps
4 10 (12.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (12.35%) ITIL
4 10 (12.35%) Project Management
5 9 (11.11%) Information Security
5 9 (11.11%) SIEM
6 8 (9.88%) CI/CD
6 8 (9.88%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (9.88%) Load Balancing
6 8 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.88%) Process Improvement
6 8 (9.88%) Scrum
7 7 (8.64%) Roadmaps
7 7 (8.64%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 16 (19.75%) Python
3 9 (11.11%) SQL
4 2 (2.47%) Bash
Qualifications
1 30 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (24.69%) CCNA
3 9 (11.11%) CISSP
3 9 (11.11%) Degree
4 8 (9.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (9.88%) CCSP
5 7 (8.64%) CEH
5 7 (8.64%) SANS
5 7 (8.64%) SSCP
6 6 (7.41%) CCNP
7 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (4.94%) MCITP
8 4 (4.94%) MCSE
9 2 (2.47%) A+ Certification
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.47%) CCIE
9 2 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.47%) MCP
9 2 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.23%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (9.88%) NIST
3 7 (8.64%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (35.80%) Active Directory
2 15 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (6.17%) XenApp
5 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.94%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.23%) Docker
6 1 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.88%) Kubernetes
3 7 (8.64%) Nmap
3 7 (8.64%) Terraform
4 6 (7.41%) SCCM
5 4 (4.94%) PaperCut
6 3 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (3.70%) FortiGate
7 2 (2.47%) ZENworks
8 1 (1.23%) Ansible
8 1 (1.23%) Backup Exec
8 1 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (1.23%) Puppet
8 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 41 (50.62%) Microsoft
2 29 (35.80%) Cisco
3 17 (20.99%) Meraki
4 16 (19.75%) VMware
5 15 (18.52%) HP
6 11 (13.58%) Aruba
6 11 (13.58%) Palo Alto
7 10 (12.35%) Citrix
8 9 (11.11%) NetApp
8 9 (11.11%) Veeam
9 7 (8.64%) Qualys
9 7 (8.64%) Rapid7
9 7 (8.64%) SolarWinds
9 7 (8.64%) Splunk
9 7 (8.64%) Thycotic
10 6 (7.41%) LogicMonitor
11 5 (6.17%) Dell
12 4 (4.94%) Google
12 4 (4.94%) Mitel
12 4 (4.94%) Symantec