WAN Jobs in the City of London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 140 185
Rank change year-on-year +36 +45 +13
Permanent jobs citing WAN 74 99 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.20% 2.10% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.30% 18.89% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 64 80 87
10th Percentile £34,750 £31,250 £46,400
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,188 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,250 £64,125
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% -18.52% -14.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £73,125
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,500 £93,750
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £58,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.38% -9.62% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 454 524 711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 13.51% 11.13% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 340 419 541
10th Percentile £31,975 £32,700 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,188 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.84% -3.48%
75th Percentile £77,113 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,652
% change year-on-year -15.38% +7.17% +1.09%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the City of London.

Salary trend for WAN in the City of London

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.35%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (71.62%) Azure
2 23 (31.08%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.86%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.16%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (12.16%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (10.81%) Rubrik
6 7 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (9.46%) PaaS
6 7 (9.46%) SaaS
7 6 (8.11%) AWS
7 6 (8.11%) Azure API Management
7 6 (8.11%) Azure Key Vault
7 6 (8.11%) Datadog
7 6 (8.11%) GitHub
8 5 (6.76%) IaaS
9 3 (4.05%) GCP
10 2 (2.70%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 55 (74.32%) LAN
2 45 (60.81%) Firewall
3 32 (43.24%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (36.49%) DNS
5 25 (33.78%) Network Security
5 25 (33.78%) Wireless
6 23 (31.08%) SD-WAN
7 21 (28.38%) VPN
8 20 (27.03%) DHCP
9 14 (18.92%) IPsec
10 13 (17.57%) IPv4
11 12 (16.22%) IPv6
12 10 (13.51%) TCP/IP
13 7 (9.46%) Wireshark
14 6 (8.11%) MPLS
14 6 (8.11%) SAN
14 6 (8.11%) Unified Communications
15 5 (6.76%) BGP
15 5 (6.76%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (6.76%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) GitLab
1 6 (8.11%) Katalon Studio
General
1 21 (28.38%) Finance
2 9 (12.16%) Documentation Skills
2 9 (12.16%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.05%) Japanese Language
5 3 (4.05%) Legal
5 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Law
6 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (39.19%) Network Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Senior
3 10 (13.51%) IT Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) Security Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) IT Support
6 6 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Lead
6 6 (8.11%) Support Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Information Security Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) Network Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (4.05%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) YAML
2 1 (1.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) PKI
2 11 (14.86%) Data Centre
3 10 (13.51%) Management Information System
4 7 (9.46%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (8.11%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (8.11%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (8.11%) Security Posture
6 5 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.35%) CCTV
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.35%) FlexPod
7 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (36.49%) Windows
2 12 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.46%) Android
3 7 (9.46%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (4.05%) Linux
6 2 (2.70%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.35%) CentOS
7 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.27%) Agile
2 13 (17.57%) Cloud Security
2 13 (17.57%) DevOps
2 13 (17.57%) Identity Access Management
3 12 (16.22%) ITIL
4 11 (14.86%) IT Strategy
5 10 (13.51%) SIEM
6 9 (12.16%) DevSecOps
6 9 (12.16%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (12.16%) Information Security
6 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (12.16%) Project Management
7 8 (10.81%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (10.81%) Process Improvement
8 7 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (9.46%) Information Security Management
8 7 (9.46%) Load Balancing
8 7 (9.46%) Network Management
8 7 (9.46%) Security Management
8 7 (9.46%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.97%) PowerShell
2 14 (18.92%) Python
3 7 (9.46%) SQL
4 1 (1.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (41.89%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (25.68%) CCNA
3 9 (12.16%) CISSP
3 9 (12.16%) Degree
4 8 (10.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (10.81%) CCSP
5 7 (9.46%) CCNP
5 7 (9.46%) CEH
5 7 (9.46%) SANS
5 7 (9.46%) SSCP
6 4 (5.41%) CCIE
7 2 (2.70%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.70%) MCP
7 2 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.35%) CCSK
8 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (10.81%) NIST
3 7 (9.46%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (28.38%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.35%) Docker
4 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.35%) vSphere
4 1 (1.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.46%) Kubernetes
2 7 (9.46%) Nmap
3 6 (8.11%) Terraform
4 4 (5.41%) PaperCut
5 3 (4.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (4.05%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.70%) SCCM
6 2 (2.70%) ZENworks
7 1 (1.35%) Ansible
7 1 (1.35%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.35%) Puppet
7 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 35 (47.30%) Microsoft
2 25 (33.78%) Cisco
3 15 (20.27%) Meraki
4 11 (14.86%) Aruba
4 11 (14.86%) HP
4 11 (14.86%) Palo Alto
5 9 (12.16%) NetApp
5 9 (12.16%) Veeam
5 9 (12.16%) VMware
6 7 (9.46%) Qualys
6 7 (9.46%) Rapid7
6 7 (9.46%) SolarWinds
6 7 (9.46%) Splunk
6 7 (9.46%) Thycotic
7 6 (8.11%) Citrix
7 6 (8.11%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (5.41%) Mitel
8 4 (5.41%) Riverbed
9 2 (2.70%) F5
9 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow