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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 138 182
Rank change year-on-year +33 +44 +6
Permanent jobs citing WAN 74 97 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.20% 2.03% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.44% 18.13% 13.80%
Number of salaries quoted 65 81 82
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,500 £46,275
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £64,125
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -18.13% -8.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £74,688
90th Percentile £91,250 £80,000 £93,750
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -

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 450 535 710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 13.39% 11.17% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 339 433 537
10th Percentile £31,950 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,875 £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 £75,625 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £102,000 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.84% +1.64%

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 25 April 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 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 50 (67.57%) Azure
2 24 (32.43%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (12.16%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (12.16%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (12.16%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.81%) Rubrik
5 7 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (8.11%) AWS
6 6 (8.11%) Datadog
7 5 (6.76%) Azure API Management
7 5 (6.76%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (6.76%) GitHub
7 5 (6.76%) PaaS
7 5 (6.76%) SaaS
8 3 (4.05%) GCP
8 3 (4.05%) IaaS
9 2 (2.70%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.70%) WhatsApp
10 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 58 (78.38%) LAN
2 44 (59.46%) Firewall
3 31 (41.89%) Wi-Fi
4 26 (35.14%) DNS
4 26 (35.14%) Network Security
4 26 (35.14%) Wireless
5 20 (27.03%) DHCP
5 20 (27.03%) SD-WAN
6 19 (25.68%) VPN
7 14 (18.92%) IPsec
8 13 (17.57%) IPv4
9 12 (16.22%) IPv6
9 12 (16.22%) TCP/IP
10 7 (9.46%) Wireshark
11 6 (8.11%) SAN
12 5 (6.76%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (6.76%) MPLS
13 4 (5.41%) BGP
13 4 (5.41%) NetScaler
13 4 (5.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) GitLab
1 5 (6.76%) Katalon Studio
General
1 20 (27.03%) Finance
2 9 (12.16%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.76%) Legal
4 5 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.05%) Japanese Language
6 3 (4.05%) Law
6 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (39.19%) Network Engineer
2 16 (21.62%) Senior
3 11 (14.86%) IT Engineer
4 10 (13.51%) Senior Network Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) IT Support
5 8 (10.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) Security Engineer
5 8 (10.81%) Support Engineer
6 6 (8.11%) Lead
7 5 (6.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (6.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Information Security Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure 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 5 (6.76%) YAML
2 2 (2.70%) 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%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (6.76%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (6.76%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (6.76%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.35%) CCTV
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (37.84%) Windows
2 13 (17.57%) 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 14 (18.92%) Agile
2 13 (17.57%) ITIL
3 12 (16.22%) Cloud Security
3 12 (16.22%) DevOps
3 12 (16.22%) Identity Access Management
4 10 (13.51%) SIEM
5 9 (12.16%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (12.16%) Information Security
5 9 (12.16%) Project Management
6 8 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (10.81%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (10.81%) IT Strategy
7 7 (9.46%) Key Management
7 7 (9.46%) Privileged Access Management
7 7 (9.46%) Project Roadmap
7 7 (9.46%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (9.46%) Security Operations
7 7 (9.46%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (9.46%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.27%) PowerShell
2 13 (17.57%) Python
3 6 (8.11%) SQL
4 1 (1.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 32 (43.24%) 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%) CCNP
4 8 (10.81%) CCSP
5 7 (9.46%) CEH
5 7 (9.46%) SANS
5 7 (9.46%) SSCP
6 5 (6.76%) CCIE
7 3 (4.05%) MCP
8 2 (2.70%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (10.81%) NIST
3 7 (9.46%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.05%) SLA
5 1 (1.35%) GDPR
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%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.46%) Nmap
3 6 (8.11%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.76%) Terraform
5 4 (5.41%) PaperCut
6 3 (4.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.70%) SCCM
7 2 (2.70%) ZENworks
8 1 (1.35%) Ansible
8 1 (1.35%) Backup Exec
8 1 (1.35%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.35%) Puppet
8 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 23 (31.08%) Cisco
3 13 (17.57%) Meraki
4 12 (16.22%) Aruba
4 12 (16.22%) Palo Alto
5 10 (13.51%) HP
6 9 (12.16%) Veeam
7 8 (10.81%) NetApp
7 8 (10.81%) VMware
8 7 (9.46%) Citrix
8 7 (9.46%) Qualys
8 7 (9.46%) Rapid7
8 7 (9.46%) SolarWinds
8 7 (9.46%) Splunk
8 7 (9.46%) Thycotic
9 6 (8.11%) LogicMonitor
10 5 (6.76%) Riverbed
11 4 (5.41%) Mitel
12 3 (4.05%) F5
13 2 (2.70%) Remedy