WAN Jobs in Hertfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 52 93 127
Rank change year-on-year +41 +34 -50
Permanent jobs citing WAN 67 47 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.43% 2.44% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.56% 10.90% 10.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52 29 23
10th Percentile £23,575 £23,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,688 £28,800 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -15.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £56,000 £67,900
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +1.12%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 361 431 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 18.50% 22.34% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 288 155 195
10th Percentile £24,250 £23,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -3.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £69,875 £62,500 £68,750
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead - 19 £24,750 - 1
Watford +32 12 £27,500 -54.17% 2
St Albans +1 8 £32,500 -35.00% 1
Stevenage -12 7 £70,000 +204.35% 1
Bishop's Stortford - 6 £42,500 - 2
Borehamwood 0 3 £40,000 -5.88% 6
WAN
East of England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 23 (34.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (28.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.97%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (5.97%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (5.97%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 42 (62.69%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (55.22%) Azure
3 10 (14.93%) OneDrive
4 4 (5.97%) Mimecast
5 3 (4.48%) AWS
5 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.99%) IaaS
6 2 (2.99%) PaaS
6 2 (2.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (83.58%) LAN
2 24 (35.82%) Firewall
3 21 (31.34%) DNS
4 14 (20.90%) VLAN
5 10 (14.93%) DHCP
6 9 (13.43%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (11.94%) TCP/IP
7 8 (11.94%) VPN
8 6 (8.96%) Internet
8 6 (8.96%) Intranet
8 6 (8.96%) Network Security
9 3 (4.48%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (2.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (2.99%) Telepresence
10 2 (2.99%) VoIP
10 2 (2.99%) Wireless
11 1 (1.49%) 802.11
11 1 (1.49%) DWDM
11 1 (1.49%) MPLS
11 1 (1.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.46%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 27 (40.30%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.96%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.49%) Local Government
6 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (31.34%) Analyst
2 19 (28.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 15 (22.39%) Support Engineer
4 14 (20.90%) IT Support
5 12 (17.91%) Service Analyst
5 12 (17.91%) Service Desk Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) IT Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) IT Support Analyst
6 9 (13.43%) Support Analyst
7 7 (10.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (10.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (8.96%) Network Engineer
9 5 (7.46%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (7.46%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (7.46%) IT Engineer
9 5 (7.46%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (5.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 4 (5.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (5.97%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.49%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.49%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 24 (35.82%) Windows
2 12 (17.91%) Android
2 12 (17.91%) Windows Server
3 7 (10.45%) Windows 10
4 6 (8.96%) Apple iOS
5 5 (7.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (5.97%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (5.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.30%) ITIL
2 19 (28.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (25.37%) Root Cause Analysis
4 12 (17.91%) Statistics
5 11 (16.42%) Project Delivery
6 9 (13.43%) Incident Management
7 8 (11.94%) Customer Service
7 8 (11.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (8.96%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Monitoring
9 5 (7.46%) IT Strategy
9 5 (7.46%) Performance Management
9 5 (7.46%) Problem Management
9 5 (7.46%) Roadmaps
9 5 (7.46%) Server Management
10 4 (5.97%) Break/Fix
10 4 (5.97%) Budget Management
10 4 (5.97%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (5.97%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.90%) Degree
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.96%) Azure Certification
3 6 (8.96%) HND
4 5 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.99%) CCNA
7 1 (1.49%) CCNP
7 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.91%) SLA
2 3 (4.48%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 44 (65.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (10.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (8.96%) Hyper-V
4 6 (8.96%) vSphere
5 3 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.96%) SmoothWall
3 4 (5.97%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 48 (71.64%) Microsoft
2 17 (25.37%) VMware
3 16 (23.88%) Cisco
4 12 (17.91%) HP
5 6 (8.96%) Apple
5 6 (8.96%) Juniper
6 5 (7.46%) Dell
6 5 (7.46%) Meraki
7 2 (2.99%) Aruba
7 2 (2.99%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.99%) F5
7 2 (2.99%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.99%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.49%) Arista
8 1 (1.49%) Google
8 1 (1.49%) Riverbed