WAN Jobs in Leeds

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 60 127 136
Rank change year-on-year +67 +9 -15
Permanent jobs citing WAN 77 52 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 3.38% 1.71% 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.69% 17.75% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 61 36 56
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,025 £29,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £34,525 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £58,092
90th Percentile £78,750 £61,250 £63,125
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +29.41% +13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 325 293 578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 14.29% 9.62% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 218 161 416
10th Percentile £32,125 £25,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £69,688 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,542 £71,588
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +11.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Leeds

WAN
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for WAN in Leeds

WAN
Salary Histogram in Leeds

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Leeds

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (35.06%) Azure
1 27 (35.06%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (23.38%) Entra ID
2 18 (23.38%) OneDrive
3 5 (6.49%) IaaS
4 4 (5.19%) PaaS
5 3 (3.90%) SaaS
6 2 (2.60%) AWS
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 62 (80.52%) LAN
2 40 (51.95%) Firewall
3 29 (37.66%) SD-WAN
4 22 (28.57%) VPN
5 20 (25.97%) Wireless
6 19 (24.68%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (15.58%) Network Security
8 10 (12.99%) Cisco IOS
8 10 (12.99%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (11.69%) SAN
9 9 (11.69%) VLAN
10 5 (6.49%) WLAN
11 4 (5.19%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (2.60%) MPLS
12 2 (2.60%) NAS
12 2 (2.60%) SSL
12 2 (2.60%) Unified Communications
13 1 (1.30%) BGP
13 1 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (1.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 16 (20.78%) Law
2 9 (11.69%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (20.78%) Network Engineer
2 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (14.29%) Architect
3 11 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 9 (11.69%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (10.39%) IP Architect
5 8 (10.39%) Lead
6 7 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
6 7 (9.09%) IT Manager
7 6 (7.79%) Azure Specialist
8 4 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Incident Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Network Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Network Services Manager
8 4 (5.19%) NOC Manager
9 3 (3.90%) Head of Service Delivery
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) .NET
1 2 (2.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.79%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) PropTech
3 2 (2.60%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 36 (46.75%) Windows
2 21 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 8 (10.39%) Linux
4 7 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 6 (7.79%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (7.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (15.58%) Patch Management
3 11 (14.29%) Migration
3 11 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (12.99%) Business Development
5 8 (10.39%) High Availability
5 8 (10.39%) ITIL
5 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
6 7 (9.09%) ERP
6 7 (9.09%) Network Design
6 7 (9.09%) Server Management
6 7 (9.09%) Time Management
7 6 (7.79%) Budget Management
7 6 (7.79%) Project Management
7 6 (7.79%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (6.49%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.19%) Customer Experience
9 4 (5.19%) People Management
10 3 (3.90%) DevOps
10 3 (3.90%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.69%) SQL
2 4 (5.19%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.19%) Python
3 2 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (25.97%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (19.48%) CCNP
3 12 (15.58%) CCIE
4 11 (14.29%) CISSP
5 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
5 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
6 7 (9.09%) CCNA
7 2 (2.60%) CCDP
7 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.30%) CCENT
8 1 (1.30%) CCSK
8 1 (1.30%) CCSP
8 1 (1.30%) CISM
8 1 (1.30%) MCSA
8 1 (1.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (33.77%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.99%) Hyper-V
3 9 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (7.79%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.60%) Docker
5 2 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.30%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.60%) Ansible
2 2 (2.60%) Backup Exec
2 2 (2.60%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
2 2 (2.60%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.60%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (37.66%) Cisco
2 16 (20.78%) Meraki
2 16 (20.78%) Microsoft
3 12 (15.58%) Palo Alto
3 12 (15.58%) VMware
4 9 (11.69%) Fortinet
4 9 (11.69%) Juniper
4 9 (11.69%) Veeam
5 7 (9.09%) Epicor
6 3 (3.90%) Aruba
7 2 (2.60%) Ekahau
7 2 (2.60%) NetApp
7 2 (2.60%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.60%) SonicWALL
7 2 (2.60%) Veritas
8 1 (1.30%) Huawei
8 1 (1.30%) Zscaler