WAN Jobs in Manchester

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 142 173
Rank change year-on-year +43 +31 -27
Permanent jobs citing WAN 128 106 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.49% 2.14% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.42% 11.53% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 107 81 74
10th Percentile - £38,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +40.85% -21.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £49,063
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £65,700
North West median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +7.14% -6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 571 919 700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 11.13% 18.52% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 445 399 452
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,625 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,675
Median % change year-on-year - +4.88% +5.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +2.22%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Manchester

WAN
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for WAN in Manchester

WAN
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Manchester

WAN
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 5 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
Salford +23 9 £72,500 +45.73%
Bury - 5 £42,500 - 2
Bolton +14 4 £45,000 -4.26% 1
Cheadle - 4 £50,000 - 1
WAN
North West

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 12 (9.38%) IIS
2 10 (7.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 51 (39.84%) Azure
2 46 (35.94%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (25.00%) AWS
4 18 (14.06%) GCP
5 5 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.13%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.56%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.78%) CloudFront
8 1 (0.78%) GitHub
8 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.78%) Serverless
8 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 86 (67.19%) LAN
2 50 (39.06%) DHCP
3 45 (35.16%) OSPF
3 45 (35.16%) Wireless
4 43 (33.59%) BGP
4 43 (33.59%) SD-WAN
5 40 (31.25%) MPLS
6 39 (30.47%) TCP/IP
6 39 (30.47%) Wi-Fi
7 37 (28.91%) Firewall
8 31 (24.22%) Ethernet
9 29 (22.66%) DNS
10 25 (19.53%) DSL
10 25 (19.53%) Internet
10 25 (19.53%) VPN
11 18 (14.06%) SAN
12 16 (12.50%) Network Security
13 15 (11.72%) SSL
14 12 (9.38%) iSCSI
15 11 (8.59%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.56%) MySQL
3 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) JIRA
1 4 (3.13%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (17.19%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.06%) Finance
3 6 (4.69%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.34%) Legal
4 3 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.56%) Law
6 1 (0.78%) Banking
6 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (43.75%) Network Engineer
2 27 (21.09%) Architect
3 21 (16.41%) Senior
4 20 (15.63%) IP Engineer
4 20 (15.63%) IP Network Engineer
5 18 (14.06%) Security Architect
6 16 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (10.94%) Cisco Engineer
7 14 (10.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 14 (10.94%) Juniper Engineer
7 14 (10.94%) Lead
7 14 (10.94%) Senior Architect
8 13 (10.16%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (9.38%) Infrastructure Manager
9 12 (9.38%) Network Support
10 11 (8.59%) Cisco Architect
10 11 (8.59%) Senior Cisco Architect
11 9 (7.03%) Senior Security Architect
12 8 (6.25%) Network Architect
12 8 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.13%) Akka
2 1 (0.78%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.72%) Data Centre
2 12 (9.38%) PMI
3 11 (8.59%) Management Information System
4 10 (7.81%) Onboarding
5 8 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (5.47%) Replication
7 4 (3.13%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.78%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.78%) iPhone
8 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (25.78%) Linux
2 27 (21.09%) Windows
3 19 (14.84%) VyOS
4 17 (13.28%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.13%) Windows Vista
6 2 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.78%) CentOS
7 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.34%) Customer Service
2 31 (24.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (20.31%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (16.41%) Project Management
5 20 (15.63%) ITIL
6 19 (14.84%) Agile
6 19 (14.84%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (10.94%) Mentoring
7 14 (10.94%) Time Management
8 12 (9.38%) Capacity Planning
8 12 (9.38%) Line Management
8 12 (9.38%) Migration
8 12 (9.38%) Server Management
9 11 (8.59%) Customer Engagement
9 11 (8.59%) Presales
9 11 (8.59%) Software Licensing
10 10 (7.81%) Client Onboarding
11 9 (7.03%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (7.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.25%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.34%) Python
2 3 (2.34%) SQL
3 1 (0.78%) Bash
3 1 (0.78%) Java
3 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 77 (60.16%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (40.63%) CCNA
3 30 (23.44%) CCNP
3 30 (23.44%) JNCIA
4 22 (17.19%) Degree
5 13 (10.16%) AWS Certification
6 12 (9.38%) PMI Certification
7 9 (7.03%) Azure Certification
8 8 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (6.25%) CCSK
8 8 (6.25%) CCSP
8 8 (6.25%) CISM
8 8 (6.25%) CISSP
9 6 (4.69%) CCDP
9 6 (4.69%) JNCIP
10 5 (3.91%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (3.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (3.91%) VCAP
10 5 (3.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (3.13%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.03%) NIST
2 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (24.22%) Active Directory
1 31 (24.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.81%) Docker
3 9 (7.03%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.13%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.78%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.78%) Postfix
5 1 (0.78%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (9.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 12 (9.38%) Opsgenie
1 12 (9.38%) VxRail
1 12 (9.38%) ZABBIX
2 10 (7.81%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.03%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.69%) Stealthwatch
6 5 (3.91%) CASB
7 2 (1.56%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (1.56%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.78%) Ansible
8 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 90 (70.31%) Cisco
2 47 (36.72%) Fortinet
2 47 (36.72%) Microsoft
2 47 (36.72%) VMware
3 35 (27.34%) Juniper
4 31 (24.22%) Nokia
5 25 (19.53%) Ruckus Wireless
6 23 (17.97%) Meraki
7 19 (14.84%) Vyatta
8 15 (11.72%) SolarWinds
9 13 (10.16%) Apple
9 13 (10.16%) Dell
10 12 (9.38%) NetApp
11 11 (8.59%) Adobe
12 10 (7.81%) Citrix
13 9 (7.03%) Veeam
14 8 (6.25%) Palo Alto
15 7 (5.47%) F5
16 4 (3.13%) HP
16 4 (3.13%) Thales