WAN Jobs in the North of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 126 160
Rank change year-on-year +23 +34 -35
Permanent jobs citing WAN 426 472 405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.44% 2.74% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.67% 14.90% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 348 366 340
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,419
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +6.09% -5.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £65,313 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% -4.17% +1.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,166 3,168 2,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.39% 18.37% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,257 1,688
10th Percentile £25,888 £26,000 £26,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £60,938 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,706 £73,675
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the North of England.

Salary trend for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +4 224 £42,500 -5.56% 51
Yorkshire +75 171 £52,500 +16.67% 25
North East -18 42 £38,000 -10.59% 5
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 36 (8.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (5.63%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.29%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (10.80%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.94%) Epicor Tropos
2 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 199 (46.71%) Azure
2 178 (41.78%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 63 (14.79%) AWS
5 22 (5.16%) IaaS
5 22 (5.16%) OneDrive
6 20 (4.69%) GCP
7 18 (4.23%) PaaS
8 14 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.05%) SaaS
10 9 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.88%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.94%) GitHub
14 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.70%) Serverless
15 2 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.47%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 336 (78.87%) LAN
2 167 (39.20%) Firewall
3 111 (26.06%) Wi-Fi
4 109 (25.59%) VPN
5 107 (25.12%) DHCP
6 105 (24.65%) SD-WAN
7 101 (23.71%) TCP/IP
8 88 (20.66%) DNS
9 81 (19.01%) Wireless
10 54 (12.68%) MPLS
11 52 (12.21%) OSPF
12 50 (11.74%) BGP
13 49 (11.50%) WLAN
14 48 (11.27%) Network Security
15 42 (9.86%) Internet
16 35 (8.22%) SAN
16 35 (8.22%) VoIP
17 30 (7.04%) Ethernet
18 29 (6.81%) VLAN
19 24 (5.63%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.16%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.94%) Power BI
3 4 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.47%) DB2
5 2 (0.47%) MySQL
6 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.94%) JIRA
1 4 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (22.07%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.62%) Finance
3 24 (5.63%) Law
4 21 (4.93%) Retail
5 17 (3.99%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.05%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.35%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.11%) French Language
8 9 (2.11%) Italian Language
8 9 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.11%) Spanish Language
8 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.41%) German Language
10 6 (1.41%) Portuguese Language
10 6 (1.41%) Swedish Language
10 6 (1.41%) Turkish Language
11 4 (0.94%) Agriculture
11 4 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 88 (20.66%) Network Engineer
2 57 (13.38%) Architect
3 50 (11.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (11.50%) Lead
5 48 (11.27%) Analyst
6 45 (10.56%) Senior
7 36 (8.45%) Security Architect
8 30 (7.04%) IT Manager
9 28 (6.57%) IT Support
10 25 (5.87%) IT Engineer
11 23 (5.40%) Infrastructure Manager
11 23 (5.40%) Support Engineer
12 21 (4.93%) IT Analyst
12 21 (4.93%) Senior Architect
13 20 (4.69%) Lead Architect
13 20 (4.69%) Lead Security Architect
14 19 (4.46%) IP Engineer
14 19 (4.46%) IP Network Engineer
15 17 (3.99%) Support Analyst
16 16 (3.76%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.94%) Akka
2 2 (0.47%) .NET
2 2 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (0.47%) Middleware
2 2 (0.47%) Web Services
3 1 (0.23%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.80%) Management Information System
2 34 (7.98%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 19 (4.46%) PMI
5 18 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.05%) Clustering
6 13 (3.05%) Replication
7 12 (2.82%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.88%) IoT
9 7 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.41%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.94%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.70%) Life Science
12 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 181 (42.49%) Windows
2 89 (20.89%) Windows Server
3 54 (12.68%) Linux
3 54 (12.68%) Windows 10
4 23 (5.40%) Apple iOS
5 22 (5.16%) Android
6 19 (4.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (4.23%) VyOS
8 15 (3.52%) Mac OS
8 15 (3.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.64%) VMS
9 7 (1.64%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.94%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.47%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.23%) CentOS
13 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (22.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 70 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (15.02%) Customer Service
3 64 (15.02%) ITIL
4 59 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (10.80%) Project Management
6 41 (9.62%) Information Security
7 40 (9.39%) Agile
8 39 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
9 34 (7.98%) Migration
9 34 (7.98%) Service Management
10 31 (7.28%) Mentoring
10 31 (7.28%) Time Management
11 26 (6.10%) Application Security
11 26 (6.10%) Identity Management
11 26 (6.10%) OWASP
11 26 (6.10%) Secure Coding
11 26 (6.10%) Security Architecture
12 25 (5.87%) Service Delivery
13 24 (5.63%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 58 (13.62%) PowerShell
2 42 (9.86%) SQL
3 26 (6.10%) Python
4 20 (4.69%) Bash
5 5 (1.17%) C#
6 3 (0.70%) Java
7 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.23%) Delphi
8 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 130 (30.52%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (15.26%) CCNA
3 52 (12.21%) CCNP
4 51 (11.97%) CISSP
5 48 (11.27%) Degree
6 32 (7.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 32 (7.51%) CCSP
7 31 (7.28%) AWS Certification
8 29 (6.81%) Azure Certification
8 29 (6.81%) JNCIA
9 26 (6.10%) CCSK
9 26 (6.10%) CISM
10 19 (4.46%) PMI Certification
11 16 (3.76%) CCIE
12 14 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.82%) SANS
14 11 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
15 10 (2.35%) Security Cleared
16 9 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (2.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.22%) NIST
2 33 (7.75%) SLA
3 13 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.64%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) GDPR
6 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.47%) QA
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 183 (42.96%) Active Directory
2 77 (18.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (14.08%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.81%) Docker
5 10 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.17%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.94%) Firmware
10 3 (0.70%) vSphere
11 2 (0.47%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
12 1 (0.23%) Postfix
12 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 70 (16.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (7.28%) Kubernetes
3 29 (6.81%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (4.69%) SCCM
5 14 (3.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (3.29%) ZABBIX
6 13 (3.05%) Failover Clustering
7 12 (2.82%) Opsgenie
7 12 (2.82%) VxRail
8 9 (2.11%) Terraform
9 7 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.41%) Autotask
10 6 (1.41%) Nmap
10 6 (1.41%) Stealthwatch
11 5 (1.17%) CASB
11 5 (1.17%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.94%) Ansible
12 4 (0.94%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.47%) BMC PATROL
13 2 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 213 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 142 (33.33%) Cisco
3 128 (30.05%) VMware
4 58 (13.62%) Fortinet
5 42 (9.86%) Juniper
6 41 (9.62%) Meraki
7 32 (7.51%) Veeam
8 30 (7.04%) Nokia
9 28 (6.57%) SolarWinds
10 26 (6.10%) Ruckus Wireless
11 22 (5.16%) Citrix
12 21 (4.93%) Apple
13 20 (4.69%) Dell
13 20 (4.69%) Palo Alto
14 18 (4.23%) Vyatta
15 14 (3.29%) Epicor
15 14 (3.29%) HP
15 14 (3.29%) NetApp
16 13 (3.05%) Aruba
16 13 (3.05%) Ubiquiti