WAN Jobs in the North West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 104 120 170
Rank change year-on-year +16 +50 -73
Permanent jobs citing WAN 226 230 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.33% 2.89% 1.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.77% 14.23% 14.82%
Number of salaries quoted 194 191 145
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +9.76% -9.89%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,125 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £58,750 £71,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,143 1,616 1,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.79% 20.29% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 874 681 734
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +3.87% +0.56%
75th Percentile £62,188 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £72,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for WAN in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North West 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
Manchester +55 128 £45,000 -10.00% 18
Merseyside +3 42 £32,500 -18.75% 6
Cheshire -22 29 £36,500 -2.67% 17
Lancashire -17 20 £42,500 +6.25% 9
Cumbria -24 7 £35,000 -22.22% 1
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 22 (9.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.75%) IIS
3 10 (4.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 95 (42.04%) Azure
2 84 (37.17%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (20.80%) AWS
4 26 (11.50%) Entra ID
5 19 (8.41%) GCP
6 10 (4.42%) IaaS
7 9 (3.98%) PaaS
8 8 (3.54%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.21%) SaaS
11 3 (1.33%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.88%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.44%) CloudFront
13 1 (0.44%) GitHub
13 1 (0.44%) Serverless
13 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 176 (77.88%) LAN
2 75 (33.19%) DHCP
3 69 (30.53%) Firewall
4 68 (30.09%) TCP/IP
5 67 (29.65%) SD-WAN
6 63 (27.88%) Wi-Fi
7 58 (25.66%) Wireless
8 54 (23.89%) DNS
9 45 (19.91%) OSPF
10 43 (19.03%) BGP
10 43 (19.03%) MPLS
11 35 (15.49%) VPN
12 32 (14.16%) Ethernet
13 30 (13.27%) Internet
14 25 (11.06%) DSL
15 20 (8.85%) Network Security
15 20 (8.85%) SSL
16 19 (8.41%) SAN
16 19 (8.41%) WLAN
17 13 (5.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.77%) Power BI
3 4 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.33%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.88%) MySQL
6 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.77%) JIRA
1 4 (1.77%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.18%) Finance
3 11 (4.87%) Public Sector
4 8 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (2.21%) Retail
5 5 (2.21%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.33%) French Language
6 3 (1.33%) Italian Language
6 3 (1.33%) Legal
6 3 (1.33%) Military
6 3 (1.33%) Spanish Language
7 2 (0.88%) Back Office
7 2 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.44%) Banking
8 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (26.99%) Network Engineer
2 36 (15.93%) Senior
3 35 (15.49%) Architect
4 25 (11.06%) Lead
5 24 (10.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (10.62%) Security Architect
6 20 (8.85%) IP Engineer
6 20 (8.85%) IP Network Engineer
7 17 (7.52%) Senior Architect
8 14 (6.19%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (6.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (6.19%) Juniper Engineer
9 13 (5.75%) 1st Line Support
9 13 (5.75%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.75%) Support Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Infrastructure Manager
10 12 (5.31%) Network Support
11 11 (4.87%) Senior Security Architect
12 10 (4.42%) Cisco Architect
12 10 (4.42%) Senior Cisco Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.77%) Akka
2 1 (0.44%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.44%) JSON
2 1 (0.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.29%) Management Information System
2 18 (7.96%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (5.75%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.31%) PMI
6 8 (3.54%) Replication
7 5 (2.21%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.88%) CCTV
10 1 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.44%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) iPhone
10 1 (0.44%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 66 (29.20%) Windows
2 37 (16.37%) Linux
3 26 (11.50%) Windows Server
4 25 (11.06%) Windows 10
5 19 (8.41%) VyOS
6 7 (3.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.21%) VMS
8 5 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.77%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.77%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.88%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.44%) Android
11 1 (0.44%) CentOS
11 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (21.24%) Customer Service
2 44 (19.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 33 (14.60%) ITIL
4 29 (12.83%) Agile
4 29 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (12.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 28 (12.39%) Project Management
6 27 (11.95%) Mentoring
7 26 (11.50%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (7.96%) Migration
9 17 (7.52%) Information Security
9 17 (7.52%) Line Management
10 16 (7.08%) Presales
10 16 (7.08%) Time Management
11 15 (6.64%) Application Security
11 15 (6.64%) Identity Management
11 15 (6.64%) OWASP
11 15 (6.64%) Secure Coding
11 15 (6.64%) Security Architecture
12 12 (5.31%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.29%) SQL
2 19 (8.41%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.42%) Python
4 6 (2.65%) Bash
5 4 (1.77%) C#
6 1 (0.44%) Java
6 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 86 (38.05%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (23.45%) CCNA
3 31 (13.72%) CCNP
4 30 (13.27%) Degree
4 30 (13.27%) JNCIA
5 20 (8.85%) AWS Certification
6 16 (7.08%) Azure Certification
7 15 (6.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (6.64%) CCSK
7 15 (6.64%) CCSP
7 15 (6.64%) CISM
7 15 (6.64%) CISSP
8 12 (5.31%) PMI Certification
9 9 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.10%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.65%) CCDP
11 6 (2.65%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.21%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.08%) NIST
2 11 (4.87%) SLA
3 3 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 71 (31.42%) Active Directory
2 44 (19.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (11.06%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.52%) Docker
5 5 (2.21%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.88%) vSphere
8 1 (0.44%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.44%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.44%) Postfix
8 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (11.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (7.52%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.52%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (5.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (5.31%) Opsgenie
3 12 (5.31%) VxRail
3 12 (5.31%) ZABBIX
4 6 (2.65%) Terraform
5 5 (2.21%) CASB
5 5 (2.21%) Stealthwatch
6 4 (1.77%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.33%) Ansible
8 2 (0.88%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.44%) Nessus
9 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 105 (46.46%) Microsoft
2 103 (45.58%) Cisco
3 68 (30.09%) VMware
4 52 (23.01%) Fortinet
5 36 (15.93%) Juniper
6 31 (13.72%) Nokia
7 27 (11.95%) Ruckus Wireless
8 24 (10.62%) Meraki
9 23 (10.18%) SolarWinds
10 19 (8.41%) Veeam
10 19 (8.41%) Vyatta
11 18 (7.96%) Dell
12 15 (6.64%) HP
13 14 (6.19%) Apple
14 12 (5.31%) NetApp
15 10 (4.42%) Adobe
15 10 (4.42%) Citrix
15 10 (4.42%) Ubiquiti
16 9 (3.98%) Aruba
16 9 (3.98%) Palo Alto