WAN Jobs in Reading

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 108 110
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 -39
Permanent jobs citing WAN 29 31 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.70% 1.91% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.47% 13.84% 7.72%
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 19
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,625 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £37,313 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +70.77% -43.48%
75th Percentile £78,750 £69,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,500 -
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +45.83% -15.29% -24.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 277 224 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.21% 13.84% 17.03%
Number of salaries quoted 183 91 182
10th Percentile £31,050 £23,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.50% -9.09%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Reading

WAN
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for WAN in Reading

WAN
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Reading over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (72.41%) Firewall
1 21 (72.41%) Wireless
2 18 (62.07%) SD-WAN
3 14 (48.28%) LAN
4 5 (17.24%) VoIP
5 4 (13.79%) NAS
5 4 (13.79%) Network Security
5 4 (13.79%) SAN
5 4 (13.79%) VPN
5 4 (13.79%) Wireshark
6 3 (10.34%) Internet
6 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Architect
1 14 (48.28%) Solutions Architect
2 13 (44.83%) IP Architect
3 5 (17.24%) IT Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support
3 5 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Network Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Incident Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Network Services Manager
4 4 (13.79%) NOC Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 2 (6.90%) Ubuntu
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Business Development
2 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
2 4 (13.79%) People Management
3 2 (6.90%) Containerisation
3 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
3 2 (6.90%) DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (6.90%) Open Source
4 1 (3.45%) Budget Management
4 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.45%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (3.45%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (3.45%) Incident Response
4 1 (3.45%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (3.45%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.45%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (3.45%) Security Operations
4 1 (3.45%) SIEM
4 1 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Bash
1 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
1 4 (13.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) CCNA
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (17.24%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) MCSE
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
3 2 (6.90%) Docker
3 2 (6.90%) KVM
3 2 (6.90%) QEMU
3 2 (6.90%) Xen
4 1 (3.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Nessus
2 1 (3.45%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Cisco
2 9 (31.03%) Fortinet
2 9 (31.03%) Juniper
3 7 (24.14%) VMware
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.90%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Google
5 1 (3.45%) Splunk
5 1 (3.45%) WatchGuard