WAN Jobs in the South West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 151 147
Rank change year-on-year +46 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 247 125 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.70% 1.78% 2.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.82% 9.29% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 184 96 100
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,829 £24,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,938 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £42,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% +3.66% -8.89%
75th Percentile £51,750 £50,000 £51,500
90th Percentile £60,918 £60,000 £56,075
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,246 1,346 1,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.62% 19.13% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 934 575 693
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £26,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -2.70% +7.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South West

WAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for WAN in the South West

WAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Devon +26 90 £49,000 +30.67% 11
Gloucestershire +18 55 £48,750 +30.00% 3
Wiltshire +27 51 £49,250 +14.53% 6
Dorset -19 23 £37,500 -11.24% 2
Bristol -2 14 £38,250 -30.77% 8
Cornwall - 9 £30,000 - 2
Somerset +3 4 £42,000 -6.67% 2
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 48 (19.43%) SharePoint
2 28 (11.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.64%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (3.64%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 89 (36.03%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (31.98%) Azure
3 33 (13.36%) Entra ID
4 23 (9.31%) AWS
5 17 (6.88%) PaaS
6 16 (6.48%) OneDrive
7 15 (6.07%) IaaS
7 15 (6.07%) Power Platform
8 13 (5.26%) GCP
9 12 (4.86%) SaaS
10 6 (2.43%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Fargate
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.81%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.81%) Serverless
12 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 185 (74.90%) LAN
2 117 (47.37%) Firewall
3 80 (32.39%) SD-WAN
4 48 (19.43%) DNS
5 46 (18.62%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (17.81%) VPN
7 32 (12.96%) 5G
8 31 (12.55%) DHCP
9 24 (9.72%) VLAN
10 23 (9.31%) Network Security
11 21 (8.50%) Wireless
12 18 (7.29%) TCP/IP
13 15 (6.07%) MPLS
14 14 (5.67%) SAN
15 13 (5.26%) BGP
15 13 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
15 13 (5.26%) WLAN
16 12 (4.86%) IPsec
17 9 (3.64%) OSPF
18 8 (3.24%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.48%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.81%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.02%) LabVIEW
2 2 (0.81%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (9.31%) Aerospace
5 20 (8.10%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (6.88%) Electronics
7 15 (6.07%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.05%) Retail
10 8 (3.24%) Military
11 7 (2.83%) Marketing
12 6 (2.43%) Finance
13 5 (2.02%) Police
14 3 (1.21%) Legal
15 2 (0.81%) Publishing
15 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 74 (29.96%) Senior
2 61 (24.70%) Network Engineer
3 56 (22.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 44 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 37 (14.98%) Support Engineer
6 27 (10.93%) IT Engineer
7 22 (8.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 21 (8.50%) IT Support
9 18 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support
9 18 (7.29%) Lead
9 18 (7.29%) Network Manager
10 17 (6.88%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (6.48%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 16 (6.48%) Technical Leader
12 14 (5.67%) Analyst
12 14 (5.67%) RF Engineer
13 11 (4.45%) 2nd Line Support
14 10 (4.05%) Administrator
14 10 (4.05%) Project Leader
14 10 (4.05%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.02%) LDAP
2 2 (0.81%) .NET
2 2 (0.81%) Node.js
2 2 (0.81%) React
2 2 (0.81%) RESTful
2 2 (0.81%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.91%) Data Centre
1 22 (8.91%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (6.88%) GNSS
3 16 (6.48%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.45%) Fat Client
4 11 (4.45%) Thin Client
5 10 (4.05%) FPGA
6 7 (2.83%) CCTV
6 7 (2.83%) MicroBlaze
6 7 (2.83%) Robotics
6 7 (2.83%) VHDL
7 5 (2.02%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) Clustering
9 2 (0.81%) CMDB
9 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.81%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 98 (39.68%) Windows
2 55 (22.27%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.12%) Windows Server 2016
4 24 (9.72%) Windows 10
5 21 (8.50%) Linux
6 17 (6.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (4.05%) Windows 7
8 6 (2.43%) Unix
9 4 (1.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.46%) ITIL
2 49 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (17.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 43 (17.41%) Project Delivery
4 34 (13.77%) Mentoring
4 34 (13.77%) Service Delivery
5 32 (12.96%) B2B
5 32 (12.96%) Test Assurance
5 32 (12.96%) Test Automation
6 27 (10.93%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (10.53%) Computer Science
8 23 (9.31%) Customer Service
9 22 (8.91%) Project Management
9 22 (8.91%) Time Management
10 18 (7.29%) Creative Thinking
10 18 (7.29%) Defect Tracking
10 18 (7.29%) Requirements Analysis
11 17 (6.88%) Collaborative Working
12 16 (6.48%) Agile
12 16 (6.48%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.77%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.88%) SQL
3 15 (6.07%) C++
3 15 (6.07%) MATLAB
4 8 (3.24%) Perl
4 8 (3.24%) Python
5 7 (2.83%) C
5 7 (2.83%) Tcl
5 7 (2.83%) VB
6 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.81%) Bash
7 2 (0.81%) C#
8 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (27.13%) Security Cleared
2 54 (21.86%) DV Cleared
3 41 (16.60%) Degree
4 17 (6.88%) SC Cleared
5 15 (6.07%) A+ Certification
6 11 (4.45%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.64%) CCNP
8 8 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.83%) CCIE
10 6 (2.43%) HND
10 6 (2.43%) MCSE
10 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.02%) CCNA
11 5 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (2.02%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.02%) PMP
11 5 (2.02%) RHCE
11 5 (2.02%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.62%) CCDP
12 4 (1.62%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.45%) PMO
1 11 (4.45%) SLA
2 3 (1.21%) JTAG
3 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
3 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 75 (30.36%) Active Directory
2 56 (22.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (12.96%) Hyper-V
4 16 (6.48%) vSphere
5 8 (3.24%) XenDesktop
6 7 (2.83%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (2.83%) Firmware
7 6 (2.43%) VMware NSX
7 6 (2.43%) XenApp
8 4 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.62%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (1.21%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.81%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (12.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (8.10%) SCCM
3 19 (7.69%) WSUS
4 8 (3.24%) McAfee ePO
4 8 (3.24%) SCVMM
5 5 (2.02%) Nagios
5 5 (2.02%) OfficeScan
5 5 (2.02%) Rancher
6 4 (1.62%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.81%) Terraform
7 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 93 (37.65%) Cisco
2 72 (29.15%) VMware
3 68 (27.53%) Microsoft
4 13 (5.26%) Citrix
5 12 (4.86%) Veeam
6 11 (4.45%) HP
7 10 (4.05%) Dell
7 10 (4.05%) Google
8 8 (3.24%) CheckPoint
8 8 (3.24%) Fortinet
8 8 (3.24%) McAfee
8 8 (3.24%) Symantec
9 7 (2.83%) Altera
9 7 (2.83%) Green Hills
9 7 (2.83%) Meraki
9 7 (2.83%) Motorola
9 7 (2.83%) Xilinx
10 5 (2.02%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 5 (2.02%) Centreon
11 4 (1.62%) ServiceNow