WAN Jobs in Suffolk

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Suffolk

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -6
Permanent jobs citing WAN 14 11 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 2.92% 4.10% 4.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.21% 16.18% 22.92%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 10
10th Percentile £20,250 - £35,300
25th Percentile £35,625 - £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £25,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -42.20% +11.61%
75th Percentile £68,625 £26,875 £55,313
90th Percentile £77,500 £28,750 £66,750
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year +6.25% -13.51% +3.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 106 68 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 22.13% 25.37% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 64 36 34
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £27,995
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -13.85% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £78,750 £65,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £73,500
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Suffolk

WAN
Salary Trend in Suffolk

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

Salary trend for WAN in Suffolk

WAN
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Suffolk over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Suffolk

WAN
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 26 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
Ipswich +8 9 £66,250 +165.00%
WAN
East of England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) LAN
2 9 (64.29%) Firewall
3 7 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (35.71%) SD-WAN
4 5 (35.71%) Wireless
4 5 (35.71%) WLAN
5 4 (28.57%) BGP
5 4 (28.57%) DHCP
5 4 (28.57%) DNS
6 2 (14.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) IT Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Head of Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) Head of Service Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Technical Support
3 2 (14.29%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) LAN Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Presales Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Design Authority
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 2 (14.29%) WAN Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) WLAN Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (7.14%) IT Technician
4 1 (7.14%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Fat Client
1 4 (28.57%) Thin Client
2 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
1 4 (28.57%) Service Design
1 4 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (21.43%) Coaching
2 3 (21.43%) Containerisation
2 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
2 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (14.29%) Business Development
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (14.29%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
1 3 (21.43%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Citrix
2 4 (28.57%) NetApp
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (14.29%) Ekahau
3 2 (14.29%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) Ruckus Wireless