WAN Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 53 71
Rank change year-on-year -24 +18 -10
Permanent jobs citing WAN 22 42 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 1.65% 4.52% 2.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.57% 19.44% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 19 32 23
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,400 £32,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,375 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +18.06%
75th Percentile £48,125 £48,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 - £75,000
North East median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.59% +6.25% +15.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 175 216 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 13.16% 23.23% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 165 94 66
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,750 £24,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +0.59% +0.60%
75th Percentile £53,750 £49,500 £56,750
90th Percentile £70,687 £72,125 £75,000
North East median annual salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.66% +2.50% +1.91%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Tyne and Wear

WAN
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for WAN in Tyne and Wear

WAN
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Tyne and Wear

WAN
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 5 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -20 15 £40,000 -5.88% 2
Gateshead +1 2 £40,000 +24.03%
Sunderland -19 2 - -
WAN
North East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (81.82%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (22.73%) AWS
4 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (9.09%) GitHub
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) LAN
2 10 (45.45%) Firewall
3 4 (18.18%) SD-WAN
3 4 (18.18%) VoIP
3 4 (18.18%) VPN
4 3 (13.64%) NAS
4 3 (13.64%) SAN
4 3 (13.64%) WLAN
5 2 (9.09%) DNS
5 2 (9.09%) Network Security
5 2 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 5 (22.73%) Retail
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) IT Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Lead
3 4 (18.18%) Lead Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Lead Security Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Security Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Security Architect
4 3 (13.64%) IT Support
4 3 (13.64%) Network Systems Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
5 2 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Service Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (18.18%) IoT
3 3 (13.64%) Replication
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
4 2 (9.09%) Tandem
5 1 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) CI/CD
1 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (27.27%) Information Security
2 4 (18.18%) Application Security
2 4 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 4 (18.18%) Identity Management
2 4 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (18.18%) OWASP
2 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (18.18%) Project Management
2 4 (18.18%) Secure Coding
2 4 (18.18%) Security Architecture
2 4 (18.18%) SIEM
2 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 3 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (13.64%) ITIL
3 3 (13.64%) Migration
3 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
3 3 (13.64%) Service Management
3 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) PowerShell
2 5 (22.73%) Bash
3 3 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Azure Certification
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (27.27%) CISSP
2 4 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (18.18%) AWS Certification
2 4 (18.18%) CCSK
2 4 (18.18%) CCSP
2 4 (18.18%) CISM
3 2 (9.09%) CCNA
3 2 (9.09%) CCNP
3 2 (9.09%) CISA
3 2 (9.09%) CISMP
3 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (9.09%) GIAC
3 2 (9.09%) SANS
4 1 (4.55%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) NIST
2 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (13.64%) SLA
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) Docker
2 4 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Kubernetes
1 4 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (9.09%) Terraform
4 1 (4.55%) Autotask
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco
4 1 (4.55%) Citrix
4 1 (4.55%) Draytek
4 1 (4.55%) ScienceLogic
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow