WAN Jobs in Wales

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 79 105 115
Rank change year-on-year +26 +10 -39
Permanent jobs citing WAN 39 26 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.93% 1.56% 1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.06% 10.32% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 25
10th Percentile £26,500 £33,706 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £45,034 - £48,750
90th Percentile £45,780 £69,196 £49,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -1.04% +1.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 259 252 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 12.84% 15.14% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 149 80 155
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,113 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -16.67% +24.47%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,563 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £69,451 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Wales

WAN
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Wales 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
South Wales +27 34 £40,500 +42.84% 10
North Wales +6 2 £35,000 -22.22%
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (23.08%) Azure
3 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (94.87%) LAN
2 30 (76.92%) Firewall
3 14 (35.90%) Cisco IOS
3 14 (35.90%) Network Security
3 14 (35.90%) TCP/IP
4 11 (28.21%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (25.64%) VLAN
5 10 (25.64%) VPN
6 9 (23.08%) VoIP
7 8 (20.51%) Wireless
8 7 (17.95%) MPLS
8 7 (17.95%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (15.38%) Internet
10 5 (12.82%) WLAN
11 4 (10.26%) SAN
12 3 (7.69%) DHCP
12 3 (7.69%) DNS
12 3 (7.69%) FTP
12 3 (7.69%) HTTP
12 3 (7.69%) SMTP
General
1 12 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Local Government
5 5 (12.82%) Police
5 5 (12.82%) Welsh Language
6 4 (10.26%) Manufacturing
7 3 (7.69%) Automotive
7 3 (7.69%) Retail
8 2 (5.13%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Senior
2 13 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) Consultant
3 11 (28.21%) Project Consultant
3 11 (28.21%) Senior Consultant
3 11 (28.21%) Senior Network Consultant
3 11 (28.21%) Senior Project Consultant
4 7 (17.95%) ICT Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) IT Support
6 4 (10.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) IT Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Support Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (48.72%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (5.13%) PKI
4 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Windows
2 7 (17.95%) Windows Server
3 5 (12.82%) Linux
4 3 (7.69%) CatOS
5 1 (2.56%) Android
5 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Customer Service
2 16 (41.03%) Migration
3 14 (35.90%) Actionable Insight
3 14 (35.90%) Change Management
3 14 (35.90%) ITIL
4 11 (28.21%) Change Control
4 11 (28.21%) Network Design
5 10 (25.64%) Network Management
6 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.82%) Business Continuity
7 5 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (12.82%) High Availability
7 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (7.69%) Compliance Audit
8 3 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 3 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
8 3 (7.69%) SIEM
8 3 (7.69%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 29 (74.36%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (61.54%) CCNA
3 15 (38.46%) Degree
4 14 (35.90%) SC Cleared
4 14 (35.90%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.26%) A+ Certification
6 3 (7.69%) CCIE
6 3 (7.69%) CCNP
6 3 (7.69%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.13%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.13%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 27 (69.23%) Cisco
2 17 (43.59%) CheckPoint
3 11 (28.21%) Fortinet
3 11 (28.21%) McAfee
3 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
3 11 (28.21%) Oracle
3 11 (28.21%) Palo Alto
4 7 (17.95%) VMware
5 4 (10.26%) Acronis
5 4 (10.26%) Aruba
5 4 (10.26%) Datto
5 4 (10.26%) Mitel
5 4 (10.26%) Sophos
5 4 (10.26%) Veeam
6 3 (7.69%) ArcSight
6 3 (7.69%) F5
6 3 (7.69%) Juniper
6 3 (7.69%) Splunk
6 3 (7.69%) TippingPoint
6 3 (7.69%) Trend Micro