WAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 52 149 100
Rank change year-on-year +97 -49 +11
Permanent jobs citing WAN 286 134 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.96% 1.99% 3.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.71% 11.62% 20.04%
Number of salaries quoted 234 106 188
10th Percentile £24,696 £25,500 £31,775
25th Percentile £29,938 £32,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -1.10% +7.06%
75th Percentile £50,813 £63,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £64,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 996 1,153 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.78% 17.14% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 826 530 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,863 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £72,500
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for WAN in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +48 112 £42,000 -23.64% 17
Warwickshire +96 53 £40,313 -37.01% 5
Staffordshire -4 28 £45,000 +6.51% 9
Shropshire +11 27 £36,500 +40.38% 8
Worcestershire -1 24 £48,500 +10.54% 2
Solihull +13 16 £31,250 +2.46% 9
Coventry +39 12 £41,500 +3.75%
Wednesbury - 2 £30,000 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £29,750 -
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England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 32 (11.19%) IIS
2 29 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (8.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 36 (12.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 91 (31.82%) Azure
2 52 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (9.79%) AWS
4 18 (6.29%) Entra ID
5 16 (5.59%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (4.20%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 173 (60.49%) LAN
2 101 (35.31%) SD-WAN
3 96 (33.57%) Firewall
4 75 (26.22%) MPLS
5 60 (20.98%) TCP/IP
6 54 (18.88%) BGP
6 54 (18.88%) WLAN
7 46 (16.08%) DNS
8 45 (15.73%) VLAN
9 44 (15.38%) Wireless
10 43 (15.03%) DHCP
11 42 (14.69%) OSPF
12 28 (9.79%) VPN
13 25 (8.74%) IPsec
13 25 (8.74%) VoIP
14 23 (8.04%) SAN
14 23 (8.04%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (5.24%) Network Security
16 11 (3.85%) Ethernet
16 11 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.55%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.74%) Retail
3 22 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (7.69%) Finance
4 14 (4.90%) Telecoms
5 12 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.45%) Law
8 5 (1.75%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.40%) Police
10 2 (0.70%) Electronics
10 2 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.70%) Local Government
11 1 (0.35%) Legal
11 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (20.98%) Senior
2 49 (17.13%) Analyst
3 48 (16.78%) Network Engineer
4 34 (11.89%) Network Analyst
5 32 (11.19%) Network Operations Analyst
5 32 (11.19%) Operations Analyst
6 30 (10.49%) Architect
6 30 (10.49%) Systems Engineer
7 27 (9.44%) Support Engineer
8 21 (7.34%) Administrator
9 20 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (5.59%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (5.59%) WAN Engineer
11 15 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 15 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (4.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 13 (4.55%) Senior Architect
14 10 (3.50%) Help Desk Analyst
14 10 (3.50%) IT Systems Administrator
14 10 (3.50%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.64%) REST
1 19 (6.64%) WebRTC
2 2 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.59%) Clustering
2 25 (8.74%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.94%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.94%) Public Cloud
4 13 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.85%) Wiki
6 10 (3.50%) PKI
7 7 (2.45%) FMCG
7 7 (2.45%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.10%) Cyberattack
8 6 (2.10%) IoT
9 4 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.70%) EPoS
11 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.35%) PropTech
12 1 (0.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 66 (23.08%) Windows
2 35 (12.24%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.99%) Windows 10
4 11 (3.85%) Windows 7
5 8 (2.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.10%) Linux
6 6 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.40%) CentOS
7 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.40%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.40%) VMS
8 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.70%) Android
9 2 (0.70%) Unix
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (14.34%) High Availability
3 37 (12.94%) Load Balancing
4 30 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (8.74%) Customer Service
6 25 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (7.34%) Patch Management
8 19 (6.64%) Capacity Planning
8 19 (6.64%) Project Delivery
8 19 (6.64%) Time Management
9 17 (5.94%) CI/CD
9 17 (5.94%) ITIL
9 17 (5.94%) Network Monitoring
10 16 (5.59%) CRM
10 16 (5.59%) Roadmaps
11 14 (4.90%) Validation
12 13 (4.55%) Continuous Integration
12 13 (4.55%) Software Testing
12 13 (4.55%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.83%) SQL
2 29 (10.14%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.55%) Java
4 11 (3.85%) Perl
4 11 (3.85%) Python
5 4 (1.40%) Bash
Qualifications
1 77 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (26.22%) Security Cleared
3 64 (22.38%) CCNP
4 62 (21.68%) CCNA
5 59 (20.63%) SC Cleared
6 39 (13.64%) CCIE
7 38 (13.29%) Degree
8 33 (11.54%) CCDP
9 15 (5.24%) Azure Certification
10 10 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.15%) DBS Check
12 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (2.45%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 6 (2.10%) MCSE
15 4 (1.40%) JNCIA
16 3 (1.05%) CCDA
16 3 (1.05%) CCSP
16 3 (1.05%) CISM
16 3 (1.05%) CISSP
16 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 5 (1.75%) NIST
1 5 (1.75%) QA
1 5 (1.75%) SLA
2 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 66 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 50 (17.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (9.44%) Hyper-V
4 22 (7.69%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.45%) Firmware
6 6 (2.10%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.10%) vSphere
7 5 (1.75%) NFS
8 4 (1.40%) pfSense
8 4 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.40%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.75%) CASB
2 5 (1.75%) Stealthwatch
3 4 (1.40%) Autotask
3 4 (1.40%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (1.40%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.40%) SCCM
3 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 4 (1.40%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.05%) Ansible
4 3 (1.05%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.70%) Nagios
Vendors
1 120 (41.96%) Microsoft
2 90 (31.47%) Cisco
3 79 (27.62%) VMware
4 54 (18.88%) Juniper
5 21 (7.34%) CheckPoint
6 17 (5.94%) Meraki
7 16 (5.59%) Apple
8 14 (4.90%) Fortinet
8 14 (4.90%) Veeam
9 12 (4.20%) HP
10 11 (3.85%) Aruba
11 10 (3.50%) Adobe
11 10 (3.50%) Palo Alto
11 10 (3.50%) SolarWinds
12 9 (3.15%) Avaya
13 8 (2.80%) Dell
13 8 (2.80%) Ekahau
13 8 (2.80%) F5
13 8 (2.80%) Sophos
13 8 (2.80%) Zscaler