WAN Jobs in West Yorkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 138 122
Rank change year-on-year +76 -16 -3
Permanent jobs citing WAN 110 107 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 3.65% 2.05% 2.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.97% 17.77% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 91 72 94
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,914 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,625 £31,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +29.41% +13.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,313 £52,299
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,715 £62,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 459 602 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 15.23% 11.55% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 317 305 541
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,715 £70,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year - -14.14% +10.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in West Yorkshire

WAN
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in West Yorkshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in West Yorkshire

WAN
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Leeds +71 77 £57,500 +15.00% 9
Bradford +40 16 £28,000 -
Wakefield +18 5 £28,000 -61.38% 1
Huddersfield +28 3 £60,000 +126.42%
Brighouse -3 3 £30,000 +18.81%
Batley - 2 £38,750 -
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 11 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.82%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 51 (46.36%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (44.55%) Azure
3 22 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 20 (18.18%) OneDrive
5 8 (7.27%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (5.45%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (4.55%) IaaS
8 4 (3.64%) PaaS
9 3 (2.73%) SaaS
10 2 (1.82%) AWS
11 1 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.91%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 94 (85.45%) LAN
2 55 (50.00%) Firewall
3 39 (35.45%) VPN
4 31 (28.18%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (26.36%) SD-WAN
6 21 (19.09%) Network Security
7 20 (18.18%) Wireless
8 15 (13.64%) DHCP
8 15 (13.64%) DNS
9 12 (10.91%) VLAN
10 11 (10.00%) TCP/IP
11 10 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
11 10 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (8.18%) SAN
12 9 (8.18%) VoIP
13 8 (7.27%) WLAN
14 6 (5.45%) Wireshark
15 5 (4.55%) Internet
16 4 (3.64%) Software-Defined Networking
17 2 (1.82%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.73%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 19 (17.27%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.55%) Law
3 10 (9.09%) Finance
4 6 (5.45%) French Language
4 6 (5.45%) German Language
4 6 (5.45%) Italian Language
4 6 (5.45%) Portuguese Language
4 6 (5.45%) Spanish Language
4 6 (5.45%) Swedish Language
4 6 (5.45%) Turkish Language
5 4 (3.64%) Retail
6 3 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.82%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.91%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (14.55%) Network Engineer
2 14 (12.73%) Architect
2 14 (12.73%) Lead
3 13 (11.82%) Analyst
4 12 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (10.00%) IT Engineer
5 11 (10.00%) IT Manager
6 9 (8.18%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 9 (8.18%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (7.27%) IP Architect
7 8 (7.27%) Security Engineer
8 7 (6.36%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
8 7 (6.36%) Senior
8 7 (6.36%) Service Analyst
8 7 (6.36%) Service Desk Analyst
9 6 (5.45%) Administrator
9 6 (5.45%) Azure Specialist
9 6 (5.45%) Information Security Engineer
9 6 (5.45%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (5.45%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.82%) .NET
1 2 (1.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.18%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.45%) Cyberattack
3 6 (5.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.82%) PropTech
4 2 (1.82%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 65 (59.09%) Windows
2 28 (25.45%) Windows Server
3 11 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 10 (9.09%) Linux
5 8 (7.27%) Android
5 8 (7.27%) Apple iOS
6 6 (5.45%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (33.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (15.45%) Patch Management
4 15 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 12 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (10.00%) ITIL
6 11 (10.00%) Migration
6 11 (10.00%) People Management
7 10 (9.09%) Business Development
7 10 (9.09%) Network Design
7 10 (9.09%) Project Management
8 9 (8.18%) DevOps
8 9 (8.18%) ERP
8 9 (8.18%) Information Security
9 8 (7.27%) High Availability
9 8 (7.27%) Service Delivery
9 8 (7.27%) SIEM
10 7 (6.36%) Agile
10 7 (6.36%) Cloud Security
10 7 (6.36%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.64%) SQL
2 11 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 10 (9.09%) Python
4 2 (1.82%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.91%) Bash
5 1 (0.91%) C#
5 1 (0.91%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 29 (26.36%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (18.18%) CISSP
3 18 (16.36%) CCNP
4 15 (13.64%) CCIE
5 9 (8.18%) SC Cleared
5 9 (8.18%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 7 (6.36%) CCNA
6 7 (6.36%) CCSP
7 6 (5.45%) CEH
7 6 (5.45%) SANS
7 6 (5.45%) SSCP
8 4 (3.64%) Degree
9 3 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.82%) CCDP
10 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.91%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.91%) CISM
11 1 (0.91%) MCSA
11 1 (0.91%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.36%) NIST
2 6 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.45%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 48 (43.64%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.82%) Hyper-V
2 13 (11.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.82%) Docker
4 2 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.91%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.91%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.91%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 18 (16.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.45%) Nmap
3 2 (1.82%) Ansible
3 2 (1.82%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.82%) SCCM
3 2 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.82%) Terraform
3 2 (1.82%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 42 (38.18%) Microsoft
2 32 (29.09%) Cisco
3 19 (17.27%) VMware
4 16 (14.55%) Meraki
5 12 (10.91%) Palo Alto
6 9 (8.18%) Fortinet
6 9 (8.18%) Juniper
6 9 (8.18%) Veeam
7 8 (7.27%) Epicor
8 6 (5.45%) Qualys
8 6 (5.45%) Rapid7
8 6 (5.45%) Splunk
8 6 (5.45%) Thycotic
9 3 (2.73%) Aruba
9 3 (2.73%) Dell
10 2 (1.82%) NetApp
10 2 (1.82%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (1.82%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.82%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.82%) Veritas