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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 151 105
Rank change year-on-year +101 -46 -1
Permanent jobs citing WAN 289 131 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.02% 1.94% 2.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.90% 11.34% 19.83%
Number of salaries quoted 237 102 184
10th Percentile £24,696 £25,500 £32,150
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,250 £63,750 £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 1,000 1,155 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.91% 17.11% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 831 525 723
10th Percentile £25,950 £25,875 £26,750
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 £57,500
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 24 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 24 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 +51 113 £42,000 -23.64% 15
Warwickshire +95 55 £40,313 -37.01% 6
Shropshire +8 28 £36,500 +40.38% 6
Staffordshire -3 27 £39,750 -5.92% 6
Worcestershire -5 24 £48,500 +10.54% 2
Solihull +10 16 £31,250 +2.46% 10
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 34 (11.76%) IIS
2 29 (10.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (8.65%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 36 (12.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 93 (32.18%) Azure
2 53 (18.34%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (10.03%) AWS
4 18 (6.23%) Cloud Computing
4 18 (6.23%) Entra ID
5 12 (4.15%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.77%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.04%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 173 (59.86%) LAN
2 102 (35.29%) SD-WAN
3 98 (33.91%) Firewall
4 75 (25.95%) MPLS
5 60 (20.76%) TCP/IP
6 54 (18.69%) BGP
6 54 (18.69%) WLAN
7 47 (16.26%) DNS
8 45 (15.57%) VLAN
9 44 (15.22%) DHCP
9 44 (15.22%) Wireless
10 42 (14.53%) OSPF
11 27 (9.34%) VPN
12 25 (8.65%) IPsec
12 25 (8.65%) VoIP
13 24 (8.30%) Wi-Fi
14 23 (7.96%) SAN
15 15 (5.19%) Network Security
16 11 (3.81%) Ethernet
16 11 (3.81%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.42%) SQL Server
2 14 (4.84%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.69%) 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 (1.73%) JIRA
2 4 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.65%) Retail
3 23 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.61%) Finance
5 14 (4.84%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.42%) Law
9 5 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.38%) Police
11 3 (1.04%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (1.04%) Local Government
12 2 (0.69%) Electronics
13 1 (0.35%) Legal
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (21.11%) Senior
2 49 (16.96%) Analyst
3 47 (16.26%) Network Engineer
4 34 (11.76%) Network Analyst
5 32 (11.07%) Network Operations Analyst
5 32 (11.07%) Operations Analyst
5 32 (11.07%) Systems Engineer
6 30 (10.38%) Architect
7 27 (9.34%) Support Engineer
8 21 (7.27%) Administrator
8 21 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.54%) Systems Administrator
9 16 (5.54%) WAN Engineer
10 15 (5.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 15 (5.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 15 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.50%) Senior Architect
12 10 (3.46%) IT Systems Administrator
12 10 (3.46%) IT Technician
12 10 (3.46%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.92%) REST
1 20 (6.92%) WebRTC
2 2 (0.69%) Web Services
3 1 (0.35%) .NET
3 1 (0.35%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.15%) Clustering
2 26 (9.00%) Data Centre
3 18 (6.23%) Public Cloud
4 17 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 14 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.81%) Wiki
7 10 (3.46%) PKI
8 8 (2.77%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.42%) FMCG
10 6 (2.08%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.73%) IoT
12 4 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.69%) EPoS
14 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
15 1 (0.35%) PropTech
15 1 (0.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 67 (23.18%) Windows
2 35 (12.11%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.92%) Windows 10
4 11 (3.81%) Windows 7
5 8 (2.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.08%) Linux
6 6 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.38%) CentOS
7 4 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.38%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.38%) VMS
8 3 (1.04%) Unix
8 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.69%) Android
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (32.53%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (14.88%) High Availability
3 38 (13.15%) Load Balancing
4 30 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (9.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 25 (8.65%) Customer Service
8 21 (7.27%) Patch Management
9 20 (6.92%) Capacity Planning
9 20 (6.92%) Project Delivery
10 19 (6.57%) ITIL
10 19 (6.57%) Time Management
11 18 (6.23%) CI/CD
12 17 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
13 16 (5.54%) CRM
13 16 (5.54%) Roadmaps
14 15 (5.19%) Validation
15 14 (4.84%) Continuous Integration
15 14 (4.84%) Software Testing
15 14 (4.84%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.34%) SQL
2 30 (10.38%) PowerShell
3 14 (4.84%) Java
4 12 (4.15%) Python
5 11 (3.81%) Perl
6 4 (1.38%) Bash
7 1 (0.35%) C#
7 1 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 77 (26.64%) Cisco Certification
1 77 (26.64%) Security Cleared
2 64 (22.15%) CCNP
3 62 (21.45%) CCNA
4 61 (21.11%) SC Cleared
5 39 (13.49%) CCIE
5 39 (13.49%) Degree
6 33 (11.42%) CCDP
7 15 (5.19%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.11%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.42%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 5 (1.73%) MCSE
13 4 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.38%) JNCIA
14 3 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (1.04%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.04%) CCSK
14 3 (1.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.42%) SLA
2 6 (2.08%) NIST
3 5 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (1.73%) QA
4 3 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 67 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 50 (17.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (9.00%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.96%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.42%) Firmware
6 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.08%) vSphere
7 5 (1.73%) NFS
8 4 (1.38%) pfSense
8 4 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.38%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.73%) CASB
2 5 (1.73%) SCCM
2 5 (1.73%) Stealthwatch
3 4 (1.38%) Autotask
3 4 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (1.38%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.38%) Terraform
3 4 (1.38%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.04%) Ansible
4 3 (1.04%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 124 (42.91%) Microsoft
2 91 (31.49%) Cisco
3 81 (28.03%) VMware
4 54 (18.69%) Juniper
5 22 (7.61%) CheckPoint
6 18 (6.23%) Meraki
7 16 (5.54%) Apple
8 15 (5.19%) Veeam
9 14 (4.84%) Fortinet
10 11 (3.81%) Aruba
10 11 (3.81%) HP
11 10 (3.46%) Adobe
11 10 (3.46%) Palo Alto
11 10 (3.46%) SolarWinds
12 9 (3.11%) Avaya
13 8 (2.77%) Dell
13 8 (2.77%) Ekahau
13 8 (2.77%) F5
13 8 (2.77%) Sophos
13 8 (2.77%) Zscaler