WAN Jobs in Bedfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 41 75
Rank change year-on-year -6 +34 -24
Permanent jobs citing WAN 8 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 1.40% 2.14% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.44% 26.32% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 6
10th Percentile - £46,500 £35,625
25th Percentile £32,750 £48,750 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +12.82% -0.51%
75th Percentile £43,125 £60,000 £58,438
90th Percentile £52,000 £61,500 £59,375
East of England median annual salary £40,750 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -4.12% +3.66% -13.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 328 38 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 57.34% 8.12% 25.91%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 56
10th Percentile £32,750 - £26,813
25th Percentile £32,975 £21,250 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -31.82% +3.77%
75th Percentile £54,750 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £64,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £44,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% - -15.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Luton +3 2 £52,000 -13.33% 4
Leighton Buzzard -6 1 - -
WAN
East of England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (12.50%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
3 1 (12.50%) IPsec
3 1 (12.50%) MPLS
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) NGFW
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) VRRP
3 1 (12.50%) VXLAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Advertising
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Aviation
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Platform Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Network Management
1 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Network Design
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (12.50%) CASP
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) CCSP
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISMP
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (12.50%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SSCP
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) CASB
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Aruba
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) EMC
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Meru Networks