WAN Jobs in Berkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 74 119 126
Rank change year-on-year +45 +7 +31
Permanent jobs citing WAN 53 46 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.21% 1.43% 2.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.12% 9.09% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 49 33 33
10th Percentile £22,750 £37,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £42,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £88,000 £81,750 £86,500
South East median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% +11.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 165 506 430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 10.01% 15.69% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 126 365 186
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,910 £24,250
25th Percentile £31,625 £36,250 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,938 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,375
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Berkshire 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
Bracknell +43 23 £65,000 +30.00% 6
Reading +37 10 £60,000 +4.35% 13
Thatcham - 10 £23,500 -
Wokingham +6 2 £87,500 +118.75%
Slough - 1 £55,000 - 5
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.89%) AWS
3 1 (1.89%) Azure AI
3 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (1.89%) IaaS
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.89%) PaaS
3 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (71.70%) LAN
2 16 (30.19%) Internet
3 11 (20.75%) SD-WAN
4 10 (18.87%) Firewall
5 8 (15.09%) DNS
5 8 (15.09%) MPLS
6 6 (11.32%) BGP
7 5 (9.43%) IPsec
7 5 (9.43%) Junos
7 5 (9.43%) VPN
8 4 (7.55%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (7.55%) DHCP
9 3 (5.66%) DMZ
9 3 (5.66%) DWDM
9 3 (5.66%) Network Security
9 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (5.66%) Wireless
10 2 (3.77%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
11 1 (1.89%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.89%) MySQL
1 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Git
General
1 10 (18.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (15.09%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Advertising
3 4 (7.55%) Finance
4 2 (3.77%) Retail
5 1 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Architect
1 13 (24.53%) IT Support
2 12 (22.64%) Network Architect
3 9 (16.98%) Lead
4 8 (15.09%) Trainee
4 8 (15.09%) Trainee IT Support
5 7 (13.21%) WAN Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Network Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) 1st Line Support
9 2 (3.77%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 2 (3.77%) IT Technician
9 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Support Analyst
10 1 (1.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 1 (1.89%) Network Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (7.55%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.55%) Social Media
3 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (45.28%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Linux
3 3 (5.66%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) ITIL
2 8 (15.09%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (13.21%) Customer Service
3 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 7 (13.21%) Network Design
3 7 (13.21%) Roadmaps
4 6 (11.32%) Business Strategy
4 6 (11.32%) Customer-Centricity
4 6 (11.32%) Network Management
4 6 (11.32%) Strategic Planning
4 6 (11.32%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (9.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (9.43%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (7.55%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (7.55%) Migration
6 4 (7.55%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (5.66%) DevOps
7 3 (5.66%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) Python
2 1 (1.89%) Bicep
2 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (35.85%) SC Cleared
1 19 (35.85%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.87%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (15.09%) CCNA
3 8 (15.09%) CCNP
4 6 (11.32%) JNCIS
5 5 (9.43%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.77%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.77%) Degree
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.89%) CCIE
7 1 (1.89%) CEH
7 1 (1.89%) CISA
7 1 (1.89%) CISSP
7 1 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) SLA
2 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.89%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (15.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.55%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.89%) Firmware
3 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Ansible
1 6 (11.32%) Terraform
2 3 (5.66%) vCenter Server
2 3 (5.66%) WSUS
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (54.72%) Cisco
2 16 (30.19%) Microsoft
3 15 (28.30%) Juniper
4 8 (15.09%) VMware
5 6 (11.32%) Aruba
5 6 (11.32%) Fortinet
5 6 (11.32%) Mellanox
5 6 (11.32%) NVIDIA
5 6 (11.32%) Palo Alto
6 3 (5.66%) ADVA
7 1 (1.89%) Apple
7 1 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.89%) Databricks
7 1 (1.89%) Meraki