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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 121 123
Rank change year-on-year +49 +2 +32
Permanent jobs citing WAN 47 44 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.92% 1.44% 1.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.13% 8.96% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 42 33 30
10th Percentile £22,750 £37,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £24,438 £42,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +45.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £60,250
90th Percentile £86,775 £78,750 £89,625
South East median annual salary £42,500 £49,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.71% +15.88% -5.56%

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 151 491 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 9.38% 16.04% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 109 354 181
10th Percentile £26,550 £28,430 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -10.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.53% +5.00% -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 15 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 15 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 +47 22 £65,000 +30.00% 4
Thatcham - 10 £23,500 -
Reading +36 8 £61,250 +6.52% 14
Wokingham +9 3 £87,500 +118.75% 1
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 13 (27.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Azure
2 2 (4.26%) Entra ID
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.13%) AWS
3 1 (2.13%) Azure AI
3 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.13%) IaaS
3 1 (2.13%) PaaS
3 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (70.21%) LAN
2 14 (29.79%) Internet
3 10 (21.28%) Firewall
4 8 (17.02%) SD-WAN
5 7 (14.89%) DNS
5 7 (14.89%) MPLS
6 6 (12.77%) BGP
7 5 (10.64%) DHCP
7 5 (10.64%) IPsec
7 5 (10.64%) Junos
8 4 (8.51%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (8.51%) Wireless
9 3 (6.38%) DWDM
9 3 (6.38%) VPN
10 2 (4.26%) DMZ
10 2 (4.26%) Network Security
10 2 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (2.13%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (2.13%) Unified Communications
11 1 (2.13%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.13%) MySQL
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
1 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 7 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 7 (14.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Advertising
3 4 (8.51%) Finance
4 1 (2.13%) Marketing
4 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (27.66%) Architect
2 12 (25.53%) IT Support
2 12 (25.53%) Network Architect
3 8 (17.02%) Trainee
3 8 (17.02%) Trainee IT Support
4 6 (12.77%) Lead
4 6 (12.77%) Network Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) WAN Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) IT Technician
7 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Cloud Architect
8 1 (2.13%) Group IT Director
8 1 (2.13%) Lead Network Engineer
8 1 (2.13%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (6.38%) Social Media
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (42.55%) Windows
2 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.26%) Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) ITIL
2 7 (14.89%) Network Design
3 6 (12.77%) Customer Service
3 6 (12.77%) Network Management
3 6 (12.77%) Network Virtualisation
4 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
4 5 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (8.51%) Business Strategy
5 4 (8.51%) Change Control
5 4 (8.51%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (8.51%) Migration
5 4 (8.51%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (8.51%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (8.51%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (6.38%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (6.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) Bicep
2 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) SC Cleared
1 17 (36.17%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.02%) CCNP
2 8 (17.02%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (12.77%) CCNA
3 6 (12.77%) JNCIS
4 4 (8.51%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.26%) Degree
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CCIE
6 1 (2.13%) CEH
6 1 (2.13%) CISA
6 1 (2.13%) CISSP
6 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.13%) ISO 9000
2 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (19.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.13%) Firmware
3 1 (2.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Ansible
1 4 (8.51%) Terraform
1 4 (8.51%) vCenter Server
1 4 (8.51%) WSUS
2 1 (2.13%) Grafana
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (55.32%) Cisco
2 15 (31.91%) Juniper
2 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
3 9 (19.15%) VMware
4 4 (8.51%) Aruba
4 4 (8.51%) Fortinet
4 4 (8.51%) Mellanox
4 4 (8.51%) NVIDIA
4 4 (8.51%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.38%) ADVA
6 1 (2.13%) Apple
6 1 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.13%) Databricks
6 1 (2.13%) Meraki
6 1 (2.13%) Nokia
6 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow