WAN Jobs in Birmingham

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 98 89
Rank change year-on-year +48 -9 -2
Permanent jobs citing WAN 113 40 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.14% 2.06% 3.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.82% 13.70% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 90 32 99
10th Percentile £26,700 £33,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,163 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 - £76,250
West Midlands median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -10.00% +17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 379 292 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.90% 15.03% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 310 207 318
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £34,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,875 £77,500 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.94% - -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 15 (13.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.01%) Azure
2 22 (19.47%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.85%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.08%) OneDrive
5 4 (3.54%) AWS
6 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 58 (51.33%) LAN
2 52 (46.02%) Firewall
3 47 (41.59%) SD-WAN
4 22 (19.47%) MPLS
5 21 (18.58%) TCP/IP
6 19 (16.81%) Wireless
7 15 (13.27%) DNS
8 14 (12.39%) DHCP
8 14 (12.39%) VLAN
8 14 (12.39%) WLAN
9 12 (10.62%) Network Security
10 11 (9.73%) Intrusion Detection
10 11 (9.73%) IPsec
11 9 (7.96%) SAN
11 9 (7.96%) VPN
12 8 (7.08%) iSCSI
12 8 (7.08%) VoIP
13 7 (6.19%) BGP
13 7 (6.19%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (6.19%) OSPF
General
1 45 (39.82%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.85%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.42%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Law
7 3 (2.65%) Retail
8 2 (1.77%) Finance
8 2 (1.77%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.77%) Local Government
9 1 (0.88%) Legal
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (25.66%) Senior
2 27 (23.89%) Network Engineer
3 24 (21.24%) Architect
4 14 (12.39%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (11.50%) Senior Architect
5 13 (11.50%) Support Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) WAN Engineer
7 11 (9.73%) Administrator
7 11 (9.73%) Cisco Architect
7 11 (9.73%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 11 (9.73%) Systems Administrator
8 10 (8.85%) IT Administrator
8 10 (8.85%) IT Systems Administrator
9 9 (7.96%) Security Architect
10 8 (7.08%) IP Architect
10 8 (7.08%) Network Manager
10 8 (7.08%) Senior Support Engineer
11 7 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (6.19%) Senior Network Engineer
12 6 (5.31%) Senior Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.81%) Data Centre
2 11 (9.73%) Wiki
3 7 (6.19%) Driving Licence
3 7 (6.19%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.42%) IoT
5 4 (3.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.77%) PKI
7 1 (0.88%) PropTech
7 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (19.47%) Windows
2 9 (7.96%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.31%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.42%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.54%) VMS
6 2 (1.77%) Unix
6 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.09%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.81%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (13.27%) Time Management
4 12 (10.62%) Network Monitoring
4 12 (10.62%) Presales
5 11 (9.73%) Customer Engagement
5 11 (9.73%) Patch Management
5 11 (9.73%) Software Licensing
6 10 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (8.85%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (7.96%) Computer Science
7 9 (7.96%) Decision-Making
7 9 (7.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (7.96%) ITIL
7 9 (7.96%) Project Delivery
8 8 (7.08%) Business Development
8 8 (7.08%) Network Management
9 7 (6.19%) Analytics
9 7 (6.19%) Information Security
9 7 (6.19%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.73%) Perl
1 11 (9.73%) PowerShell
1 11 (9.73%) Python
2 9 (7.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (24.78%) Cisco Certification
1 28 (24.78%) SC Cleared
1 28 (24.78%) Security Cleared
2 25 (22.12%) Degree
3 24 (21.24%) CCNP
4 20 (17.70%) CCNA
5 11 (9.73%) Azure Certification
6 9 (7.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.54%) DBS Check
7 4 (3.54%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.65%) CCSK
8 3 (2.65%) CCSP
8 3 (2.65%) CISM
8 3 (2.65%) CISSP
9 2 (1.77%) CCDA
9 2 (1.77%) CCIE
10 1 (0.88%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) NIST
2 3 (2.65%) SLA
3 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (15.04%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.85%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.54%) NFS
4 4 (3.54%) pfSense
5 3 (2.65%) Docker
6 2 (1.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) Stealthwatch
2 5 (4.42%) CASB
2 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (50.44%) Cisco
2 40 (35.40%) Microsoft
3 36 (31.86%) Juniper
4 19 (16.81%) Meraki
5 18 (15.93%) VMware
6 14 (12.39%) Fortinet
7 12 (10.62%) Aruba
8 11 (9.73%) Adobe
8 11 (9.73%) Apple
9 9 (7.96%) Veeam
10 7 (6.19%) Nokia
11 6 (5.31%) Ericsson
12 5 (4.42%) CheckPoint
12 5 (4.42%) Citrix
12 5 (4.42%) HP
12 5 (4.42%) Sophos
13 4 (3.54%) BroadSoft
13 4 (3.54%) Brocade
13 4 (3.54%) Dell
13 4 (3.54%) QNAP