WAN Jobs in Bristol

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 142 143
Rank change year-on-year +49 +1 +15
Permanent jobs citing WAN 11 14 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.93% 0.43% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 4.52% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 11
10th Percentile £42,250 - £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -26.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile - £44,000 £61,625
90th Percentile £64,500 £52,775 £67,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,375
% change year-on-year +11.11% +6.19% +5.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 77 310 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 6.53% 9.48% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 52 236 111
10th Percentile £30,925 £28,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,563 £65,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £94,878 £82,500 £97,290
South West median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -6.25%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Bristol

WAN
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for WAN in Bristol

WAN
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Bristol

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
3 4 (36.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 4 (36.36%) IaaS
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (36.36%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) AWS
5 1 (9.09%) Azure AI
5 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (9.09%) GCP
5 1 (9.09%) PaaS
5 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
5 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) Firewall
2 9 (81.82%) LAN
3 7 (63.64%) SD-WAN
4 6 (54.55%) VPN
5 4 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (27.27%) DNS
6 3 (27.27%) MPLS
6 3 (27.27%) Network Security
6 3 (27.27%) Unified Communications
6 3 (27.27%) Wireless
7 2 (18.18%) DHCP
7 2 (18.18%) VLAN
7 2 (18.18%) WLAN
8 1 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (9.09%) Converged Networks
8 1 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 1 (9.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (9.09%) NX-OS
8 1 (9.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (27.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
3 1 (9.09%) MySQL
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 1 (9.09%) Advertising
1 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Legal
1 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) IT Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Network Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Migration
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (36.36%) Service Management
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) ITSM
4 3 (27.27%) Zero Trust
5 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
5 2 (18.18%) Network Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (9.09%) API Management
6 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
6 1 (9.09%) DevOps
6 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
6 1 (9.09%) Security Patching
6 1 (9.09%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
3 2 (18.18%) MCSA
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CCIE
4 1 (9.09%) CCSA
4 1 (9.09%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (27.27%) vSphere
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Terraform
2 2 (18.18%) Ansible
3 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
3 1 (9.09%) Iperf
3 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco
2 6 (54.55%) CheckPoint
3 5 (45.45%) VMware
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
4 4 (36.36%) SolarWinds
5 3 (27.27%) Extreme Networks
5 3 (27.27%) Meraki
5 3 (27.27%) Zscaler
6 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
7 1 (9.09%) Databricks
7 1 (9.09%) F5
7 1 (9.09%) Google
7 1 (9.09%) Juniper
7 1 (9.09%) Ruckus Wireless
7 1 (9.09%) SonicWALL