WAN Jobs in Central London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 125 158
Rank change year-on-year +8 +33 +36
Permanent jobs citing WAN 79 125 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.10% 2.34% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.32% 19.50% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 70 107 131
10th Percentile £34,625 £32,400 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £111,000 £92,500
London median annual salary £57,500 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% -3.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 484 641 904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.85% 11.98% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 368 512 709
10th Percentile £32,350 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.84% +1.64%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £97,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Central London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Central London

WAN
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
City of London +33 74 £55,000 +4.76% 14
City of Westminster -5 1 - -
WAN
London

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 9 (11.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.53%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.53%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.27%) Confluence
4 1 (1.27%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (68.35%) Azure
2 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (13.92%) Entra ID
4 9 (11.39%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (11.39%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (10.13%) AWS
5 8 (10.13%) Rubrik
6 7 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (7.59%) Datadog
8 5 (6.33%) Azure API Management
8 5 (6.33%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (6.33%) GCP
8 5 (6.33%) GitHub
8 5 (6.33%) IaaS
8 5 (6.33%) PaaS
8 5 (6.33%) SaaS
9 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.53%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 62 (78.48%) LAN
2 48 (60.76%) Firewall
3 33 (41.77%) Wi-Fi
4 28 (35.44%) DNS
5 26 (32.91%) Network Security
5 26 (32.91%) Wireless
6 22 (27.85%) DHCP
6 22 (27.85%) SD-WAN
7 19 (24.05%) VPN
8 14 (17.72%) IPsec
9 13 (16.46%) IPv4
10 12 (15.19%) IPv6
10 12 (15.19%) TCP/IP
11 7 (8.86%) Wireshark
12 6 (7.59%) MPLS
12 6 (7.59%) SAN
13 5 (6.33%) Intrusion Detection
14 4 (5.06%) BGP
14 4 (5.06%) OSPF
14 4 (5.06%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.33%) GitLab
1 5 (6.33%) Katalon Studio
General
1 22 (27.85%) Finance
2 12 (15.19%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Legal
5 5 (6.33%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.80%) Japanese Language
7 3 (3.80%) Law
7 3 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (37.97%) Network Engineer
2 17 (21.52%) Senior
3 11 (13.92%) IT Engineer
4 10 (12.66%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (12.66%) Support Engineer
5 8 (10.13%) IT Support
5 8 (10.13%) IT Support Engineer
5 8 (10.13%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 7 (8.86%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (8.86%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.59%) Lead
8 5 (6.33%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Information Security Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Network Manager
9 4 (5.06%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
10 3 (3.80%) Senior Project Manager
10 3 (3.80%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.33%) YAML
2 2 (2.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) Data Centre
1 12 (15.19%) PKI
2 10 (12.66%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.86%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (7.59%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (6.33%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (6.33%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.53%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) CCTV
7 1 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (40.51%) Windows
2 17 (21.52%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.86%) Android
3 7 (8.86%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.06%) Linux
4 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.53%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.27%) CentOS
6 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (17.72%) Agile
2 13 (16.46%) ITIL
3 12 (15.19%) Cloud Security
3 12 (15.19%) DevOps
3 12 (15.19%) Identity Access Management
4 10 (12.66%) SIEM
5 9 (11.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (11.39%) Information Security
5 9 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (11.39%) Project Management
6 8 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (10.13%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (10.13%) IT Strategy
6 8 (10.13%) Network Management
7 7 (8.86%) Privileged Access Management
7 7 (8.86%) Process Improvement
7 7 (8.86%) Project Roadmap
7 7 (8.86%) Regulatory Compliance
7 7 (8.86%) Security Operations
7 7 (8.86%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.99%) PowerShell
2 14 (17.72%) Python
3 6 (7.59%) SQL
4 2 (2.53%) Bash
Qualifications
1 32 (40.51%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (24.05%) CCNA
3 9 (11.39%) CISSP
3 9 (11.39%) Degree
4 8 (10.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (10.13%) CCNP
4 8 (10.13%) CCSP
5 7 (8.86%) CEH
5 7 (8.86%) SANS
5 7 (8.86%) SSCP
6 5 (6.33%) CCIE
7 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.80%) MCP
8 3 (3.80%) MCSE
9 2 (2.53%) A+ Certification
9 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.53%) MCITP
9 2 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (10.13%) NIST
3 7 (8.86%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.80%) SLA
5 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (31.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (3.80%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.80%) XenApp
5 2 (2.53%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (8.86%) Nmap
3 6 (7.59%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.33%) Terraform
5 4 (5.06%) PaperCut
5 4 (5.06%) SCCM
6 3 (3.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.53%) ZENworks
8 1 (1.27%) Ansible
8 1 (1.27%) Backup Exec
8 1 (1.27%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.27%) Puppet
8 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (45.57%) Microsoft
2 25 (31.65%) Cisco
3 15 (18.99%) Meraki
4 13 (16.46%) VMware
5 12 (15.19%) Aruba
5 12 (15.19%) HP
5 12 (15.19%) Palo Alto
6 9 (11.39%) Citrix
6 9 (11.39%) Veeam
7 8 (10.13%) NetApp
8 7 (8.86%) Qualys
8 7 (8.86%) Rapid7
8 7 (8.86%) SolarWinds
8 7 (8.86%) Splunk
8 7 (8.86%) Thycotic
9 6 (7.59%) LogicMonitor
10 5 (6.33%) Riverbed
11 4 (5.06%) Mitel
12 3 (3.80%) F5
13 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow