WAN Jobs in Derbyshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire 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 41 44 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +12
Permanent jobs citing WAN 14 23 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 3.93% 2.63% 5.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.45% 15.75% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 20
10th Percentile - £26,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £35,000 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.71% +14.75% -32.22%
75th Percentile £55,438 £47,500 £42,313
90th Percentile £61,750 £53,750 £43,750
East Midlands median annual salary £54,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +20.00% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 51 146 161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 14.33% 16.72% 27.76%
Number of salaries quoted 39 122 47
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,075 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,375 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +29.03% -29.14%
75th Percentile £44,875 £55,000 £41,955
90th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £44,250
East Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -4.19%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Derbyshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Derbyshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Derbyshire

WAN
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Chesterfield +3 8 £50,000 +53.85% 13
Derby +5 3 £52,500 +35.48% 16
WAN
East Midlands

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Mimecast
2 3 (21.43%) Nutanix
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) LAN
2 7 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (50.00%) Wireless
3 4 (28.57%) DHCP
3 4 (28.57%) Internet
3 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 4 (28.57%) VPN
4 3 (21.43%) DNS
4 3 (21.43%) SD-WAN
4 3 (21.43%) VLAN
4 3 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (7.14%) MPLS
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security
5 1 (7.14%) PBX
5 1 (7.14%) SAN
5 1 (7.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (21.43%) IT Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) ARM Cortex
1 3 (21.43%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
1 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
2 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (21.43%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (7.14%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Experience
4 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.14%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Project Governance
4 1 (7.14%) SIEM
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CCNA
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (21.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Autotask
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Meraki
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 3 (21.43%) Nasuni
3 3 (21.43%) Rapid7