WAN Job Trends in Durham

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 34 21
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +8
Permanent jobs citing WAN 7 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 3.03% 2.45% 0.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.07% 21.74% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile £46,500 - -
North East median annual salary £46,000 £37,500 £39,563
% change year-on-year +22.67% -5.21% -3.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 58 23 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 25.11% 11.27% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 45 11 17
10th Percentile - £41,250 £30,350
25th Percentile - £46,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £33,250 £72,072 £69,800
90th Percentile £68,274 £74,144 £69,880
North East median annual salary £29,000 £46,250 £39,794
% change year-on-year -37.30% +16.22% +0.74%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.

WAN job vacancy trend in Durham

WAN
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Durham over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Durham

WAN
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Durham region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Stockton-on-Tees - 1 £50,000 -
WAN
North East

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) Internet
2 4 (57.14%) SAN
2 4 (57.14%) SSL
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) VoIP
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 3 (42.86%) VLAN
4 2 (28.57%) BGP
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (28.57%) EIGRP
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) OSPF
4 2 (28.57%) SNMP
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (28.57%) WAAS
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 2 (28.57%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Clustering
2 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Control
1 4 (57.14%) CRM
1 4 (57.14%) Defect Management
1 4 (57.14%) Release Management
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (28.57%) Load Balancing
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) WAN Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Energy Management
3 1 (14.29%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CCNP
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CCIE
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) CheckPoint
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Blue Coat
3 2 (28.57%) F5
3 2 (28.57%) Infoblox
3 2 (28.57%) Motorola
3 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds
4 1 (14.29%) Meraki
4 1 (14.29%) Mitel