WAN Jobs in Durham

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North East > Durham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 40 10
Rank change year-on-year +10 -30 +10
Permanent jobs citing WAN 20 12 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 4.75% 3.81% 15.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.17% 15.19% 62.90%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 38
10th Percentile £24,188 £33,325 -
25th Percentile £25,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +29.31%
75th Percentile £45,813 £41,563 £40,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £52,175 £42,150
North East median annual salary £39,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -8.24% +6.25% +19.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Durham

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 Durham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 71 79 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 16.86% 25.08% 23.85%
Number of salaries quoted 58 14 57
10th Percentile £26,900 £33,975 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - +36.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £40,938 £40,000
90th Percentile £71,500 £51,525 £45,500
North East median annual salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.66% +2.50% +3.90%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Durham

WAN
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for WAN in Durham

WAN
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Durham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 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
Hartlepool - 5 £27,000 -
Darlington - 2 £43,500 - 1
WAN
North East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (75.00%) Azure
2 11 (55.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (25.00%) AWS
4 5 (25.00%) IaaS
4 5 (25.00%) PaaS
4 5 (25.00%) SaaS
5 2 (10.00%) Cloudflare
5 2 (10.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) LAN
2 11 (55.00%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (50.00%) Firewall
4 9 (45.00%) VPN
5 7 (35.00%) VLAN
6 6 (30.00%) VoIP
7 5 (25.00%) DHCP
8 4 (20.00%) DNS
9 3 (15.00%) WLAN
10 2 (10.00%) Network Security
10 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
10 2 (10.00%) Wireless
11 1 (5.00%) NAS
11 1 (5.00%) SAN
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) IT Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Network Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Clustering
2 4 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (20.00%) IoT
3 3 (15.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (10.00%) Life Science
4 2 (10.00%) PKI
5 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (30.00%) Mac OS
3 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (25.00%) Quality Management
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (20.00%) SIEM
4 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (15.00%) Information Security
5 3 (15.00%) Observability
5 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (10.00%) Coaching
6 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.00%) Service Management
7 1 (5.00%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (20.00%) Bash
2 4 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) CISA
2 4 (20.00%) CISMP
2 4 (20.00%) CISSP
2 4 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (20.00%) GIAC
2 4 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 18 (90.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (35.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (30.00%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (30.00%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (30.00%) SCCM
3 5 (25.00%) Autotask
4 2 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (60.00%) VMware
3 5 (25.00%) Datto
4 4 (20.00%) Apple
5 2 (10.00%) Veeam
6 1 (5.00%) Aruba
6 1 (5.00%) Google
6 1 (5.00%) Sophos