WAN Jobs in the East Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 88 104
Rank change year-on-year -55 +16 -27
Permanent jobs citing WAN 52 80 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.15% 3.23% 2.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.40% 14.34% 19.64%
Number of salaries quoted 48 66 84
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,725
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,875 £30,914
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,750 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,188 £52,875
90th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 500 558 504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 11.03% 22.55% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 379 210 346
10th Percentile £24,807 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,063 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £60,625
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the East Midlands

WAN
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for WAN in the East Midlands

WAN
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the East Midlands

WAN
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Derbyshire +1 25 £35,000 +18.64% 2
Nottinghamshire -28 11 £47,500 -17.39%
Leicestershire -26 5 £34,000 -11.69% 3
Northamptonshire -35 5 £26,500 -51.38% 1
Lincolnshire -4 4 £50,000 +31.58% 1
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (11.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Shopify
2 1 (1.92%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 40 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (67.31%) Azure
3 10 (19.23%) Mimecast
3 10 (19.23%) Nutanix
4 6 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.62%) AWS
6 3 (5.77%) WhatsApp
7 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.85%) Google Workspace
7 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (78.85%) LAN
2 22 (42.31%) Firewall
3 20 (38.46%) DNS
4 19 (36.54%) SD-WAN
5 18 (34.62%) DHCP
6 17 (32.69%) TCP/IP
7 16 (30.77%) VPN
8 14 (26.92%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (21.15%) VLAN
10 8 (15.38%) Wireless
11 7 (13.46%) SAN
11 7 (13.46%) WLAN
12 4 (7.69%) NAS
13 3 (5.77%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (3.85%) Internet
14 2 (3.85%) IP Telephony
14 2 (3.85%) MPLS
14 2 (3.85%) Network Security
14 2 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
14 2 (3.85%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.62%) MySQL
3 2 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Axure RP
2 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Finance
3 4 (7.69%) Legal
4 3 (5.77%) Law
4 3 (5.77%) Retail
5 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.92%) Automotive
6 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (42.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (30.77%) IT Engineer
3 11 (21.15%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (17.31%) Support Engineer
5 8 (15.38%) IT Support
6 6 (11.54%) Analyst
6 6 (11.54%) IT Analyst
6 6 (11.54%) Network Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8 4 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
8 4 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Escalation Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Service Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) LDAP
1 2 (3.85%) SAML
1 2 (3.85%) ServiceStack
2 1 (1.92%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.77%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (3.85%) IoT
4 2 (3.85%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 36 (69.23%) Windows
2 28 (53.85%) Windows Server
3 12 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (21.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (17.31%) Windows 10
6 5 (9.62%) Android
6 5 (9.62%) Apple iOS
7 3 (5.77%) VMS
8 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.92%) Linux
9 1 (1.92%) SUSE
9 1 (1.92%) Unix
9 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (42.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (21.15%) Service Management
3 10 (19.23%) ITIL
4 9 (17.31%) Customer Service
5 8 (15.38%) Preventative Maintenance
5 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.54%) Migration
7 5 (9.62%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
8 4 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 4 (7.69%) Project Management
8 4 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (7.69%) Ticket Management
8 4 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
9 3 (5.77%) Antivirus Management
9 3 (5.77%) Coaching
9 3 (5.77%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 3 (5.77%) Roadmaps
9 3 (5.77%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.54%) SQL
3 2 (3.85%) Bash
3 2 (3.85%) Bicep
3 2 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (9.62%) MCSE
2 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.77%) CCNA
3 3 (5.77%) CCNP
3 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.77%) DBS Check
3 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.85%) MCSA
5 1 (1.92%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (3.85%) GDPR
1 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.85%) QA
1 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 19 (36.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (21.15%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.77%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (15.38%) SCCM
3 2 (3.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.85%) Terraform
4 1 (1.92%) Autotask
4 1 (1.92%) ServiceCenter
4 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.92%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (67.31%) Microsoft
2 19 (36.54%) VMware
3 16 (30.77%) Cisco
4 12 (23.08%) Meraki
5 9 (17.31%) HP
6 8 (15.38%) Apple
6 8 (15.38%) Nasuni
6 8 (15.38%) Rapid7
7 6 (11.54%) Citrix
7 6 (11.54%) Sophos
7 6 (11.54%) Veeam
8 4 (7.69%) Fortinet
9 3 (5.77%) Palo Alto
9 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
9 3 (5.77%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.85%) Google
10 2 (3.85%) Oracle
10 2 (3.85%) SAP
11 1 (1.92%) Avaya
11 1 (1.92%) Dell