WAN Job Trends in the East Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 109 141
Rank change year-on-year -28 +32 -50
Permanent jobs citing WAN 32 36 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.61% 1.63% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.46% 8.72% 10.43%
Number of salaries quoted 19 30 54
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,125 £25,900
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £52,500 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +17.32% +19.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £77,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -

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 306 413 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.85% 18.65% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 235 171 457
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,827
25th Percentile £30,250 £28,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.50% -3.98%
75th Percentile £52,000 £53,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,750 £60,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

WAN job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

WAN
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

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 15 July 2026. 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 +3 12 £53,750 +26.47% 2
Leicestershire -35 8 £47,500 -24.00% 2
Lincolnshire -14 7 £32,500 -40.91% 6
Nottinghamshire -22 3 £60,000 +126.42%
Northamptonshire -6 2 £39,750 -38.85% 3
WAN
England

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (15.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 24 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (31.25%) Mimecast
3 9 (28.13%) Azure
4 8 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.13%) AWS
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (75.00%) LAN
2 22 (68.75%) Firewall
3 13 (40.63%) VPN
4 11 (34.38%) TCP/IP
5 10 (31.25%) DHCP
5 10 (31.25%) DNS
6 7 (21.88%) SD-WAN
6 7 (21.88%) Wireless
7 6 (18.75%) VLAN
8 5 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (6.25%) BGP
9 2 (6.25%) OSPF
9 2 (6.25%) VoIP
10 1 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (3.13%) IPsec
10 1 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (3.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (6.25%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Telecoms
3 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.25%) Automotive
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) IT Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) Field Engineer
2 10 (31.25%) Field Service Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) IT Technician
4 5 (15.63%) IT Support
5 4 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
5 4 (12.50%) Network Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Support Technician
6 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.25%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (84.38%) Windows
2 12 (37.50%) Android
2 12 (37.50%) Windows 10
3 11 (34.38%) Apple iOS
4 10 (31.25%) Windows Server
5 3 (9.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) ITIL
2 13 (40.63%) Customer Service
3 12 (37.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 10 (31.25%) Service Catalogue
5 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (28.13%) ITSM
5 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (25.00%) ERP
6 8 (25.00%) Logistics
7 6 (18.75%) Process Improvement
8 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (15.63%) Network Monitoring
9 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (12.50%) Problem Management
9 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (9.38%) Inventory Management
10 3 (9.38%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (9.38%) Operational Stability
10 3 (9.38%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) CCNA
1 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) CCNP
3 1 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) Active Directory
2 9 (28.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.38%) Firmware
4 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.25%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (31.25%) Logitech
2 10 (31.25%) Sophos
2 10 (31.25%) TOWER Software
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco
4 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
4 2 (6.25%) SAP
4 2 (6.25%) VMware
5 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.13%) Citrix
5 1 (3.13%) Epicor
5 1 (3.13%) F5
5 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.13%) TP-LINK