WAN Jobs in the East of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 95 132
Rank change year-on-year -18 +37 -6
Permanent jobs citing WAN 55 147 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.85% 2.42% 2.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.74% 14.11% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 50 111 79
10th Percentile £32,030 £26,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,500 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £63,500 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,250 £65,000 £60,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% -2.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 512 1,042 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.23% 17.18% 20.37%
Number of salaries quoted 256 791 424
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,533 £28,959 £30,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £61,063
90th Percentile £69,375 £68,000 £72,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the East of England

WAN
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for WAN in the East of England

WAN
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in the East of England

WAN
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hertfordshire -6 25 £59,750 +43.98% 18
Essex +20 10 £32,500 +8.33% 7
Cambridgeshire +34 6 £62,500 +95.31% 3
Norfolk +5 5 £32,533 -27.70% 5
Suffolk -19 5 £50,000 +17.65% 3
Bedfordshire -6 4 £52,000 +18.86% 14
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 18 (32.73%) SharePoint
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.82%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (52.73%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (50.91%) Azure
3 16 (29.09%) Entra ID
4 7 (12.73%) AWS
5 6 (10.91%) OneDrive
6 4 (7.27%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (83.64%) LAN
2 33 (60.00%) Firewall
3 29 (52.73%) VPN
4 16 (29.09%) TCP/IP
5 15 (27.27%) VLAN
6 12 (21.82%) BGP
6 12 (21.82%) DNS
7 11 (20.00%) VoIP
8 10 (18.18%) DHCP
9 9 (16.36%) Network Security
9 9 (16.36%) OSPF
9 9 (16.36%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (12.73%) FTP
10 7 (12.73%) HTTP
10 7 (12.73%) Internet
10 7 (12.73%) SMTP
11 6 (10.91%) SD-WAN
12 5 (9.09%) MPLS
12 5 (9.09%) Spanning Tree
12 5 (9.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
General
1 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.82%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.55%) Finance
4 5 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (9.09%) Retail
5 4 (7.27%) Local Government
6 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.64%) Aviation
7 2 (3.64%) Legal
7 2 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.82%) Advertising
8 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (20.00%) Lead
2 10 (18.18%) IT Support
3 9 (16.36%) Network Engineer
4 8 (14.55%) IT Engineer
4 8 (14.55%) Support Engineer
5 5 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (9.09%) IT Support Specialist
5 5 (9.09%) Project Engineer
5 5 (9.09%) Senior
5 5 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (9.09%) Support Specialist
6 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Azure Consultant
8 2 (3.64%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 2 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Juniper Consultant
8 2 (3.64%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.73%) LDAP
2 3 (5.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Client/Server
1 7 (12.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (9.09%) Social Media
3 3 (5.45%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.64%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.64%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.82%) IoT
5 1 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.82%) PKI
5 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 28 (50.91%) Windows
2 14 (25.45%) Windows Server
3 9 (16.36%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.45%) Linux
4 3 (5.45%) VMS
4 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.82%) Android
5 1 (1.82%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.91%) ITIL
1 17 (30.91%) Network Management
1 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (25.45%) Customer Service
3 12 (21.82%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (20.00%) ITSM
5 10 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
6 9 (16.36%) Line Management
7 8 (14.55%) Use Case
8 7 (12.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (12.73%) People Management
8 7 (12.73%) Security Operations
8 7 (12.73%) SIEM
9 6 (10.91%) Blue Team
9 6 (10.91%) Malware Analysis
9 6 (10.91%) Reverse Engineering
9 6 (10.91%) Roadmaps
9 6 (10.91%) Technology Roadmap
10 5 (9.09%) Data Privacy
10 5 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.73%) Bash
1 7 (12.73%) PowerShell
1 7 (12.73%) Python
2 6 (10.91%) C++
2 6 (10.91%) Perl
3 2 (3.64%) SQL
4 1 (1.82%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Degree
1 12 (21.82%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.91%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.09%) DBS Check
5 4 (7.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (5.45%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.64%) CCNP
8 1 (1.82%) CCIE
8 1 (1.82%) CCNA
8 1 (1.82%) CCSP
8 1 (1.82%) CISM
8 1 (1.82%) CISMP
8 1 (1.82%) CISSP
8 1 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.82%) PMP
8 1 (1.82%) SSCP
8 1 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
2 2 (3.64%) NIST
2 2 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 11 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (18.18%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.27%) VMware NSX
5 3 (5.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (5.45%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.64%) pfSense
7 1 (1.82%) Firmware
7 1 (1.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (30.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (16.36%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (10.91%) QRadar
4 5 (9.09%) SmoothWall
5 4 (7.27%) Ansible
5 4 (7.27%) Progress Chef
5 4 (7.27%) Puppet
6 3 (5.45%) Avamar
6 3 (5.45%) vCenter Server
6 3 (5.45%) VxRail
7 2 (3.64%) cPanel
7 2 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.82%) Autotask
8 1 (1.82%) CASB
8 1 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (1.82%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 40 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 23 (41.82%) Cisco
3 12 (21.82%) VMware
4 9 (16.36%) Fortinet
5 7 (12.73%) Palo Alto
5 7 (12.73%) Splunk
6 6 (10.91%) WatchGuard
7 5 (9.09%) Aruba
7 5 (9.09%) HP
7 5 (9.09%) Meraki
7 5 (9.09%) SolarWinds
8 4 (7.27%) Dell
8 4 (7.27%) EMC
9 3 (5.45%) Citrix
10 2 (3.64%) Arista
10 2 (3.64%) Draytek
10 2 (3.64%) Juniper
10 2 (3.64%) Mitel
10 2 (3.64%) Red Box
10 2 (3.64%) Riverbed