WAN Job Trends in the East of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 109 92
Rank change year-on-year -36 -17 +31
Permanent jobs citing WAN 42 57 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.67% 1.95% 2.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.45% 8.84% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 31 48 112
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,023 £26,025
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,063 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.92%
75th Percentile £54,000 £63,500 £49,063
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £66,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +3.26%

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 564 645 1,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.02% 22.03% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 264 248 795
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £24,904
25th Percentile £30,188 £32,750 £28,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,095 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +5.88% +0.59%
75th Percentile £57,813 £59,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £46,330 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.34% +5.26% -5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

WAN job vacancy trend in the East of England

WAN
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

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 17 May 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
Hertfordshire -33 17 £43,000 -16.10% 6
Essex -22 12 £31,750 -2.31% 3
Cambridgeshire -26 7 £42,500 -32.00% 5
Suffolk +17 3 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Bedfordshire +16 3 £65,000 +94.03% 3
Norfolk -21 3 - - 1
WAN
England

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (33.33%) Azure
3 5 (11.90%) AWS
4 3 (7.14%) Google Workspace
5 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.38%) IaaS
6 1 (2.38%) PaaS
6 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (73.81%) LAN
2 25 (59.52%) Firewall
2 25 (59.52%) VPN
3 15 (35.71%) TCP/IP
4 12 (28.57%) Wireless
5 8 (19.05%) SMTP
6 6 (14.29%) DHCP
6 6 (14.29%) DNS
6 6 (14.29%) Network Security
6 6 (14.29%) WLAN
7 5 (11.90%) FTP
7 5 (11.90%) HTTP
7 5 (11.90%) VLAN
8 4 (9.52%) SD-WAN
9 3 (7.14%) EIGRP
9 3 (7.14%) IMAP
9 3 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (7.14%) OSPF
9 3 (7.14%) POP3
9 3 (7.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Aerospace
4 4 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Advertising
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Marketing
6 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Police
6 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) IT Support
2 8 (19.05%) Network Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Support Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Administrator
5 4 (9.52%) IT Administrator
5 4 (9.52%) IT Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) IT Systems Administrator
5 4 (9.52%) Senior
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
6 3 (7.14%) IT Technician
6 3 (7.14%) Support Technician
7 2 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.76%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.95%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.90%) Client/Server
2 5 (11.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.38%) Clustering
6 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (61.90%) Windows
2 14 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 10 (23.81%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.76%) Android
4 2 (4.76%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.38%) Linux
5 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (30.95%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (26.19%) Customer Service
4 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (19.05%) ITIL
5 7 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
6 6 (14.29%) Network Management
7 5 (11.90%) Analytical Thinking
7 5 (11.90%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (11.90%) Security Operations
7 5 (11.90%) SIEM
7 5 (11.90%) Use Case
8 4 (9.52%) Logistics
8 4 (9.52%) Time Management
9 3 (7.14%) ERP
9 3 (7.14%) Mathematics
9 3 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
10 2 (4.76%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.90%) Bash
2 5 (11.90%) C++
2 5 (11.90%) Perl
2 5 (11.90%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (30.95%) CCNA
1 13 (30.95%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 8 (19.05%) CCNP
4 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 6 (14.29%) DBS Check
5 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (11.90%) CEH
6 5 (11.90%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (11.90%) CREST Certified
7 4 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (7.14%) Degree
8 3 (7.14%) MCDST
8 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (4.76%) CISSP
9 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (2.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.38%) Firmware
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.90%) QRadar
3 2 (4.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 35 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.95%) Cisco
3 8 (19.05%) Fortinet
4 6 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 5 (11.90%) Aruba
5 5 (11.90%) Splunk
5 5 (11.90%) VMware
6 4 (9.52%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (9.52%) Meraki
6 4 (9.52%) SolarWinds
6 4 (9.52%) Sophos
7 3 (7.14%) Google
8 2 (4.76%) Apple
8 2 (4.76%) CheckPoint
8 2 (4.76%) F5
8 2 (4.76%) Samsung
8 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.38%) HP
9 1 (2.38%) MobileIron
9 1 (2.38%) Salesforce