WAN Jobs in England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 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 134 145 254
Rank change year-on-year +11 +109 -30
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,545 1,692 2,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.97% 2.38% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.51% 14.72% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,146 1,315 1,961
10th Percentile £28,875 £30,725 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
UK 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
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in England

WAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for WAN in England

WAN
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for WAN in England

WAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the England 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
London -16 396 £60,000 +4.35% 36
North of England +18 331 £45,000 -2.17% 59
Midlands +7 257 £39,250 -1.88% 29
South East -6 250 £50,000 +11.11% 54
West Midlands +31 199 £37,500 -11.76% 22
South West -6 188 £45,000 +6.51% 24
North West +2 178 £48,500 +3.19% 31
Yorkshire +67 143 £53,750 +19.44% 21
East of England +17 129 £45,000 +7.78% 30
East Midlands -55 52 £44,750 +19.33% 7
North East -21 27 £40,000 -5.88% 9
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 182 (11.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 164 (10.61%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.42%) SharePoint 2013
4 21 (1.36%) IIS
4 21 (1.36%) SharePoint 2010
5 9 (0.58%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.52%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.39%) Apache
7 6 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (0.32%) CMS
8 5 (0.32%) Confluence
8 5 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
9 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 1 (0.065%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.065%) Site Server
Applications
1 117 (7.57%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.29%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.065%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.065%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 624 (40.39%) Azure
2 519 (33.59%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (12.88%) AWS
4 167 (10.81%) Entra ID
5 77 (4.98%) SaaS
6 74 (4.79%) IaaS
7 64 (4.14%) GCP
8 63 (4.08%) PaaS
9 47 (3.04%) OneDrive
10 26 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
11 25 (1.62%) Mimecast
11 25 (1.62%) Power Platform
12 22 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (1.29%) Nutanix
15 17 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 16 (1.04%) GitHub
17 11 (0.71%) AWS Direct Connect
17 11 (0.71%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1,105 (71.52%) LAN
2 691 (44.72%) Firewall
3 480 (31.07%) SD-WAN
4 365 (23.62%) VPN
5 310 (20.06%) DNS
6 281 (18.19%) Wi-Fi
7 259 (16.76%) Wireless
8 240 (15.53%) DHCP
9 221 (14.30%) MPLS
10 217 (14.05%) TCP/IP
11 177 (11.46%) Network Security
11 177 (11.46%) VLAN
12 147 (9.51%) BGP
13 134 (8.67%) WLAN
14 118 (7.64%) OSPF
15 99 (6.41%) Internet
16 91 (5.89%) SAN
17 85 (5.50%) VoIP
18 80 (5.18%) IPsec
19 70 (4.53%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.42%) MySQL
3 13 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (0.71%) Power BI
6 9 (0.58%) DB2
7 7 (0.45%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.32%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.32%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.065%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.065%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.065%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.065%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.065%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (1.04%) JIRA
2 15 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.71%) Git
4 8 (0.52%) GitLab
5 7 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.26%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.19%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.065%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.065%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 441 (28.54%) Social Skills
2 148 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
3 133 (8.61%) Finance
4 75 (4.85%) Retail
5 65 (4.21%) Telecoms
6 61 (3.95%) Law
7 46 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 37 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 35 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 34 (2.20%) Legal
12 28 (1.81%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.68%) Electronics
14 21 (1.36%) Aerospace
15 17 (1.10%) Banking
16 16 (1.04%) Public Sector
17 15 (0.97%) Games
18 11 (0.71%) Marketing
19 10 (0.65%) Automotive
19 10 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 320 (20.71%) Network Engineer
2 259 (16.76%) Senior
3 208 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 178 (11.52%) Analyst
5 144 (9.32%) Architect
6 132 (8.54%) Support Engineer
7 110 (7.12%) Lead
8 106 (6.86%) IT Support
9 95 (6.15%) IT Engineer
10 82 (5.31%) Senior Network Engineer
11 78 (5.05%) 2nd Line Support
12 68 (4.40%) Support Analyst
13 67 (4.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 65 (4.21%) Consultant
15 64 (4.14%) Security Architect
16 59 (3.82%) IT Manager
16 59 (3.82%) Senior Architect
17 58 (3.75%) IT Analyst
18 53 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
19 52 (3.37%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.94%) 802.1X
2 27 (1.75%) LDAP
3 17 (1.10%) HTML
4 12 (0.78%) SAML
4 12 (0.78%) YAML
5 10 (0.65%) XMPP
6 8 (0.52%) WebSphere MQ
7 7 (0.45%) Web Services
7 7 (0.45%) XML
8 6 (0.39%) EDI
9 4 (0.26%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.26%) pytest
10 2 (0.13%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.13%) REST
10 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.13%) Software Packaging
10 2 (0.13%) TAPI
10 2 (0.13%) WebRTC
10 2 (0.13%) X-Windows
11 1 (0.065%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 247 (15.99%) Data Centre
2 102 (6.60%) Management Information System
3 74 (4.79%) Driving Licence
4 56 (3.62%) PKI
5 52 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (3.04%) Public Cloud
7 29 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
8 26 (1.68%) Clustering
8 26 (1.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 22 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (1.36%) IoT
11 20 (1.29%) Client/Server
12 18 (1.17%) PMI
13 17 (1.10%) Cloud Native
13 17 (1.10%) Onboarding
14 16 (1.04%) GNSS
14 16 (1.04%) Security Posture
15 15 (0.97%) FPGA
16 14 (0.91%) NHS
17 13 (0.84%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 610 (39.48%) Windows
2 334 (21.62%) Windows Server
3 171 (11.07%) Linux
4 159 (10.29%) Windows 10
5 90 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 73 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 58 (3.75%) Android
8 46 (2.98%) VMS
9 43 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 42 (2.72%) Apple iOS
11 35 (2.27%) Ubuntu
12 31 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 27 (1.75%) CentOS
13 27 (1.75%) Mac OS
14 25 (1.62%) Unix
15 20 (1.29%) Windows 7
16 18 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.39%) Debian
17 6 (0.39%) VyOS
17 6 (0.39%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (17.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 272 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
3 265 (17.15%) ITIL
4 223 (14.43%) Cybersecurity
5 167 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 143 (9.26%) Project Management
7 136 (8.80%) Project Delivery
8 113 (7.31%) Agile
9 112 (7.25%) Mentoring
10 109 (7.06%) Presales
11 105 (6.80%) Time Management
12 102 (6.60%) Service Delivery
13 88 (5.70%) Roadmaps
14 84 (5.44%) Information Security
15 78 (5.05%) Disaster Recovery
16 72 (4.66%) Computer Science
17 71 (4.60%) Customer Engagement
18 67 (4.34%) DevOps
19 65 (4.21%) Change Management
19 65 (4.21%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (9.32%) PowerShell
2 103 (6.67%) SQL
3 75 (4.85%) Python
4 36 (2.33%) Bash
5 25 (1.62%) Perl
6 19 (1.23%) Java
7 16 (1.04%) C++
8 15 (0.97%) MATLAB
9 11 (0.71%) PHP
10 8 (0.52%) C
10 8 (0.52%) Tcl
10 8 (0.52%) VB
11 7 (0.45%) C#
12 5 (0.32%) Bicep
13 3 (0.19%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.13%) Korn
14 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.13%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.065%) Go
15 1 (0.065%) VBA
Qualifications
1 303 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
2 250 (16.18%) Degree
3 189 (12.23%) CCNA
3 189 (12.23%) CCNP
4 184 (11.91%) Security Cleared
5 91 (5.89%) SC Cleared
6 65 (4.21%) CCIE
6 65 (4.21%) DV Cleared
6 65 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (3.24%) Azure Certification
8 46 (2.98%) CISSP
9 45 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 38 (2.46%) MCSE
11 36 (2.33%) DBS Check
12 28 (1.81%) AWS Certification
13 27 (1.75%) PMI Certification
14 26 (1.68%) CISM
15 24 (1.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 24 (1.55%) CCSP
15 24 (1.55%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.54%) SLA
2 42 (2.72%) NIST
3 39 (2.52%) GDPR
4 36 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.97%) PMO
7 8 (0.52%) NCSC
7 8 (0.52%) QA
8 6 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.39%) COSHH
9 5 (0.32%) COBIT
9 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 5 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.19%) JTAG
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.065%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.065%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.065%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 559 (36.18%) Active Directory
2 288 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 194 (12.56%) Hyper-V
4 60 (3.88%) vSphere
5 47 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (2.27%) Docker
7 31 (2.01%) VMware NSX
8 30 (1.94%) Firmware
9 25 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
9 25 (1.62%) XenDesktop
10 23 (1.49%) XenApp
11 19 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
12 10 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
14 7 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
15 5 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.26%) NFS
16 4 (0.26%) pfSense
16 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 180 (11.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 82 (5.31%) SCCM
3 73 (4.72%) Terraform
4 67 (4.34%) Ansible
5 66 (4.27%) FortiGate
6 45 (2.91%) WSUS
7 43 (2.78%) Kubernetes
8 38 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
9 36 (2.33%) Stealthwatch
10 22 (1.42%) vCenter Server
11 17 (1.10%) CASB
12 16 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
13 15 (0.97%) Puppet
13 15 (0.97%) VxRail
14 11 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
15 9 (0.58%) Autotask
15 9 (0.58%) Progress Chef
16 7 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
16 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 669 (43.30%) Microsoft
2 587 (37.99%) Cisco
3 416 (26.93%) VMware
4 206 (13.33%) Meraki
5 162 (10.49%) Fortinet
6 135 (8.74%) Juniper
7 107 (6.93%) HP
8 98 (6.34%) Palo Alto
9 81 (5.24%) Apple
10 76 (4.92%) Dell
11 74 (4.79%) Citrix
12 70 (4.53%) Aruba
12 70 (4.53%) SolarWinds
13 67 (4.34%) Veeam
14 62 (4.01%) CheckPoint
15 53 (3.43%) Adobe
16 45 (2.91%) Google
17 43 (2.78%) Ruckus Wireless
18 37 (2.39%) F5
19 27 (1.75%) Symantec