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 31 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 139 145
Rank change year-on-year -41 +6 +101
Permanent jobs citing WAN 954 1,494 1,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.81% 1.93% 2.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.87% 14.97% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 744 1,104 1,307
10th Percentile £26,650 £29,000 £30,725
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £48,125
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.90% -4.30%

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 10,750 9,978 11,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.35% 12.88% 16.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,819 6,254 6,603
10th Percentile - £26,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £33,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £49,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -3.89% -2.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £49,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -34.34% -4.81% -0.95%

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 31 July 2025.

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 31 July 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
London -15 250 £60,000 - 147
South East +3 204 £40,000 -20.00% 90
Midlands -5 180 £38,750 -4.91% 65
West Midlands +11 149 £36,500 -5.19% 50
North of England -92 142 £35,000 -22.22% 63
South West +7 94 £48,500 +7.78% 21
Yorkshire -41 66 £30,000 -42.86% 20
North West -97 63 £37,500 -16.67% 39
East of England -62 60 £36,000 -20.00% 35
East Midlands +18 31 £52,500 +17.98% 15
North East +10 13 £35,000 -10.26% 4
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
1 113 (11.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 71 (7.44%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.68%) IIS
4 13 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (0.73%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 88 (9.22%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.73%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.31%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.21%) Revit
4 2 (0.21%) Simulink
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (0.63%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.52%) Exchequer
2 5 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.10%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 439 (46.02%) Azure
2 282 (29.56%) Microsoft 365
3 148 (15.51%) AWS
4 124 (13.00%) Entra ID
5 38 (3.98%) IaaS
6 30 (3.14%) GCP
7 28 (2.94%) PaaS
8 26 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 26 (2.73%) SaaS
9 21 (2.20%) OneDrive
10 20 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
11 19 (1.99%) Power Platform
12 18 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 16 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.68%) Azure Key Vault
14 15 (1.57%) Azure AI
14 15 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (1.57%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.47%) AWS Direct Connect
15 14 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 717 (75.16%) LAN
2 427 (44.76%) Firewall
3 296 (31.03%) VPN
4 267 (27.99%) SD-WAN
5 197 (20.65%) DNS
6 191 (20.02%) TCP/IP
7 147 (15.41%) Wi-Fi
8 143 (14.99%) DHCP
9 140 (14.68%) Network Security
10 118 (12.37%) Wireless
11 113 (11.84%) VLAN
12 108 (11.32%) BGP
13 94 (9.85%) MPLS
14 86 (9.01%) OSPF
14 86 (9.01%) VoIP
15 82 (8.60%) Internet
16 78 (8.18%) WLAN
17 45 (4.72%) IPsec
18 39 (4.09%) Cisco ISE
19 37 (3.88%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.24%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.99%) MySQL
3 15 (1.57%) Data Lake
3 15 (1.57%) Power BI
4 8 (0.84%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.21%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 28 (2.94%) Git
2 13 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
3 7 (0.73%) GitLab
4 6 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.21%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.10%) JIRA
General
1 348 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 113 (11.84%) Finance
3 74 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (4.72%) Telecoms
6 38 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 30 (3.14%) Public Sector
9 28 (2.94%) Banking
10 27 (2.83%) Retail
11 21 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.10%) Legal
13 19 (1.99%) Advertising
14 18 (1.89%) Aerospace
15 17 (1.78%) Law
16 14 (1.47%) Automotive
16 14 (1.47%) Electronics
17 12 (1.26%) Marketing
18 10 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (1.05%) Police
Job Titles
1 179 (18.76%) Network Engineer
2 144 (15.09%) IT Support
3 142 (14.88%) Support Engineer
4 107 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 88 (9.22%) Analyst
6 84 (8.81%) Senior
7 81 (8.49%) Architect
8 79 (8.28%) Lead
9 66 (6.92%) 2nd Line Support
10 65 (6.81%) Support Analyst
11 64 (6.71%) Technical Support
12 58 (6.08%) 3rd Line Support
13 53 (5.56%) Network Architect
14 50 (5.24%) Infrastructure Support
14 50 (5.24%) IT Engineer
15 37 (3.88%) Technical Engineer
15 37 (3.88%) Technical Support Engineer
16 36 (3.77%) Senior Network Engineer
17 34 (3.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 34 (3.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.31%) 802.1X
1 22 (2.31%) LDAP
2 19 (1.99%) JSON
3 9 (0.94%) EDI
4 5 (0.52%) .NET
4 5 (0.52%) YAML
5 3 (0.31%) Middleware
6 2 (0.21%) gRPC
6 2 (0.21%) Jinja
6 2 (0.21%) XMPP
7 1 (0.10%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 131 (13.73%) Data Centre
2 81 (8.49%) Driving Licence
3 33 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 32 (3.35%) Public Cloud
5 31 (3.25%) Client/Server
6 30 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 26 (2.73%) Management Information System
9 23 (2.41%) Operational Technology
10 21 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
11 20 (2.10%) NHS
12 19 (1.99%) Self-Driving Car
12 19 (1.99%) Social Media
13 18 (1.89%) PKI
14 15 (1.57%) Clustering
14 15 (1.57%) Replication
15 14 (1.47%) IoT
15 14 (1.47%) Virtual Team
16 12 (1.26%) Digital Signage
16 12 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 434 (45.49%) Windows
2 223 (23.38%) Windows Server
3 79 (8.28%) Linux
4 68 (7.13%) Windows 10
5 62 (6.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 39 (4.09%) Mac OS
8 29 (3.04%) Windows Server 2012
9 26 (2.73%) Apple iOS
10 16 (1.68%) Android
11 11 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.52%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.42%) AIX
14 3 (0.31%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.31%) Unix
14 3 (0.31%) VMS
14 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.10%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (23.06%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (19.71%) ITIL
3 135 (14.15%) Customer Service
4 123 (12.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 92 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 91 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
7 86 (9.01%) Migration
8 76 (7.97%) Mentoring
9 65 (6.81%) Roadmaps
10 62 (6.50%) Network Management
11 59 (6.18%) Infrastructure as Code
12 58 (6.08%) Agile
12 58 (6.08%) Disaster Recovery
12 58 (6.08%) Network Monitoring
13 56 (5.87%) Business Continuity
14 53 (5.56%) Project Delivery
14 53 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
15 51 (5.35%) Project Management
15 51 (5.35%) Service Delivery
16 50 (5.24%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 119 (12.47%) PowerShell
2 97 (10.17%) Python
3 78 (8.18%) SQL
4 17 (1.78%) C++
5 15 (1.57%) Bicep
6 14 (1.47%) Bash
7 11 (1.15%) VB
8 9 (0.94%) MATLAB
9 7 (0.73%) C
9 7 (0.73%) Perl
10 3 (0.31%) Java
10 3 (0.31%) R
11 2 (0.21%) Go
11 2 (0.21%) Progress 4GL
12 1 (0.10%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.10%) Scala
12 1 (0.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 181 (18.97%) Cisco Certification
2 144 (15.09%) Degree
3 121 (12.68%) CCNA
4 116 (12.16%) CCNP
5 114 (11.95%) Security Cleared
6 94 (9.85%) SC Cleared
7 86 (9.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 60 (6.29%) Azure Certification
9 35 (3.67%) MCP
10 32 (3.35%) A+ Certification
11 31 (3.25%) DBS Check
12 29 (3.04%) MCSE
13 28 (2.94%) MCSA
14 27 (2.83%) CCIE
14 27 (2.83%) JNCIA
15 19 (1.99%) AWS Certification
16 18 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
17 16 (1.68%) CCSA
17 16 (1.68%) DV Cleared
17 16 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (7.86%) SLA
2 36 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (1.47%) PMO
6 12 (1.26%) NIST
7 8 (0.84%) GDPR
8 7 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 7 (0.73%) QA
9 6 (0.63%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.21%) NCSC
12 1 (0.10%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.10%) GRC
12 1 (0.10%) GxP
12 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 301 (31.55%) Active Directory
2 159 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (10.69%) Hyper-V
4 26 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (2.31%) VMware NSX
6 20 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.78%) Firmware
8 14 (1.47%) XenApp
9 12 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.73%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.73%) vSphere
11 6 (0.63%) NFS
11 6 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.52%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.42%) Docker
14 3 (0.31%) XenDesktop
15 2 (0.21%) ProxySG
15 2 (0.21%) Terminal Server
16 1 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 133 (13.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 81 (8.49%) Ansible
3 70 (7.34%) Terraform
4 55 (5.77%) SCCM
5 34 (3.56%) FortiGate
6 27 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (2.52%) WSUS
8 19 (1.99%) Kubernetes
9 17 (1.78%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.26%) SCOM
11 11 (1.15%) NetBackup
11 11 (1.15%) QRadar
12 9 (0.94%) SmoothWall
13 8 (0.84%) CASB
14 6 (0.63%) Proxmox
15 5 (0.52%) Autotask
15 5 (0.52%) PaperCut
15 5 (0.52%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 4 (0.42%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 458 (48.01%) Microsoft
2 392 (41.09%) Cisco
3 213 (22.33%) VMware
4 115 (12.05%) Juniper
5 106 (11.11%) Meraki
6 96 (10.06%) Fortinet
7 80 (8.39%) CheckPoint
8 77 (8.07%) Palo Alto
9 64 (6.71%) SolarWinds
10 53 (5.56%) Aruba
11 48 (5.03%) Citrix
12 42 (4.40%) Apple
13 37 (3.88%) F5
14 33 (3.46%) Google
15 29 (3.04%) HP
16 28 (2.94%) Dell
17 23 (2.41%) SonicWALL
18 22 (2.31%) ServiceNow
19 20 (2.10%) Blue Coat
20 19 (1.99%) Veeam