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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 145 130
Rank change year-on-year -50 -15 +107
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing WAN 912 1,399 1,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.71% 1.86% 2.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.41% 14.13% 15.07%
Number of salaries quoted 720 988 1,276
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,250 £30,654
25th Percentile £31,250 £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 £62,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,375 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -5.94%

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,847 9,904 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.36% 13.16% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,923 5,535 6,406
10th Percentile - £27,647 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £51,425
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -2.77% -2.05%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -37.00% -3.85% -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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in England over the 6 months to 20 August 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London 0 244 £65,000 +8.33% 152
South East +4 194 £40,000 -20.00% 108
Midlands +4 171 £35,000 -16.68% 50
West Midlands +20 142 £35,000 -16.68% 33
North of England -90 135 £35,000 -19.54% 64
South West +2 86 £47,500 +5.56% 21
North West -91 63 £37,500 -16.67% 27
East of England -74 62 £35,000 -27.84% 16
Yorkshire -27 59 £30,000 -45.45% 27
East Midlands +7 29 £50,989 +17.89% 17
North East +9 13 £35,000 -10.26% 10
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 (12.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (8.00%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.19%) IIS
4 14 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
5 7 (0.77%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 82 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.52%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.22%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.22%) Revit
4 2 (0.22%) Simulink
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (0.66%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.55%) Exchequer
2 5 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 423 (46.38%) Azure
2 268 (29.39%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (15.24%) AWS
4 119 (13.05%) Entra ID
5 37 (4.06%) IaaS
6 27 (2.96%) PaaS
6 27 (2.96%) SaaS
7 26 (2.85%) GCP
8 23 (2.52%) Power Platform
9 21 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 20 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (2.19%) OneDrive
11 17 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 16 (1.75%) Azure Key Vault
13 15 (1.64%) Azure AI
13 15 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (1.64%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.54%) AWS Direct Connect
14 14 (1.54%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 704 (77.19%) LAN
2 408 (44.74%) Firewall
3 303 (33.22%) VPN
4 240 (26.32%) SD-WAN
5 200 (21.93%) DNS
6 174 (19.08%) TCP/IP
7 154 (16.89%) Wi-Fi
8 149 (16.34%) DHCP
9 131 (14.36%) Network Security
10 110 (12.06%) VLAN
11 103 (11.29%) Wireless
12 96 (10.53%) BGP
13 86 (9.43%) VoIP
14 83 (9.10%) Internet
15 79 (8.66%) MPLS
16 74 (8.11%) OSPF
16 74 (8.11%) WLAN
17 43 (4.71%) IPsec
18 38 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
19 36 (3.95%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.19%) MySQL
3 15 (1.64%) Data Lake
3 15 (1.64%) Power BI
4 7 (0.77%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.22%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 30 (3.29%) Git
2 11 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
3 7 (0.77%) GitLab
4 6 (0.66%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.22%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.11%) JIRA
General
1 343 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 115 (12.61%) Finance
3 71 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (5.04%) Telecoms
6 37 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (3.84%) Manufacturing
8 33 (3.62%) Public Sector
9 26 (2.85%) Banking
10 25 (2.74%) Retail
11 22 (2.41%) Law
12 21 (2.30%) Legal
13 19 (2.08%) Advertising
13 19 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.86%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.54%) Automotive
16 13 (1.43%) Electronics
16 13 (1.43%) Marketing
17 12 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.99%) Police
Job Titles
1 168 (18.42%) Network Engineer
2 148 (16.23%) IT Support
3 137 (15.02%) Support Engineer
4 106 (11.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 97 (10.64%) Analyst
6 80 (8.77%) Senior
7 77 (8.44%) Architect
8 74 (8.11%) Support Analyst
9 71 (7.79%) Lead
10 65 (7.13%) 2nd Line Support
10 65 (7.13%) Technical Support
11 59 (6.47%) 3rd Line Support
12 52 (5.70%) IT Engineer
13 49 (5.37%) Network Architect
14 47 (5.15%) Infrastructure Support
15 37 (4.06%) Senior Network Engineer
16 36 (3.95%) Technical Engineer
16 36 (3.95%) Technical Support Engineer
17 32 (3.51%) Cisco Engineer
18 31 (3.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.74%) 802.1X
1 25 (2.74%) LDAP
2 16 (1.75%) JSON
3 7 (0.77%) EDI
4 5 (0.55%) .NET
4 5 (0.55%) YAML
5 3 (0.33%) Middleware
6 2 (0.22%) gRPC
6 2 (0.22%) Jinja
6 2 (0.22%) XMPP
7 1 (0.11%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 138 (15.13%) Data Centre
2 85 (9.32%) Driving Licence
3 36 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 30 (3.29%) Client/Server
5 29 (3.18%) Management Information System
6 28 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 26 (2.85%) Public Cloud
8 25 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (2.52%) Operational Technology
9 23 (2.52%) PKI
10 20 (2.19%) NHS
10 20 (2.19%) Social Media
11 19 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
12 17 (1.86%) Self-Driving Car
13 16 (1.75%) Replication
14 14 (1.54%) Clustering
15 13 (1.43%) CCTV
15 13 (1.43%) IoT
16 12 (1.32%) Digital Signage
16 12 (1.32%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 429 (47.04%) Windows
2 219 (24.01%) Windows Server
3 79 (8.66%) Linux
4 62 (6.80%) Windows 10
5 61 (6.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 52 (5.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 34 (3.73%) Mac OS
8 24 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 22 (2.41%) Apple iOS
10 18 (1.97%) Android
11 12 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.44%) AIX
12 4 (0.44%) Unix
13 3 (0.33%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.22%) VMS
15 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
2 192 (21.05%) ITIL
3 128 (14.04%) Customer Service
4 122 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 98 (10.75%) Cybersecurity
6 92 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (7.89%) Migration
8 68 (7.46%) Roadmaps
9 67 (7.35%) Mentoring
10 66 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
11 58 (6.36%) Agile
12 55 (6.03%) DevOps
13 54 (5.92%) Network Management
13 54 (5.92%) Project Management
14 50 (5.48%) Business Continuity
14 50 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
15 48 (5.26%) Network Design
16 47 (5.15%) High Availability
16 47 (5.15%) Network Monitoring
17 46 (5.04%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 112 (12.28%) PowerShell
2 97 (10.64%) Python
3 77 (8.44%) SQL
4 15 (1.64%) Bicep
4 15 (1.64%) C++
4 15 (1.64%) VB
5 14 (1.54%) Bash
6 9 (0.99%) MATLAB
7 6 (0.66%) C
7 6 (0.66%) Perl
8 3 (0.33%) Java
8 3 (0.33%) R
9 2 (0.22%) Go
9 2 (0.22%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.11%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.11%) Scala
10 1 (0.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 165 (18.09%) Cisco Certification
2 146 (16.01%) Degree
3 110 (12.06%) CCNA
4 105 (11.51%) CCNP
5 103 (11.29%) Security Cleared
6 86 (9.43%) SC Cleared
7 84 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (6.14%) Azure Certification
9 40 (4.39%) MCP
10 34 (3.73%) A+ Certification
11 33 (3.62%) DBS Check
12 28 (3.07%) CCIE
12 28 (3.07%) MCSE
13 27 (2.96%) MCSA
14 22 (2.41%) JNCIA
15 21 (2.30%) DV Cleared
16 19 (2.08%) AWS Certification
17 18 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
17 18 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
18 16 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.79%) SLA
2 36 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 14 (1.54%) PMO
6 13 (1.43%) NIST
7 10 (1.10%) GDPR
8 6 (0.66%) ISO 9000
8 6 (0.66%) QA
9 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.44%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.22%) GxP
11 2 (0.22%) NCSC
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 291 (31.91%) Active Directory
2 154 (16.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 89 (9.76%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 16 (1.75%) Firmware
7 13 (1.43%) XenApp
8 12 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.99%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.99%) vSphere
10 8 (0.88%) NFS
11 5 (0.55%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.44%) Docker
12 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.44%) ProxySG
12 4 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.44%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.22%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 123 (13.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 80 (8.77%) Ansible
3 69 (7.57%) Terraform
4 56 (6.14%) SCCM
5 31 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
6 28 (3.07%) FortiGate
7 24 (2.63%) WSUS
8 21 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
9 17 (1.86%) Kubernetes
10 13 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.10%) QRadar
11 10 (1.10%) SCOM
12 9 (0.99%) NetBackup
12 9 (0.99%) SmoothWall
13 8 (0.88%) CASB
14 7 (0.77%) Autotask
15 6 (0.66%) Endace
15 6 (0.66%) Proxmox
16 5 (0.55%) PaperCut
16 5 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 458 (50.22%) Microsoft
2 362 (39.69%) Cisco
3 202 (22.15%) VMware
4 111 (12.17%) Meraki
5 104 (11.40%) Juniper
6 82 (8.99%) Fortinet
7 68 (7.46%) CheckPoint
8 67 (7.35%) Palo Alto
9 62 (6.80%) SolarWinds
10 53 (5.81%) Aruba
11 43 (4.71%) Citrix
12 36 (3.95%) F5
13 35 (3.84%) Apple
14 31 (3.40%) HP
15 29 (3.18%) Dell
16 28 (3.07%) Google
17 20 (2.19%) SonicWALL
18 19 (2.08%) Blue Coat
18 19 (2.08%) Sophos
19 18 (1.97%) ServiceNow