WAN Job Trends in Exeter

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 25 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -1
Permanent jobs citing WAN 4 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 1.78% 2.42% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.43% 22.22% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £36,299 - £27,188
25th Percentile £37,071 £27,598 £28,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,629 £33,125
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -4.52% -13.37%
75th Percentile £42,500 £35,625 £38,594
90th Percentile - - £40,563
Devon median annual salary £36,423 £62,507 £49,000
% change year-on-year -41.73% +27.57% +19.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 18 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 15.56% 10.91% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 23 7 4
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,859 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £27,598 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,423 £31,500 £37,125
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -15.15% -7.19%
75th Percentile £45,125 £35,625 £47,900
90th Percentile £48,500 £38,375 £58,745
Devon median annual salary £32,500 £45,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +1.11% +12.50%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Exeter

WAN
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DMZ
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) NGFW
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) BCP
1 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (75.00%) Dell
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet