WAN Jobs in Gloucestershire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 5 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 93 82
Rank change year-on-year +35 -11 +35
Permanent jobs citing WAN 10 43 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.82% 2.36% 2.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.39% 13.69% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 38 17
10th Percentile £38,300 £30,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £49,063 £32,875 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,500 £43,750
90th Percentile - £56,250 £48,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 61 314 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 11.09% 17.25% 21.89%
Number of salaries quoted 26 232 83
10th Percentile £28,125 £27,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,563 £31,594 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +14.12% -16.67%
75th Percentile £58,438 £56,250 £60,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,750
South West median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% -6.25%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Gloucestershire

WAN
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Gloucestershire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Gloucestershire

WAN
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Cirencester +8 5 £55,000 +92.98%
Cheltenham +36 2 £29,000 -35.56% 9
Filton - 1 - - 2
WAN
South West

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) MPLS
1 7 (70.00%) VPN
1 7 (70.00%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (50.00%) ADSL
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) LAN
2 5 (50.00%) LoRaWAN
2 5 (50.00%) Modbus
3 2 (20.00%) BGP
3 2 (20.00%) OSPF
3 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (10.00%) DHCP
4 1 (10.00%) DNS
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security
4 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (10.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (10.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Presales Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Presales Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Design Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Handset
2 1 (10.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (50.00%) Network Design
1 5 (50.00%) Presales
1 5 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 5 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) IT Audit
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Network Management
3 1 (10.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) CCNP
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (60.00%) CCNA
3 5 (50.00%) CCDA
3 5 (50.00%) CCDP
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) CCIE
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Ansible
2 5 (50.00%) CASB
2 5 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Fortinet
2 7 (70.00%) Palo Alto
3 6 (60.00%) Meraki
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (50.00%) Aerohive Networks
4 5 (50.00%) Ekahau
4 5 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
4 5 (50.00%) Juniper
4 5 (50.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) F5
6 1 (10.00%) Cognizant
6 1 (10.00%) VMware