WAN Jobs in Hertfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Hertfordshire

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 57 83
Rank change year-on-year -11 +26 +51
Permanent jobs citing WAN 23 67 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.75% 3.23% 2.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.20% 17.87% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 17 52 31
10th Percentile £40,000 £23,575 £28,800
25th Percentile £42,000 £28,688 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £41,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.55% -16.16% -13.91%
75th Percentile £63,500 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,600 £66,250 £60,000
East of England median annual salary £40,750 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -4.12% +3.66% -13.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 250 375 399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.94% 18.10% 23.32%
Number of salaries quoted 87 298 140
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,250 £22,950
25th Percentile £41,265 £26,250 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,625 £57,500 £55,188
90th Percentile £73,000 £69,875 £62,500
East of England median annual salary £44,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% - -15.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Hemel Hempstead +6 12 £62,000 +150.51% 8
Stevenage +22 3 £40,000 -42.86% 4
Borehamwood +5 2 £43,250 +8.13% 3
St Albans +8 1 £32,500 - 2
Watford -3 1 £55,000 +100.00% 1
Hitchin - 1 £45,000 - 4
WAN
East of England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
4 3 (13.04%) AWS
5 2 (8.70%) Mimecast
5 2 (8.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (4.35%) IaaS
6 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (73.91%) LAN
2 16 (69.57%) Firewall
2 16 (69.57%) VPN
3 14 (60.87%) TCP/IP
4 12 (52.17%) FTP
4 12 (52.17%) HTTP
4 12 (52.17%) SMTP
5 9 (39.13%) Internet
6 8 (34.78%) Network Security
7 4 (17.39%) BGP
7 4 (17.39%) OSPF
7 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
7 4 (17.39%) VLAN
8 3 (13.04%) DHCP
8 3 (13.04%) DNS
8 3 (13.04%) EIGRP
8 3 (13.04%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (13.04%) VoIP
8 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (13.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
3 3 (13.04%) Local Government
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Lead
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Project Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Network Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.35%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) LDAP
2 1 (4.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Client/Server
1 12 (52.17%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (13.04%) MISP
3 1 (4.35%) Clustering
3 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
1 4 (17.39%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 12 (52.17%) Security Operations
1 12 (52.17%) SIEM
2 10 (43.48%) Malware Analysis
2 10 (43.48%) Reverse Engineering
3 9 (39.13%) People Management
3 9 (39.13%) Use Case
4 8 (34.78%) Line Management
5 7 (30.43%) Blue Team
6 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) Coaching
7 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (17.39%) ITIL
7 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
8 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
8 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
8 3 (13.04%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
8 3 (13.04%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) PowerShell
2 7 (30.43%) Bash
2 7 (30.43%) Python
3 6 (26.09%) C++
3 6 (26.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) DV Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) Degree
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.35%) CREST Certified
5 1 (4.35%) GCIA
5 1 (4.35%) GCIH
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (43.48%) QRadar
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.70%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.35%) Autotask
4 1 (4.35%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 12 (52.17%) Splunk
3 4 (17.39%) Cisco
4 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
4 3 (13.04%) HP
4 3 (13.04%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.35%) Arista
5 1 (4.35%) Citrix
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper
5 1 (4.35%) Mitel
5 1 (4.35%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (4.35%) Red Box
5 1 (4.35%) Riverbed
5 1 (4.35%) WatchGuard