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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 54 89
Rank change year-on-year -9 +35 +36
Permanent jobs citing WAN 23 67 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.71% 3.37% 2.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.27% 18.11% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 19 52 33
10th Percentile £41,000 £23,575 £23,000
25th Percentile £41,625 £28,688 £28,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £41,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.55% -2.35% -26.09%
75th Percentile £63,500 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,350 £66,250 £60,000
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -15.79%

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 248 370 417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.21% 18.58% 23.28%
Number of salaries quoted 90 295 147
10th Percentile £34,525 £24,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £41,280 £26,250 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £64,875 £57,500 £54,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,000 £62,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -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 21 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 21 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 11 £62,000 +150.51% 14
Stevenage +19 4 £41,000 -41.43% 2
Borehamwood +7 2 £43,250 +8.13% 4
Hitchin - 1 £45,000 - 2
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 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Azure
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
3 3 (13.04%) AWS
4 2 (8.70%) Mimecast
4 2 (8.70%) SaaS
5 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) Firewall
2 15 (65.22%) LAN
3 14 (60.87%) VPN
4 12 (52.17%) TCP/IP
5 10 (43.48%) FTP
5 10 (43.48%) HTTP
5 10 (43.48%) SMTP
6 8 (34.78%) Internet
7 7 (30.43%) Network Security
7 7 (30.43%) VLAN
8 6 (26.09%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (21.74%) BGP
9 5 (21.74%) DNS
9 5 (21.74%) OSPF
10 4 (17.39%) EIGRP
10 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
10 4 (17.39%) Spanning Tree
10 4 (17.39%) Unified Communications
10 4 (17.39%) VoIP
10 4 (17.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Local Government
3 3 (13.04%) Aerospace
4 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Lead
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
2 4 (17.39%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Project Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 2 (8.70%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Team Leader
4 2 (8.70%) Telephony Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (39.13%) LDAP
2 1 (4.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) Client/Server
1 10 (43.48%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (8.70%) MISP
3 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) VMS
3 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 10 (43.48%) Security Operations
1 10 (43.48%) SIEM
2 9 (39.13%) Malware Analysis
2 9 (39.13%) Reverse Engineering
3 8 (34.78%) People Management
3 8 (34.78%) Use Case
4 7 (30.43%) Blue Team
4 7 (30.43%) ITIL
4 7 (30.43%) Line Management
5 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (13.04%) Coaching
8 3 (13.04%) ITSM
8 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
8 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
8 3 (13.04%) Technology Roadmap
9 2 (8.70%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Bash
1 7 (30.43%) PowerShell
1 7 (30.43%) Python
2 6 (26.09%) C++
2 6 (26.09%) Perl
3 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) DV Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) Degree
4 4 (17.39%) 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 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) pfSense
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) QRadar
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (8.70%) cPanel
3 2 (8.70%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.35%) Autotask
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (43.48%) Splunk
3 7 (30.43%) Cisco
4 4 (17.39%) Fortinet
4 4 (17.39%) HP
4 4 (17.39%) SolarWinds
5 2 (8.70%) Draytek
5 2 (8.70%) Mitel
5 2 (8.70%) Red Box
6 1 (4.35%) Arista
6 1 (4.35%) Juniper
6 1 (4.35%) Riverbed
6 1 (4.35%) WatchGuard