WAN Jobs in Kent

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 37 63
Rank change year-on-year -24 +26 -42
Permanent jobs citing WAN 39 72 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 2.64% 6.27% 4.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.40% 20.40% 22.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39 68 52
10th Percentile - £32,000 £23,600
25th Percentile £21,250 £32,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +26.56% -9.86%
75th Percentile £50,250 £62,500 £43,563
90th Percentile £58,500 £69,875 £48,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 201 353 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 13.60% 30.72% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 162 182 180
10th Percentile £21,250 £27,075 £27,375
25th Percentile £27,125 £31,625 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% +5.88% -1.92%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,750
South East median annual salary £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Kent

WAN
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for WAN in Kent

WAN
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Kent over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Kent

WAN
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Maidstone +5 16 £22,500 -51.61% 4
Gravesend - 12 £55,000 - 2
Sevenoaks - 1 £55,000 -
Tonbridge - 1 £28,000 -
West Malling - 1 £31,000 -
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 8 (20.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (25.64%) Azure
3 9 (23.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.13%) Google Workspace
4 2 (5.13%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 27 (69.23%) LAN
2 24 (61.54%) VLAN
3 22 (56.41%) Firewall
4 18 (46.15%) Wireless
5 16 (41.03%) ADSL
5 16 (41.03%) Broadband
6 12 (30.77%) 4G
6 12 (30.77%) 5G
6 12 (30.77%) MPLS
7 10 (25.64%) VPN
8 7 (17.95%) DHCP
8 7 (17.95%) DNS
8 7 (17.95%) FTP
9 6 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
11 1 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) Amazon RDS
General
1 28 (71.79%) Telecoms
2 27 (69.23%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Support Engineer
2 16 (41.03%) Network Support
3 11 (28.21%) Network Engineer
3 11 (28.21%) Network Support Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Help Desk Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Help Desk Support
4 9 (23.08%) Help Desk Support Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (20.51%) Analyst
5 8 (20.51%) Support Analyst
6 7 (17.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 7 (17.95%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (17.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (17.95%) Network Analyst
6 7 (17.95%) Network Support Analyst
7 6 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (15.38%) Senior
8 5 (12.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 5 (12.82%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 5 (12.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Driving Licence
1 12 (30.77%) IoT
2 9 (23.08%) ARM Cortex
2 9 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 7 (17.95%) Client/Server
3 7 (17.95%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) CMDB
5 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 27 (69.23%) Windows
2 18 (46.15%) Windows 10
3 9 (23.08%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.69%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.56%) Android
5 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.56%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (53.85%) Customer Service
2 16 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (30.77%) Data Management
4 9 (23.08%) Project Management
5 6 (15.38%) Change Control
5 6 (15.38%) ITIL
6 5 (12.82%) Patch Management
6 5 (12.82%) Time Management
7 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (2.56%) Antivirus Management
8 1 (2.56%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.56%) Change Management
8 1 (2.56%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.56%) Customer Experience
8 1 (2.56%) Email Management
8 1 (2.56%) ITSM
8 1 (2.56%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (2.56%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Bash
1 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) CCNA
1 16 (41.03%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (41.03%) MCITP
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (41.03%) Network+ Certification
2 9 (23.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (23.08%) CTC Cleared
2 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (23.08%) COSHH
2 9 (23.08%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (53.85%) Hyper-V
2 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (30.77%) FortiGate
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 36 (92.31%) Cisco
2 21 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 12 (30.77%) Darktrace
3 12 (30.77%) HP
3 12 (30.77%) NEC
4 9 (23.08%) Meraki
4 9 (23.08%) Mitel
4 9 (23.08%) Ribbon
5 3 (7.69%) Apple
6 2 (5.13%) Google
6 2 (5.13%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.56%) Salesforce