WAN Jobs in Leeds

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 71 98
Rank change year-on-year -8 +27 +26
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing WAN 13 55 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.28% 2.72% 2.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.70% 21.91% 22.97%
Number of salaries quoted 12 40 34
10th Percentile - £41,250 £30,038
25th Percentile £30,000 £53,313 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £60,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% +64.38% -27.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £82,500 -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +14.29% +23.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 194 251 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 19.06% 12.41% 10.23%
Number of salaries quoted 99 152 123
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.52% +15.00% -1.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £82,548
West Yorkshire median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -25.00% -1.93% +1.97%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Leeds

WAN
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Leeds over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Leeds

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure AI
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) IaaS
1 1 (7.69%) PaaS
1 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (92.31%) LAN
2 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.69%) DNS
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
1 1 (7.69%) MySQL
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 7 (53.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Lead
2 5 (38.46%) Help Desk Technician
3 3 (23.08%) Lead Network Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Infrastructure as Code
1 8 (61.54%) Network Virtualisation
1 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
2 7 (53.85%) Business Strategy
2 7 (53.85%) Customer-Centricity
2 7 (53.85%) GTM Strategy
2 7 (53.85%) Strategic Planning
2 7 (53.85%) Strategic Roadmap
3 6 (46.15%) Service Management
4 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
4 5 (38.46%) ITSM
4 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (7.69%) B2B
6 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
6 1 (7.69%) TOGAF
6 1 (7.69%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Bicep
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Ansible
1 7 (53.85%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Aruba
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco
1 7 (53.85%) Fortinet
1 7 (53.85%) Mellanox
1 7 (53.85%) NVIDIA
1 7 (53.85%) Palo Alto
2 5 (38.46%) HP
2 5 (38.46%) JDA
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) RedPrairie
3 1 (7.69%) Databricks
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki