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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 55 124
Rank change year-on-year -12 +69 +2
Permanent jobs citing WAN 13 83 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.66% 3.45% 2.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.13% 24.78% 20.35%
Number of salaries quoted 12 67 33
10th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £33,605
25th Percentile £30,688 £52,500 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £59,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +32.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £78,750 -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,250 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.44% +2.73% +29.41%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 99 335 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 12.66% 13.91% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 81 226 133
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +18.92% -7.50%
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,725 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £79,375 £77,542
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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

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

Salary trend for WAN in Leeds

WAN
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Leeds over the 6 months to 2 June 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) OneDrive
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure AI
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (7.69%) IaaS
4 1 (7.69%) PaaS
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) LAN
2 4 (30.77%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) Firewall
3 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (7.69%) DNS
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security
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 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support
2 3 (23.08%) Lead Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) IT Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Support Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Support Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
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%) Strategic Planning
2 7 (53.85%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Analytics
5 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) B2B
5 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (7.69%) Service Management
5 1 (7.69%) TOGAF
5 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%) CCNP
1 1 (7.69%) CCSA
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) Ansible
1 7 (53.85%) Terraform
2 3 (23.08%) Backup Exec
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (23.08%) SCCM
3 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Cisco
1 8 (61.54%) Fortinet
1 8 (61.54%) Palo Alto
2 7 (53.85%) Aruba
2 7 (53.85%) Mellanox
2 7 (53.85%) NVIDIA
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Veritas
5 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.69%) Databricks
5 1 (7.69%) Meraki