WAN Jobs in Leeds

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 124 122
Rank change year-on-year +65 -2 +5
Permanent jobs citing WAN 77 58 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 3.37% 1.98% 2.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.19% 20.79% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 61 34 65
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,658 £29,400
25th Percentile £48,750 £34,150 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% +5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £71,000 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,750 - £62,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.73% +29.41% +6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 332 279 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 14.51% 9.54% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 224 137 445
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,542 £70,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,250 £47,750
% change year-on-year +8.11% -3.14% +6.11%

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 19 May 2024.

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 7 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (35.06%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (32.47%) Azure
3 18 (23.38%) Entra ID
3 18 (23.38%) OneDrive
4 4 (5.19%) IaaS
5 3 (3.90%) PaaS
5 3 (3.90%) SaaS
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.30%) AWS
7 1 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 63 (81.82%) LAN
2 39 (50.65%) Firewall
3 28 (36.36%) SD-WAN
4 21 (27.27%) VPN
4 21 (27.27%) Wireless
5 19 (24.68%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (15.58%) Network Security
7 10 (12.99%) Cisco IOS
7 10 (12.99%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (11.69%) SAN
8 9 (11.69%) VLAN
9 6 (7.79%) WLAN
10 4 (5.19%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (2.60%) MPLS
11 2 (2.60%) NAS
11 2 (2.60%) SSL
11 2 (2.60%) Unified Communications
12 1 (1.30%) Broadband
12 1 (1.30%) Internet
12 1 (1.30%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 16 (20.78%) Law
2 9 (11.69%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (19.48%) Network Engineer
2 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (14.29%) Architect
3 11 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 9 (11.69%) IP Architect
4 9 (11.69%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (10.39%) Lead
6 7 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
6 7 (9.09%) IT Manager
7 6 (7.79%) Azure Specialist
8 4 (5.19%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Incident Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Network Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Network Services Manager
8 4 (5.19%) NOC Manager
9 3 (3.90%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) .NET
1 2 (2.60%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.79%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) PropTech
3 2 (2.60%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (45.45%) Windows
2 21 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.09%) Linux
3 7 (9.09%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (7.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (15.58%) Business Development
2 12 (15.58%) Patch Management
3 11 (14.29%) Migration
3 11 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.39%) High Availability
4 8 (10.39%) ITIL
4 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
5 7 (9.09%) ERP
5 7 (9.09%) Network Design
5 7 (9.09%) Server Management
5 7 (9.09%) Time Management
6 6 (7.79%) Budget Management
6 6 (7.79%) Project Management
6 6 (7.79%) Technology Roadmap
7 5 (6.49%) Service Delivery
8 4 (5.19%) Customer Experience
8 4 (5.19%) People Management
9 3 (3.90%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (3.90%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.69%) SQL
2 3 (3.90%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.90%) Python
3 2 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 19 (24.68%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (18.18%) CCNP
3 12 (15.58%) CCIE
4 11 (14.29%) CISSP
5 9 (11.69%) SC Cleared
5 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
6 6 (7.79%) CCNA
7 2 (2.60%) CCDP
7 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.30%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.30%) CCENT
8 1 (1.30%) CCSK
8 1 (1.30%) CCSP
8 1 (1.30%) CISM
8 1 (1.30%) MCSA
8 1 (1.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (33.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.69%) Hyper-V
3 8 (10.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (7.79%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.60%) Backup Exec
2 2 (2.60%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.60%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.30%) Ansible
3 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (36.36%) Cisco
2 17 (22.08%) Meraki
3 15 (19.48%) Microsoft
4 12 (15.58%) Palo Alto
5 10 (12.99%) VMware
6 9 (11.69%) Fortinet
6 9 (11.69%) Juniper
6 9 (11.69%) Veeam
7 7 (9.09%) Epicor
8 3 (3.90%) Aruba
8 3 (3.90%) Ekahau
8 3 (3.90%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (2.60%) NetApp
9 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.60%) SonicWALL
9 2 (2.60%) Veritas
10 1 (1.30%) Zscaler