WAN Job Trends in London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 184 112
Rank change year-on-year +3 -72 +137
Permanent jobs citing WAN 234 280 486
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.71% 1.77% 2.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.69% 13.88% 21.86%
Number of salaries quoted 150 205 317
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,050 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,375 £97,500 £96,250
England median annual salary £49,739 £54,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +10.20% +3.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,709 2,018 2,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.46% 12.78% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 911 1,133 1,754
10th Percentile £28,697 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

WAN job vacancy trend in London

WAN
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for WAN in London

WAN
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Central London +23 41 £71,250 +5.56% 21
East London +6 20 £34,000 -9.33% 2
West London +1 13 £95,000 +93.88% 9
South London +26 2 £47,500 -2.56% 1
North London +9 1 £72,500 +93.33% 1
WAN
England

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 45 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (8.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.71%) nginx
4 2 (0.85%) Apache
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.56%) Exchequer
2 2 (0.85%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 133 (56.84%) Azure
2 71 (30.34%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (27.78%) AWS
4 48 (20.51%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.84%) SaaS
6 15 (6.41%) OneDrive
7 14 (5.98%) GitHub
8 11 (4.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (4.70%) Azure Monitor
9 10 (4.27%) GCP
10 9 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (3.85%) Nutanix
11 8 (3.42%) AWS Direct Connect
11 8 (3.42%) Azure Key Vault
11 8 (3.42%) Datadog
11 8 (3.42%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.99%) IaaS
12 7 (2.99%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 167 (71.37%) LAN
2 117 (50.00%) Firewall
3 86 (36.75%) VPN
4 80 (34.19%) SD-WAN
5 77 (32.91%) Wi-Fi
6 63 (26.92%) TCP/IP
7 53 (22.65%) Wireless
8 51 (21.79%) DNS
9 49 (20.94%) DHCP
10 39 (16.67%) Network Security
11 34 (14.53%) BGP
12 32 (13.68%) OSPF
12 32 (13.68%) VoIP
13 24 (10.26%) Cisco ASA
14 22 (9.40%) WLAN
15 17 (7.26%) VLAN
16 16 (6.84%) Wireshark
17 15 (6.41%) Cisco Firepower
17 15 (6.41%) EIGRP
18 14 (5.98%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.99%) MySQL
2 4 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.71%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.85%) Metadata
3 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (3.42%) Git
2 4 (1.71%) GitLab
2 4 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.28%) JIRA
3 3 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.85%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.85%) Jaeger
4 2 (0.85%) MLflow
General
1 86 (36.75%) Social Skills
2 81 (34.62%) Finance
3 22 (9.40%) Legal
4 18 (7.69%) Retail
5 17 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.98%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.70%) Banking
7 11 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.70%) Law
8 9 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.42%) Marketing
10 5 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.71%) Wholesale Banking
12 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.85%) Advertising
13 2 (0.85%) Back Office
13 2 (0.85%) Electronics
13 2 (0.85%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 70 (29.91%) Network Engineer
2 54 (23.08%) Senior
3 26 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (10.26%) Analyst
5 23 (9.83%) Cisco Engineer
5 23 (9.83%) Support Engineer
6 22 (9.40%) Senior Network Engineer
6 22 (9.40%) Support Analyst
7 18 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
8 17 (7.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 17 (7.26%) IT Engineer
9 16 (6.84%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (6.84%) IT Support
9 16 (6.84%) Network Support
10 15 (6.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 15 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (6.41%) Operations Engineer
11 13 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) WAN Engineer
13 11 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.99%) ADO
1 7 (2.99%) OAuth
1 7 (2.99%) SAML
1 7 (2.99%) YAML
2 6 (2.56%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.28%) EDI
4 2 (0.85%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.85%) Kafka
4 2 (0.85%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.85%) LDAP
4 2 (0.85%) WebRTC
5 1 (0.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 53 (22.65%) Data Centre
2 19 (8.12%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.41%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (5.98%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (4.70%) Hedge funds
7 10 (4.27%) CCTV
7 10 (4.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (2.56%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.14%) IoT
9 5 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.14%) Social Media
9 5 (2.14%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.71%) iPad
10 4 (1.71%) iPhone
10 4 (1.71%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.71%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 88 (37.61%) Windows
2 43 (18.38%) Windows Server
3 27 (11.54%) Windows 10
4 23 (9.83%) Linux
5 19 (8.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (6.84%) Mac OS
7 15 (6.41%) Apple iOS
8 13 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (4.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (2.99%) VMS
12 6 (2.56%) Android
13 4 (1.71%) Unix
14 2 (0.85%) CentOS
14 2 (0.85%) OpenWrt
14 2 (0.85%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (16.24%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (16.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 37 (15.81%) Zero Trust
4 36 (15.38%) DevOps
5 34 (14.53%) Customer Service
6 33 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (12.82%) ITIL
8 29 (12.39%) Change Management
8 29 (12.39%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (11.97%) Network Monitoring
10 27 (11.54%) Computer Science
10 27 (11.54%) High Availability
10 27 (11.54%) Roadmaps
11 25 (10.68%) CI/CD
11 25 (10.68%) Load Balancing
12 24 (10.26%) Service Delivery
13 23 (9.83%) Incident Response
14 22 (9.40%) Identity Access Management
15 20 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 42 (17.95%) Python
2 34 (14.53%) PowerShell
3 24 (10.26%) SQL
4 7 (2.99%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (2.14%) Bash
6 4 (1.71%) Java
7 3 (1.28%) Perl
8 2 (0.85%) C
8 2 (0.85%) C++
9 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 53 (22.65%) Degree
2 44 (18.80%) Cisco Certification
3 40 (17.09%) CCNP
4 27 (11.54%) CCIE
5 21 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.41%) Azure Certification
6 15 (6.41%) CCNA
7 11 (4.70%) AWS Certification
8 10 (4.27%) CCSA
8 10 (4.27%) CCSE
8 10 (4.27%) CISM
8 10 (4.27%) CISSP
9 9 (3.85%) CISA
10 8 (3.42%) Security Cleared
11 7 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.99%) SC Cleared
12 5 (2.14%) MCP
12 5 (2.14%) MCTS
13 4 (1.71%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (9.83%) GDPR
3 16 (6.84%) NIST
4 13 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (5.13%) PCI DSS
6 10 (4.27%) SLA
7 8 (3.42%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.56%) PMO
9 2 (0.85%) Basel III
9 2 (0.85%) MiFID
9 2 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 79 (33.76%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (8.12%) Hyper-V
3 19 (8.12%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (4.70%) vSphere
5 10 (4.27%) Docker
6 9 (3.85%) BitLocker
7 8 (3.42%) Firmware
7 8 (3.42%) NFS
8 4 (1.71%) ProxySG
8 4 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.71%) XenApp
8 4 (1.71%) XenDesktop
9 3 (1.28%) KVM
10 2 (0.85%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.43%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 41 (17.52%) Ansible
2 37 (15.81%) Terraform
3 34 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (11.11%) SCCM
5 24 (10.26%) Kubernetes
6 18 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (7.69%) FortiGate
7 16 (6.84%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (5.98%) CASB
9 7 (2.99%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (2.56%) PaperCut
11 5 (2.14%) Autotask
12 4 (1.71%) Grafana
12 4 (1.71%) Nagios
13 3 (1.28%) Prometheus
14 2 (0.85%) Argo
14 2 (0.85%) Nessus
14 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 2 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 107 (45.73%) Cisco
2 97 (41.45%) Microsoft
3 44 (18.80%) Palo Alto
4 39 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 39 (16.67%) Meraki
5 37 (15.81%) VMware
6 36 (15.38%) CheckPoint
7 33 (14.10%) SolarWinds
8 13 (5.56%) Citrix
8 13 (5.56%) F5
9 12 (5.13%) Zscaler
10 11 (4.70%) Apple
10 11 (4.70%) Aruba
10 11 (4.70%) Bloomberg
10 11 (4.70%) Red Hat
10 11 (4.70%) Reuters
11 9 (3.85%) HP
11 9 (3.85%) Ruckus Wireless
12 8 (3.42%) Dell
12 8 (3.42%) Juniper