WAN Jobs in London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 128 219
Rank change year-on-year -79 +91 +125
Permanent jobs citing WAN 222 573 572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.72% 2.43% 1.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.20% 17.50% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 179 401 464
10th Percentile £33,200 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,075
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.40% -5.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £71,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £94,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,637
% change year-on-year +5.26% +4.08% -8.27%

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 1,819 3,275 3,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.10% 13.89% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 938 2,011 2,723
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,719 £42,500 £42,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in London

WAN
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for WAN in London

WAN
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 2025. 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 -8 42 £62,500 +13.64% 23
West London +25 7 £61,250 +37.29% 7
South London -9 5 £60,000 +55.84%
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 29 (13.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (7.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (11.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.90%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.25%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.45%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 123 (55.41%) Azure
2 60 (27.03%) AWS
3 51 (22.97%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (11.26%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.86%) AWS Direct Connect
6 12 (5.41%) GCP
7 11 (4.95%) IaaS
8 10 (4.50%) Mimecast
8 10 (4.50%) PaaS
9 7 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (3.15%) SaaS
10 5 (2.25%) GitHub
10 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.80%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.35%) Google Workspace
12 3 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (0.90%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 162 (72.97%) LAN
2 109 (49.10%) Firewall
3 91 (40.99%) VPN
4 72 (32.43%) SD-WAN
5 56 (25.23%) TCP/IP
6 52 (23.42%) DNS
7 51 (22.97%) BGP
8 50 (22.52%) Wireless
9 48 (21.62%) MPLS
10 46 (20.72%) OSPF
11 42 (18.92%) DHCP
12 36 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (15.32%) Network Security
14 30 (13.51%) WLAN
15 25 (11.26%) IPsec
16 24 (10.81%) Cisco ISE
17 18 (8.11%) VoIP
18 16 (7.21%) VLAN
19 14 (6.31%) VXLAN
20 13 (5.86%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.45%) MySQL
2 1 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.80%) Git
1 4 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.35%) GitLab
3 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
General
1 57 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.52%) Finance
3 26 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.81%) Banking
5 11 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.05%) Retail
7 8 (3.60%) Legal
8 5 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.25%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.25%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.35%) Local Government
10 3 (1.35%) Police
10 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.90%) Law
12 1 (0.45%) German Language
12 1 (0.45%) Korean Language
12 1 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (22.52%) Network Engineer
2 27 (12.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 24 (10.81%) Lead
3 24 (10.81%) Senior
4 20 (9.01%) Analyst
5 16 (7.21%) Consultant
5 16 (7.21%) NOC Engineer
6 15 (6.76%) IT Support
7 14 (6.31%) Cloud Engineer
8 13 (5.86%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (5.86%) Support Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Architect
9 12 (5.41%) Cisco Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.95%) Network Architect
10 11 (4.95%) Support Analyst
11 10 (4.50%) Junior
11 10 (4.50%) Network Consultant
11 10 (4.50%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.86%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.80%) EDI
2 4 (1.80%) JSON
3 3 (1.35%) YAML
4 1 (0.45%) Jinja
4 1 (0.45%) LDAP
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Identity Foundation
4 1 (0.45%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.92%) Data Centre
2 14 (6.31%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.60%) IoT
6 7 (3.15%) Public Cloud
6 7 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.25%) CCTV
7 5 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.25%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (2.25%) NHS
8 4 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.80%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.80%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.35%) PKI
9 3 (1.35%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.90%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 81 (36.49%) Windows
2 50 (22.52%) Windows Server
3 21 (9.46%) Windows Server 2019
4 20 (9.01%) Linux
5 19 (8.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (8.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (6.76%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.60%) Android
8 6 (2.70%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.25%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.90%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.90%) VMS
11 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.03%) ITIL
2 50 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (13.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (11.71%) Incident Management
4 26 (11.71%) Network Monitoring
5 25 (11.26%) Change Management
5 25 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (11.26%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (10.36%) Root Cause Analysis
7 22 (9.91%) Artificial Intelligence
7 22 (9.91%) High Availability
8 21 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (8.56%) Network Management
10 18 (8.11%) Cloud Security
10 18 (8.11%) Cost Optimisation
10 18 (8.11%) Mentoring
10 18 (8.11%) Process Improvement
10 18 (8.11%) Project Management
11 17 (7.66%) Incident Response
12 16 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.57%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.21%) Python
3 7 (3.15%) SQL
4 3 (1.35%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) Bicep
5 1 (0.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 69 (31.08%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (18.47%) CCNA
3 38 (17.12%) CCNP
4 30 (13.51%) Degree
5 27 (12.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (11.71%) Azure Certification
7 16 (7.21%) CCIE
8 10 (4.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (4.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (4.05%) MCSE
10 6 (2.70%) Security Cleared
11 5 (2.25%) CCSA
11 5 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.80%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.80%) CIPD
12 4 (1.80%) CISSP
12 4 (1.80%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.80%) SC Cleared
13 3 (1.35%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.67%) SLA
2 11 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.25%) NIST
4 4 (1.80%) GDPR
5 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.35%) QA
6 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.45%) COBIT
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 76 (34.23%) Active Directory
2 34 (15.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (9.46%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.15%) Firmware
5 5 (2.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.25%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.25%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.35%) vSphere
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.90%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.90%) XenApp
8 2 (0.90%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (17.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (9.46%) SCCM
3 20 (9.01%) Terraform
4 15 (6.76%) FortiGate
5 12 (5.41%) Ansible
6 10 (4.50%) NetBackup
6 10 (4.50%) SCOM
7 6 (2.70%) PaperCut
8 5 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.90%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.90%) WSUS
10 2 (0.90%) ZENworks
11 1 (0.45%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.45%) CASB
11 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.45%) Grafana
11 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 104 (46.85%) Microsoft
2 96 (43.24%) Cisco
3 41 (18.47%) VMware
4 38 (17.12%) Meraki
5 29 (13.06%) Fortinet
5 29 (13.06%) SolarWinds
6 27 (12.16%) CheckPoint
7 26 (11.71%) Palo Alto
8 25 (11.26%) Juniper
9 20 (9.01%) ServiceNow
10 16 (7.21%) Citrix
11 14 (6.31%) Dell
11 14 (6.31%) F5
11 14 (6.31%) Veeam
12 11 (4.95%) Dynatrace
13 10 (4.50%) Google
14 9 (4.05%) Arista
15 8 (3.60%) Infoblox
15 8 (3.60%) Sophos
16 7 (3.15%) HP