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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 137 203
Rank change year-on-year -55 +66 +152
Permanent jobs citing WAN 231 555 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.81% 2.31% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.21% 17.07% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 181 396 457
10th Percentile £31,500 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,150
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.26% -8.08%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £91,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% -7.00%

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 1,892 3,252 3,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.80% 13.53% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,985 2,641
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -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 31 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 31 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 -15 39 £65,000 +20.93% 23
West London +11 8 £61,250 +37.29% 5
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 30 (12.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (10.39%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.87%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.43%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.43%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 123 (53.25%) Azure
2 61 (26.41%) AWS
3 50 (21.65%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (9.96%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.63%) AWS Direct Connect
6 10 (4.33%) IaaS
7 9 (3.90%) GCP
7 9 (3.90%) GitHub
8 8 (3.46%) Mimecast
8 8 (3.46%) PaaS
9 7 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (2.16%) SaaS
12 4 (1.73%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.73%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (0.87%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 170 (73.59%) LAN
2 107 (46.32%) Firewall
3 89 (38.53%) VPN
4 72 (31.17%) SD-WAN
5 66 (28.57%) TCP/IP
6 58 (25.11%) BGP
7 55 (23.81%) DNS
8 51 (22.08%) MPLS
9 49 (21.21%) OSPF
10 44 (19.05%) Wireless
11 42 (18.18%) DHCP
12 37 (16.02%) Wi-Fi
13 31 (13.42%) WLAN
14 29 (12.55%) Network Security
15 26 (11.26%) IPsec
16 23 (9.96%) Cisco ISE
17 18 (7.79%) NX-OS
17 18 (7.79%) VoIP
18 15 (6.49%) Cisco Firepower
18 15 (6.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.43%) MySQL
2 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.33%) Git
2 4 (1.73%) GitLab
2 4 (1.73%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.73%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 59 (25.54%) Finance
3 27 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (11.69%) Banking
4 13 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.90%) Retail
5 9 (3.90%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.46%) Legal
7 7 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.73%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (1.73%) Local Government
9 4 (1.73%) Police
9 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.87%) Law
10 2 (0.87%) Marketing
11 1 (0.43%) German Language
11 1 (0.43%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 57 (24.68%) Network Engineer
2 30 (12.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (11.26%) Lead
4 22 (9.52%) Senior
5 21 (9.09%) Analyst
6 17 (7.36%) Cisco Engineer
6 17 (7.36%) NOC Engineer
7 16 (6.93%) IT Support
8 15 (6.49%) Support Engineer
9 14 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (6.06%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 13 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 13 (5.63%) Consultant
11 11 (4.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 11 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (4.76%) Junior
11 11 (4.76%) Support Analyst
11 11 (4.76%) Wintel Engineer
12 10 (4.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.63%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.73%) EDI
2 4 (1.73%) YAML
3 3 (1.30%) JSON
4 2 (0.87%) Jinja
5 1 (0.43%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.93%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.90%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.46%) IoT
5 8 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.16%) CCTV
7 5 (2.16%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (2.16%) NHS
7 5 (2.16%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.16%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.16%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.73%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.30%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.30%) PKI
10 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.87%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 88 (38.10%) Windows
2 52 (22.51%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.82%) Linux
4 22 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (6.93%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.46%) Android
8 6 (2.60%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.16%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.87%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.97%) ITIL
2 48 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (14.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (12.12%) Incident Management
5 26 (11.26%) Change Management
5 26 (11.26%) Root Cause Analysis
6 25 (10.82%) Artificial Intelligence
6 25 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (10.39%) Network Monitoring
8 23 (9.96%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (9.09%) Cost Optimisation
10 20 (8.66%) Cloud Security
10 20 (8.66%) Patch Management
10 20 (8.66%) Process Improvement
11 19 (8.23%) Cybersecurity
11 19 (8.23%) High Availability
12 18 (7.79%) Mentoring
12 18 (7.79%) Network Management
13 17 (7.36%) Customer Service
13 17 (7.36%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 41 (17.75%) PowerShell
2 21 (9.09%) Python
3 7 (3.03%) SQL
4 3 (1.30%) Bash
5 2 (0.87%) Go
6 1 (0.43%) Bicep
6 1 (0.43%) Java
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 65 (28.14%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (17.32%) CCNA
3 37 (16.02%) CCNP
4 32 (13.85%) Degree
5 28 (12.12%) Azure Certification
5 28 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (6.49%) CCIE
7 12 (5.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (4.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (3.90%) MCSE
10 6 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.16%) CCSA
11 5 (2.16%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (2.16%) Security Cleared
12 4 (1.73%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.73%) CIPD
12 4 (1.73%) JNCIA
13 3 (1.30%) CCSE
13 3 (1.30%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (17.32%) SLA
2 13 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.16%) NIST
4 4 (1.73%) GDPR
5 3 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.87%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) COBIT
7 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 79 (34.20%) Active Directory
2 36 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (9.96%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.46%) Firmware
5 6 (2.60%) vSphere
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.16%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (2.16%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.30%) NFS
9 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.87%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.87%) XenApp
9 2 (0.87%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (16.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (10.39%) Terraform
3 22 (9.52%) SCCM
4 18 (7.79%) Ansible
5 11 (4.76%) NetBackup
5 11 (4.76%) SCOM
6 9 (3.90%) FortiGate
7 7 (3.03%) Kubernetes
8 6 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (2.16%) PaperCut
10 4 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.73%) WSUS
11 2 (0.87%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.87%) Grafana
11 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.87%) ZENworks
12 1 (0.43%) CASB
12 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 108 (46.75%) Cisco
2 105 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 42 (18.18%) VMware
4 37 (16.02%) Meraki
5 30 (12.99%) SolarWinds
6 29 (12.55%) Fortinet
7 27 (11.69%) CheckPoint
8 26 (11.26%) Palo Alto
9 25 (10.82%) Juniper
10 21 (9.09%) ServiceNow
11 17 (7.36%) Citrix
12 16 (6.93%) F5
13 13 (5.63%) Dell
13 13 (5.63%) Dynatrace
13 13 (5.63%) Veeam
14 11 (4.76%) Arista
15 10 (4.33%) Google
15 10 (4.33%) Infoblox
16 8 (3.46%) HP
16 8 (3.46%) Sophos