WAN Jobs in the Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 154 106
Rank change year-on-year +73 -48 +17
Permanent jobs citing WAN 361 199 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.10% 2.07% 3.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.73% 11.56% 19.58%
Number of salaries quoted 283 152 293
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,800 £28,100
25th Percentile £29,875 £31,813 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,275 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.65% -8.10% +15.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £59,750 £64,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,588 1,721 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.64% 17.88% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 728 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,283 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,375 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -0.29% -3.33%
75th Percentile £54,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,850
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the Midlands

WAN
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for WAN in the Midlands

WAN
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the Midlands

WAN
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +97 286 £41,750 -7.22% 51
East Midlands -10 71 £45,000 +18.42% 19
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 45 (12.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (8.86%) IIS
3 31 (8.59%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 41 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.55%) Shopify
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.28%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 122 (33.80%) Azure
2 88 (24.38%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (9.42%) AWS
4 22 (6.09%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (3.32%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (1.94%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.39%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.39%) Nutanix
10 3 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.83%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.55%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.55%) SaaS
12 1 (0.28%) GCP
12 1 (0.28%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 237 (65.65%) LAN
2 117 (32.41%) Firewall
3 110 (30.47%) SD-WAN
4 79 (21.88%) MPLS
5 75 (20.78%) TCP/IP
6 71 (19.67%) DNS
7 67 (18.56%) DHCP
8 62 (17.17%) WLAN
9 55 (15.24%) BGP
10 54 (14.96%) VLAN
11 50 (13.85%) Wireless
12 43 (11.91%) OSPF
13 36 (9.97%) VPN
14 34 (9.42%) Wi-Fi
15 31 (8.59%) SAN
16 26 (7.20%) VoIP
17 25 (6.93%) IPsec
18 17 (4.71%) Network Security
19 14 (3.88%) Intrusion Detection
20 11 (3.05%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (16.34%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.60%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.55%) MySQL
3 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.55%) Power BI
4 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.39%) JIRA
2 4 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 98 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 28 (7.76%) Retail
3 26 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.93%) Finance
5 18 (4.99%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.05%) Law
8 8 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.11%) Police
12 3 (0.83%) Legal
13 2 (0.55%) Electronics
13 2 (0.55%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.55%) Local Government
13 2 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.28%) Automotive
14 1 (0.28%) Marketing
14 1 (0.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 63 (17.45%) Senior
2 53 (14.68%) Analyst
2 53 (14.68%) Network Engineer
3 41 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (9.97%) Support Engineer
5 34 (9.42%) Network Analyst
6 33 (9.14%) Architect
7 32 (8.86%) Network Operations Analyst
7 32 (8.86%) Operations Analyst
8 30 (8.31%) Systems Engineer
9 23 (6.37%) Developer
9 23 (6.37%) Software Developer
10 22 (6.09%) Administrator
11 20 (5.54%) IT Engineer
12 17 (4.71%) IT Support
12 17 (4.71%) Systems Administrator
13 16 (4.43%) WAN Engineer
14 15 (4.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 15 (4.16%) IT Technician
14 15 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.37%) AngularJS
1 23 (6.37%) CSS
1 23 (6.37%) Express.js
1 23 (6.37%) HTML
1 23 (6.37%) HTML5
1 23 (6.37%) Node.js
1 23 (6.37%) React
1 23 (6.37%) XML
2 19 (5.26%) REST
2 19 (5.26%) WebRTC
3 2 (0.55%) LDAP
3 2 (0.55%) SAML
3 2 (0.55%) ServiceStack
3 2 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.97%) Clustering
2 29 (8.03%) Data Centre
3 24 (6.65%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.99%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (3.05%) Wiki
7 10 (2.77%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.77%) PKI
8 8 (2.22%) IoT
9 7 (1.94%) FMCG
10 6 (1.66%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.55%) EPoS
13 2 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.55%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.55%) PropTech
13 2 (0.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 100 (27.70%) Windows
2 63 (17.45%) Windows Server
3 23 (6.37%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (3.05%) Windows 7
7 9 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.22%) VMS
9 7 (1.94%) Linux
10 4 (1.11%) Android
10 4 (1.11%) CentOS
10 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (1.11%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.83%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.55%) Unix
13 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (12.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 41 (11.36%) High Availability
4 40 (11.08%) Load Balancing
5 34 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (8.03%) Customer Service
8 25 (6.93%) ITIL
9 23 (6.37%) Full Stack Development
9 23 (6.37%) Web Development
10 22 (6.09%) Patch Management
11 20 (5.54%) Capacity Planning
11 20 (5.54%) Project Delivery
11 20 (5.54%) Time Management
12 18 (4.99%) Network Monitoring
13 17 (4.71%) CI/CD
13 17 (4.71%) Roadmaps
14 16 (4.43%) Change Management
14 16 (4.43%) CRM
15 15 (4.16%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (21.33%) SQL
2 37 (10.25%) PowerShell
3 36 (9.97%) Python
4 23 (6.37%) JavaScript
4 23 (6.37%) JSX
4 23 (6.37%) PHP
4 23 (6.37%) VB
5 13 (3.60%) Java
6 11 (3.05%) Perl
7 6 (1.66%) Bash
8 2 (0.55%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 82 (22.71%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (20.78%) Security Cleared
3 69 (19.11%) Degree
4 66 (18.28%) CCNA
5 65 (18.01%) CCNP
6 59 (16.34%) SC Cleared
7 40 (11.08%) CCIE
8 33 (9.14%) CCDP
9 15 (4.16%) Azure Certification
10 13 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.49%) DBS Check
13 8 (2.22%) MCSE
14 7 (1.94%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 5 (1.39%) JNCIA
16 4 (1.11%) MCSA
17 3 (0.83%) CCDA
17 3 (0.83%) CCSP
17 3 (0.83%) CISSP
17 3 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.94%) QA
2 6 (1.66%) SLA
3 5 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (1.39%) NIST
4 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.11%) GDPR
5 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 101 (27.98%) Active Directory
2 65 (18.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (10.25%) Hyper-V
4 22 (6.09%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.94%) Firmware
6 6 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (1.66%) vSphere
7 5 (1.39%) NFS
8 4 (1.11%) pfSense
8 4 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.11%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (5.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.49%) SCCM
3 6 (1.66%) Terraform
4 5 (1.39%) Autotask
4 5 (1.39%) CASB
4 5 (1.39%) Stealthwatch
5 4 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (1.11%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.11%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.83%) Ansible
6 3 (0.83%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.55%) Nagios
Vendors
1 168 (46.54%) Microsoft
2 102 (28.25%) Cisco
3 95 (26.32%) VMware
4 55 (15.24%) Juniper
5 27 (7.48%) Meraki
6 21 (5.82%) CheckPoint
7 20 (5.54%) Apple
8 18 (4.99%) Veeam
9 16 (4.43%) HP
10 14 (3.88%) Citrix
10 14 (3.88%) Fortinet
10 14 (3.88%) Sophos
11 12 (3.32%) Aruba
11 12 (3.32%) Palo Alto
11 12 (3.32%) SolarWinds
12 10 (2.77%) Adobe
12 10 (2.77%) Avaya
13 8 (2.22%) Dell
13 8 (2.22%) Ekahau
13 8 (2.22%) Zscaler