WAN Jobs in the Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 83 137
Rank change year-on-year -5 +54 -34
Permanent jobs citing WAN 214 336 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.03% 2.82% 2.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.75% 21.46% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 155 280 156
10th Percentile £28,350 £25,195 £26,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +1.82% -13.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £65,125 £64,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,637
% change year-on-year +5.26% +4.08% -8.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 901 1,566 1,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.75% 13.15% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 479 1,283 722
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -1.73% -3.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,650 £66,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
West Midlands 0 182 £48,750 +16.07% 44
East Midlands +17 32 £54,000 +20.00% 29
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 23 (10.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (6.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (2.80%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 127 (59.35%) Azure
2 82 (38.32%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (10.28%) AWS
4 19 (8.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 15 (7.01%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.74%) IaaS
7 6 (2.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 6 (2.80%) PaaS
8 4 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.87%) Azure AI
8 4 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.87%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.87%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.87%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.87%) Route 53
8 4 (1.87%) SaaS
9 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 139 (64.95%) LAN
2 85 (39.72%) Firewall
3 58 (27.10%) SD-WAN
4 38 (17.76%) VPN
5 34 (15.89%) VoIP
6 31 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
7 26 (12.15%) VLAN
8 23 (10.75%) Network Security
9 22 (10.28%) DNS
10 20 (9.35%) DHCP
11 18 (8.41%) MPLS
12 17 (7.94%) BGP
13 14 (6.54%) IPsec
13 14 (6.54%) TCP/IP
14 13 (6.07%) Junos
15 12 (5.61%) Cisco IOS
16 11 (5.14%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (5.14%) Wireless
17 4 (1.87%) HTTPS
17 4 (1.87%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.87%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.87%) MySQL
2 4 (1.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Git
General
1 74 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (15.42%) Retail
3 15 (7.01%) Finance
4 12 (5.61%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.67%) Tech for Good
7 7 (3.27%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.93%) Advertising
8 2 (0.93%) Law
8 2 (0.93%) Legal
8 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.93%) Police
9 1 (0.47%) Electronics
9 1 (0.47%) Local Government
9 1 (0.47%) Marketing
9 1 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (23.83%) IT Support
2 48 (22.43%) Support Engineer
3 46 (21.50%) Architect
4 42 (19.63%) Network Architect
5 30 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (14.02%) IT Support Specialist
5 30 (14.02%) Support Specialist
6 27 (12.62%) Network Engineer
7 20 (9.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 20 (9.35%) Senior
8 19 (8.88%) 3rd Line Support
8 19 (8.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 17 (7.94%) 2nd Line Support
10 14 (6.54%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (6.54%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 13 (6.07%) Infrastructure Manager
12 12 (5.61%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 12 (5.61%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (4.67%) Healthcare Manager
13 10 (4.67%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.02%) CCTV
2 23 (10.75%) Driving Licence
3 15 (7.01%) Onboarding
4 14 (6.54%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.87%) NHS
6 3 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
6 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.40%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.93%) Clustering
8 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.47%) PKI
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 111 (51.87%) Windows
2 54 (25.23%) Windows Server
3 39 (18.22%) Windows 10
4 23 (10.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (7.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (3.27%) Apple iOS
6 7 (3.27%) Linux
7 6 (2.80%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.47%) Android
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (18.22%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (13.08%) Network Management
5 27 (12.62%) Network Design
6 21 (9.81%) Data Security
7 20 (9.35%) Infrastructure Management
8 19 (8.88%) Customer Service
9 18 (8.41%) Mentoring
9 18 (8.41%) Network Monitoring
10 17 (7.94%) ITIL
11 15 (7.01%) Migration
11 15 (7.01%) Technical Leadership
12 14 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (6.07%) Zero Trust
14 11 (5.14%) Programme Management
15 10 (4.67%) Service Management
15 10 (4.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 9 (4.21%) Disaster Recovery
16 9 (4.21%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 28 (13.08%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.01%) SQL
3 4 (1.87%) Bicep
4 3 (1.40%) C
5 1 (0.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 58 (27.10%) SC Cleared
3 44 (20.56%) Degree
4 32 (14.95%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (12.15%) CCNP
6 20 (9.35%) CCNA
7 18 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (6.54%) A+ Certification
8 14 (6.54%) JNCIS
8 14 (6.54%) MCP
8 14 (6.54%) MCSA
9 10 (4.67%) Azure Certification
10 9 (4.21%) CCIE
11 8 (3.74%) MCSE
12 6 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (2.34%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.87%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.87%) DBS Check
15 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.35%) SLA
2 6 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 4 (1.87%) QA
4 3 (1.40%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 87 (40.65%) Active Directory
2 30 (14.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.54%) XenApp
4 9 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.34%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.40%) Firmware
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.40%) SCCM
4 1 (0.47%) Autotask
4 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.47%) Nagios
4 1 (0.47%) SCOM
4 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.47%) VxRail
4 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 103 (48.13%) Cisco
2 87 (40.65%) Microsoft
3 49 (22.90%) Juniper
4 34 (15.89%) Meraki
5 31 (14.49%) VMware
6 19 (8.88%) CheckPoint
7 17 (7.94%) Fortinet
8 16 (7.48%) SolarWinds
9 14 (6.54%) Citrix
9 14 (6.54%) SonicWALL
10 13 (6.07%) Palo Alto
11 12 (5.61%) Aruba
12 10 (4.67%) HP
13 9 (4.21%) Dell
14 6 (2.80%) Apple
14 6 (2.80%) Avaya
14 6 (2.80%) McAfee
14 6 (2.80%) SAP
14 6 (2.80%) Zscaler
15 4 (1.87%) Databricks