WAN Jobs in the North of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 129 152
Rank change year-on-year +27 +23 -32
Permanent jobs citing WAN 431 474 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.50% 2.72% 2.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.02% 14.86% 14.84%
Number of salaries quoted 353 372 357
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,100 £26,550
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £56,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £65,313 £68,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,153 3,190 2,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.47% 18.30% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,285 1,725
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,675
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the North of England.

Salary trend for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North West +13 226 £42,500 -5.56% 53
Yorkshire +72 175 £52,500 +16.67% 19
North East -20 43 £39,000 -8.24% 5
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 37 (8.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (5.80%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.48%) IIS
Applications
1 47 (10.90%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Epicor Tropos
2 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 202 (46.87%) Azure
2 180 (41.76%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (16.47%) Entra ID
4 65 (15.08%) AWS
5 22 (5.10%) IaaS
5 22 (5.10%) OneDrive
6 21 (4.87%) GCP
7 18 (4.18%) PaaS
8 14 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.02%) SaaS
10 9 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.86%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.93%) GitHub
14 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.70%) Serverless
15 2 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 2 (0.46%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 341 (79.12%) LAN
2 170 (39.44%) Firewall
3 113 (26.22%) Wi-Fi
4 110 (25.52%) DHCP
5 109 (25.29%) VPN
6 107 (24.83%) SD-WAN
7 105 (24.36%) TCP/IP
8 90 (20.88%) DNS
9 83 (19.26%) Wireless
10 54 (12.53%) MPLS
10 54 (12.53%) OSPF
11 51 (11.83%) BGP
12 50 (11.60%) WLAN
13 46 (10.67%) Network Security
14 42 (9.74%) Internet
15 35 (8.12%) SAN
15 35 (8.12%) VoIP
16 32 (7.42%) Ethernet
17 31 (7.19%) VLAN
18 25 (5.80%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.93%) Power BI
3 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.46%) DB2
5 2 (0.46%) MySQL
6 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.93%) JIRA
1 4 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 95 (22.04%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.51%) Finance
3 25 (5.80%) Law
4 20 (4.64%) Retail
5 18 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.02%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.32%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.09%) French Language
8 9 (2.09%) Italian Language
8 9 (2.09%) Spanish Language
8 9 (2.09%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.39%) German Language
10 6 (1.39%) Portuguese Language
10 6 (1.39%) Swedish Language
10 6 (1.39%) Turkish Language
11 4 (0.93%) Agriculture
11 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 88 (20.42%) Network Engineer
2 58 (13.46%) Architect
3 52 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (11.37%) Analyst
4 49 (11.37%) Lead
5 45 (10.44%) Senior
6 35 (8.12%) Security Architect
7 31 (7.19%) IT Manager
8 28 (6.50%) IT Support
9 26 (6.03%) IT Engineer
10 24 (5.57%) Infrastructure Manager
10 24 (5.57%) Support Engineer
11 22 (5.10%) IT Analyst
12 21 (4.87%) Senior Architect
13 20 (4.64%) IP Engineer
13 20 (4.64%) IP Network Engineer
13 20 (4.64%) Lead Architect
13 20 (4.64%) Lead Security Architect
14 17 (3.94%) Support Analyst
15 16 (3.71%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.93%) Akka
2 2 (0.46%) .NET
2 2 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (0.46%) Middleware
2 2 (0.46%) Web Services
3 1 (0.23%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.23%) JSON
3 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.90%) Management Information System
2 37 (8.58%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 19 (4.41%) PMI
5 18 (4.18%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.02%) Clustering
6 13 (3.02%) Replication
7 12 (2.78%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.86%) IoT
9 7 (1.62%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.39%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.93%) Life Science
13 3 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 184 (42.69%) Windows
2 90 (20.88%) Windows Server
3 55 (12.76%) Windows 10
4 54 (12.53%) Linux
5 23 (5.34%) Apple iOS
6 22 (5.10%) Android
7 20 (4.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (4.41%) VyOS
9 16 (3.71%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (3.48%) Mac OS
11 7 (1.62%) VMS
11 7 (1.62%) Windows 7
11 7 (1.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (1.39%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.93%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.46%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.23%) CentOS
15 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (22.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 71 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (15.55%) ITIL
4 65 (15.08%) Customer Service
5 58 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (10.90%) Project Management
7 43 (9.98%) Information Security
8 40 (9.28%) Agile
8 40 (9.28%) Disaster Recovery
9 37 (8.58%) Service Management
10 34 (7.89%) Migration
11 32 (7.42%) Mentoring
12 30 (6.96%) Time Management
13 26 (6.03%) Application Security
13 26 (6.03%) Identity Management
13 26 (6.03%) OWASP
13 26 (6.03%) Secure Coding
13 26 (6.03%) Security Architecture
13 26 (6.03%) Service Delivery
14 24 (5.57%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 59 (13.69%) PowerShell
2 43 (9.98%) SQL
3 27 (6.26%) Python
4 20 (4.64%) Bash
5 5 (1.16%) C#
6 3 (0.70%) Java
7 2 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.23%) Delphi
8 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 130 (30.16%) Cisco Certification
2 65 (15.08%) CCNA
3 51 (11.83%) CCNP
3 51 (11.83%) CISSP
4 48 (11.14%) Degree
5 32 (7.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 32 (7.42%) CCSP
6 31 (7.19%) AWS Certification
7 30 (6.96%) JNCIA
8 28 (6.50%) Azure Certification
9 26 (6.03%) CCSK
9 26 (6.03%) CISM
10 19 (4.41%) PMI Certification
11 16 (3.71%) CCIE
12 14 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.78%) SANS
13 12 (2.78%) Security Cleared
14 11 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (2.55%) SC Cleared
15 9 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.12%) NIST
2 34 (7.89%) SLA
3 14 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.39%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.46%) GDPR
5 2 (0.46%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.46%) QA
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 186 (43.16%) Active Directory
2 81 (18.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (14.15%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.73%) Docker
5 10 (2.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.39%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.93%) Firmware
9 4 (0.93%) vSphere
10 2 (0.46%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.23%) Postfix
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 71 (16.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (7.19%) Kubernetes
3 29 (6.73%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (4.64%) SCCM
5 14 (3.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (3.25%) ZABBIX
6 13 (3.02%) Failover Clustering
7 12 (2.78%) Opsgenie
7 12 (2.78%) VxRail
8 10 (2.32%) Terraform
9 7 (1.62%) FortiGate
9 7 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.39%) Autotask
10 6 (1.39%) Nmap
11 5 (1.16%) Ansible
11 5 (1.16%) CASB
11 5 (1.16%) Stealthwatch
12 4 (0.93%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.46%) Backup Exec
13 2 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (49.88%) Microsoft
2 145 (33.64%) Cisco
3 132 (30.63%) VMware
4 61 (14.15%) Fortinet
5 44 (10.21%) Juniper
6 41 (9.51%) Meraki
7 32 (7.42%) Veeam
8 31 (7.19%) Nokia
9 29 (6.73%) SolarWinds
10 27 (6.26%) Ruckus Wireless
11 22 (5.10%) Citrix
12 21 (4.87%) Dell
12 21 (4.87%) Palo Alto
13 20 (4.64%) Apple
14 19 (4.41%) Vyatta
15 15 (3.48%) HP
16 14 (3.25%) Epicor
16 14 (3.25%) NetApp
17 13 (3.02%) Aruba
17 13 (3.02%) Ubiquiti