WAN Jobs in the North of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 114 149
Rank change year-on-year -29 +35 +1
Permanent jobs citing WAN 207 244 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.47% 2.76% 2.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.11% 17.93% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 113 167 319
10th Percentile £32,050 £28,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £41,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% -2.96% +1.81%
75th Percentile £66,250 £54,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £62,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,210 1,361 2,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.57% 15.40% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 607 978 1,523
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £31,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,542 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,050 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.05% - +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 26 October 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 26 October 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 -32 114 £55,000 +15.79% 38
Yorkshire +10 87 £57,500 +53.33% 22
North East -27 19 £44,500 +13.28% 12
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 31 (14.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (10.63%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.90%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.93%) Apache
5 2 (0.97%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 77 (37.20%) Azure
1 77 (37.20%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (16.91%) AWS
3 21 (10.14%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.83%) GCP
4 10 (4.83%) OCI
5 6 (2.90%) Nutanix
5 6 (2.90%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (2.42%) IaaS
6 5 (2.42%) PaaS
7 2 (0.97%) Azure App Service
7 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.97%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.97%) Azure Storage
7 2 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.97%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.97%) Serverless
8 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 159 (76.81%) LAN
2 82 (39.61%) Firewall
3 68 (32.85%) SD-WAN
4 61 (29.47%) Wireless
5 50 (24.15%) DNS
6 43 (20.77%) VPN
7 40 (19.32%) DHCP
8 39 (18.84%) TCP/IP
9 31 (14.98%) VLAN
10 28 (13.53%) WLAN
11 26 (12.56%) Network Security
12 25 (12.08%) VoIP
13 23 (11.11%) MPLS
13 23 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (5.80%) BGP
15 10 (4.83%) Ethernet
15 10 (4.83%) OSPF
16 8 (3.86%) Cisco Firepower
16 8 (3.86%) Internet
17 6 (2.90%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 39 (18.84%) Social Skills
2 16 (7.73%) Finance
3 14 (6.76%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.83%) Games
5 9 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.38%) Law
6 7 (3.38%) Local Government
6 7 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.93%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Legal
10 1 (0.48%) Marketing
10 1 (0.48%) Military
10 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (13.53%) IT Engineer
2 27 (13.04%) Network Engineer
3 23 (11.11%) Lead
4 21 (10.14%) Architect
4 21 (10.14%) Senior
5 18 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (7.73%) Analyst
6 16 (7.73%) IT Support
6 16 (7.73%) Support Engineer
7 14 (6.76%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.28%) Consultant
8 13 (6.28%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (5.80%) IT Analyst
10 11 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (4.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) Domain Architect
11 10 (4.83%) Network Architect
11 10 (4.83%) Service Analyst
11 10 (4.83%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.97%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.48%) CSS
2 1 (0.48%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.66%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.31%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.83%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.86%) Clustering
4 8 (3.86%) IoT
4 8 (3.86%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.38%) AS400
5 7 (3.38%) iSeries
5 7 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.90%) CCTV
7 5 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.93%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.93%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.97%) CMDB
9 2 (0.97%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.97%) Replication
9 2 (0.97%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 78 (37.68%) Windows
2 36 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 28 (13.53%) Windows 10
4 11 (5.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (3.86%) Android
7 6 (2.90%) Linux
8 5 (2.42%) Mac OS
8 5 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.97%) CentOS
9 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.48%) VMS
10 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.36%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (17.87%) Customer Service
3 31 (14.98%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (14.49%) ITIL
5 28 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (13.04%) Coaching
7 22 (10.63%) Roadmaps
8 21 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (10.14%) Presales
9 16 (7.73%) Mentoring
9 16 (7.73%) Project Delivery
10 15 (7.25%) Technology Roadmap
11 14 (6.76%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (6.28%) Business Development
12 13 (6.28%) IT Strategy
12 13 (6.28%) ITSM
12 13 (6.28%) Service Delivery
13 12 (5.80%) Business Continuity
13 12 (5.80%) Mobile Device Management
14 11 (5.31%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.66%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.80%) Python
3 3 (1.45%) SQL
4 1 (0.48%) Bash
4 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (17.87%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (13.53%) Degree
3 26 (12.56%) CCNP
4 22 (10.63%) CCNA
5 13 (6.28%) CCIE
6 9 (4.35%) Security Cleared
7 7 (3.38%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 7 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.38%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.42%) CCDP
9 3 (1.45%) CCSA
9 3 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.97%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.97%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.97%) MCP
10 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.66%) GDPR
2 19 (9.18%) SLA
3 10 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.90%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.42%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (37.68%) Active Directory
2 32 (15.46%) Hyper-V
3 28 (13.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.86%) vSphere
6 3 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.97%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (12.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.28%) Ansible
2 13 (6.28%) WSUS
3 10 (4.83%) Terraform
4 9 (4.35%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.38%) Stealthwatch
6 5 (2.42%) SCCM
7 4 (1.93%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (1.93%) IBM BigFix
8 2 (0.97%) Autotask
8 2 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.97%) Nessus
8 2 (0.97%) SCOM
9 1 (0.48%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 84 (40.58%) Microsoft
2 56 (27.05%) Cisco
3 53 (25.60%) VMware
4 29 (14.01%) Meraki
5 17 (8.21%) Juniper
6 16 (7.73%) Apple
6 16 (7.73%) Fortinet
6 16 (7.73%) Veeam
7 9 (4.35%) CheckPoint
8 7 (3.38%) Adobe
8 7 (3.38%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.38%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.90%) Ekahau
9 6 (2.90%) Ruckus Wireless
10 5 (2.42%) Aruba
10 5 (2.42%) Remedy
10 5 (2.42%) Sophos
11 4 (1.93%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.93%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.45%) Dell