WAN Jobs in the North West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North West

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 118 165
Rank change year-on-year +2 +47 -34
Permanent jobs citing WAN 178 167 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.92% 2.58% 1.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.26% 14.15% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 135 120 168
10th Percentile £27,450 £27,675 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,313 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,000 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +11.24% -6.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £55,750 £55,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £64,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 975 1,180 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.53% 18.24% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 697 572 856
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,126
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.10% +4.72%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,200 £77,542 £71,250
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the North West

WAN
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Manchester +4 84 £49,250 -1.50% 10
Merseyside +10 38 £62,500 +38.89% 4
Cheshire -18 29 £37,500 -20.21% 5
Lancashire -11 22 £42,500 +6.25% 9
Cumbria 0 5 £35,000 -
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 18 (10.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.37%) IIS
4 4 (2.25%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.49%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 71 (39.89%) Azure
2 43 (24.16%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (16.29%) AWS
4 16 (8.99%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.62%) IaaS
6 9 (5.06%) PaaS
7 8 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.93%) GCP
9 5 (2.81%) Nutanix
9 5 (2.81%) SaaS
10 4 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.69%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.69%) Serverless
12 2 (1.12%) Azure App Service
12 2 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.12%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.12%) Azure Storage
12 2 (1.12%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.56%) CloudFront
13 1 (0.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 129 (72.47%) LAN
2 62 (34.83%) SD-WAN
3 58 (32.58%) Firewall
4 44 (24.72%) Wireless
5 41 (23.03%) DHCP
6 39 (21.91%) TCP/IP
7 34 (19.10%) DNS
8 33 (18.54%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (13.48%) MPLS
10 22 (12.36%) VPN
11 21 (11.80%) WLAN
12 20 (11.24%) BGP
13 18 (10.11%) Internet
13 18 (10.11%) Network Security
14 17 (9.55%) OSPF
15 13 (7.30%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (6.74%) Ethernet
17 11 (6.18%) DSL
17 11 (6.18%) SAN
17 11 (6.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.12%) MySQL
4 1 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.56%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (22.47%) Social Skills
2 20 (11.24%) Finance
3 7 (3.93%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.25%) Military
4 4 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (2.25%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.12%) Back Office
5 2 (1.12%) Law
5 2 (1.12%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.12%) Retail
6 1 (0.56%) Banking
6 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.56%) French Language
6 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.56%) Italian Language
6 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 34 (19.10%) Senior
2 29 (16.29%) Architect
3 28 (15.73%) Lead
4 26 (14.61%) Network Engineer
5 22 (12.36%) Security Architect
6 17 (9.55%) Cisco Architect
6 17 (9.55%) Senior Architect
6 17 (9.55%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 12 (6.74%) Cisco Security Architect
7 12 (6.74%) Senior Security Architect
8 9 (5.06%) Consultant
8 9 (5.06%) Lead Architect
9 8 (4.49%) Analyst
9 8 (4.49%) Cisco Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 8 (4.49%) Infrastructure Manager
9 8 (4.49%) Lead Security Architect
9 8 (4.49%) Technical Design Authority
10 7 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (3.93%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.12%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.56%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.56%) CSS
2 1 (0.56%) HTML
2 1 (0.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.04%) Data Centre
2 14 (7.87%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (3.93%) AS400
4 7 (3.93%) iSeries
5 6 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.37%) PMI
6 5 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.25%) Clustering
7 4 (2.25%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.12%) CCTV
8 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.12%) Replication
9 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.56%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.56%) iPhone
9 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (24.16%) Windows
2 21 (11.80%) Windows Server
3 20 (11.24%) Linux
4 14 (7.87%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (3.37%) VMS
6 6 (3.37%) VyOS
7 5 (2.81%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.81%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.25%) Apple iOS
8 4 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.69%) Android
10 1 (0.56%) CentOS
10 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.56%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (16.29%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (15.17%) Customer Service
3 26 (14.61%) Presales
4 23 (12.92%) Time Management
5 21 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (11.80%) Project Management
6 20 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (9.55%) Customer Engagement
7 17 (9.55%) Software Licensing
8 15 (8.43%) Mentoring
9 14 (7.87%) Agile
9 14 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (6.74%) Analytics
10 12 (6.74%) ITIL
11 11 (6.18%) CI/CD
12 10 (5.62%) Identity Management
12 10 (5.62%) Line Management
12 10 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (5.06%) Information Security
13 9 (5.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 14 (7.87%) SQL
3 11 (6.18%) Python
4 6 (3.37%) Bash
5 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.56%) C#
6 1 (0.56%) Java
6 1 (0.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 56 (31.46%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (20.22%) CCNA
3 35 (19.66%) Degree
4 31 (17.42%) CCNP
5 15 (8.43%) JNCIA
6 9 (5.06%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (4.49%) AWS Certification
7 8 (4.49%) CCSK
7 8 (4.49%) CCSP
7 8 (4.49%) CISM
7 8 (4.49%) CISSP
8 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.37%) CCIE
9 6 (3.37%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.81%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 5 (2.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.25%) VCAP
11 4 (2.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.11%) SLA
2 9 (5.06%) NIST
3 3 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.56%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 42 (23.60%) Active Directory
2 28 (15.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (11.24%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.62%) Docker
5 3 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.69%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.12%) vSphere
7 1 (0.56%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.56%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.56%) Postfix
7 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (11.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.74%) Stealthwatch
3 10 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.62%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (3.37%) Ansible
4 6 (3.37%) Opsgenie
4 6 (3.37%) Terraform
4 6 (3.37%) VxRail
4 6 (3.37%) ZABBIX
5 5 (2.81%) CASB
6 4 (2.25%) IBM BigFix
7 3 (1.69%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.12%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 84 (47.19%) Microsoft
2 68 (38.20%) Cisco
3 46 (25.84%) VMware
4 35 (19.66%) Fortinet
5 32 (17.98%) Meraki
6 21 (11.80%) Apple
7 19 (10.67%) Ruckus Wireless
8 18 (10.11%) Juniper
9 17 (9.55%) Adobe
9 17 (9.55%) SolarWinds
10 16 (8.99%) Veeam
11 14 (7.87%) HP
12 12 (6.74%) Dell
13 11 (6.18%) Nokia
14 10 (5.62%) Ubiquiti
15 8 (4.49%) Aruba
15 8 (4.49%) Ekahau
16 6 (3.37%) NetApp
16 6 (3.37%) NETGEAR
16 6 (3.37%) Vyatta