WAN Jobs in Northamptonshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 73 52
Rank change year-on-year +4 -21 -11
Permanent jobs citing WAN 11 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 1.31% 0.46% 1.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.66% 4.21% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 10
10th Percentile £54,750 £24,700 £30,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £25,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £26,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +145.28% -24.29% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £35,438 £71,250
90th Percentile - £50,175 £76,500
East Midlands median annual salary £54,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% +20.00% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 236 95 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 28.10% 10.91% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 40 90 50
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,249 £30,875
25th Percentile £26,844 £25,005 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -31.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -5.88%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Northamptonshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Northamptonshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Northamptonshire

WAN
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Northampton -3 2 £32,000 +20.75% 5
WAN
East Midlands

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) LAN
2 9 (81.82%) Cisco Firepower
2 9 (81.82%) Firewall
2 9 (81.82%) SD-WAN
2 9 (81.82%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (9.09%) DHCP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (63.64%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Support
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Project Engineer
2 7 (63.64%) Support Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Cisco Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) AIX
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Presales
1 9 (81.82%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) CCIE
1 9 (81.82%) CCNP
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Aruba
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
1 9 (81.82%) Fortinet
1 9 (81.82%) HP
1 9 (81.82%) Meraki
1 9 (81.82%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft