WAN Jobs in Northern Ireland

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 77 73
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 -14
Permanent jobs citing WAN 3 24 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.44% 2.86% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.68% 20.17% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile - £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,125 £31,426
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £37,532
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.24% -16.60%
75th Percentile £38,750 £48,375 £46,250
90th Percentile - £58,500 £53,125
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 112 119 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.28% 14.17% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 36 46 53
10th Percentile £29,375 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -10.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £60,938 £47,938 £46,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £60,000 £66,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Northern Ireland

WAN
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for WAN in Northern Ireland

WAN
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 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
County Down - 3 £37,500 - 2
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Internet
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 3 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory