WAN Jobs in Oxfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 78 97
Rank change year-on-year +33 +19 +2
Permanent jobs citing WAN 33 33 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 4.42% 1.96% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.98% 14.41% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31 31 24
10th Percentile £39,750 £35,750 £34,000
25th Percentile - £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% -3.06%
75th Percentile £43,250 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £67,500 £65,250
South East median annual salary £42,500 £49,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.71% +15.88% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 127 229 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 17.02% 13.63% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 73 197 151
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £35,250 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,000 £65,000 £60,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.53% +5.00% -5.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Oxfordshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Oxfordshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Oxfordshire

WAN
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Oxford +25 6 £52,500 -19.23% 4
Woodstock - 4 £41,500 -
Witney +16 1 £42,500 +54.55%
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (12.12%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 11 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (15.15%) AWS
4 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.03%) Azure AI
6 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (3.03%) IaaS
6 1 (3.03%) PaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (78.79%) LAN
2 20 (60.61%) Wireless
3 19 (57.58%) Internet
4 9 (27.27%) Firewall
5 7 (21.21%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (15.15%) SD-WAN
7 4 (12.12%) SAN
7 4 (12.12%) VLAN
8 2 (6.06%) MQTT
8 2 (6.06%) VPN
9 1 (3.03%) DNS
9 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.03%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.03%) MySQL
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
General
1 19 (57.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Advertising
4 1 (3.03%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Infrastructure Support
1 19 (57.58%) Network Support
2 5 (15.15%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (12.12%) 3rd Line Support Technician
3 4 (12.12%) Support Technician
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Software Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.03%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (3.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 19 (57.58%) Virtual Team
2 4 (12.12%) Replication
3 3 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.06%) IoT
4 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (84.85%) Windows
2 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 5 (15.15%) Linux
4 3 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
6 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
6 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) ITIL
2 5 (15.15%) Agile
2 5 (15.15%) Migration
3 4 (12.12%) Business Continuity
3 4 (12.12%) Information Security
3 4 (12.12%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Security
5 2 (6.06%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (6.06%) Machine Learning
5 2 (6.06%) Patch Management
5 2 (6.06%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.06%) SIEM
5 2 (6.06%) Software Engineering
5 2 (6.06%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (6.06%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) MATLAB
1 2 (6.06%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Bicep
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) Degree
1 19 (57.58%) Master's Degree
1 19 (57.58%) MBA
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.03%) CCNA
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.03%) MCP
2 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (6.06%) Docker
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.12%) SCCM
3 2 (6.06%) ZENworks
4 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Unisys
2 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 7 (21.21%) VMware
4 4 (12.12%) arcserve
4 4 (12.12%) Meraki
5 2 (6.06%) Cisco
6 1 (3.03%) Apple
6 1 (3.03%) Databricks
6 1 (3.03%) Datto
6 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.03%) Sophos
6 1 (3.03%) WatchGuard