WAN Jobs in the South East

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 149 143 189
Rank change year-on-year -6 +46 -16
Permanent jobs citing WAN 250 273 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.66% 2.36% 1.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.74% 12.34% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 188 197 344
10th Percentile £30,350 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,188
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,000 £67,500
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,328 2,213 3,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 19.10% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,346 2,049
10th Percentile £26,660 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £75,000
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 South East

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South East.

Salary trend for WAN in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for WAN in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South East 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
Thames Valley +9 97 £45,096 -14.10% 15
Hampshire -20 59 £51,250 +20.59% 10
Kent -19 42 £55,000 +35.80% 7
Berkshire -2 39 £50,000 -1.96% 6
Oxfordshire -2 33 £45,096 -5.06% 2
Surrey -30 30 £50,000 +13.64% 3
Buckinghamshire +3 26 £45,000 -21.74% 7
East Sussex +29 15 £55,000 +57.14% 3
West Sussex +12 5 £25,250 -43.26% 2
Home Counties - 1 £90,000 -
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England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.00%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
5 1 (0.40%) Site Server
Applications
1 8 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.80%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 85 (34.00%) Azure
2 74 (29.60%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (15.20%) AWS
4 36 (14.40%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.20%) SaaS
6 9 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (3.60%) IaaS
7 6 (2.40%) PaaS
8 5 (2.00%) GCP
8 5 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (1.60%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.60%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.20%) Azure Table
11 2 (0.80%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.80%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 167 (66.80%) LAN
2 108 (43.20%) Firewall
3 54 (21.60%) Wireless
4 53 (21.20%) SD-WAN
5 49 (19.60%) VPN
6 36 (14.40%) DNS
7 29 (11.60%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (10.80%) MPLS
9 26 (10.40%) Network Security
10 25 (10.00%) DHCP
10 25 (10.00%) OSPF
10 25 (10.00%) TCP/IP
11 23 (9.20%) VLAN
12 22 (8.80%) WLAN
13 21 (8.40%) BGP
14 16 (6.40%) Cisco Firepower
15 15 (6.00%) 4G
15 15 (6.00%) 5G
16 11 (4.40%) SSL
17 8 (3.20%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.20%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.00%) InfluxDB
3 5 (2.00%) MariaDB
3 5 (2.00%) MySQL
3 5 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.60%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.00%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 89 (35.60%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.80%) Telecoms
3 19 (7.60%) Finance
4 11 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.00%) Back Office
6 5 (2.00%) Legal
7 4 (1.60%) Games
8 3 (1.20%) Banking
8 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.20%) Law
8 3 (1.20%) Local Government
8 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.80%) Advertising
9 2 (0.80%) Electronics
9 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Automotive
10 1 (0.40%) Billing
Job Titles
1 63 (25.20%) Network Engineer
2 47 (18.80%) Senior
3 43 (17.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (13.60%) Architect
5 31 (12.40%) Analyst
6 21 (8.40%) Support Analyst
7 17 (6.80%) Cisco Architect
7 17 (6.80%) Senior Architect
7 17 (6.80%) Senior Cisco Architect
8 16 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (6.40%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.20%) 3rd Line Support
9 13 (5.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (4.80%) Cisco Security Architect
10 12 (4.80%) Security Architect
10 12 (4.80%) Senior Security Architect
10 12 (4.80%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (4.40%) Senior Network Engineer
12 10 (4.00%) IT Support
12 10 (4.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.20%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.60%) Web Services
3 3 (1.20%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.40%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.40%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 59 (23.60%) Data Centre
2 32 (12.80%) Driving Licence
3 20 (8.00%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.80%) PKI
5 14 (5.60%) IoT
6 9 (3.60%) NHS
7 7 (2.80%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.80%) EPoS
8 6 (2.40%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.00%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.00%) PMI
9 5 (2.00%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.60%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.60%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.20%) Smartphone
11 3 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 109 (43.60%) Windows
2 52 (20.80%) Windows Server
3 34 (13.60%) Windows 10
4 19 (7.60%) Linux
5 11 (4.40%) Android
5 11 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (4.00%) Apple iOS
7 9 (3.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (2.80%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.00%) CentOS
10 5 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.80%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.80%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.80%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.60%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (19.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (17.60%) Customer Service
5 41 (16.40%) ITIL
6 28 (11.20%) Time Management
7 26 (10.40%) Service Delivery
8 25 (10.00%) Presales
9 23 (9.20%) Change Management
10 21 (8.40%) Mentoring
10 21 (8.40%) Project Management
11 20 (8.00%) Analytics
12 19 (7.60%) Data Management
13 17 (6.80%) Customer Engagement
13 17 (6.80%) Decision-Making
13 17 (6.80%) Information Security
13 17 (6.80%) Inventory Management
13 17 (6.80%) Software Licensing
14 13 (5.20%) Network Management
14 13 (5.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.20%) Python
2 12 (4.80%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.60%) Bash
4 5 (2.00%) Perl
5 2 (0.80%) SQL
6 1 (0.40%) Korn
6 1 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 46 (18.40%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (16.40%) Security Cleared
3 34 (13.60%) Degree
4 33 (13.20%) CCNP
5 32 (12.80%) CCNA
6 23 (9.20%) SC Cleared
7 10 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (4.00%) DBS Check
8 9 (3.60%) CTC Cleared
9 7 (2.80%) CCIE
9 7 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.80%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.40%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.00%) MCP
11 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.60%) JNCIE
12 4 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.20%) AWS Certification
13 3 (1.20%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.20%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 18 (7.20%) GDPR
3 13 (5.20%) SLA
4 6 (2.40%) COSHH
5 5 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (28.80%) Active Directory
2 49 (19.60%) Hyper-V
3 37 (14.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.40%) vSphere
5 7 (2.80%) Firmware
6 5 (2.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (1.20%) Docker
7 3 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.80%) KVM
8 2 (0.80%) QEMU
8 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.80%) Xen
9 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.40%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (9.20%) FortiGate
3 12 (4.80%) Ansible
3 12 (4.80%) Stealthwatch
4 11 (4.40%) Terraform
5 9 (3.60%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.40%) VxRail
7 5 (2.00%) CASB
7 5 (2.00%) Puppet
7 5 (2.00%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 4 (1.60%) SCCM
9 3 (1.20%) Endace
9 3 (1.20%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.80%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.40%) Nessus
11 1 (0.40%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.40%) WSUS
11 1 (0.40%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 105 (42.00%) Microsoft
2 98 (39.20%) Cisco
3 59 (23.60%) VMware
4 38 (15.20%) Juniper
5 29 (11.60%) Fortinet
6 25 (10.00%) Meraki
7 24 (9.60%) HP
8 18 (7.20%) Apple
9 17 (6.80%) Adobe
10 14 (5.60%) Aruba
10 14 (5.60%) Darktrace
10 14 (5.60%) NEC
11 12 (4.80%) Dell
12 11 (4.40%) Mitel
13 9 (3.60%) Extreme Networks
14 8 (3.20%) Citrix
14 8 (3.20%) Palo Alto
15 6 (2.40%) Ribbon
16 5 (2.00%) BT
17 4 (1.60%) Google