WAN Jobs in the South East

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 155 186
Rank change year-on-year +1 +31 -49
Permanent jobs citing WAN 286 325 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.72% 2.15% 1.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.32% 12.45% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 249 236 304
10th Percentile £24,875 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,750 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,771 2,611 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.66% 17.30% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,913 1,536 1,848
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £64,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 April 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 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
Thames Valley -13 97 £50,000 +5.26% 23
Hampshire -9 72 £45,000 - 18
Berkshire +5 47 £52,500 +47.89% 13
Surrey +25 45 £50,000 +42.86% 6
Kent -22 41 £37,500 -7.41% 11
Oxfordshire +17 33 £42,500 -10.53% 5
Buckinghamshire -46 17 £45,000 -14.29% 5
West Sussex +42 14 £50,000 +25.00% 3
East Sussex +22 14 £48,750 +5.41% 5
Home Counties - 1 £90,000 -
WAN
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 34 (11.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (10.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.10%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.70%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 30 (10.49%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 117 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
2 103 (36.01%) Azure
3 32 (11.19%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.49%) AWS
5 11 (3.85%) SaaS
6 10 (3.50%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (3.15%) OneDrive
8 5 (1.75%) IaaS
9 4 (1.40%) PaaS
10 2 (0.70%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.70%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.35%) OCI
11 1 (0.35%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 202 (70.63%) LAN
2 123 (43.01%) Firewall
3 73 (25.52%) Wireless
4 65 (22.73%) SD-WAN
5 54 (18.88%) VPN
6 49 (17.13%) DNS
6 49 (17.13%) VLAN
7 41 (14.34%) DHCP
8 37 (12.94%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (12.59%) TCP/IP
10 33 (11.54%) Broadband
11 29 (10.14%) BGP
12 27 (9.44%) MPLS
13 24 (8.39%) VoIP
14 23 (8.04%) Network Security
15 19 (6.64%) OSPF
16 18 (6.29%) ADSL
17 17 (5.94%) SSL
18 15 (5.24%) SAN
19 14 (4.90%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.45%) MySQL
3 6 (2.10%) InfluxDB
3 6 (2.10%) MariaDB
3 6 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.75%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.75%) Git
3 4 (1.40%) MSBuild
3 4 (1.40%) TeamCity
General
1 111 (38.81%) Social Skills
2 40 (13.99%) Telecoms
3 21 (7.34%) Finance
4 10 (3.50%) Legal
4 10 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.40%) Automotive
6 4 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.40%) Games
6 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.05%) Advertising
7 3 (1.05%) Banking
7 3 (1.05%) Electronics
7 3 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.05%) Retail
8 2 (0.70%) Law
8 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.35%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.35%) Marketing
9 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 80 (27.97%) Network Engineer
2 54 (18.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 41 (14.34%) Support Engineer
4 40 (13.99%) Senior
5 33 (11.54%) Architect
6 25 (8.74%) IT Engineer
7 23 (8.04%) IT Support
8 22 (7.69%) Analyst
8 22 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (6.99%) Network Support
10 19 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (5.94%) 3rd Line Support
11 17 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
12 15 (5.24%) Network Support Engineer
13 14 (4.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 13 (4.55%) IP Architect
14 13 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (4.55%) Support Analyst
15 12 (4.20%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 11 (3.85%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.40%) .NET
2 2 (0.70%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.35%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.35%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.35%) EDI
3 1 (0.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.03%) Data Centre
2 39 (13.64%) Driving Licence
3 21 (7.34%) Management Information System
4 18 (6.29%) PKI
5 14 (4.90%) IoT
6 12 (4.20%) NHS
7 11 (3.85%) Client/Server
8 9 (3.15%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.75%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.75%) PMI
11 4 (1.40%) Clustering
11 4 (1.40%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.40%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.05%) CCTV
12 3 (1.05%) EPoS
12 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 140 (48.95%) Windows
2 66 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 43 (15.03%) Windows 10
4 29 (10.14%) Linux
5 17 (5.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (4.90%) Android
6 14 (4.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (4.20%) Apple iOS
9 10 (3.50%) Mac OS
10 7 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.10%) CentOS
11 6 (2.10%) Windows 8
11 6 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.75%) Windows XP
13 4 (1.40%) Mac OS X
13 4 (1.40%) Windows 7
14 3 (1.05%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.35%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 46 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (15.03%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (10.49%) Presales
6 25 (8.74%) Time Management
7 24 (8.39%) ITIL
8 20 (6.99%) Information Security
8 20 (6.99%) Project Management
9 18 (6.29%) Mentoring
10 16 (5.59%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (5.24%) Network Management
12 14 (4.90%) Data Management
12 14 (4.90%) Kalman Filter
12 14 (4.90%) Network Design
13 13 (4.55%) Business Development
14 12 (4.20%) Incident Management
14 12 (4.20%) Roadmaps
14 12 (4.20%) Technical Leadership
14 12 (4.20%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.29%) PowerShell
1 18 (6.29%) Python
2 12 (4.20%) Bash
3 7 (2.45%) SQL
4 5 (1.75%) Perl
5 1 (0.35%) Korn
5 1 (0.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (21.33%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (17.48%) CCNA
3 34 (11.89%) Degree
3 34 (11.89%) Security Cleared
4 31 (10.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 21 (7.34%) SC Cleared
6 19 (6.64%) MCITP
6 19 (6.64%) Network+ Certification
7 18 (6.29%) CCNP
8 11 (3.85%) DBS Check
9 10 (3.50%) CCIE
9 10 (3.50%) MCP
10 9 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (3.15%) CTC Cleared
11 8 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.80%) MCSE
12 6 (2.10%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.75%) JNCIA
13 5 (1.75%) JNCIE
14 3 (1.05%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (7.34%) GDPR
3 9 (3.15%) COSHH
4 6 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.75%) SLA
6 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 92 (32.17%) Active Directory
2 70 (24.48%) Hyper-V
3 49 (17.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.20%) vSphere
5 10 (3.50%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.70%) Docker
7 2 (0.70%) Firmware
7 2 (0.70%) KVM
7 2 (0.70%) QEMU
7 2 (0.70%) Xen
8 1 (0.35%) NFS
8 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.35%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 36 (12.59%) FortiGate
2 18 (6.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.50%) Ansible
4 9 (3.15%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.45%) SCCM
6 6 (2.10%) Endace
6 6 (2.10%) Terraform
6 6 (2.10%) VxRail
7 5 (1.75%) CASB
7 5 (1.75%) Puppet
7 5 (1.75%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 5 (1.75%) Stealthwatch
8 3 (1.05%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.70%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.70%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 128 (44.76%) Microsoft
2 117 (40.91%) Cisco
3 85 (29.72%) VMware
4 51 (17.83%) Juniper
5 30 (10.49%) HP
6 28 (9.79%) Fortinet
7 23 (8.04%) Aruba
8 22 (7.69%) Meraki
9 16 (5.59%) Mitel
10 15 (5.24%) Citrix
11 14 (4.90%) Apple
12 13 (4.55%) Dell
12 13 (4.55%) Draytek
13 12 (4.20%) Darktrace
13 12 (4.20%) NEC
14 11 (3.85%) Palo Alto
15 10 (3.50%) Adobe
16 9 (3.15%) Ribbon
17 8 (2.80%) F5
18 6 (2.10%) WatchGuard