WAN Jobs in the South West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 109 103
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 +89
Permanent jobs citing WAN 97 217 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.47% 2.16% 3.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.14% 17.83% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 64 135 131
10th Percentile £31,038 £27,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £42,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% +0.59% +1.81%
75th Percentile £57,168 £52,875 £51,250
90th Percentile £59,625 £61,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 738 1,217 1,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 18.81% 12.10% 17.81%
Number of salaries quoted 440 888 567
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £26,625 £32,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £48,919 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.48% +8.71% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £62,833
90th Percentile £67,603 £73,250 £78,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South West

WAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for WAN in the South West

WAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the South West over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in the South West

WAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
Devon -10 29 £32,500 -22.39% 4
Bristol +72 20 £57,500 +50.33% 5
Wiltshire +5 15 £37,250 -26.24% 6
Gloucestershire +34 14 £52,500 +16.67% 8
Somerset +21 7 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Dorset +17 6 £50,000 +33.33% 3
Cornwall +2 6 £31,750 +13.39%
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 14 (14.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (11.34%) SharePoint
3 8 (8.25%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.15%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 46 (47.42%) Azure
2 39 (40.21%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (22.68%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.40%) AWS
5 6 (6.19%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.15%) IaaS
7 4 (4.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (3.09%) SaaS
9 2 (2.06%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.06%) GCP
10 1 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (1.03%) Azure AI
10 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.03%) PaaS
10 1 (1.03%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 61 (62.89%) LAN
2 51 (52.58%) Firewall
3 39 (40.21%) SD-WAN
4 33 (34.02%) Wi-Fi
5 32 (32.99%) VPN
6 23 (23.71%) DNS
7 21 (21.65%) DHCP
8 19 (19.59%) 5G
8 19 (19.59%) VLAN
9 9 (9.28%) MPLS
9 9 (9.28%) VoIP
10 8 (8.25%) Internet
10 8 (8.25%) IPsec
10 8 (8.25%) Kerberos
10 8 (8.25%) Network Security
10 8 (8.25%) WLAN
11 6 (6.19%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (6.19%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (6.19%) OSPF
11 6 (6.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (16.49%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.03%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.03%) MySQL
3 1 (1.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (4.12%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.03%) Git
General
1 41 (42.27%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.53%) Presentation Skills
3 14 (14.43%) Manufacturing
4 11 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.34%) Electronics
5 9 (9.28%) Aerospace
6 8 (8.25%) Automotive
6 8 (8.25%) Law
6 8 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (7.22%) Advertising
7 7 (7.22%) Military
7 7 (7.22%) Retail
8 5 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.12%) Marketing
10 3 (3.09%) Police
10 3 (3.09%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.03%) Legal
11 1 (1.03%) Local Government
11 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (24.74%) Network Engineer
2 15 (15.46%) Lead
2 15 (15.46%) Support Engineer
3 14 (14.43%) 3rd Line Support
3 14 (14.43%) Analyst
4 13 (13.40%) Support Analyst
5 12 (12.37%) IT Support
6 11 (11.34%) Senior
7 10 (10.31%) IT Engineer
8 8 (8.25%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (8.25%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 8 (8.25%) Project Leader
8 8 (8.25%) Senior Project Leader
8 8 (8.25%) Software Project Leader
8 8 (8.25%) Technical Leader
8 8 (8.25%) Technical Project Leader
9 7 (7.22%) Professional Services Engineer
10 6 (6.19%) Desktop Engineer
10 6 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.19%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.25%) LDAP
2 1 (1.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.59%) Self-Driving Car
2 17 (17.53%) Driving Licence
3 9 (9.28%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (8.25%) Operational Technology
4 8 (8.25%) PKI
5 7 (7.22%) Onboarding
6 6 (6.19%) Management Information System
6 6 (6.19%) Smartphone
7 5 (5.15%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (4.12%) Data Centre
8 4 (4.12%) GNSS
9 3 (3.09%) FMCG
9 3 (3.09%) IoT
9 3 (3.09%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.03%) Handset
10 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.03%) NHS
10 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (46.39%) Windows
2 37 (38.14%) Windows Server
3 13 (13.40%) Linux
4 12 (12.37%) Windows 10
5 11 (11.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (11.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (6.19%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (20.62%) B2B
2 20 (20.62%) Computer Science
3 19 (19.59%) Test Automation
4 17 (17.53%) Mentoring
5 16 (16.49%) ITIL
6 14 (14.43%) Validation
7 13 (13.40%) Agile
8 12 (12.37%) Defect Tracking
8 12 (12.37%) Requirements Analysis
8 12 (12.37%) Software Engineering
8 12 (12.37%) Test Assurance
9 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (11.34%) Customer Requirements
9 11 (11.34%) Customer Service
10 10 (10.31%) Project Management
11 9 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (9.28%) Network Design
11 9 (9.28%) Waterfall
12 8 (8.25%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.46%) PowerShell
2 11 (11.34%) C++
3 10 (10.31%) Python
4 8 (8.25%) VB
5 7 (7.22%) MATLAB
6 4 (4.12%) C
7 3 (3.09%) SQL
8 1 (1.03%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 25 (25.77%) Degree
2 17 (17.53%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (17.53%) Security Cleared
3 13 (13.40%) CCNA
4 12 (12.37%) CCNP
5 9 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.15%) CCDA
6 5 (5.15%) CCDP
6 5 (5.15%) CCIE
7 4 (4.12%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.12%) MCSA
8 3 (3.09%) A+ Certification
8 3 (3.09%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.09%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.09%) MCP
8 3 (3.09%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.03%) CCSA
10 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.37%) PMO
2 8 (8.25%) SLA
3 2 (2.06%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.03%) GDPR
4 1 (1.03%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.03%) NIST
System Software
1 41 (42.27%) Active Directory
2 20 (20.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (14.43%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.06%) vSphere
6 1 (1.03%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (10.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (8.25%) Ansible
2 8 (8.25%) WSUS
3 5 (5.15%) CASB
3 5 (5.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (4.12%) SCCM
5 3 (3.09%) Iperf
5 3 (3.09%) Terraform
6 2 (2.06%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (35.05%) Microsoft
2 33 (34.02%) Cisco
3 29 (29.90%) VMware
4 19 (19.59%) Fortinet
5 13 (13.40%) Palo Alto
6 12 (12.37%) SolarWinds
7 11 (11.34%) Meraki
8 9 (9.28%) Aruba
8 9 (9.28%) CheckPoint
9 8 (8.25%) Google
10 7 (7.22%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (6.19%) Apple
11 6 (6.19%) Juniper
11 6 (6.19%) Veeam
12 5 (5.15%) Aerohive Networks
12 5 (5.15%) Cognizant
12 5 (5.15%) Ekahau
12 5 (5.15%) LexisNexis
12 5 (5.15%) Okta
13 4 (4.12%) Intel