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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 111 118
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 +37
Permanent jobs citing WAN 82 225 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.31% 2.30% 2.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.46% 17.97% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 54 153 106
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,250 £30,725
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,375
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +6.19% +5.94%
75th Percentile £57,057 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,918 £60,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% -7.00%

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 567 1,252 1,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.99% 12.78% 19.28%
Number of salaries quoted 339 938 526
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,029 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £72,750 £71,725 £77,521
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -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 31 May 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 31 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
Devon -25 26 £39,250 -16.49% 17
Bristol +62 12 £57,500 +36.90% 10
Gloucestershire +38 10 £52,500 +16.67% 8
Somerset +18 10 £56,121 +18.15% 8
Wiltshire +6 10 £34,500 -31.68% 5
Dorset +24 8 £50,000 +33.33% 6
Cornwall +9 6 £31,750 +8.55% 1
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 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.10%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 41 (50.00%) Azure
2 31 (37.80%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (28.05%) Entra ID
4 13 (15.85%) AWS
5 5 (6.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (6.10%) IaaS
5 5 (6.10%) OneDrive
6 4 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.88%) GitHub
6 4 (4.88%) SaaS
7 2 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.44%) GCP
8 1 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.22%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.22%) PaaS
8 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 45 (54.88%) Firewall
2 43 (52.44%) LAN
3 36 (43.90%) SD-WAN
4 32 (39.02%) VPN
5 26 (31.71%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (24.39%) 5G
7 17 (20.73%) VLAN
8 12 (14.63%) DNS
9 10 (12.20%) DHCP
9 10 (12.20%) MPLS
10 9 (10.98%) OSPF
11 7 (8.54%) EIGRP
11 7 (8.54%) IPsec
12 6 (7.32%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (7.32%) RIP
12 6 (7.32%) SNMP
12 6 (7.32%) SSH
12 6 (7.32%) VoIP
13 5 (6.10%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (6.10%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.22%) MySQL
3 1 (1.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Git
1 5 (6.10%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (4.88%) LabVIEW
2 4 (4.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 18 (21.95%) Presentation Skills
3 15 (18.29%) Electronics
4 14 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (12.20%) Manufacturing
6 8 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (7.32%) Police
8 5 (6.10%) Aerospace
8 5 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.88%) Automotive
9 4 (4.88%) Marketing
9 4 (4.88%) Military
9 4 (4.88%) Retail
10 3 (3.66%) Advertising
11 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.22%) Legal
11 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (31.71%) Network Engineer
2 14 (17.07%) Senior
3 12 (14.63%) IT Engineer
3 12 (14.63%) Lead
4 11 (13.41%) Support Engineer
5 10 (12.20%) IT Support
6 9 (10.98%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (9.76%) Project Leader
7 8 (9.76%) Senior Project Leader
7 8 (9.76%) Software Project Leader
7 8 (9.76%) Technical Leader
7 8 (9.76%) Technical Project Leader
8 7 (8.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) 3rd Line Support
9 6 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Technical Support
10 5 (6.10%) Presales Engineer
10 5 (6.10%) Presales Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.88%) pytest
2 1 (1.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (24.39%) Driving Licence
1 20 (24.39%) Self-Driving Car
2 12 (14.63%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (9.76%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.10%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.88%) GNSS
5 4 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.66%) FMCG
6 3 (3.66%) IoT
6 3 (3.66%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.66%) Smartphone
7 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.22%) CCTV
8 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.22%) Handset
8 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.22%) NHS
8 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (41.46%) Windows
2 22 (26.83%) Windows Server
3 17 (20.73%) Linux
4 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.88%) Unix
5 4 (4.88%) Windows 10
5 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.44%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (25.61%) B2B
3 20 (24.39%) Test Automation
4 17 (20.73%) Computer Science
4 17 (20.73%) Mentoring
5 16 (19.51%) Test Assurance
6 14 (17.07%) Customer Requirements
7 13 (15.85%) ITIL
8 12 (14.63%) Agile
8 12 (14.63%) Defect Tracking
8 12 (14.63%) Network Design
8 12 (14.63%) Requirements Analysis
8 12 (14.63%) Software Engineering
8 12 (14.63%) Validation
9 10 (12.20%) Customer Service
9 10 (12.20%) Project Management
10 9 (10.98%) Waterfall
11 8 (9.76%) Continuous Integration
11 8 (9.76%) Migration
11 8 (9.76%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.41%) Python
2 8 (9.76%) C++
2 8 (9.76%) MATLAB
2 8 (9.76%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.88%) C
3 4 (4.88%) SQL
4 1 (1.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (32.93%) Degree
2 15 (18.29%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (18.29%) Security Cleared
3 12 (14.63%) CCNA
4 10 (12.20%) CCNP
5 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (6.10%) CCDA
6 5 (6.10%) CCDP
7 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.88%) HND
7 4 (4.88%) MCSA
8 3 (3.66%) A+ Certification
8 3 (3.66%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.66%) CCIE
8 3 (3.66%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.66%) MCP
8 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.22%) CCSA
10 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.63%) PMO
2 1 (1.22%) GDPR
2 1 (1.22%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (30.49%) Active Directory
2 21 (25.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.20%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.66%) vSphere
5 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.76%) Ansible
3 5 (6.10%) CASB
3 5 (6.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (4.88%) Terraform
5 3 (3.66%) Iperf
5 3 (3.66%) SCCM
6 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (43.90%) Cisco
2 29 (35.37%) VMware
3 23 (28.05%) Microsoft
4 17 (20.73%) Fortinet
5 15 (18.29%) SolarWinds
6 14 (17.07%) CheckPoint
7 11 (13.41%) Palo Alto
8 9 (10.98%) Meraki
8 9 (10.98%) Veeam
9 8 (9.76%) Extreme Networks
10 6 (7.32%) Aruba
10 6 (7.32%) Juniper
11 5 (6.10%) Aerohive Networks
11 5 (6.10%) Ekahau
11 5 (6.10%) Google
11 5 (6.10%) Okta
12 4 (4.88%) Citrix
12 4 (4.88%) Intel
13 3 (3.66%) Apple
13 3 (3.66%) Ruckus Wireless