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 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 70 160
Rank change year-on-year -40 +90 -14
Permanent jobs citing WAN 155 228 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.91% 4.40% 2.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.20% 23.29% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 76 154 119
10th Percentile £27,674 £30,725 £23,300
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,875 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +2.41% -2.35%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £52,282
90th Percentile £64,375 £57,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +8.70%

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 1,020 979 1,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.56% 18.87% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 485 617 762
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £24,752
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,715 £83,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%

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 20 September 2024.

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 20 September 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
Devon -19 59 £45,000 -2.70% 4
Wiltshire -10 39 £50,500 +12.22% 4
Dorset -28 19 £37,000 -12.43% 5
Bristol -2 17 £36,000 -14.23% 1
Gloucestershire -26 12 £37,500 - 3
Somerset -26 7 £47,500 +11.76% 1
Cornwall -16 1 £28,500 -8.80% 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 24 (15.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.16%) SharePoint 2010
3 8 (5.16%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 13 (8.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 64 (41.29%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (32.26%) Azure
3 22 (14.19%) AWS
4 16 (10.32%) Entra ID
5 14 (9.03%) GCP
6 10 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 10 (6.45%) SaaS
7 9 (5.81%) IaaS
7 9 (5.81%) PaaS
8 4 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.58%) GitHub
9 3 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.29%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.29%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (54.19%) LAN
2 77 (49.68%) SD-WAN
3 70 (45.16%) Firewall
4 36 (23.23%) 5G
5 32 (20.65%) DNS
6 31 (20.00%) VPN
7 21 (13.55%) Wireless
8 16 (10.32%) Cisco ASA
8 16 (10.32%) DHCP
9 14 (9.03%) Software-Defined Networking
10 13 (8.39%) Network Security
10 13 (8.39%) TCP/IP
10 13 (8.39%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (7.74%) WLAN
12 10 (6.45%) VLAN
13 8 (5.16%) Internet
13 8 (5.16%) MPLS
13 8 (5.16%) VoIP
14 7 (4.52%) NGFW
15 4 (2.58%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.94%) Power BI
2 1 (0.65%) PowerPivot
2 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.16%) Git
2 4 (2.58%) JIRA
2 4 (2.58%) LabVIEW
2 4 (2.58%) Subversion
General
1 49 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 30 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (14.19%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (10.32%) Electronics
5 14 (9.03%) Aerospace
5 14 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.16%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.23%) Finance
9 3 (1.94%) Advertising
9 3 (1.94%) Retail
10 2 (1.29%) Marketing
10 2 (1.29%) Military
10 2 (1.29%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 27 (17.42%) Network Engineer
1 27 (17.42%) Senior
2 25 (16.13%) Support Engineer
3 20 (12.90%) Senior Network Engineer
4 17 (10.97%) IT Support
5 16 (10.32%) 2nd Line Support
5 16 (10.32%) GNSS Engineer
5 16 (10.32%) RF Engineer
6 15 (9.68%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (9.68%) 3rd Line Support
6 15 (9.68%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 15 (9.68%) Analyst
7 14 (9.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 14 (9.03%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 14 (9.03%) Lead
8 12 (7.74%) IT Engineer
9 9 (5.81%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (5.16%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.58%) pytest
2 3 (1.94%) XMPP
3 2 (1.29%) X-Windows
4 1 (0.65%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.26%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (11.61%) GNSS
3 14 (9.03%) Data Centre
4 10 (6.45%) FPGA
4 10 (6.45%) MicroBlaze
5 6 (3.87%) Robotics
5 6 (3.87%) VHDL
6 5 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.23%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.58%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.58%) Handset
7 4 (2.58%) Smartphone
7 4 (2.58%) Tandem
8 3 (1.94%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.29%) PKI
10 1 (0.65%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 72 (46.45%) Windows
2 45 (29.03%) Windows Server
3 22 (14.19%) Linux
4 18 (11.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (8.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.74%) Windows 10
7 8 (5.16%) Unix
8 5 (3.23%) Apple iOS
8 5 (3.23%) CentOS
9 3 (1.94%) VMS
9 3 (1.94%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.65%) Debian
11 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (32.90%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (23.23%) B2B
2 36 (23.23%) ITIL
2 36 (23.23%) Test Assurance
2 36 (23.23%) Test Automation
3 31 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 27 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (16.77%) Mentoring
6 21 (13.55%) Collaborative Working
7 16 (10.32%) Agile
7 16 (10.32%) Customer Engagement
7 16 (10.32%) Customer Service
7 16 (10.32%) Requirements Gathering
8 15 (9.68%) Computer Science
8 15 (9.68%) Service Delivery
9 14 (9.03%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 13 (8.39%) Migration
11 12 (7.74%) Defect Tracking
11 12 (7.74%) Project Management
11 12 (7.74%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.32%) C++
1 16 (10.32%) PowerShell
2 10 (6.45%) C
2 10 (6.45%) MATLAB
3 9 (5.81%) Python
4 6 (3.87%) Perl
4 6 (3.87%) Tcl
4 6 (3.87%) VB
5 5 (3.23%) SQL
6 2 (1.29%) Bicep
7 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (27.74%) Security Cleared
2 41 (26.45%) Degree
3 21 (13.55%) SC Cleared
4 18 (11.61%) DV Cleared
5 13 (8.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (5.81%) MCSE
8 8 (5.16%) CCNA
8 8 (5.16%) MCITP
9 5 (3.23%) CCNP
9 5 (3.23%) HND
10 4 (2.58%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.58%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.58%) JNCIA
11 3 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (1.29%) Server+ Certification
13 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.65%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.10%) SLA
2 6 (3.87%) PMO
3 5 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (30.97%) Active Directory
1 48 (30.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (11.61%) Hyper-V
3 14 (9.03%) VMware NSX
4 12 (7.74%) XenDesktop
5 11 (7.10%) vSphere
6 10 (6.45%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (6.45%) Firmware
6 10 (6.45%) XenApp
7 7 (4.52%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (2.58%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 31 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.03%) SCCM
3 7 (4.52%) Nagios
4 6 (3.87%) WSUS
5 5 (3.23%) Terraform
5 5 (3.23%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.94%) Cisco CUCM
6 3 (1.94%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (1.29%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (1.29%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.65%) Icinga
8 1 (0.65%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.65%) OfficeScan
8 1 (0.65%) Rancher
8 1 (0.65%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (38.06%) Cisco
2 54 (34.84%) VMware
3 50 (32.26%) Microsoft
4 19 (12.26%) HP
5 14 (9.03%) Dell
5 14 (9.03%) Fortinet
5 14 (9.03%) Symantec
6 13 (8.39%) Citrix
6 13 (8.39%) Google
7 10 (6.45%) Meraki
8 8 (5.16%) Aruba
8 8 (5.16%) Juniper
8 8 (5.16%) ServiceNow
9 7 (4.52%) Palo Alto
9 7 (4.52%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.87%) Altera
10 6 (3.87%) Green Hills
10 6 (3.87%) Motorola
10 6 (3.87%) Xilinx
11 5 (3.23%) Apple