WAN Jobs in the South West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 138 142
Rank change year-on-year +35 +4 -1
Permanent jobs citing WAN 244 135 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.64% 1.95% 2.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.46% 10.22% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 179 101 95
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,725 £23,025
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £51,750 £50,000 £51,063
90th Percentile £60,918 £60,000 £55,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,254 1,321 1,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.59% 19.07% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 930 558 703
10th Percentile £26,475 £28,000 £26,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,852 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £63,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
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 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

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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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the South West

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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 5 May 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 +25 90 £49,000 +30.67% 8
Wiltshire +29 52 £50,500 +17.44% 10
Gloucestershire +11 52 £48,500 +29.33% 3
Dorset -29 24 £37,500 -11.24% 2
Bristol +2 14 £38,250 -30.45% 9
Cornwall -10 9 £30,000 -6.25% 1
Somerset +6 2 £44,000 -2.22% 3
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 51 (20.90%) SharePoint
2 30 (12.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (4.51%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (4.51%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 91 (37.30%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (34.02%) Azure
3 33 (13.52%) Entra ID
4 26 (10.66%) AWS
5 18 (7.38%) PaaS
6 16 (6.56%) GCP
6 16 (6.56%) IaaS
6 16 (6.56%) OneDrive
6 16 (6.56%) Power Platform
7 13 (5.33%) SaaS
8 6 (2.46%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.82%) AWS Fargate
10 2 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.82%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.82%) Serverless
11 1 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 177 (72.54%) LAN
2 116 (47.54%) Firewall
3 83 (34.02%) SD-WAN
4 48 (19.67%) DNS
5 46 (18.85%) Wi-Fi
6 43 (17.62%) VPN
7 34 (13.93%) 5G
8 30 (12.30%) DHCP
9 25 (10.25%) VLAN
10 21 (8.61%) Network Security
10 21 (8.61%) Wireless
11 17 (6.97%) TCP/IP
12 15 (6.15%) Cisco ASA
13 14 (5.74%) MPLS
13 14 (5.74%) SAN
14 13 (5.33%) WLAN
15 12 (4.92%) BGP
15 12 (4.92%) IPsec
16 9 (3.69%) OSPF
17 8 (3.28%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.82%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.82%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.64%) LabVIEW
2 2 (0.82%) Git
General
1 67 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.62%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (9.02%) Aerospace
5 21 (8.61%) Presentation Skills
6 19 (7.79%) Electronics
7 15 (6.15%) Manufacturing
8 13 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.28%) Military
10 7 (2.87%) Retail
11 6 (2.46%) Marketing
12 5 (2.05%) Police
13 4 (1.64%) Finance
14 3 (1.23%) Legal
15 2 (0.82%) Publishing
16 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 67 (27.46%) Senior
2 55 (22.54%) Network Engineer
3 50 (20.49%) Senior Network Engineer
4 44 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 40 (16.39%) Support Engineer
6 27 (11.07%) IT Engineer
7 23 (9.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 21 (8.61%) IT Support
9 20 (8.20%) Lead
10 19 (7.79%) 3rd Line Support
11 18 (7.38%) Network Manager
12 17 (6.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 17 (6.97%) IT Support Engineer
12 17 (6.97%) Technical Leader
13 15 (6.15%) RF Engineer
14 14 (5.74%) Analyst
15 12 (4.92%) 2nd Line Support
16 11 (4.51%) GNSS Engineer
16 11 (4.51%) Project Leader
16 11 (4.51%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.05%) LDAP
2 2 (0.82%) .NET
2 2 (0.82%) Node.js
2 2 (0.82%) React
2 2 (0.82%) RESTful
2 2 (0.82%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.02%) Data Centre
1 22 (9.02%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (6.97%) GNSS
3 16 (6.56%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.51%) Fat Client
4 11 (4.51%) FPGA
4 11 (4.51%) Thin Client
5 8 (3.28%) MicroBlaze
5 8 (3.28%) Robotics
5 8 (3.28%) VHDL
6 7 (2.87%) CCTV
7 5 (2.05%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.23%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.82%) Clustering
9 2 (0.82%) CMDB
9 2 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.82%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.82%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 99 (40.57%) Windows
2 56 (22.95%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 24 (9.84%) Windows 10
5 22 (9.02%) Linux
6 17 (6.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (4.10%) Windows 7
8 5 (2.05%) Unix
9 4 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.41%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.72%) ITIL
2 52 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (18.44%) Project Delivery
4 43 (17.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (15.16%) Mentoring
6 34 (13.93%) B2B
6 34 (13.93%) Service Delivery
6 34 (13.93%) Test Assurance
6 34 (13.93%) Test Automation
7 28 (11.48%) Computer Science
8 25 (10.25%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (9.43%) Customer Service
10 22 (9.02%) Project Management
11 21 (8.61%) Time Management
12 19 (7.79%) Creative Thinking
12 19 (7.79%) Defect Tracking
12 19 (7.79%) Requirements Analysis
13 18 (7.38%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (6.97%) Agile
14 17 (6.97%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.93%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.97%) SQL
3 16 (6.56%) C++
4 15 (6.15%) MATLAB
5 8 (3.28%) C
5 8 (3.28%) Perl
5 8 (3.28%) Tcl
5 8 (3.28%) VB
6 6 (2.46%) Python
7 3 (1.23%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.82%) C#
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (26.23%) Security Cleared
2 49 (20.08%) DV Cleared
3 43 (17.62%) Degree
4 19 (7.79%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.74%) A+ Certification
6 10 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (3.69%) CCNP
7 9 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.28%) CCIE
8 8 (3.28%) MCSE
8 8 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.46%) MCITP
10 5 (2.05%) HND
10 5 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (2.05%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.05%) PMP
10 5 (2.05%) RHCE
10 5 (2.05%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.64%) CCNA
11 4 (1.64%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.51%) PMO
1 11 (4.51%) SLA
2 3 (1.23%) JTAG
3 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 78 (31.97%) Active Directory
2 58 (23.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (13.93%) Hyper-V
4 16 (6.56%) vSphere
5 10 (4.10%) XenDesktop
6 8 (3.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (3.28%) Firmware
7 7 (2.87%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.87%) XenApp
8 4 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.64%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (1.23%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.82%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (13.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (9.02%) SCCM
3 19 (7.79%) WSUS
4 8 (3.28%) McAfee ePO
4 8 (3.28%) SCVMM
5 5 (2.05%) Nagios
5 5 (2.05%) OfficeScan
5 5 (2.05%) Rancher
6 4 (1.64%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.82%) Terraform
7 2 (0.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (36.07%) Cisco
2 74 (30.33%) VMware
3 70 (28.69%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.56%) Citrix
5 13 (5.33%) HP
6 12 (4.92%) Dell
6 12 (4.92%) Google
6 12 (4.92%) Veeam
7 10 (4.10%) Symantec
8 9 (3.69%) Fortinet
9 8 (3.28%) Altera
9 8 (3.28%) CheckPoint
9 8 (3.28%) Green Hills
9 8 (3.28%) McAfee
9 8 (3.28%) Motorola
9 8 (3.28%) Xilinx
10 7 (2.87%) Meraki
11 5 (2.05%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 5 (2.05%) Centreon
12 4 (1.64%) ServiceNow