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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 149 186
Rank change year-on-year -13 +37 -46
Permanent jobs citing WAN 273 317 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.64% 2.17% 1.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.95% 12.46% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 236 224 302
10th Percentile £29,771 £28,575 £29,075
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £59,063 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,125 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% -4.17% +1.05%

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 2,743 2,544 3,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.44% 17.42% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,874 1,495 1,863
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £59,000 £63,000 £65,000
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 7 May 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 7 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
Thames Valley -23 96 £50,000 +5.26% 20
Hampshire -18 70 £45,000 - 17
Surrey +27 45 £50,000 +42.86% 5
Berkshire +21 44 £52,500 +47.89% 11
Oxfordshire +18 34 £46,250 -2.63% 5
Kent -29 32 £45,500 +13.04% 12
Buckinghamshire -49 19 £45,000 -14.29% 4
West Sussex +40 14 £50,000 +14.94% 2
East Sussex +28 13 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Home Counties - 1 £90,000 -
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England

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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 32 (11.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (10.62%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.20%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.73%) nginx
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Site Server
Applications
1 23 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 104 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
2 100 (36.63%) Azure
3 32 (11.72%) Entra ID
4 29 (10.62%) AWS
5 11 (4.03%) SaaS
6 9 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (3.30%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.83%) IaaS
8 4 (1.47%) PaaS
9 2 (0.73%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.73%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) Akamai
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.37%) GitHub
10 1 (0.37%) OpenDNS
10 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 187 (68.50%) LAN
2 123 (45.05%) Firewall
3 64 (23.44%) SD-WAN
4 60 (21.98%) Wireless
5 54 (19.78%) VPN
6 47 (17.22%) DNS
7 39 (14.29%) DHCP
8 38 (13.92%) VLAN
9 36 (13.19%) TCP/IP
9 36 (13.19%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (10.62%) MPLS
11 28 (10.26%) BGP
12 24 (8.79%) VoIP
13 23 (8.42%) Network Security
14 22 (8.06%) Broadband
15 18 (6.59%) OSPF
16 16 (5.86%) SSL
17 15 (5.49%) 4G
17 15 (5.49%) SAN
18 14 (5.13%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.56%) MySQL
3 6 (2.20%) InfluxDB
3 6 (2.20%) MariaDB
3 6 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.83%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.56%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.83%) Git
3 4 (1.47%) MSBuild
3 4 (1.47%) TeamCity
General
1 100 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.99%) Telecoms
3 21 (7.69%) Finance
4 10 (3.66%) Legal
4 10 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.47%) Automotive
6 4 (1.47%) Games
6 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.10%) Advertising
7 3 (1.10%) Banking
7 3 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.10%) Electronics
7 3 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.10%) Retail
8 2 (0.73%) Law
8 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.37%) Marketing
9 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 71 (26.01%) Network Engineer
2 55 (20.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (14.29%) Senior
4 33 (12.09%) Architect
5 32 (11.72%) Support Engineer
6 25 (9.16%) IT Engineer
7 22 (8.06%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (7.69%) IT Support
9 19 (6.96%) Analyst
10 18 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (6.23%) Systems Engineer
12 16 (5.86%) 3rd Line Support
13 13 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 13 (4.76%) IP Architect
13 13 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
14 11 (4.03%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (4.03%) Cisco Architect
14 11 (4.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (4.03%) Project Engineer
14 11 (4.03%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.47%) .NET
2 2 (0.73%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.37%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.37%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.37%) EDI
3 1 (0.37%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.12%) Data Centre
2 41 (15.02%) Driving Licence
3 21 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.23%) PKI
5 16 (5.86%) IoT
6 11 (4.03%) Client/Server
6 11 (4.03%) NHS
7 9 (3.30%) ARM Cortex
7 9 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.83%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.83%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.83%) PMI
10 4 (1.47%) Clustering
10 4 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (1.47%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.10%) CCTV
11 3 (1.10%) EPoS
11 3 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 127 (46.52%) Windows
2 63 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 32 (11.72%) Windows 10
4 29 (10.62%) Linux
5 17 (6.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (5.13%) Android
7 13 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (4.40%) Apple iOS
8 12 (4.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (3.66%) Mac OS
10 7 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (2.20%) CentOS
11 6 (2.20%) Windows 8
12 5 (1.83%) Windows XP
13 4 (1.47%) Mac OS X
13 4 (1.47%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (1.10%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.37%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (24.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (15.02%) Customer Service
4 31 (11.36%) Presales
5 26 (9.52%) Time Management
6 25 (9.16%) ITIL
7 21 (7.69%) Project Management
8 20 (7.33%) Information Security
9 18 (6.59%) Mentoring
10 16 (5.86%) Data Management
10 16 (5.86%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (5.49%) Network Management
12 14 (5.13%) Kalman Filter
12 14 (5.13%) Network Design
13 13 (4.76%) Business Development
14 12 (4.40%) Analytics
14 12 (4.40%) Incident Management
14 12 (4.40%) Software Licensing
14 12 (4.40%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.59%) PowerShell
1 18 (6.59%) Python
2 12 (4.40%) Bash
3 7 (2.56%) SQL
4 5 (1.83%) Perl
5 1 (0.37%) Korn
5 1 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 51 (18.68%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (14.29%) CCNA
3 35 (12.82%) Degree
4 32 (11.72%) Security Cleared
5 20 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (6.96%) CCNP
6 19 (6.96%) SC Cleared
7 10 (3.66%) CCIE
7 10 (3.66%) DBS Check
7 10 (3.66%) MCP
8 9 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.30%) CTC Cleared
9 8 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.93%) MCITP
9 8 (2.93%) MCSE
9 8 (2.93%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (2.20%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.83%) JNCIA
11 5 (1.83%) JNCIE
12 3 (1.10%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (7.33%) GDPR
3 9 (3.30%) COSHH
4 6 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.83%) SLA
6 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 90 (32.97%) Active Directory
2 71 (26.01%) Hyper-V
3 49 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.40%) vSphere
5 10 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.20%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.73%) Docker
7 2 (0.73%) Firmware
7 2 (0.73%) KVM
7 2 (0.73%) QEMU
7 2 (0.73%) Xen
8 1 (0.37%) NFS
8 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.37%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.37%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 38 (13.92%) FortiGate
2 18 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.66%) Ansible
4 9 (3.30%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.56%) SCCM
6 6 (2.20%) Endace
6 6 (2.20%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (2.20%) Terraform
6 6 (2.20%) VxRail
7 5 (1.83%) CASB
7 5 (1.83%) Puppet
7 5 (1.83%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 3 (1.10%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.73%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.37%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 119 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 108 (39.56%) Cisco
3 85 (31.14%) VMware
4 50 (18.32%) Juniper
5 32 (11.72%) HP
6 27 (9.89%) Fortinet
7 24 (8.79%) Meraki
8 23 (8.42%) Aruba
9 15 (5.49%) Apple
9 15 (5.49%) Citrix
9 15 (5.49%) Mitel
10 14 (5.13%) Darktrace
10 14 (5.13%) NEC
11 13 (4.76%) Dell
11 13 (4.76%) Draytek
12 11 (4.03%) Adobe
12 11 (4.03%) Palo Alto
13 9 (3.30%) Ribbon
14 8 (2.93%) F5
15 5 (1.83%) BT