WAN Job Trends in Surrey

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 81 76
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 +68
Permanent jobs citing WAN 9 19 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.49% 1.74% 2.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.74% 12.84% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 36
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,925 £34,375
25th Percentile £47,738 £36,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% +5.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £105,000 £77,500 £55,063
90th Percentile - - £75,625
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 517 148 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 28.33% 13.54% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 137 69 212
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,200 £28,825
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,750 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £77,500 £68,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +3.83%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

WAN job vacancy trend in Surrey

WAN
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Surrey over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for WAN in Surrey

WAN
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 18 February 2026. 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
Staines - 4 £60,000 -
Woking -4 3 £100,000 +33.33%
Epsom - 1 £48,580 -
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) AWS
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
5 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (11.11%) IaaS
5 1 (11.11%) PaaS
5 1 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) VPN
2 7 (77.78%) LAN
3 4 (44.44%) Firewall
3 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
4 3 (33.33%) Unified Communications
4 3 (33.33%) VoIP
4 3 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (22.22%) Wireless
6 1 (11.11%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Head of IT
1 4 (44.44%) Head of IT Operations
1 4 (44.44%) Head of Operations
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
1 5 (55.56%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure as Code
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) Budget Management
2 4 (44.44%) ERP
3 3 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (33.33%) High Availability
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 3 (33.33%) ITSM
3 3 (33.33%) Logistics
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 3 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 3 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 3 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Ansible
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
2 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) VMware
4 1 (11.11%) Meraki
4 1 (11.11%) Okta
4 1 (11.11%) SAP