WAN Jobs in the Thames Valley

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 152 129
Rank change year-on-year +66 -23 +66
Permanent jobs citing WAN 95 99 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.79% 1.41% 2.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.21% 10.16% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 83 70 77
10th Percentile £22,750 £35,300 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £37,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £78,250 £78,750 £75,000
South East median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% +11.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 974 937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.24% 13.87% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 230 681 530
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £30,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £73,875
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the Thames Valley

WAN
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for WAN in the Thames Valley

WAN
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in the Thames Valley

WAN
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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
Berkshire +45 52 £47,500 -17.39% 78
Oxfordshire +37 32 £40,000 -13.51% 17
Buckinghamshire +19 11 £45,000 - 27
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (11.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.32%) IBM Domino
3 5 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (2.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (14.74%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.11%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 26 (27.37%) Azure
2 15 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (9.47%) AWS
4 6 (6.32%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.11%) Azure AI
5 2 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.11%) GCP
5 2 (2.11%) IaaS
5 2 (2.11%) PaaS
5 2 (2.11%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.11%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 70 (73.68%) LAN
2 33 (34.74%) Internet
3 21 (22.11%) Wireless
4 20 (21.05%) Firewall
5 19 (20.00%) SD-WAN
6 11 (11.58%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (9.47%) DNS
8 9 (9.47%) MPLS
9 7 (7.37%) BGP
9 7 (7.37%) VPN
10 5 (5.26%) IPsec
10 5 (5.26%) Junos
10 5 (5.26%) SAN
10 5 (5.26%) VLAN
11 4 (4.21%) DHCP
11 4 (4.21%) Network Security
11 4 (4.21%) TCP/IP
12 3 (3.16%) DMZ
12 3 (3.16%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) Data Lake
1 2 (2.11%) MySQL
1 2 (2.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Git
General
1 26 (27.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 20 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.32%) Advertising
5 4 (4.21%) Finance
6 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.11%) Retail
8 1 (1.05%) Automotive
8 1 (1.05%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (17.89%) Infrastructure Support
1 17 (17.89%) Network Support
2 15 (15.79%) Architect
3 14 (14.74%) IT Support
4 13 (13.68%) Network Architect
5 8 (8.42%) Lead
5 8 (8.42%) Support Engineer
5 8 (8.42%) Trainee
5 8 (8.42%) Trainee IT Support
6 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Network Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) WAN Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (6.32%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Platform Support Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Support Technician
8 5 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 5 (5.26%) Analyst
9 4 (4.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 4 (4.21%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.89%) Virtual Team
2 5 (5.26%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (5.26%) Replication
3 4 (4.21%) IoT
3 4 (4.21%) Social Media
4 3 (3.16%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.11%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.11%) NHS
5 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 58 (61.05%) Windows
2 10 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.47%) Linux
4 8 (8.42%) Mac OS
5 6 (6.32%) Android
6 3 (3.16%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.11%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.16%) ITIL
2 16 (16.84%) Customer Service
3 10 (10.53%) Migration
4 9 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (8.42%) Network Virtualisation
5 8 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (7.37%) Agile
6 7 (7.37%) Network Design
6 7 (7.37%) Roadmaps
6 7 (7.37%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (6.32%) Business Continuity
7 6 (6.32%) CI/CD
7 6 (6.32%) Customer Experience
7 6 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (6.32%) Network Management
7 6 (6.32%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (6.32%) User Experience
8 5 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (5.26%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.37%) Python
2 2 (2.11%) Bicep
2 2 (2.11%) MATLAB
2 2 (2.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (20.00%) Degree
1 19 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 19 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (17.89%) Master's Degree
2 17 (17.89%) MBA
3 11 (11.58%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (9.47%) CCNA
4 9 (9.47%) CCNP
5 6 (6.32%) DBS Check
5 6 (6.32%) JNCIS
6 2 (2.11%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.11%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.11%) MCP
7 1 (1.05%) CCIE
7 1 (1.05%) CEH
7 1 (1.05%) CISA
7 1 (1.05%) CISSP
7 1 (1.05%) MCSE
7 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.26%) SLA
3 1 (1.05%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.05%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (16.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (14.74%) Active Directory
3 5 (5.26%) Hyper-V
3 5 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.11%) Docker
6 1 (1.05%) Firmware
6 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.26%) Ansible
2 5 (5.26%) SCCM
2 5 (5.26%) Terraform
3 3 (3.16%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.16%) WSUS
4 2 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.11%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 36 (37.89%) Cisco
2 33 (34.74%) Microsoft
3 18 (18.95%) VMware
4 17 (17.89%) Unisys
5 16 (16.84%) Juniper
6 11 (11.58%) Palo Alto
7 6 (6.32%) Fortinet
8 5 (5.26%) arcserve
8 5 (5.26%) Aruba
8 5 (5.26%) Mellanox
8 5 (5.26%) Meraki
8 5 (5.26%) NVIDIA
9 3 (3.16%) ADVA
10 2 (2.11%) Apple
10 2 (2.11%) ConnectWise
10 2 (2.11%) Databricks
10 2 (2.11%) Datto
10 2 (2.11%) Sophos
10 2 (2.11%) WatchGuard
11 1 (1.05%) CrowdStrike