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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 135 125
Rank change year-on-year +40 -10 +61
Permanent jobs citing WAN 112 109 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.08% 1.62% 2.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.48% 11.61% 12.68%
Number of salaries quoted 100 73 75
10th Percentile £22,750 £35,800 £31,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,096 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.08% -14.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,500 £70,000 £70,250
South East median annual salary £41,500 £49,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.74% +9.44% -5.26%

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 606 939 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.64% 13.93% 18.19%
Number of salaries quoted 283 627 541
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,563 £36,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,175 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -7.00% -7.77%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £74,250
South East median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,875
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.54% -3.42%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +39 64 £37,000 -26.00% 18
Oxfordshire +43 35 £40,500 -10.19% 6
Buckinghamshire +15 13 £60,000 +33.33% 6
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 17 (15.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (9.82%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (5.36%) IBM Domino
4 5 (4.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 36 (32.14%) Azure
2 24 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (16.07%) AWS
4 9 (8.04%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.57%) GCP
6 2 (1.79%) Azure AI
6 2 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.79%) IaaS
6 2 (1.79%) PaaS
6 2 (1.79%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.79%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.79%) SaaS
7 1 (0.89%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 87 (77.68%) LAN
2 33 (29.46%) Internet
3 27 (24.11%) Firewall
4 20 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (16.96%) SD-WAN
6 15 (13.39%) Wireless
7 13 (11.61%) VPN
8 11 (9.82%) SAN
8 11 (9.82%) VLAN
9 10 (8.93%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (8.04%) DNS
10 9 (8.04%) MPLS
11 7 (6.25%) BGP
11 7 (6.25%) Junos
11 7 (6.25%) TCP/IP
12 5 (4.46%) IPsec
12 5 (4.46%) Network Security
13 3 (2.68%) DHCP
13 3 (2.68%) DMZ
13 3 (2.68%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.79%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.79%) MySQL
1 2 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.57%) Git
General
1 31 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 20 (17.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.36%) Advertising
4 6 (5.36%) Finance
5 3 (2.68%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.79%) Retail
7 1 (0.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (18.75%) IT Support
2 17 (15.18%) Architect
3 15 (13.39%) Network Architect
4 14 (12.50%) Trainee
4 14 (12.50%) Trainee IT Support
5 13 (11.61%) 3rd Line Support
5 13 (11.61%) Support Technician
6 11 (9.82%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 11 (9.82%) Analyst
7 10 (8.93%) Infrastructure Support
7 10 (8.93%) Lead
7 10 (8.93%) Network Support
7 10 (8.93%) Support Analyst
8 8 (7.14%) Support Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) Network Engineer
9 7 (6.25%) WAN Engineer
10 6 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
10 6 (5.36%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.36%) Platform Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.82%) Replication
2 10 (8.93%) Virtual Team
3 7 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.46%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.57%) IoT
5 4 (3.57%) Social Media
6 3 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.79%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.79%) NHS
7 2 (1.79%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 70 (62.50%) Windows
2 15 (13.39%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.04%) Linux
3 9 (8.04%) Mac OS
4 7 (6.25%) Android
5 3 (2.68%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.68%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (34.82%) ITIL
2 17 (15.18%) Customer Service
3 16 (14.29%) Migration
4 15 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (11.61%) Agile
6 12 (10.71%) Business Continuity
7 11 (9.82%) Information Security
7 11 (9.82%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (9.82%) Knowledge Transfer
8 9 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (8.04%) Network Virtualisation
8 9 (8.04%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (7.14%) Roadmaps
10 7 (6.25%) CI/CD
10 7 (6.25%) DevOps
10 7 (6.25%) Network Design
10 7 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (5.36%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (5.36%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.14%) Python
2 2 (1.79%) Bicep
2 2 (1.79%) MATLAB
2 2 (1.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (19.64%) SC Cleared
1 22 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.39%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (11.61%) CCNP
3 13 (11.61%) Degree
4 11 (9.82%) CCNA
5 10 (8.93%) Master's Degree
5 10 (8.93%) MBA
6 6 (5.36%) DBS Check
6 6 (5.36%) JNCIS
7 5 (4.46%) A+ Certification
7 5 (4.46%) MCP
8 3 (2.68%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.68%) MCSE
8 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.79%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.79%) CCIE
9 2 (1.79%) CISSP
10 1 (0.89%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (9.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (4.46%) SLA
4 1 (0.89%) GDPR
4 1 (0.89%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (11.61%) Active Directory
3 11 (9.82%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.68%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.79%) Docker
6 1 (0.89%) Firmware
6 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (16.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (9.82%) SCCM
3 7 (6.25%) Ansible
3 7 (6.25%) Terraform
4 2 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.79%) ZENworks
5 1 (0.89%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 38 (33.93%) Cisco
3 25 (22.32%) VMware
4 19 (16.96%) Juniper
5 13 (11.61%) Palo Alto
6 11 (9.82%) arcserve
7 10 (8.93%) Unisys
8 7 (6.25%) Aruba
9 6 (5.36%) Fortinet
9 6 (5.36%) Mellanox
9 6 (5.36%) NVIDIA
9 6 (5.36%) Sophos
10 5 (4.46%) Datto
10 5 (4.46%) Meraki
10 5 (4.46%) WatchGuard
11 3 (2.68%) ADVA
12 2 (1.79%) Apple
12 2 (1.79%) ConnectWise
12 2 (1.79%) Databricks
12 2 (1.79%) HP