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 11 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 113 156
Rank change year-on-year -5 +43 -17
Permanent jobs citing WAN 81 90 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.88% 2.44% 1.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.94% 15.49% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 40 71 87
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,125 £36,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,048 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -8.57% +22.09%
75th Percentile £53,031 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £73,950
South East median annual salary £53,625 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.17% -10.00% +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 542 581 1,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.55% 15.74% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 255 430 686
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,290 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,425 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £48,663
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.75% +8.14%

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 11 November 2024.

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 11 November 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
Berkshire +21 48 £44,175 -13.38% 9
Oxfordshire -19 23 £45,096 +9.99% 2
Buckinghamshire -17 10 £41,250 -14.95% 7
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 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.93%) Azure
2 12 (14.81%) AWS
3 5 (6.17%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (4.94%) GCP
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.23%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 55 (67.90%) LAN
2 50 (61.73%) Firewall
3 28 (34.57%) Network Security
4 25 (30.86%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (28.40%) SD-WAN
6 16 (19.75%) VPN
7 15 (18.52%) DHCP
7 15 (18.52%) DNS
8 13 (16.05%) MPLS
9 10 (12.35%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (12.35%) WLAN
10 8 (9.88%) OSPF
11 7 (8.64%) Cisco ISE
11 7 (8.64%) VoIP
11 7 (8.64%) Wireless
12 5 (6.17%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (6.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (6.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 5 (6.17%) Reverse Proxy
12 5 (6.17%) Sourcefire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 22 (27.16%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (20.99%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.94%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Banking
6 1 (1.23%) Billing
6 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 34 (41.98%) Network Engineer
2 24 (29.63%) Senior
3 13 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (14.81%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (12.35%) IT Technician
6 9 (11.11%) Architect
7 8 (9.88%) Field Engineer
7 8 (9.88%) Network Field Engineer
8 6 (7.41%) IT Support
8 6 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.17%) Cisco Architect
9 5 (6.17%) Cisco Security Architect
9 5 (6.17%) Consultant
9 5 (6.17%) IT Support Technician
9 5 (6.17%) Network Consultant
9 5 (6.17%) Security Architect
9 5 (6.17%) Security Consultant
9 5 (6.17%) Security Engineer
9 5 (6.17%) Senior Architect
9 5 (6.17%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.70%) EDI
3 1 (1.23%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.93%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.64%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 5 (6.17%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.70%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.70%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (2.47%) Clustering
7 1 (1.23%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.23%) EPoS
7 1 (1.23%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.23%) Hackathon
7 1 (1.23%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (25.93%) Windows
2 9 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.17%) Linux
4 2 (2.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.23%) Android
5 1 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (39.51%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (18.52%) ITIL
4 14 (17.28%) Network Monitoring
4 14 (17.28%) Presales
5 13 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (14.81%) Change Control
7 9 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (9.88%) Mentoring
8 8 (9.88%) Network Architecture
9 7 (8.64%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 7 (8.64%) Incident Management
10 6 (7.41%) CI/CD
10 6 (7.41%) Creative Thinking
10 6 (7.41%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 6 (7.41%) Decision-Making
10 6 (7.41%) Network Management
10 6 (7.41%) Service Delivery
10 6 (7.41%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.94%) Python
2 3 (3.70%) Bash
2 3 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (35.80%) Cisco Certification
1 29 (35.80%) Security Cleared
2 27 (33.33%) CCNA
3 23 (28.40%) CCNP
3 23 (28.40%) SC Cleared
4 17 (20.99%) Degree
5 11 (13.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (11.11%) CTC Cleared
6 9 (11.11%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.23%) CCSA
8 1 (1.23%) CCSE
8 1 (1.23%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.88%) Active Directory
1 8 (9.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.41%) Firmware
2 6 (7.41%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.23%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.23%) Docker
4 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (6.17%) Stealthwatch
1 5 (6.17%) Terraform
2 4 (4.94%) vCenter Server
2 4 (4.94%) WSUS
3 2 (2.47%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (46.91%) Cisco
2 21 (25.93%) Fortinet
3 20 (24.69%) Microsoft
4 15 (18.52%) Palo Alto
5 13 (16.05%) Juniper
6 9 (11.11%) Extreme Networks
6 9 (11.11%) HP
6 9 (11.11%) Infoblox
7 8 (9.88%) VMware
8 7 (8.64%) Apple
9 5 (6.17%) Adobe
9 5 (6.17%) Aruba
9 5 (6.17%) Blue Coat
9 5 (6.17%) CheckPoint
9 5 (6.17%) F5
9 5 (6.17%) McAfee
9 5 (6.17%) Meraki
9 5 (6.17%) Zscaler
10 3 (3.70%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow