WAN Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 739 744
Rank change year-on-year +175 +5 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 12 21 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.030% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.031% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 6
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,565 £29,875
25th Percentile £35,500 £26,700 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £27,400 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +73.36% -24.93% -33.64%
75th Percentile £52,375 £56,563 £40,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £70,500 £46,250
UK median annual salary £48,750 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +42.86% -41.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,491 67,312 53,678
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.80% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 18,637 47,638 30,603
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London

WAN Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London

WAN Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London

WAN Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +103 7 £47,500 -24.00% 5
Midlands +57 3 £37,000 +35.04% 2
West Midlands +34 3 £37,000 +35.04% 2
North of England +50 2 £50,000 -33.33%
North West +12 2 £50,000 -33.33%
WAN Engineer
UK

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, WAN Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) WAN
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) SD-WAN
3 8 (66.67%) Juniper
4 6 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (41.67%) ADVA
5 5 (41.67%) Advertising
5 5 (41.67%) VMware
6 4 (33.33%) ISO 9000
6 4 (33.33%) Windows
6 4 (33.33%) Linux
6 4 (33.33%) Edge Virtualization
6 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (25.00%) CCNA
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
8 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (16.67%) LAN
8 2 (16.67%) DNS
8 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
8 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
8 2 (16.67%) Firewall
8 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (16.67%) Aruba
8 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) WAN
2 10 (83.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (16.67%) DNS
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) LAN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Advertising
2 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Edge Virtualization
2 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (16.67%) Presales
5 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
4 1 (8.33%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) Juniper
3 5 (41.67%) ADVA
3 5 (41.67%) VMware
4 2 (16.67%) Aruba
4 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto