WAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 157 170
Rank change year-on-year +30 +13 -33
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,563 1,355 1,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.23% 2.19% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.00% 12.27% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,241 985 1,259
10th Percentile £25,950 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,642 £67,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -1.04% +1.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,766 11,047 10,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.94% 17.88% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,096 4,889 6,514
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £32,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
North of England +34 431 £42,500 -5.56% 74
Midlands +73 361 £42,000 -0.65% 71
West Midlands +97 286 £41,750 -7.22% 51
South East +5 284 £47,500 +11.76% 77
South West +60 245 £49,000 +15.29% 33
North West +16 226 £42,500 -5.56% 51
Yorkshire +70 175 £52,500 +16.67% 18
East of England +34 147 £42,500 +6.25% 38
Scotland -51 86 £39,000 -10.86% 20
East Midlands -10 71 £45,000 +18.42% 19
North East -17 43 £39,000 -8.24% 5
Wales +26 39 £40,500 -10.00% 10
Northern Ireland +7 3 £37,500 -11.76% 6
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - -
WAN
UK

WAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 193 (12.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 160 (10.24%) SharePoint
3 80 (5.12%) IIS
4 10 (0.64%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (0.64%) SharePoint 2013
5 9 (0.58%) CMS
6 6 (0.38%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.064%) Apache
10 1 (0.064%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.064%) Confluence
10 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 160 (10.24%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.064%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.26%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.064%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.064%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.064%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 643 (41.14%) Azure
2 576 (36.85%) Microsoft 365
3 198 (12.67%) AWS
4 181 (11.58%) Entra ID
5 73 (4.67%) OneDrive
6 58 (3.71%) IaaS
7 54 (3.45%) GCP
7 54 (3.45%) PaaS
7 54 (3.45%) SaaS
8 49 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
9 26 (1.66%) Power Platform
10 22 (1.41%) Mimecast
11 17 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
12 13 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (0.77%) Google Workspace
14 8 (0.51%) Serverless
15 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (0.45%) Nutanix
16 6 (0.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,143 (73.13%) LAN
2 629 (40.24%) Firewall
3 373 (23.86%) SD-WAN
4 300 (19.19%) DNS
5 298 (19.07%) VPN
6 280 (17.91%) TCP/IP
7 276 (17.66%) DHCP
8 264 (16.89%) Wi-Fi
9 239 (15.29%) Wireless
10 198 (12.67%) MPLS
11 192 (12.28%) VLAN
12 159 (10.17%) BGP
13 152 (9.72%) WLAN
14 134 (8.57%) Network Security
15 131 (8.38%) OSPF
16 112 (7.17%) VoIP
17 105 (6.72%) SAN
18 83 (5.31%) Internet
19 58 (3.71%) IPsec
20 47 (3.01%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (9.28%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.11%) NoSQL
3 16 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (0.70%) MySQL
6 9 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.45%) Power BI
8 6 (0.38%) InfluxDB
8 6 (0.38%) MariaDB
9 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.19%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.13%) DB2
11 2 (0.13%) DTS
11 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.064%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.064%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.064%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.064%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.064%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (0.70%) JIRA
2 8 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.45%) Git
4 5 (0.32%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.26%) MSBuild
5 4 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.064%) GitLab
6 1 (0.064%) Visual Studio
General
1 453 (28.98%) Social Skills
2 139 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (6.53%) Finance
4 93 (5.95%) Telecoms
5 70 (4.48%) Retail
6 59 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (2.50%) Law
9 38 (2.43%) Manufacturing
10 28 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (1.73%) Legal
12 25 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (1.47%) Police
14 22 (1.41%) Aerospace
14 22 (1.41%) Electronics
14 22 (1.41%) Public Sector
15 14 (0.90%) Banking
16 13 (0.83%) Marketing
17 11 (0.70%) Military
18 9 (0.58%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 319 (20.41%) Network Engineer
2 254 (16.25%) Senior
3 234 (14.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 199 (12.73%) Analyst
5 161 (10.30%) Support Engineer
6 122 (7.81%) IT Support
7 114 (7.29%) IT Engineer
8 109 (6.97%) Architect
9 82 (5.25%) Senior Network Engineer
10 81 (5.18%) Lead
11 77 (4.93%) Systems Engineer
12 64 (4.09%) 2nd Line Support
13 62 (3.97%) IT Analyst
14 59 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 58 (3.71%) IT Manager
15 58 (3.71%) Support Analyst
16 53 (3.39%) 3rd Line Support
16 53 (3.39%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
17 51 (3.26%) Network Analyst
18 49 (3.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.73%) REST
1 27 (1.73%) WebRTC
2 25 (1.60%) Node.js
2 25 (1.60%) React
3 24 (1.54%) HTML
4 23 (1.47%) AngularJS
4 23 (1.47%) CSS
4 23 (1.47%) Express.js
4 23 (1.47%) HTML5
4 23 (1.47%) XML
5 11 (0.70%) LDAP
6 8 (0.51%) .NET
7 4 (0.26%) Akka
7 4 (0.26%) Web Services
8 3 (0.19%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.19%) SAML
9 2 (0.13%) Middleware
9 2 (0.13%) RESTful
9 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
9 2 (0.13%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 189 (12.09%) Data Centre
2 103 (6.59%) Driving Licence
3 82 (5.25%) Management Information System
4 76 (4.86%) Clustering
5 57 (3.65%) Public Cloud
6 52 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 32 (2.05%) IoT
7 32 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 32 (2.05%) PKI
8 27 (1.73%) Replication
9 26 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.54%) PMI
11 23 (1.47%) NHS
12 16 (1.02%) Client/Server
12 16 (1.02%) GNSS
13 15 (0.96%) Fat Client
13 15 (0.96%) Thin Client
14 13 (0.83%) CCTV
14 13 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 628 (40.18%) Windows
2 336 (21.50%) Windows Server
3 170 (10.88%) Windows 10
4 135 (8.64%) Linux
5 79 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 69 (4.41%) Android
6 69 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
7 46 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 45 (2.88%) Apple iOS
9 35 (2.24%) Mac OS
10 32 (2.05%) Windows 7
11 19 (1.22%) VyOS
12 18 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 15 (0.96%) VMS
14 13 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 11 (0.70%) CentOS
16 8 (0.51%) Ubuntu
16 8 (0.51%) Unix
17 7 (0.45%) Windows XP
18 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
2 298 (19.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 243 (15.55%) ITIL
4 204 (13.05%) Customer Service
5 187 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
6 120 (7.68%) Project Delivery
7 118 (7.55%) Project Management
8 114 (7.29%) Mentoring
9 111 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
10 101 (6.46%) Time Management
11 89 (5.69%) Service Delivery
12 88 (5.63%) High Availability
13 81 (5.18%) Migration
14 76 (4.86%) Presales
15 75 (4.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (4.54%) Agile
16 71 (4.54%) Information Security
16 71 (4.54%) Service Management
17 69 (4.41%) Computer Science
18 68 (4.35%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 179 (11.45%) SQL
2 152 (9.72%) PowerShell
3 88 (5.63%) Python
4 39 (2.50%) Bash
5 31 (1.98%) VB
6 29 (1.86%) Java
7 26 (1.66%) JavaScript
8 24 (1.54%) Perl
8 24 (1.54%) PHP
9 23 (1.47%) JSX
10 15 (0.96%) MATLAB
11 14 (0.90%) C++
12 8 (0.51%) C#
13 7 (0.45%) C
13 7 (0.45%) Tcl
14 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.13%) Bicep
15 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.064%) Delphi
16 1 (0.064%) VBA
Qualifications
1 345 (22.07%) Cisco Certification
2 248 (15.87%) Degree
3 238 (15.23%) CCNA
4 219 (14.01%) Security Cleared
5 149 (9.53%) CCNP
6 118 (7.55%) SC Cleared
7 80 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 77 (4.93%) CCIE
9 55 (3.52%) DV Cleared
10 54 (3.45%) CISSP
11 52 (3.33%) Azure Certification
12 51 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 46 (2.94%) CCDP
14 41 (2.62%) JNCIA
15 37 (2.37%) AWS Certification
15 37 (2.37%) MCSE
16 35 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 35 (2.24%) CCSP
17 34 (2.18%) DBS Check
18 33 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (4.86%) SLA
2 42 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 40 (2.56%) NIST
4 31 (1.98%) GDPR
5 27 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.77%) PMO
7 11 (0.70%) QA
8 9 (0.58%) COSHH
9 7 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.19%) JTAG
11 3 (0.19%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.064%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.064%) SOC 3
System Software
1 558 (35.70%) Active Directory
2 317 (20.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 233 (14.91%) Hyper-V
4 68 (4.35%) VMware NSX
5 56 (3.58%) vSphere
6 37 (2.37%) Docker
7 23 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
8 22 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 21 (1.34%) Firmware
10 9 (0.58%) XenDesktop
11 7 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
11 7 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
11 7 (0.45%) XenApp
12 6 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 6 (0.38%) NFS
12 6 (0.38%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.26%) pfSense
13 4 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
14 3 (0.19%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 173 (11.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (4.54%) FortiGate
3 58 (3.71%) SCCM
4 38 (2.43%) Terraform
5 37 (2.37%) Ansible
6 36 (2.30%) Kubernetes
7 32 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
8 30 (1.92%) WSUS
9 19 (1.22%) vCenter Server
10 18 (1.15%) VxRail
11 17 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 17 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
11 17 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
12 15 (0.96%) CASB
12 15 (0.96%) Stealthwatch
13 14 (0.90%) Autotask
13 14 (0.90%) ZABBIX
14 12 (0.77%) Opsgenie
15 8 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
15 8 (0.51%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 720 (46.07%) Microsoft
2 528 (33.78%) Cisco
3 477 (30.52%) VMware
4 153 (9.79%) Juniper
5 130 (8.32%) Meraki
6 107 (6.85%) Fortinet
7 87 (5.57%) HP
8 70 (4.48%) Palo Alto
8 70 (4.48%) Veeam
9 69 (4.41%) Citrix
10 64 (4.09%) Apple
11 59 (3.77%) Aruba
12 58 (3.71%) Dell
13 54 (3.45%) CheckPoint
14 42 (2.69%) SolarWinds
15 39 (2.50%) Nokia
16 35 (2.24%) NetApp
17 34 (2.18%) Ruckus Wireless
18 32 (2.05%) F5
19 31 (1.98%) Google