WAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 141 143
Rank change year-on-year -46 +2 +51
Permanent jobs citing WAN 692 1,547 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.74% 1.91% 2.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.06% 15.28% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 521 1,160 938
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,175
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,688 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -2.30%
75th Percentile £60,250 £55,000 £55,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,313
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,639 10,127 10,531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.19% 12.50% 19.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,686 7,137 4,524
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £44,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.97% -1.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -18.95% -7.50% -2.19%

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 16 June 2025.

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 16 June 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
Midlands +6 208 £47,500 +13.10% 332
South East +19 189 £41,500 -14.43% 536
West Midlands +12 169 £46,000 +12.20% 174
North of England -105 140 £44,500 -1.11% 487
South West +21 88 £50,000 +11.11% 246
North West -101 81 £47,500 +5.56% 238
East of England -46 56 £40,000 -5.88% 324
Yorkshire -41 52 £31,250 -43.18% 203
East Midlands +37 39 £55,000 +22.22% 158
North East +13 7 £40,000 +5.26% 46
Scotland +40 6 £41,250 -13.16% 139
Wales +16 4 £37,733 -6.83% 47
Northern Ireland +38 2 £50,000 +33.33% 36
Isle of Man +14 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 79 (11.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (8.24%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (1.01%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.29%) Confluence
4 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 54 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.89%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.29%) Simulink
4 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (0.87%) SAP ERP
2 5 (0.72%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 301 (43.50%) Azure
2 223 (32.23%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (12.14%) Entra ID
4 78 (11.27%) AWS
5 28 (4.05%) IaaS
6 24 (3.47%) OneDrive
7 22 (3.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 22 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
8 20 (2.89%) PaaS
9 17 (2.46%) SaaS
10 16 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (2.02%) Azure AI
11 14 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.02%) Azure Key Vault
11 14 (2.02%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (2.02%) Power Automate
11 14 (2.02%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.16%) GCP
13 7 (1.01%) Mimecast
14 6 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 498 (71.97%) LAN
2 295 (42.63%) Firewall
3 182 (26.30%) VPN
4 167 (24.13%) SD-WAN
5 97 (14.02%) DNS
6 95 (13.73%) Wi-Fi
7 90 (13.01%) Network Security
8 87 (12.57%) TCP/IP
9 82 (11.85%) Wireless
10 80 (11.56%) VLAN
11 69 (9.97%) VoIP
12 68 (9.83%) BGP
13 64 (9.25%) DHCP
13 64 (9.25%) MPLS
14 56 (8.09%) Internet
15 46 (6.65%) OSPF
16 32 (4.62%) IPsec
17 29 (4.19%) Junos
18 28 (4.05%) Cisco IOS
19 27 (3.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.02%) Data Lake
2 14 (2.02%) MySQL
2 14 (2.02%) Power BI
3 8 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.29%) EDMS
5 2 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.14%) DB2
6 1 (0.14%) MS Access
6 1 (0.14%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 19 (2.75%) Git
2 14 (2.02%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.58%) JIRA
3 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.43%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 263 (38.01%) Social Skills
2 57 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 48 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.36%) Finance
5 42 (6.07%) Presentation Skills
6 38 (5.49%) Retail
7 32 (4.62%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (2.89%) Advertising
10 18 (2.60%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.46%) Telecoms
12 16 (2.31%) Aerospace
13 15 (2.17%) Electronics
14 12 (1.73%) Automotive
15 7 (1.01%) Police
16 6 (0.87%) Legal
16 6 (0.87%) Marketing
16 6 (0.87%) Military
17 4 (0.58%) Local Government
17 4 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 125 (18.06%) IT Support
1 125 (18.06%) Network Engineer
2 112 (16.18%) Architect
3 110 (15.90%) Support Engineer
4 67 (9.68%) Network Architect
5 61 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 55 (7.95%) Lead
7 49 (7.08%) Senior
8 46 (6.65%) Analyst
9 45 (6.50%) 2nd Line Support
10 42 (6.07%) 3rd Line Support
11 41 (5.92%) IT Engineer
12 40 (5.78%) Technical Support
13 39 (5.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 39 (5.64%) Infrastructure Support
14 33 (4.77%) Support Analyst
15 32 (4.62%) Support Specialist
16 30 (4.34%) Junior
17 28 (4.05%) IT Support Specialist
18 25 (3.61%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.88%) LDAP
2 8 (1.16%) 802.1X
3 5 (0.72%) Middleware
4 3 (0.43%) pytest
5 2 (0.29%) gRPC
6 1 (0.14%) .NET
6 1 (0.14%) JSON
6 1 (0.14%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.26%) Driving Licence
2 59 (8.53%) Data Centre
3 29 (4.19%) Client/Server
4 28 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.61%) CCTV
6 22 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (3.03%) Self-Driving Car
8 17 (2.46%) Virtual Team
9 16 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (2.02%) NHS
11 13 (1.88%) Operational Technology
12 12 (1.73%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.73%) Security Operations Centre
12 12 (1.73%) Social Media
13 11 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
14 9 (1.30%) PMI
14 9 (1.30%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.30%) Replication
15 8 (1.16%) Clustering
15 8 (1.16%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 304 (43.93%) Windows
2 131 (18.93%) Windows Server
3 56 (8.09%) Windows 10
4 47 (6.79%) Linux
5 36 (5.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 28 (4.05%) Mac OS
7 25 (3.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (2.31%) Apple iOS
9 8 (1.16%) Android
10 4 (0.58%) AIX
10 4 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.43%) Unix
11 3 (0.43%) VMS
12 2 (0.29%) Solaris
13 1 (0.14%) CentOS
13 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (15.61%) ITIL
3 95 (13.73%) Customer Service
4 77 (11.13%) Cybersecurity
5 71 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 70 (10.12%) Migration
7 60 (8.67%) Network Management
8 59 (8.53%) Mentoring
8 59 (8.53%) Network Design
9 48 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (6.79%) Presales
11 46 (6.65%) Technical Leadership
12 43 (6.21%) Roadmaps
13 41 (5.92%) Agile
14 39 (5.64%) Project Delivery
15 38 (5.49%) B2B
15 38 (5.49%) Network Monitoring
16 36 (5.20%) Project Management
17 34 (4.91%) Business Continuity
18 33 (4.77%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 68 (9.83%) PowerShell
2 62 (8.96%) SQL
3 50 (7.23%) Python
4 16 (2.31%) C++
5 14 (2.02%) Bicep
6 11 (1.59%) MATLAB
7 7 (1.01%) Bash
7 7 (1.01%) C
8 6 (0.87%) Perl
9 2 (0.29%) Java
9 2 (0.29%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.14%) R
10 1 (0.14%) RPG
10 1 (0.14%) RPG IV
10 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 140 (20.23%) Cisco Certification
2 126 (18.21%) Security Cleared
3 114 (16.47%) Degree
4 107 (15.46%) CCNA
5 96 (13.87%) SC Cleared
6 90 (13.01%) CCNP
7 48 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (5.92%) JNCIA
9 29 (4.19%) DBS Check
10 27 (3.90%) JNCIS
11 25 (3.61%) MCP
12 24 (3.47%) A+ Certification
12 24 (3.47%) Azure Certification
12 24 (3.47%) DV Cleared
13 21 (3.03%) MCSA
14 18 (2.60%) CCIE
15 15 (2.17%) Master's Degree
15 15 (2.17%) MBA
16 13 (1.88%) MCSE
17 10 (1.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.34%) SLA
2 14 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (1.73%) PMO
5 8 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.87%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (0.72%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.72%) QA
8 4 (0.58%) GDPR
8 4 (0.58%) NIST
9 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.14%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) NCSC
9 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 202 (29.19%) Active Directory
2 115 (16.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (8.67%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (2.17%) XenApp
6 11 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.87%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.72%) Firmware
9 5 (0.72%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.43%) KVM
10 3 (0.43%) vSphere
11 2 (0.29%) Docker
11 2 (0.29%) NFS
11 2 (0.29%) SRDF
11 2 (0.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.29%) Xen
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.14%) RHEV
12 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (12.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (5.64%) Ansible
3 27 (3.90%) Terraform
4 21 (3.03%) SCCM
5 15 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (1.73%) FortiGate
6 12 (1.73%) Jamf Pro
7 10 (1.45%) QRadar
8 8 (1.16%) SmoothWall
8 8 (1.16%) WSUS
9 7 (1.01%) Kubernetes
10 6 (0.87%) CASB
10 6 (0.87%) Proxmox
11 5 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.58%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.43%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.43%) Iperf
13 3 (0.43%) Puppet
14 2 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
14 2 (0.29%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 316 (45.66%) Cisco
2 292 (42.20%) Microsoft
3 147 (21.24%) VMware
4 131 (18.93%) Juniper
5 105 (15.17%) Fortinet
6 84 (12.14%) Palo Alto
7 78 (11.27%) Meraki
8 68 (9.83%) Aruba
9 44 (6.36%) CheckPoint
10 35 (5.06%) Citrix
11 33 (4.77%) SolarWinds
12 22 (3.18%) Apple
13 20 (2.89%) SonicWALL
14 15 (2.17%) Unisys
15 14 (2.02%) Databricks
15 14 (2.02%) HP
15 14 (2.02%) Mellanox
15 14 (2.02%) NVIDIA
15 14 (2.02%) Veeam
15 14 (2.02%) Zscaler