WAN Consultant Job Trends

Wide Area Network Consultant (WAN Consultant)
UK

The median Wide Area Network Consultant (WAN Consultant) salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 - 721
Rank change year-on-year - - +389
Permanent jobs requiring a WAN Consultant 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £74,500 - £62,875
25th Percentile £77,500 - £65,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £71,250
75th Percentile £92,500 - £77,813
90th Percentile £95,500 - £80,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 - £62,500

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 47,639 63,412 49,716
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 94.54% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 29,798 35,443 38,501
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,242 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.30% -2.40% -

WAN Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'WAN Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

WAN Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

WAN Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for WAN Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for WAN Consultant job vacancies in the UK

WAN Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN Consultant over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN Consultant in the UK

WAN Consultant
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 19 November 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 - 1 £75,000 - 1
England - 1 £75,000 - 3
Work from Home - 1 £95,000 -
UK excluding London - 1 £75,000 - 1

WAN Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, WAN Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring WAN Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless

WAN Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto