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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 26 June 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Wide Area Network (WAN) UK |
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6 months to
26 Jun 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
103 |
140 |
122 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+37 |
-18 |
-18 |
| Permanent jobs citing WAN |
4,452 |
4,150 |
4,564 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
3.08% |
2.38% |
2.63% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
19.63% |
15.70% |
16.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
3,321 |
3,430 |
3,830 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,500 |
£25,500 |
£25,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£72,500 |
£71,250 |
£70,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,000 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.18% |
+6.25% |
-4.76% |
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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| All Communications and Computer Networking Skills UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills |
22,678 |
26,427 |
27,718 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
15.70% |
15.15% |
15.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
17,073 |
21,001 |
22,604 |
| UK median annual salary |
£46,000 |
£46,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.22% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,000 |
£25,750 |
£25,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+6.25% |
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WAN
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing WAN as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
WAN
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WAN.
WAN
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing WAN over the 6 months to 26 June 2019.
WAN
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the UK over the 6 months to 26 June 2019.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+36 |
4,199 |
£45,000 |
- |
185 |
| UK excluding London |
+46 |
3,104 |
£42,000 |
-1.18% |
138 |
| London |
+18 |
1,271 |
£50,500 |
-3.81% |
53 |
| North of England |
+84 |
1,193 |
£42,500 |
+11.84% |
34 |
| Yorkshire |
+93 |
800 |
£42,500 |
+13.33% |
18 |
| South East |
+3 |
766 |
£45,000 |
-5.26% |
34 |
| Midlands |
+19 |
447 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
25 |
| South West |
+50 |
332 |
£40,500 |
+6.58% |
16 |
| West Midlands |
+25 |
325 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
13 |
| North West |
+31 |
320 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
13 |
| East of England |
+10 |
185 |
£32,500 |
-27.78% |
24 |
| East Midlands |
+6 |
122 |
£34,000 |
-15.00% |
11 |
| Scotland |
+23 |
112 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
5 |
| North East |
+38 |
77 |
£34,000 |
-2.86% |
3 |
| Northern Ireland |
+2 |
40 |
£23,000 |
+9.52% |
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| Wales |
-11 |
29 |
£38,500 |
-9.41% |
1 |
| Isle of Man |
- |
5 |
£60,000 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 26 June 2019, IT jobs citing WAN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for WAN.
| 1 |
3,194 (71.74%) |
LAN |
| 2 |
2,457 (55.19%) |
Cisco |
| 3 |
2,329 (52.31%) |
Firewall |
| 4 |
1,873 (42.07%) |
Cisco Certification |
| 5 |
1,549 (34.79%) |
Windows |
| 6 |
1,497 (33.63%) |
CCNP |
| 7 |
1,278 (28.71%) |
Microsoft |
| 8 |
1,232 (27.67%) |
Active Directory |
| 9 |
1,203 (27.02%) |
VPN |
| 10 |
1,159 (26.03%) |
CCNA |
| 11 |
1,128 (25.34%) |
MPLS |
| 12 |
1,034 (23.23%) |
VMware |
| 13 |
1,025 (23.02%) |
Network Security |
| 14 |
1,018 (22.87%) |
DNS |
| 15 |
937 (21.05%) |
Windows Server |
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WAN
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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