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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 23 June 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Wide Area Network (WAN) UK |
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6 months to
23 Jun 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
139 |
121 |
103 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-18 |
-18 |
-4 |
| Permanent jobs citing WAN |
4,149 |
4,551 |
5,801 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
2.39% |
2.63% |
2.89% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category |
15.76% |
16.46% |
17.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
3,431 |
3,815 |
4,997 |
| UK median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,500 |
£25,000 |
£25,125 |
| 90th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£70,364 |
£68,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
£41,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
-3.61% |
+1.22% |
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 |
26,334 |
27,650 |
34,006 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
15.15% |
15.98% |
16.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
20,918 |
22,542 |
28,201 |
| UK median annual salary |
£46,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+2.22% |
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- |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,750 |
£25,500 |
£25,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£72,500 |
£71,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£40,000 |
£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 23 June 2018.
WAN
Top 16 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 23 June 2018.
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 |
-23 |
3,892 |
£45,000 |
- |
449 |
| UK excluding London |
-10 |
2,598 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
327 |
| London |
-28 |
1,444 |
£52,500 |
- |
136 |
| South East |
-7 |
849 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
89 |
| North of England |
+2 |
608 |
£39,000 |
+4.00% |
92 |
| Midlands |
-1 |
487 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
63 |
| North West |
-20 |
324 |
£40,000 |
+1.91% |
69 |
| West Midlands |
-4 |
318 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
34 |
| East of England |
-32 |
295 |
£45,000 |
-4.86% |
50 |
| South West |
-11 |
239 |
£38,000 |
+16.92% |
19 |
| Yorkshire |
+18 |
235 |
£38,000 |
+8.57% |
18 |
| East Midlands |
+9 |
171 |
£40,000 |
-7.51% |
29 |
| Scotland |
-32 |
94 |
£42,500 |
-5.56% |
5 |
| Wales |
+24 |
53 |
£42,500 |
+25.00% |
7 |
| North East |
+19 |
49 |
£35,000 |
-4.11% |
5 |
| Northern Ireland |
+5 |
12 |
£21,000 |
-26.96% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 23 June 2018, 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 |
3,354 (80.84%) |
LAN |
| 2 |
2,223 (53.58%) |
Cisco |
| 3 |
1,871 (45.10%) |
Firewall |
| 4 |
1,742 (41.99%) |
Windows |
| 5 |
1,437 (34.63%) |
VMware |
| 6 |
1,419 (34.20%) |
Microsoft |
| 7 |
1,347 (32.47%) |
Cisco Certification |
| 8 |
1,303 (31.41%) |
Active Directory |
| 9 |
1,069 (25.77%) |
ITIL |
| 10 |
1,058 (25.50%) |
VPN |
| 11 |
1,024 (24.68%) |
Windows Server |
| 12 |
1,010 (24.34%) |
Data Centre |
| 13 |
975 (23.50%) |
VMware Infrastructure |
| 14 |
972 (23.43%) |
CCNP |
| 15 |
812 (19.57%) |
Wireless |
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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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