WAN Jobs in Wales

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 84 99
Rank change year-on-year +11 +15 +19
Permanent jobs citing WAN 7 37 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.67% 1.81% 1.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.63% 14.45% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 11
10th Percentile - £26,500 £33,706
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,733 £40,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £51,625 £45,034 -
90th Percentile £56,800 £45,780 £69,196
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 429 256 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 41.21% 12.55% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 267 147 80
10th Percentile £21,250 £26,250 £24,113
25th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £40,500 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year -38.06% +7.28% -16.11%
75th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £55,625
90th Percentile £66,825 £57,500 £69,196
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Wales.

Salary trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Wales over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Wales

WAN
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 May 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 Wales +9 3 £49,750 +22.84% 8
North Wales +7 1 - - 1
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 - 1
West Wales - 1 £37,733 -
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) LAN
2 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
2 3 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) DHCP
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) VLAN
3 2 (28.57%) VoIP
4 1 (14.29%) BGP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
4 1 (14.29%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (14.29%) Internet
4 1 (14.29%) OSPF
4 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (14.29%) VXLAN
4 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Games
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Technician
3 1 (14.29%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Migration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) Email Migration
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) CCSA
2 1 (14.29%) CWAP
2 1 (14.29%) CWDP
2 1 (14.29%) CWNA
2 1 (14.29%) CWSP
2 1 (14.29%) HND
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) F5
3 1 (14.29%) Juniper
3 1 (14.29%) LogRhythm
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
3 1 (14.29%) Tufin