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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 84 111
Rank change year-on-year +6 +27 -35
Permanent jobs citing WAN 29 52 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.50% 3.04% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.08% 18.31% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 20 16 14
10th Percentile £26,500 - £30,375
25th Percentile £28,938 £31,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £45,034 £69,196 £50,000
90th Percentile £45,780 £73,750 £57,076
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

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 206 284 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 10.68% 16.61% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 125 90 116
10th Percentile £24,500 £29,000 £29,620
25th Percentile £28,290 £31,888 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £40,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -12.09% +21.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,438 £61,000
90th Percentile £59,900 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +5 24 £40,500 -31.93% 7
North Wales +2 2 £35,000 -22.22% 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (34.48%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.90%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (93.10%) LAN
2 19 (65.52%) Firewall
3 10 (34.48%) VoIP
4 8 (27.59%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (24.14%) Cisco IOS
5 7 (24.14%) TCP/IP
6 6 (20.69%) Network Security
7 5 (17.24%) MPLS
7 5 (17.24%) SAN
7 5 (17.24%) VLAN
7 5 (17.24%) VPN
7 5 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (17.24%) Wireless
8 3 (10.34%) DHCP
8 3 (10.34%) DNS
8 3 (10.34%) Internet
8 3 (10.34%) SD-WAN
8 3 (10.34%) WLAN
9 2 (6.90%) BGP
9 2 (6.90%) IPsec
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Telecoms
3 5 (17.24%) Welsh Language
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.34%) Local Government
4 3 (10.34%) Police
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Senior
2 8 (27.59%) Network Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) Project Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) Senior Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) Senior Network Consultant
3 7 (24.14%) Senior Project Consultant
4 6 (20.69%) IT Support
5 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) ICT Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (17.24%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
6 3 (10.34%) Systems Support
7 2 (6.90%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 8 (27.59%) Windows Server
3 5 (17.24%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Android
4 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Customer Service
2 11 (37.93%) ITIL
3 10 (34.48%) Change Management
4 9 (31.03%) Migration
5 7 (24.14%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (24.14%) Change Control
5 7 (24.14%) Network Design
6 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (17.24%) Network Management
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (10.34%) Business Continuity
9 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (10.34%) High Availability
9 3 (10.34%) Inventory Management
9 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
9 3 (10.34%) Supplier Management
9 3 (10.34%) Virtual Environments
10 2 (6.90%) Line Management
10 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
11 1 (3.45%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (62.07%) CCNA
3 11 (37.93%) Degree
4 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
4 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
5 5 (17.24%) A+ Certification
6 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (10.34%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Hyper-V
2 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
3 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.90%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Cisco
2 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
3 8 (27.59%) Palo Alto
3 8 (27.59%) VMware
4 7 (24.14%) CheckPoint
4 7 (24.14%) Fortinet
4 7 (24.14%) McAfee
4 7 (24.14%) Oracle
5 5 (17.24%) Acronis
5 5 (17.24%) Aruba
5 5 (17.24%) Datto
5 5 (17.24%) Mitel
5 5 (17.24%) Sophos
5 5 (17.24%) Veeam
6 2 (6.90%) Meraki
6 2 (6.90%) SonicWALL
7 1 (3.45%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (3.45%) Zscaler