WAN Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
England > West Midlands

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) salary in the West Midlands is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 236 261
Rank change year-on-year +42 +25 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 4 18 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.092% 0.24% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.26% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 0
10th Percentile £30,575 £26,430 -
25th Percentile £31,813 £26,700 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £27,400 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.39% - -
75th Percentile £41,938 £30,625 -
90th Percentile £48,125 £34,400 -
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +42.86% -36.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,963 7,012 5,652
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 94.30% 90.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,766 5,244 3,225
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,443 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for WAN Engineer in the West Midlands

WAN Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for WAN Engineer in the West Midlands

WAN Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN Engineer in the West Midlands

WAN Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Birmingham +30 4 £36,000 +31.39% 2
WAN Engineer
England

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, WAN Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) ISO 9000
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (25.00%) Advertising
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Fujitsu
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) ADVA
4 1 (25.00%) Edge Virtualization
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Virtualization
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) ADVA
2 1 (25.00%) Fujitsu
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) VMware