WAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 153 101
Rank change year-on-year +99 -52 +4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 286 131 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.95% 1.94% 2.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.63% 11.32% 19.74%
Number of salaries quoted 234 102 183
10th Percentile £24,696 £25,500 £32,100
25th Percentile £29,938 £32,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £64,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 999 1,157 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.80% 17.13% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 829 528 714
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,838 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,375 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the West Midlands

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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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Birmingham +38 113 £42,000 -23.64% 16
Warwickshire +92 53 £40,313 -37.01% 5
Shropshire +9 27 £36,500 +40.38% 6
Staffordshire -8 27 £39,750 -5.92% 9
Worcestershire -4 24 £48,500 +10.54% 2
Solihull +11 16 £31,250 +2.46% 8
Coventry +39 12 £41,500 +3.75%
Wednesbury - 2 £30,000 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £29,750 -
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England

WAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 32 (11.19%) IIS
2 29 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (8.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 36 (12.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 90 (31.47%) Azure
2 52 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (9.79%) AWS
4 18 (6.29%) Entra ID
5 17 (5.94%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (4.20%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 173 (60.49%) LAN
2 101 (35.31%) SD-WAN
3 96 (33.57%) Firewall
4 75 (26.22%) MPLS
5 60 (20.98%) TCP/IP
6 54 (18.88%) BGP
6 54 (18.88%) WLAN
7 46 (16.08%) DNS
8 45 (15.73%) VLAN
9 44 (15.38%) Wireless
10 43 (15.03%) DHCP
11 42 (14.69%) OSPF
12 27 (9.44%) VPN
13 25 (8.74%) IPsec
13 25 (8.74%) VoIP
14 23 (8.04%) SAN
14 23 (8.04%) Wi-Fi
15 15 (5.24%) Network Security
16 11 (3.85%) Ethernet
16 11 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.55%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (28.32%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.74%) Retail
3 23 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.69%) Finance
5 14 (4.90%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.45%) Law
9 5 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.40%) Police
11 3 (1.05%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (1.05%) Local Government
12 2 (0.70%) Electronics
13 1 (0.35%) Legal
13 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (20.98%) Senior
2 49 (17.13%) Analyst
3 47 (16.43%) Network Engineer
4 34 (11.89%) Network Analyst
5 32 (11.19%) Network Operations Analyst
5 32 (11.19%) Operations Analyst
6 30 (10.49%) Architect
6 30 (10.49%) Systems Engineer
7 27 (9.44%) Support Engineer
8 21 (7.34%) Administrator
9 20 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (5.59%) Systems Administrator
10 16 (5.59%) WAN Engineer
11 15 (5.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 15 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (4.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 13 (4.55%) Senior Architect
14 10 (3.50%) Help Desk Analyst
14 10 (3.50%) IT Systems Administrator
14 10 (3.50%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.64%) REST
1 19 (6.64%) WebRTC
2 2 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.59%) Clustering
2 26 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 17 (5.94%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.94%) Public Cloud
4 13 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.85%) Wiki
6 10 (3.50%) PKI
7 8 (2.80%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.45%) FMCG
9 6 (2.10%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.75%) IoT
11 4 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.70%) EPoS
13 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
14 1 (0.35%) PropTech
14 1 (0.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 67 (23.43%) Windows
2 35 (12.24%) Windows Server
3 20 (6.99%) Windows 10
4 11 (3.85%) Windows 7
5 8 (2.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (2.10%) Linux
6 6 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.40%) CentOS
7 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.40%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.40%) VMS
8 3 (1.05%) Unix
8 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.70%) Android
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.17%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (14.34%) High Availability
3 37 (12.94%) Load Balancing
4 30 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (8.74%) Customer Service
6 25 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (7.34%) Patch Management
8 20 (6.99%) Project Delivery
9 19 (6.64%) Capacity Planning
9 19 (6.64%) Time Management
10 18 (6.29%) ITIL
11 17 (5.94%) CI/CD
11 17 (5.94%) Network Monitoring
12 16 (5.59%) CRM
12 16 (5.59%) Roadmaps
13 14 (4.90%) Change Management
13 14 (4.90%) Validation
14 13 (4.55%) Continuous Integration
14 13 (4.55%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.83%) SQL
2 29 (10.14%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.55%) Java
4 11 (3.85%) Perl
4 11 (3.85%) Python
5 4 (1.40%) Bash
Qualifications
1 76 (26.57%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (26.22%) Security Cleared
3 64 (22.38%) CCNP
4 61 (21.33%) CCNA
5 59 (20.63%) SC Cleared
6 39 (13.64%) CCIE
7 38 (13.29%) Degree
8 33 (11.54%) CCDP
9 15 (5.24%) Azure Certification
10 10 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.15%) DBS Check
12 7 (2.45%) CCIE Routing and Switching
12 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.75%) MCSE
14 4 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.40%) JNCIA
15 3 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (1.05%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.05%) CCSK
15 3 (1.05%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.10%) NIST
1 6 (2.10%) SLA
2 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 5 (1.75%) QA
3 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 66 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 49 (17.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (9.09%) Hyper-V
4 22 (7.69%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.45%) Firmware
6 6 (2.10%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.10%) vSphere
7 5 (1.75%) NFS
8 4 (1.40%) pfSense
8 4 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.40%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.75%) CASB
2 5 (1.75%) Stealthwatch
3 4 (1.40%) Autotask
3 4 (1.40%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (1.40%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (1.40%) SCCM
3 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 4 (1.40%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.05%) Ansible
4 3 (1.05%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.70%) Nagios
Vendors
1 121 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 90 (31.47%) Cisco
3 78 (27.27%) VMware
4 54 (18.88%) Juniper
5 21 (7.34%) CheckPoint
6 17 (5.94%) Meraki
7 16 (5.59%) Apple
8 14 (4.90%) Fortinet
8 14 (4.90%) Veeam
9 11 (3.85%) Aruba
9 11 (3.85%) HP
10 10 (3.50%) Adobe
10 10 (3.50%) Palo Alto
10 10 (3.50%) SolarWinds
11 9 (3.15%) Avaya
12 8 (2.80%) Dell
12 8 (2.80%) Ekahau
12 8 (2.80%) F5
12 8 (2.80%) Sophos
12 8 (2.80%) Zscaler