WAN Jobs in Worcestershire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 25 39
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +11
Permanent jobs citing WAN 24 10 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 5.18% 5.38% 2.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.67% 25.64% 12.70%
Number of salaries quoted 24 10 8
10th Percentile £29,000 £38,297 £33,425
25th Percentile £46,750 £39,094 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £43,875 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% +6.36% -14.95%
75th Percentile £50,250 £48,352 £43,750
90th Percentile - £58,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -2.17% +8.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 90 39 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 19.44% 20.97% 21.14%
Number of salaries quoted 89 37 44
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,860 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £39,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.01% -6.47% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,250 £46,875 £48,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Worcestershire

WAN
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Worcestershire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Worcestershire

WAN
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Worcester +13 19 £48,500 -9.77%
Bromsgrove -1 5 £30,000 -45.45%
WAN
West Midlands

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 3 (12.50%) Google Workspace
2 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (95.83%) LAN
2 19 (79.17%) SD-WAN
3 18 (75.00%) BGP
3 18 (75.00%) MPLS
3 18 (75.00%) OSPF
3 18 (75.00%) WLAN
4 6 (25.00%) Firewall
5 5 (20.83%) VPN
6 4 (16.67%) VLAN
6 4 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (12.50%) DHCP
7 3 (12.50%) DNS
7 3 (12.50%) Ethernet
7 3 (12.50%) SMTP
7 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
8 1 (4.17%) NetScaler
8 1 (4.17%) VoIP
General
1 4 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.17%) Retail
2 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Analyst
1 18 (75.00%) Network Analyst
1 18 (75.00%) Network Operations Analyst
1 18 (75.00%) Operations Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.17%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) IT Support
4 1 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Support
4 1 (4.17%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Driving Licence
2 4 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
1 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
2 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
2 1 (4.17%) Decision-Making
2 1 (4.17%) Load Balancing
2 1 (4.17%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (4.17%) Quality Management
2 1 (4.17%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) CCDP
1 18 (75.00%) CCIE
1 18 (75.00%) CCNA
1 18 (75.00%) CCNP
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Autotask
1 4 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.67%) Apple
2 4 (16.67%) Datto
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) Draytek
3 3 (12.50%) Sage
3 3 (12.50%) Sophos
3 3 (12.50%) Veeam
3 3 (12.50%) Webroot
4 1 (4.17%) Citrix
4 1 (4.17%) Zscaler