Hybrid/Remote WAN Job Trends

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 175 105
Rank change year-on-year -14 -70 +101
Permanent jobs citing WAN 246 383 655
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.55% 1.93% 3.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.50% 16.04% 21.60%
Number of salaries quoted 154 243 509
10th Percentile £30,888 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +13.40% -7.62%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £86,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,500 £52,500 £48,291
% change year-on-year -13.33% +8.72% -3.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,697 2,388 3,033
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.70% 12.03% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 994 1,378 2,533
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WAN and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

WAN job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WAN over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

WAN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 29 (11.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.44%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.85%) Blender
2 6 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 132 (53.66%) Azure
2 53 (21.54%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (19.11%) AWS
4 25 (10.16%) Entra ID
4 25 (10.16%) Power Platform
5 23 (9.35%) IaaS
6 18 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (7.32%) SaaS
7 17 (6.91%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (6.91%) PaaS
8 16 (6.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 15 (6.10%) Azure AI
9 15 (6.10%) Azure Key Vault
9 15 (6.10%) Azure Service Bus
9 15 (6.10%) Power Automate
10 10 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (4.07%) GCP
11 7 (2.85%) GitHub
12 6 (2.44%) Azure Storage
13 5 (2.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 170 (69.11%) LAN
2 129 (52.44%) Firewall
3 123 (50.00%) SD-WAN
4 99 (40.24%) VPN
5 59 (23.98%) Wi-Fi
6 53 (21.54%) DNS
7 45 (18.29%) Wireless
8 33 (13.41%) DHCP
8 33 (13.41%) Wireshark
9 32 (13.01%) TCP/IP
10 29 (11.79%) Network Security
11 25 (10.16%) BGP
12 21 (8.54%) OSPF
13 19 (7.72%) 5G
14 18 (7.32%) VoIP
15 15 (6.10%) MPLS
16 14 (5.69%) WLAN
17 13 (5.28%) VLAN
18 11 (4.47%) Unified Communications
19 10 (4.07%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.91%) Power BI
2 15 (6.10%) Data Lake
2 15 (6.10%) MySQL
3 7 (2.85%) QGIS
4 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (9.35%) Git
2 2 (0.81%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 89 (36.18%) Social Skills
2 56 (22.76%) Finance
3 41 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 26 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.69%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.66%) Retail
8 8 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.85%) Military
10 5 (2.03%) Law
11 4 (1.63%) Banking
11 4 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.81%) Automotive
13 2 (0.81%) French Language
13 2 (0.81%) Local Government
14 1 (0.41%) Games
14 1 (0.41%) Marketing
14 1 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 59 (23.98%) Network Engineer
2 35 (14.23%) Architect
3 34 (13.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (9.35%) Analyst
5 22 (8.94%) Senior
6 20 (8.13%) Support Analyst
7 17 (6.91%) Lead
8 16 (6.50%) Cloud Architect
8 16 (6.50%) Senior Network Engineer
9 15 (6.10%) Support Engineer
10 13 (5.28%) IT Engineer
11 12 (4.88%) IT Support
11 12 (4.88%) Network Architect
12 11 (4.47%) Cisco Engineer
12 11 (4.47%) GNSS Engineer
12 11 (4.47%) Hardware Engineer
12 11 (4.47%) RF Engineer
13 10 (4.07%) 3rd Line Support
14 9 (3.66%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.66%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.22%) JSON
2 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 72 (29.27%) Data Centre
2 33 (13.41%) Management Information System
3 18 (7.32%) Self-Driving Car
4 16 (6.50%) NHS
5 13 (5.28%) Onboarding
6 11 (4.47%) GNSS
7 10 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (3.66%) Driving Licence
8 9 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (3.25%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.85%) Algorithms
11 6 (2.44%) CCTV
11 6 (2.44%) CMDB
12 5 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (2.03%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
14 3 (1.22%) BYOD
14 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (1.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 70 (28.46%) Windows
2 32 (13.01%) Windows Server
3 22 (8.94%) Linux
4 16 (6.50%) Mac OS
5 13 (5.28%) Apple iOS
6 11 (4.47%) Windows 10
7 10 (4.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.03%) Android
11 2 (0.81%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (23.98%) ITIL
3 49 (19.92%) Network Virtualisation
4 48 (19.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 43 (17.48%) DevOps
6 41 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 35 (14.23%) Change Management
7 35 (14.23%) Problem Management
8 34 (13.82%) Capacity Planning
8 34 (13.82%) Load Balancing
8 34 (13.82%) Roadmaps
9 33 (13.41%) B2B
9 33 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 33 (13.41%) Network Monitoring
10 31 (12.60%) Migration
11 27 (10.98%) Service Management
12 26 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (10.16%) Asset Management
13 25 (10.16%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (10.16%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (18.70%) Python
2 35 (14.23%) PowerShell
3 25 (10.16%) SQL
4 16 (6.50%) C++
5 15 (6.10%) Bicep
6 14 (5.69%) MATLAB
7 6 (2.44%) Bash
8 2 (0.81%) C
9 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 55 (22.36%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (20.33%) Degree
3 42 (17.07%) CCNP
4 32 (13.01%) Azure Certification
5 27 (10.98%) CCNA
6 19 (7.72%) DBS Check
6 19 (7.72%) Security Cleared
7 18 (7.32%) SC Cleared
8 13 (5.28%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (4.88%) CCIE
10 11 (4.47%) AWS Certification
10 11 (4.47%) JNCIA
11 7 (2.85%) A+ Certification
11 7 (2.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.85%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.85%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.85%) PMI Certification
11 7 (2.85%) PMP
12 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.88%) NIST
2 5 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.03%) SLA
3 4 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.63%) NCSC
4 3 (1.22%) GRC
5 2 (0.81%) PMO
5 2 (0.81%) QA
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (20.73%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (8.94%) Hyper-V
4 21 (8.54%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.66%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (3.25%) Firmware
6 8 (3.25%) vSphere
7 6 (2.44%) NFS
8 4 (1.63%) VMware NSX
8 4 (1.63%) XenApp
9 3 (1.22%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 39 (15.85%) Terraform
2 38 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (13.82%) Ansible
4 15 (6.10%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (4.47%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (4.47%) Kubernetes
6 8 (3.25%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.63%) Autotask
7 4 (1.63%) SCCM
7 4 (1.63%) WSUS
8 3 (1.22%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.22%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.81%) Endace
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.41%) Kibana
10 1 (0.41%) OpenView
10 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 128 (52.03%) Cisco
2 66 (26.83%) Microsoft
3 62 (25.20%) Meraki
4 54 (21.95%) Palo Alto
5 41 (16.67%) CheckPoint
6 39 (15.85%) SolarWinds
7 33 (13.41%) VMware
8 31 (12.60%) Fortinet
9 21 (8.54%) Aruba
9 21 (8.54%) Juniper
10 15 (6.10%) Databricks
11 11 (4.47%) SonicWALL
12 9 (3.66%) F5
13 8 (3.25%) Apple
13 8 (3.25%) Dell
13 8 (3.25%) HP
13 8 (3.25%) Sophos
14 7 (2.85%) Commvault
14 7 (2.85%) Pure Storage
14 7 (2.85%) Red Hat