WAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 131 147 265
Rank change year-on-year +16 +118 -5
Permanent jobs citing WAN 655 756 1,159
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.34% 2.30% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.63% 19.47% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 465 576 1,022
10th Percentile £34,850 £32,500 £30,985
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,207
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.76% -1.44%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,070 £69,758
90th Percentile £84,919 £82,500 £85,000
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
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 4,190 3,882 9,409
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.00% 11.83% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 3,097 5,593
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.85% +2.65%
75th Percentile £67,968 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN.

WAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WAN over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

WAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 59 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 58 (8.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.53%) IIS
4 4 (0.61%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.31%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.31%) nginx
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 44 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.53%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 265 (40.46%) Azure
2 191 (29.16%) Microsoft 365
3 91 (13.89%) AWS
4 68 (10.38%) Entra ID
5 33 (5.04%) GCP
6 27 (4.12%) IaaS
7 26 (3.97%) PaaS
8 25 (3.82%) SaaS
9 16 (2.44%) Mimecast
10 14 (2.14%) OneDrive
11 13 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
12 11 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (1.68%) OCI
13 10 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (1.53%) Nutanix
14 9 (1.37%) Power Platform
15 6 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.92%) Serverless
16 5 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
17 4 (0.61%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 428 (65.34%) LAN
2 325 (49.62%) Firewall
3 285 (43.51%) SD-WAN
4 184 (28.09%) VPN
5 161 (24.58%) Wi-Fi
6 138 (21.07%) Wireless
7 122 (18.63%) DNS
8 102 (15.57%) Network Security
9 97 (14.81%) DHCP
10 95 (14.50%) MPLS
11 84 (12.82%) TCP/IP
12 75 (11.45%) VLAN
13 60 (9.16%) WLAN
14 59 (9.01%) BGP
15 49 (7.48%) Cisco Firepower
16 48 (7.33%) OSPF
17 45 (6.87%) Internet
18 43 (6.56%) SAN
19 36 (5.50%) VoIP
20 33 (5.04%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.98%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (0.92%) Power BI
4 5 (0.76%) DB2
5 4 (0.61%) MySQL
5 4 (0.61%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.15%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 3 (0.46%) Axure RP
2 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 174 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 58 (8.85%) Finance
3 35 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (4.89%) Retail
5 29 (4.43%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (2.60%) Legal
7 15 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (1.68%) Public Sector
9 10 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.53%) Law
10 8 (1.22%) Banking
11 7 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.92%) Local Government
13 4 (0.61%) Billing
13 4 (0.61%) Japanese Language
14 3 (0.46%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.46%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.46%) Swedish Language
14 3 (0.46%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 149 (22.75%) Senior
2 132 (20.15%) Architect
3 118 (18.02%) Network Engineer
4 91 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 64 (9.77%) Security Architect
6 58 (8.85%) Analyst
7 57 (8.70%) Lead
8 51 (7.79%) Cisco Architect
8 51 (7.79%) Senior Architect
8 51 (7.79%) Senior Cisco Architect
9 49 (7.48%) Consultant
10 36 (5.50%) Cisco Security Architect
10 36 (5.50%) Senior Network Engineer
10 36 (5.50%) Senior Security Architect
11 34 (5.19%) Lead Architect
12 33 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
13 32 (4.89%) IT Engineer
14 28 (4.27%) Network Manager
15 26 (3.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (3.97%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.37%) HTML
2 7 (1.07%) 802.1X
3 6 (0.92%) LDAP
4 4 (0.61%) ARM Templates
4 4 (0.61%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (0.46%) Web Services
5 3 (0.46%) XMPP
5 3 (0.46%) YAML
6 2 (0.31%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.31%) TAPI
7 1 (0.15%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.15%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.15%) CSS
7 1 (0.15%) Lambda Expressions
7 1 (0.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 151 (23.05%) Data Centre
2 61 (9.31%) Management Information System
3 38 (5.80%) Public Cloud
4 29 (4.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 22 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.75%) Driving Licence
7 17 (2.60%) IoT
8 14 (2.14%) PKI
9 12 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.53%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.22%) GNSS
13 7 (1.07%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.92%) PMI
14 6 (0.92%) Security Posture
15 5 (0.76%) Operational Technology
16 4 (0.61%) Data Structures
16 4 (0.61%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 181 (27.63%) Windows
2 97 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 65 (9.92%) Linux
4 42 (6.41%) Windows 10
5 27 (4.12%) Ubuntu
5 27 (4.12%) VMS
5 27 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 26 (3.97%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (2.90%) Android
8 15 (2.29%) Apple iOS
9 12 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.22%) CentOS
10 8 (1.22%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
12 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.46%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.31%) Windows 8
14 2 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (18.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 116 (17.71%) Cybersecurity
3 94 (14.35%) Presales
4 76 (11.60%) Agile
4 76 (11.60%) ITIL
5 67 (10.23%) Project Management
6 66 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (9.31%) Customer Service
7 61 (9.31%) Time Management
8 59 (9.01%) Application Security
8 59 (9.01%) Customer Engagement
8 59 (9.01%) Mentoring
9 53 (8.09%) Software Licensing
10 52 (7.94%) Project Delivery
10 52 (7.94%) Roadmaps
11 51 (7.79%) Analytics
12 47 (7.18%) Information Security
13 39 (5.95%) Service Delivery
14 37 (5.65%) Migration
15 35 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.58%) PowerShell
2 24 (3.66%) Python
3 16 (2.44%) SQL
4 5 (0.76%) Java
5 3 (0.46%) Bash
6 2 (0.31%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.31%) Korn
6 2 (0.31%) Perl
6 2 (0.31%) PHP
7 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 185 (28.24%) Cisco Certification
2 127 (19.39%) Degree
3 124 (18.93%) CCNP
4 104 (15.88%) CCNA
5 83 (12.67%) Security Cleared
6 47 (7.18%) DV Cleared
7 46 (7.02%) CCIE
8 39 (5.95%) Azure Certification
9 38 (5.80%) CISSP
10 27 (4.12%) AWS Certification
10 27 (4.12%) SC Cleared
11 25 (3.82%) CISM
12 24 (3.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 24 (3.66%) CCSK
12 24 (3.66%) CCSP
13 17 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (2.44%) APMP
15 15 (2.29%) CCDP
16 13 (1.98%) DBS Check
16 13 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.73%) NIST
2 29 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (4.12%) SLA
4 20 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.76%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.31%) GDPR
7 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
System Software
1 194 (29.62%) Active Directory
2 103 (15.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (10.38%) Hyper-V
4 29 (4.43%) Docker
5 23 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (3.05%) vSphere
7 13 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.92%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.76%) Firmware
10 4 (0.61%) NFS
11 2 (0.31%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 56 (8.55%) Ansible
2 55 (8.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (6.72%) Terraform
4 36 (5.50%) Stealthwatch
5 33 (5.04%) WSUS
6 27 (4.12%) FortiGate
7 26 (3.97%) Kubernetes
8 24 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (2.75%) SCCM
10 15 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 15 (2.29%) CASB
11 6 (0.92%) Opsgenie
11 6 (0.92%) VxRail
11 6 (0.92%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.76%) PaperCut
13 3 (0.46%) BMC PATROL
13 3 (0.46%) Nagios
13 3 (0.46%) OfficeScan
13 3 (0.46%) ZENworks
14 2 (0.31%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 331 (50.53%) Cisco
2 267 (40.76%) Microsoft
3 164 (25.04%) Meraki
4 141 (21.53%) VMware
5 97 (14.81%) Fortinet
6 58 (8.85%) Apple
7 56 (8.55%) Palo Alto
8 51 (7.79%) Adobe
8 51 (7.79%) Juniper
9 41 (6.26%) Aruba
10 33 (5.04%) SolarWinds
11 32 (4.89%) HP
12 24 (3.66%) Ruckus Wireless
12 24 (3.66%) Veeam
13 21 (3.21%) Dell
14 19 (2.90%) Citrix
15 17 (2.60%) CheckPoint
15 17 (2.60%) F5
16 13 (1.98%) Red Hat
17 11 (1.68%) NetApp