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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 160 116
Rank change year-on-year -40 -44 +121
Permanent jobs citing WAN 252 488 682
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.56% 2.10% 2.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.02% 13.18% 20.52%
Number of salaries quoted 170 299 529
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £79,313 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,964 £81,500
UK median annual salary £43,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 1,797 3,703 3,324
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.10% 15.91% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 1,599 2,784
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,548
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
% change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%

WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WAN trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

WAN
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing WAN

WAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing WAN over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

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 30 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.59%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.17%) Blender
2 4 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.79%) Simulink
5 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 129 (51.19%) Azure
2 57 (22.62%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (21.43%) AWS
4 28 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 27 (10.71%) Entra ID
6 22 (8.73%) IaaS
7 19 (7.54%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (6.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 17 (6.75%) PaaS
9 17 (6.75%) SaaS
10 16 (6.35%) Azure AI
10 16 (6.35%) Azure Key Vault
10 16 (6.35%) Azure Service Bus
10 16 (6.35%) Power Automate
11 11 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (3.97%) AWS Direct Connect
13 8 (3.17%) GCP
14 7 (2.78%) GitHub
15 6 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 168 (66.67%) LAN
2 133 (52.78%) Firewall
3 115 (45.63%) SD-WAN
4 107 (42.46%) VPN
5 62 (24.60%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (17.46%) DNS
7 40 (15.87%) Wireless
8 31 (12.30%) BGP
9 30 (11.90%) Network Security
10 27 (10.71%) OSPF
11 22 (8.73%) DHCP
11 22 (8.73%) TCP/IP
11 22 (8.73%) WLAN
12 21 (8.33%) 5G
13 20 (7.94%) Wireshark
14 19 (7.54%) MPLS
15 16 (6.35%) Unified Communications
16 14 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
16 14 (5.56%) NX-OS
17 13 (5.16%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.94%) Power BI
2 16 (6.35%) Data Lake
2 16 (6.35%) MySQL
3 8 (3.17%) QGIS
4 5 (1.98%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.79%) EDMS
6 1 (0.40%) DB2
6 1 (0.40%) MS Access
6 1 (0.40%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 26 (10.32%) Git
2 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 77 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.86%) Finance
3 29 (11.51%) Telecoms
4 22 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.17%) Military
8 7 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.78%) Retail
9 4 (1.59%) Law
10 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.19%) Marketing
11 2 (0.79%) Advertising
11 2 (0.79%) Automotive
11 2 (0.79%) Banking
11 2 (0.79%) French Language
11 2 (0.79%) Games
11 2 (0.79%) Local Government
12 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 51 (20.24%) Network Engineer
2 40 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 32 (12.70%) Architect
4 29 (11.51%) Lead
5 24 (9.52%) Analyst
6 20 (7.94%) Support Analyst
7 19 (7.54%) Support Engineer
8 17 (6.75%) Cloud Architect
9 16 (6.35%) Senior
10 15 (5.95%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (5.16%) Cisco Engineer
13 12 (4.76%) IT Engineer
13 12 (4.76%) Network Architect
14 11 (4.37%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (3.97%) IT Support
15 10 (3.97%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 9 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 9 (3.57%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 9 (3.57%) GNSS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.19%) 802.1X
1 3 (1.19%) JSON
2 2 (0.79%) gRPC
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 63 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 29 (11.51%) Management Information System
3 21 (8.33%) NHS
4 16 (6.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (6.35%) Onboarding
4 16 (6.35%) Self-Driving Car
5 11 (4.37%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.97%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.57%) GNSS
8 8 (3.17%) Driving Licence
8 8 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.78%) IoT
9 7 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (2.38%) CCTV
11 5 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.59%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.59%) CMDB
12 4 (1.59%) Security Posture
13 3 (1.19%) Clustering
13 3 (1.19%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 71 (28.17%) Windows
2 33 (13.10%) Windows Server
3 28 (11.11%) Linux
4 15 (5.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (5.16%) Apple iOS
5 13 (5.16%) Mac OS
6 11 (4.37%) Windows 10
7 9 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.98%) Android
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.41%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 56 (22.22%) ITIL
3 45 (17.86%) Network Virtualisation
4 43 (17.06%) DevOps
5 39 (15.48%) Roadmaps
6 38 (15.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (13.49%) Change Management
8 33 (13.10%) Customer Service
9 32 (12.70%) B2B
9 32 (12.70%) Migration
10 27 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
11 26 (10.32%) Load Balancing
11 26 (10.32%) Project Management
11 26 (10.32%) Service Management
12 25 (9.92%) Infrastructure Management
12 25 (9.92%) Problem Management
13 23 (9.13%) Analytics
13 23 (9.13%) Artificial Intelligence
14 22 (8.73%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 56 (22.22%) Python
2 37 (14.68%) PowerShell
3 25 (9.92%) SQL
4 18 (7.14%) MATLAB
5 16 (6.35%) Bicep
5 16 (6.35%) C++
6 4 (1.59%) Bash
7 2 (0.79%) Progress 4GL
8 1 (0.40%) Go
8 1 (0.40%) RPG
8 1 (0.40%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 50 (19.84%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (19.44%) Degree
3 36 (14.29%) CCNP
4 31 (12.30%) Azure Certification
5 26 (10.32%) CCNA
6 21 (8.33%) DBS Check
7 18 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 18 (7.14%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.16%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (4.37%) CCIE
9 11 (4.37%) JNCIA
10 9 (3.57%) AWS Certification
11 6 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.38%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.38%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.38%) PMI Certification
11 6 (2.38%) PMP
12 5 (1.98%) A+ Certification
13 4 (1.59%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.37%) NIST
2 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.98%) SLA
3 3 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.79%) GDPR
4 2 (0.79%) NCSC
4 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.40%) GRC
5 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.40%) PMO
5 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 63 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 33 (13.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (7.94%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (5.56%) Hyper-V
5 10 (3.97%) Firmware
6 8 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (2.78%) vSphere
8 6 (2.38%) NFS
8 6 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (2.38%) XenApp
9 4 (1.59%) Docker
10 3 (1.19%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.19%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 43 (17.06%) Terraform
2 42 (16.67%) Ansible
3 37 (14.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (6.35%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (4.37%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (3.57%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.98%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.59%) SCCM
8 4 (1.59%) WSUS
8 4 (1.59%) ZENworks
9 3 (1.19%) Autotask
9 3 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.19%) SmoothWall
10 2 (0.79%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.79%) Endace
11 1 (0.40%) CASB
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 125 (49.60%) Cisco
2 68 (26.98%) Microsoft
3 65 (25.79%) Meraki
4 47 (18.65%) Palo Alto
5 42 (16.67%) VMware
6 37 (14.68%) CheckPoint
7 36 (14.29%) Fortinet
8 33 (13.10%) SolarWinds
9 25 (9.92%) Aruba
10 23 (9.13%) Juniper
11 16 (6.35%) Databricks
12 13 (5.16%) Mellanox
12 13 (5.16%) NVIDIA
13 11 (4.37%) SonicWALL
14 10 (3.97%) Dynatrace
14 10 (3.97%) F5
14 10 (3.97%) Infoblox
15 9 (3.57%) Citrix
16 8 (3.17%) Apple
17 7 (2.78%) Red Hat