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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
25 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 202 126
Rank change year-on-year +3 -76 +20
Permanent jobs citing WAN 261 273 795
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.28% 1.75% 2.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.55% 14.23% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 193 191 600
10th Percentile £31,452 £28,000 £33,400
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £84,919
UK median annual salary £54,068 £48,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.91% +2.63% -

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 2,260 1,918 5,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 12.26% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,174 1,155 3,249
10th Percentile £29,663 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WAN over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

WAN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 38 (14.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (11.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) IIS
3 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.15%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 137 (52.49%) Azure
2 81 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (28.74%) AWS
4 45 (17.24%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.13%) GCP
6 12 (4.60%) AWS Direct Connect
6 12 (4.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 11 (4.21%) SaaS
8 10 (3.83%) Google Workspace
8 10 (3.83%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.92%) OCI
11 3 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.15%) IaaS
11 3 (1.15%) PaaS
12 2 (0.77%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.77%) Datadog
12 2 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.77%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 194 (74.33%) LAN
2 141 (54.02%) Firewall
3 107 (41.00%) SD-WAN
4 105 (40.23%) VPN
5 83 (31.80%) DNS
6 70 (26.82%) DHCP
7 56 (21.46%) TCP/IP
8 55 (21.07%) Network Security
9 53 (20.31%) Wi-Fi
10 49 (18.77%) MPLS
11 47 (18.01%) BGP
12 40 (15.33%) VLAN
13 39 (14.94%) WLAN
14 31 (11.88%) Cisco Firepower
15 29 (11.11%) Wireless
16 28 (10.73%) Cisco ISE
16 28 (10.73%) OSPF
17 24 (9.20%) Cisco ASA
18 21 (8.05%) IPsec
18 21 (8.05%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.77%) Power BI
3 1 (0.38%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.38%) MySQL
3 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) GitLab
2 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 86 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.41%) Finance
2 35 (13.41%) Public Sector
3 33 (12.64%) Telecoms
4 16 (6.13%) Banking
5 15 (5.75%) Retail
6 14 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (4.98%) Marketing
8 11 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.53%) Electronics
12 3 (1.15%) Legal
13 2 (0.77%) Law
13 2 (0.77%) Local Government
13 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.77%) Military
13 2 (0.77%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.38%) Dutch Language
14 1 (0.38%) French Language
Job Titles
1 72 (27.59%) Network Engineer
2 54 (20.69%) Architect
3 51 (19.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 47 (18.01%) Senior
5 41 (15.71%) IT Engineer
6 32 (12.26%) Network Architect
7 31 (11.88%) Support Engineer
8 27 (10.34%) IT Support
9 25 (9.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (8.81%) IT Support Engineer
11 18 (6.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 18 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 17 (6.51%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (5.36%) Analyst
14 13 (4.98%) Network Manager
15 12 (4.60%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
15 12 (4.60%) Operations Engineer
16 11 (4.21%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 11 (4.21%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.45%) XMPP
2 8 (3.07%) OAuth
2 8 (3.07%) SAML
3 4 (1.53%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.53%) LDAP
4 3 (1.15%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.77%) Web Services
6 1 (0.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.48%) Data Centre
2 25 (9.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 12 (4.60%) PKI
5 11 (4.21%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.83%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (3.45%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.45%) FlexPod
7 9 (3.45%) Replication
8 8 (3.07%) Driving Licence
9 7 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (2.30%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (26.44%) Windows
2 58 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 22 (8.43%) Linux
4 21 (8.05%) Mac OS
5 17 (6.51%) Windows 10
6 12 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (4.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (3.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.30%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.53%) Unix
11 2 (0.77%) CentOS
11 2 (0.77%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (22.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (16.09%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (15.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 30 (11.49%) Mentoring
5 30 (11.49%) Presales
6 27 (10.34%) ITIL
7 26 (9.96%) Service Delivery
7 26 (9.96%) Zero Trust
8 25 (9.58%) Incident Response
9 24 (9.20%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (8.43%) Collaborative Culture
11 21 (8.05%) Network Architecture
12 20 (7.66%) Network Segmentation
12 20 (7.66%) Project Delivery
13 18 (6.90%) Service Management
14 17 (6.51%) Agile
14 17 (6.51%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.96%) Python
2 15 (5.75%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.15%) SQL
4 2 (0.77%) Bash
5 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (19.54%) Cisco Certification
2 41 (15.71%) CCNP
3 30 (11.49%) CCNA
3 30 (11.49%) Security Cleared
4 23 (8.81%) SC Cleared
5 20 (7.66%) Degree
6 18 (6.90%) CCIE
7 13 (4.98%) DV Cleared
8 12 (4.60%) Azure Certification
9 10 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.92%) CCSA
12 5 (1.92%) CCSE
13 4 (1.53%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.53%) PMP
14 3 (1.15%) CCIE Security
14 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.15%) JNCIP
14 3 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.21%) SLA
3 10 (3.83%) NIST
4 9 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.53%) GDPR
6 4 (1.53%) QA
7 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.38%) NCSC
8 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 69 (26.44%) Active Directory
2 33 (12.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (11.49%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.98%) vSphere
5 7 (2.68%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.30%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.53%) Firmware
7 4 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.38%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.38%) Docker
8 1 (0.38%) KVM
8 1 (0.38%) QEMU
8 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 24 (9.20%) Ansible
2 23 (8.81%) FortiGate
3 21 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (6.90%) Terraform
5 11 (4.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 9 (3.45%) Cisco CUCM
6 9 (3.45%) Grafana
7 8 (3.07%) CASB
8 5 (1.92%) Endace
8 5 (1.92%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.53%) Kubernetes
9 4 (1.53%) QRadar
10 2 (0.77%) Autotask
10 2 (0.77%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.77%) OpenView
10 2 (0.77%) SCCM
10 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.77%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.77%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 127 (48.66%) Cisco
2 109 (41.76%) Microsoft
3 58 (22.22%) Palo Alto
4 57 (21.84%) Fortinet
5 46 (17.62%) VMware
6 39 (14.94%) Meraki
7 24 (9.20%) Juniper
8 22 (8.43%) SolarWinds
9 18 (6.90%) CheckPoint
10 17 (6.51%) Splunk
11 12 (4.60%) Aruba
11 12 (4.60%) Dynatrace
12 10 (3.83%) Google
12 10 (3.83%) Zscaler
13 9 (3.45%) F5
14 7 (2.68%) ServiceNow
15 6 (2.30%) ArcSight
15 6 (2.30%) NetApp
16 4 (1.53%) EMC
17 3 (1.15%) Red Hat
80 hybrid/remote WAN jobs