WAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 182 270
Rank change year-on-year +52 +88 -62
Permanent jobs citing WAN 809 858 934
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.40% 1.99% 1.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.35% 17.67% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 638 694 808
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +6.80% -6.36%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,101 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year - -1.04% +1.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,272 4,857 7,288
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.62% 11.26% 10.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,412 3,588 4,891
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,150
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.40% +6.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,688 £73,675
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

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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 27 April 2024.

WAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 101 (12.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (7.29%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.10%) IIS
4 4 (0.49%) SAS
4 4 (0.49%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 67 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.37%) SPSS
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 346 (42.77%) Azure
2 262 (32.39%) Microsoft 365
3 100 (12.36%) AWS
4 65 (8.03%) Entra ID
5 34 (4.20%) GCP
6 28 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
7 25 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.09%) IaaS
7 25 (3.09%) SaaS
8 20 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
8 20 (2.47%) PaaS
9 16 (1.98%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (1.85%) OneDrive
11 12 (1.48%) Mimecast
12 8 (0.99%) Rubrik
13 7 (0.87%) Nutanix
14 5 (0.62%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.62%) Datadog
14 5 (0.62%) GitHub
15 4 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 595 (73.55%) LAN
2 381 (47.10%) Firewall
3 322 (39.80%) SD-WAN
4 217 (26.82%) VPN
5 187 (23.11%) Wi-Fi
6 175 (21.63%) DNS
7 161 (19.90%) Wireless
8 147 (18.17%) DHCP
9 136 (16.81%) MPLS
10 126 (15.57%) TCP/IP
11 120 (14.83%) Network Security
12 110 (13.60%) BGP
13 107 (13.23%) VLAN
14 98 (12.11%) WLAN
15 86 (10.63%) OSPF
16 75 (9.27%) SAN
17 69 (8.53%) Internet
18 46 (5.69%) VoIP
19 33 (4.08%) IPsec
20 31 (3.83%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.74%) DB2
5 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.37%) Big Data
6 3 (0.37%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.25%) Power BI
8 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.12%) MySQL
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.49%) MSBuild
1 4 (0.49%) TeamCity
1 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 231 (28.55%) Social Skills
2 95 (11.74%) Finance
3 69 (8.53%) Retail
4 43 (5.32%) Telecoms
5 37 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.21%) Legal
7 21 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.60%) Public Sector
8 17 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (1.85%) Banking
10 12 (1.48%) Law
11 10 (1.24%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.87%) Marketing
13 6 (0.74%) Billing
13 6 (0.74%) French Language
13 6 (0.74%) German Language
13 6 (0.74%) Italian Language
13 6 (0.74%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 160 (19.78%) Network Engineer
2 146 (18.05%) Senior
3 135 (16.69%) Architect
4 111 (13.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 95 (11.74%) Analyst
6 60 (7.42%) Support Engineer
7 53 (6.55%) Security Architect
8 51 (6.30%) Lead
9 47 (5.81%) IT Engineer
10 44 (5.44%) Network Analyst
11 41 (5.07%) Senior Network Engineer
12 38 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
13 37 (4.57%) Senior Architect
14 35 (4.33%) Operations Analyst
15 32 (3.96%) Consultant
15 32 (3.96%) IT Support
16 31 (3.83%) 3rd Line Support
16 31 (3.83%) Infrastructure Architect
16 31 (3.83%) Network Manager
16 31 (3.83%) Network Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.99%) HTML
2 7 (0.87%) 802.1X
3 5 (0.62%) XMPP
4 4 (0.49%) .NET
4 4 (0.49%) Web Services
4 4 (0.49%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.25%) Azure Blueprints
5 2 (0.25%) LDAP
5 2 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.25%) Middleware
6 1 (0.12%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.12%) JSON
6 1 (0.12%) OAuth
6 1 (0.12%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.12%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 146 (18.05%) Data Centre
2 76 (9.39%) Management Information System
3 45 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 43 (5.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 28 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.72%) Driving Licence
7 18 (2.22%) Client/Server
8 16 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (1.98%) IoT
9 14 (1.73%) PKI
10 13 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
11 12 (1.48%) PMI
11 12 (1.48%) Private Cloud
12 8 (0.99%) GNSS
13 7 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
14 6 (0.74%) Onboarding
14 6 (0.74%) Replication
15 5 (0.62%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.62%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 271 (33.50%) Windows
2 137 (16.93%) Windows Server
3 89 (11.00%) Linux
4 52 (6.43%) Windows 10
5 37 (4.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 36 (4.45%) Ubuntu
6 36 (4.45%) VMS
7 34 (4.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 28 (3.46%) Android
9 27 (3.34%) Apple iOS
10 17 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.24%) CentOS
12 9 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (1.11%) Windows 7
13 7 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.62%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.62%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.62%) Windows XP
16 4 (0.49%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (18.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 112 (13.84%) Cybersecurity
3 105 (12.98%) Agile
4 102 (12.61%) Presales
5 85 (10.51%) Project Management
6 83 (10.26%) Customer Service
7 81 (10.01%) ITIL
8 76 (9.39%) Application Security
9 75 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
10 74 (9.15%) Information Security
11 66 (8.16%) Mentoring
12 55 (6.80%) Disaster Recovery
13 52 (6.43%) Time Management
14 45 (5.56%) Project Delivery
14 45 (5.56%) Roadmaps
15 44 (5.44%) CI/CD
16 43 (5.32%) Service Delivery
17 41 (5.07%) Migration
18 40 (4.94%) DevOps
18 40 (4.94%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 66 (8.16%) PowerShell
2 48 (5.93%) Python
3 17 (2.10%) Bash
4 12 (1.48%) SQL
5 4 (0.49%) C++
5 4 (0.49%) Perl
6 3 (0.37%) Java
7 2 (0.25%) Korn
7 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.25%) PHP
8 1 (0.12%) C#
8 1 (0.12%) Delphi
8 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 229 (28.31%) Cisco Certification
2 137 (16.93%) CCNA
3 125 (15.45%) CCNP
4 105 (12.98%) Degree
5 80 (9.89%) Security Cleared
6 56 (6.92%) CISSP
7 53 (6.55%) CCIE
8 49 (6.06%) Azure Certification
8 49 (6.06%) DV Cleared
9 47 (5.81%) CCSP
10 46 (5.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 40 (4.94%) CCDP
12 39 (4.82%) AWS Certification
13 33 (4.08%) CCSK
13 33 (4.08%) CISM
13 33 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
14 27 (3.34%) SC Cleared
15 18 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
15 18 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
16 17 (2.10%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.43%) NIST
2 46 (5.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (5.32%) SLA
4 20 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (2.10%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.49%) PMO
7 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.25%) GDPR
8 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) QA
System Software
1 263 (32.51%) Active Directory
2 133 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 105 (12.98%) Hyper-V
4 41 (5.07%) Docker
5 29 (3.58%) vSphere
6 28 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
9 11 (1.36%) NFS
10 4 (0.49%) Firmware
11 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.25%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (8.41%) Ansible
2 67 (8.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (6.55%) Terraform
4 38 (4.70%) WSUS
5 37 (4.57%) Kubernetes
6 36 (4.45%) Single Sign-On
7 34 (4.20%) FortiGate
8 19 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 16 (1.98%) SCCM
10 15 (1.85%) CASB
10 15 (1.85%) Stealthwatch
11 13 (1.61%) Nmap
12 12 (1.48%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.48%) VxRail
12 12 (1.48%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
13 5 (0.62%) PaperCut
13 5 (0.62%) SCVMM
14 4 (0.49%) BMC PATROL
15 3 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 359 (44.38%) Cisco
2 336 (41.53%) Microsoft
3 187 (23.11%) VMware
4 161 (19.90%) Meraki
5 92 (11.37%) Fortinet
6 73 (9.02%) Juniper
7 54 (6.67%) Aruba
7 54 (6.67%) Palo Alto
8 48 (5.93%) HP
9 41 (5.07%) SolarWinds
10 36 (4.45%) Apple
10 36 (4.45%) Dell
11 32 (3.96%) Citrix
11 32 (3.96%) Veeam
12 30 (3.71%) Adobe
13 24 (2.97%) NetApp
14 22 (2.72%) Ruckus Wireless
15 19 (2.35%) CheckPoint
16 18 (2.22%) Rapid7
17 15 (1.85%) Red Hat