WAN Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 124 153
Rank change year-on-year -113 +29 +121
Permanent jobs citing WAN 274 773 796
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.30% 2.35% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.79% 15.71% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 197 565 608
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,500 £33,494
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £84,919 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.05% - -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 5,718 4,920 4,080
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.18% 14.93% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,030 3,000 3,224
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.14% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £74,258 £81,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £33,500 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -29.47% -7.50% -2.19%

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

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing WAN.

WAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing WAN over the 6 months to 12 July 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 40 (14.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.73%) Confluence
3 2 (0.73%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.73%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.73%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.92%) Blender
3 2 (0.73%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.73%) Simulink
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.36%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 142 (51.82%) Azure
2 88 (32.12%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (21.53%) AWS
4 46 (16.79%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.76%) IaaS
6 20 (7.30%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.93%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (6.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 18 (6.57%) SaaS
9 17 (6.20%) PaaS
10 16 (5.84%) Azure AI
10 16 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (5.84%) Azure Key Vault
10 16 (5.84%) Azure Service Bus
10 16 (5.84%) Power Automate
11 10 (3.65%) AWS Direct Connect
11 10 (3.65%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (3.28%) OneDrive
13 6 (2.19%) GCP
14 4 (1.46%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 175 (63.87%) LAN
2 133 (48.54%) Firewall
3 103 (37.59%) SD-WAN
4 91 (33.21%) VPN
5 61 (22.26%) Wi-Fi
6 52 (18.98%) DNS
7 43 (15.69%) Wireless
8 37 (13.50%) BGP
9 35 (12.77%) WLAN
10 32 (11.68%) OSPF
11 30 (10.95%) Network Security
12 29 (10.58%) 5G
13 28 (10.22%) DHCP
13 28 (10.22%) TCP/IP
14 24 (8.76%) MPLS
15 19 (6.93%) Internet
16 17 (6.20%) IPsec
16 17 (6.20%) VLAN
17 15 (5.47%) Cisco Firepower
18 14 (5.11%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.30%) Power BI
2 16 (5.84%) Data Lake
2 16 (5.84%) MySQL
3 10 (3.65%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.92%) QGIS
5 2 (0.73%) EDMS
5 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.36%) DB2
6 1 (0.36%) MS Access
6 1 (0.36%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 23 (8.39%) Git
2 4 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (1.46%) Subversion
2 4 (1.46%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 78 (28.47%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.41%) Finance
3 31 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (5.47%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.65%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.65%) Retail
8 8 (2.92%) Marketing
8 8 (2.92%) Military
9 6 (2.19%) Automotive
10 5 (1.82%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.82%) Local Government
11 4 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.09%) Banking
12 3 (1.09%) Police
13 2 (0.73%) Advertising
13 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.73%) French Language
13 2 (0.73%) Games
Job Titles
1 55 (20.07%) Network Engineer
2 40 (14.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 36 (13.14%) Lead
4 35 (12.77%) Architect
5 34 (12.41%) Support Engineer
6 27 (9.85%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 24 (8.76%) 3rd Line Support
8 23 (8.39%) Senior
9 19 (6.93%) Analyst
10 17 (6.20%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 17 (6.20%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (5.11%) Infrastructure Support
11 14 (5.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (5.11%) Support Analyst
12 13 (4.74%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
12 13 (4.74%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
12 13 (4.74%) IT Support
12 13 (4.74%) Network Architect
12 13 (4.74%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (4.74%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.55%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.73%) gRPC
2 2 (0.73%) LDAP
2 2 (0.73%) Middleware
3 1 (0.36%) .NET
3 1 (0.36%) JSON
3 1 (0.36%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.98%) Data Centre
2 32 (11.68%) Onboarding
3 24 (8.76%) Self-Driving Car
4 21 (7.66%) NHS
5 17 (6.20%) GNSS
6 16 (5.84%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (5.11%) Algorithms
8 13 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (4.38%) Management Information System
10 9 (3.28%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (2.55%) IoT
12 6 (2.19%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.82%) Operational Technology
14 4 (1.46%) Clustering
14 4 (1.46%) FPGA
14 4 (1.46%) MicroBlaze
14 4 (1.46%) Security Posture
14 4 (1.46%) Tandem
15 3 (1.09%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 101 (36.86%) Windows
2 50 (18.25%) Windows Server
3 31 (11.31%) Linux
4 23 (8.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (6.93%) Windows 10
6 18 (6.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (4.38%) Apple iOS
8 11 (4.01%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.82%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.46%) Unix
11 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.73%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.73%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (21.17%) ITIL
3 50 (18.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (15.33%) Customer Service
5 40 (14.60%) B2B
6 36 (13.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (13.14%) Roadmaps
7 35 (12.77%) Change Management
8 33 (12.04%) Mentoring
8 33 (12.04%) Migration
9 32 (11.68%) Network Virtualisation
10 27 (9.85%) Network Design
11 26 (9.49%) Infrastructure Management
12 24 (8.76%) Test Automation
13 23 (8.39%) Analytics
13 23 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (8.39%) DevOps
13 23 (8.39%) Project Management
13 23 (8.39%) Service Management
14 21 (7.66%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.25%) PowerShell
2 49 (17.88%) Python
3 25 (9.12%) SQL
4 24 (8.76%) C++
5 18 (6.57%) MATLAB
6 16 (5.84%) Bicep
7 8 (2.92%) C
8 2 (0.73%) Java
8 2 (0.73%) Progress 4GL
9 1 (0.36%) Bash
9 1 (0.36%) Go
9 1 (0.36%) RPG
9 1 (0.36%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 46 (16.79%) Degree
2 45 (16.42%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (11.31%) CCNA
4 28 (10.22%) CCNP
5 25 (9.12%) Azure Certification
6 24 (8.76%) Security Cleared
7 23 (8.39%) SC Cleared
8 21 (7.66%) DBS Check
9 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (4.74%) JNCIA
11 9 (3.28%) CCIE
12 6 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.82%) A+ Certification
13 5 (1.82%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.82%) DV Cleared
14 4 (1.46%) CISSP
14 4 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
14 4 (1.46%) JNCIS
14 4 (1.46%) MCSE
15 3 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.01%) SLA
2 5 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.82%) NIST
3 4 (1.46%) PMO
4 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.73%) GDPR
5 2 (0.73%) NCSC
5 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
System Software
1 94 (34.31%) Active Directory
2 33 (12.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (8.03%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.20%) Hyper-V
5 15 (5.47%) Firmware
6 14 (5.11%) XenApp
7 10 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.92%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (1.82%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.73%) Docker
11 2 (0.73%) KVM
11 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.73%) NFS
11 2 (0.73%) SRDF
11 2 (0.73%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.73%) Xen
12 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (17.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (10.58%) Ansible
3 23 (8.39%) Terraform
4 16 (5.84%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.55%) SCCM
6 4 (1.46%) WSUS
6 4 (1.46%) ZENworks
7 3 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.09%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.09%) Puppet
7 3 (1.09%) SmoothWall
8 2 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.36%) Autotask
9 1 (0.36%) CASB
9 1 (0.36%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 127 (46.35%) Cisco
2 96 (35.04%) Microsoft
3 63 (22.99%) Meraki
4 43 (15.69%) VMware
5 37 (13.50%) Fortinet
6 36 (13.14%) CheckPoint
7 34 (12.41%) Palo Alto
8 28 (10.22%) Aruba
8 28 (10.22%) Citrix
9 27 (9.85%) Juniper
10 23 (8.39%) SolarWinds
11 16 (5.84%) Databricks
12 15 (5.47%) SonicWALL
13 13 (4.74%) Mellanox
13 13 (4.74%) NVIDIA
14 10 (3.65%) Apple
14 10 (3.65%) Dynatrace
14 10 (3.65%) F5
14 10 (3.65%) Infoblox
15 6 (2.19%) Google