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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 139 180
Rank change year-on-year -74 +41 +100
Permanent jobs citing WAN 260 795 825
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.55% 2.35% 1.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.13% 15.22% 17.71%
Number of salaries quoted 190 619 667
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,025
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £67,188 £69,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,919 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +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 3,200 5,225 4,658
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 19.11% 15.47% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,668 3,372 3,460
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,562
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £76,316
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £89,852
UK median annual salary £45,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -4.76%

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 10 May 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 45 (17.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.77%) Confluence
3 2 (0.77%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.77%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.77%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 22 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) Acrobat
2 2 (0.77%) Blender
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.77%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 157 (60.38%) Azure
2 89 (34.23%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (23.85%) AWS
4 47 (18.08%) Entra ID
5 20 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (7.69%) IaaS
6 18 (6.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 18 (6.92%) Power Platform
6 18 (6.92%) SaaS
7 17 (6.54%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (6.54%) PaaS
8 16 (6.15%) Azure AI
8 16 (6.15%) Azure Key Vault
8 16 (6.15%) Azure Service Bus
8 16 (6.15%) Power Automate
9 12 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (3.85%) AWS Direct Connect
10 10 (3.85%) GitHub
11 9 (3.46%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.31%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 161 (61.92%) LAN
2 140 (53.85%) Firewall
3 100 (38.46%) SD-WAN
4 97 (37.31%) VPN
5 53 (20.38%) DNS
6 48 (18.46%) Wi-Fi
7 44 (16.92%) Wireless
8 34 (13.08%) OSPF
8 34 (13.08%) TCP/IP
9 33 (12.69%) BGP
10 32 (12.31%) DHCP
10 32 (12.31%) WLAN
11 29 (11.15%) Network Security
12 28 (10.77%) MPLS
13 23 (8.85%) VLAN
14 20 (7.69%) 5G
15 18 (6.92%) IPsec
16 17 (6.54%) Cisco ISE
16 17 (6.54%) Internet
17 11 (4.23%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.92%) Power BI
2 16 (6.15%) Data Lake
2 16 (6.15%) MySQL
3 8 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.77%) EDMS
4 2 (0.77%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.77%) QGIS
5 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.38%) DB2
5 1 (0.38%) MS Access
5 1 (0.38%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 26 (10.00%) Git
2 8 (3.08%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.31%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (1.54%) Spinnaker
4 4 (1.54%) Subversion
5 3 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 63 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 28 (10.77%) Finance
3 25 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.23%) Marketing
7 9 (3.46%) Automotive
8 8 (3.08%) Retail
9 6 (2.31%) Banking
9 6 (2.31%) Police
9 6 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.31%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.92%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.54%) Local Government
12 3 (1.15%) Legal
12 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.77%) Advertising
13 2 (0.77%) Military
13 2 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 36 (13.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (13.46%) Support Engineer
4 30 (11.54%) Architect
5 29 (11.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 29 (11.15%) Senior
6 27 (10.38%) 3rd Line Support
6 27 (10.38%) Lead
7 22 (8.46%) Analyst
8 19 (7.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 18 (6.92%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (5.77%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 15 (5.77%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
11 15 (5.77%) IT Support
12 14 (5.38%) Support Analyst
13 13 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
14 12 (4.62%) Network Architect
14 12 (4.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (3.85%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.62%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.54%) HTML
2 4 (1.54%) SOAP
2 4 (1.54%) XML
2 4 (1.54%) XSLT
3 2 (0.77%) gRPC
3 2 (0.77%) LDAP
3 2 (0.77%) Middleware
3 2 (0.77%) SAML
4 1 (0.38%) .NET
4 1 (0.38%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (20.38%) Data Centre
2 31 (11.92%) Onboarding
3 20 (7.69%) NHS
4 16 (6.15%) Self-Driving Car
5 15 (5.77%) GNSS
5 15 (5.77%) Video Conferencing
6 14 (5.38%) Management Information System
7 13 (5.00%) Driving Licence
7 13 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (3.08%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (2.31%) IoT
10 6 (2.31%) Public Cloud
10 6 (2.31%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.92%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.54%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.54%) FPGA
12 4 (1.54%) MicroBlaze
12 4 (1.54%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 112 (43.08%) Windows
2 61 (23.46%) Windows Server
3 37 (14.23%) Linux
4 29 (11.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 22 (8.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (8.08%) Windows 10
7 15 (5.77%) Apple iOS
8 11 (4.23%) Mac OS
9 8 (3.08%) Unix
10 5 (1.92%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.15%) Android
11 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.77%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.77%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (23.08%) ITIL
2 47 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (14.62%) Customer Service
4 38 (14.62%) Mentoring
5 36 (13.85%) Migration
6 35 (13.46%) Change Management
7 34 (13.08%) Roadmaps
8 33 (12.69%) B2B
9 29 (11.15%) Network Virtualisation
10 28 (10.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (10.00%) Network Design
12 26 (10.00%) Project Management
13 25 (9.62%) Infrastructure Management
14 24 (9.23%) DevOps
15 23 (8.85%) Disaster Recovery
16 22 (8.46%) Agile
16 22 (8.46%) Analytics
16 22 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 52 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 35 (13.46%) Python
3 27 (10.38%) SQL
4 16 (6.15%) Bicep
4 16 (6.15%) C
4 16 (6.15%) C++
5 9 (3.46%) Perl
6 8 (3.08%) Bash
7 6 (2.31%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.54%) Jython
9 2 (0.77%) Java
9 2 (0.77%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.38%) RPG
10 1 (0.38%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 41 (15.77%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (11.54%) Degree
3 25 (9.62%) CCNP
4 24 (9.23%) Azure Certification
5 23 (8.85%) CCNA
6 18 (6.92%) DBS Check
6 18 (6.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (5.77%) Security Cleared
8 11 (4.23%) SC Cleared
9 8 (3.08%) CCIE
10 5 (1.92%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.92%) CISSP
11 4 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.54%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.77%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.62%) SLA
2 8 (3.08%) PMO
3 6 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (1.54%) GDPR
5 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.15%) NIST
5 3 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 104 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 40 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (8.08%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.54%) Hyper-V
5 16 (6.15%) Firmware
5 16 (6.15%) XenApp
6 11 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.92%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.77%) Docker
10 2 (0.77%) KVM
10 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.77%) NFS
10 2 (0.77%) SRDF
10 2 (0.77%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.77%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.77%) Xen
11 1 (0.38%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 50 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (7.69%) Ansible
2 20 (7.69%) Terraform
3 18 (6.92%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.31%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.54%) SCCM
5 4 (1.54%) ZENworks
6 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.15%) Puppet
7 2 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.77%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.38%) Autotask
8 1 (0.38%) Avamar
8 1 (0.38%) CASB
8 1 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.38%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.38%) VxRail
8 1 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 112 (43.08%) Cisco
2 105 (40.38%) Microsoft
3 66 (25.38%) Meraki
4 56 (21.54%) VMware
5 37 (14.23%) CheckPoint
6 32 (12.31%) Fortinet
7 30 (11.54%) Citrix
8 27 (10.38%) Palo Alto
9 24 (9.23%) SolarWinds
10 16 (6.15%) Aruba
10 16 (6.15%) Databricks
10 16 (6.15%) Juniper
10 16 (6.15%) SonicWALL
11 13 (5.00%) Apple
12 12 (4.62%) Dynatrace
12 12 (4.62%) F5
13 9 (3.46%) Mellanox
13 9 (3.46%) NVIDIA
14 8 (3.08%) Infoblox
15 7 (2.69%) Google