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

 6 months to
16 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 199 131
Rank change year-on-year +1 -68 +14
Permanent jobs citing WAN 252 275 804
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.27% 1.79% 2.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.41% 14.36% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 183 193 607
10th Percentile £31,452 £28,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £78,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £87,500 £84,919
UK median annual salary £54,068 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.14% +5.26% -

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 2,209 1,915 5,128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.10% 12.49% 14.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 1,149 3,306
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £74,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,921 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -7.50%

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 16 June 2026.

WAN salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

WAN
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 39 (15.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.19%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 133 (52.78%) Azure
2 77 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (29.37%) AWS
4 41 (16.27%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.14%) GCP
6 13 (5.16%) AWS Direct Connect
6 13 (5.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 12 (4.76%) Google Workspace
7 12 (4.76%) SaaS
8 8 (3.17%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (1.98%) OCI
10 3 (1.19%) IaaS
10 3 (1.19%) PaaS
11 2 (0.79%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.79%) Datadog
11 2 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 182 (72.22%) LAN
2 131 (51.98%) Firewall
3 110 (43.65%) SD-WAN
4 104 (41.27%) VPN
5 77 (30.56%) DNS
6 64 (25.40%) DHCP
7 55 (21.83%) TCP/IP
8 50 (19.84%) MPLS
9 49 (19.44%) Network Security
9 49 (19.44%) Wi-Fi
10 47 (18.65%) BGP
11 42 (16.67%) WLAN
12 38 (15.08%) VLAN
13 32 (12.70%) Cisco Firepower
14 30 (11.90%) Cisco ISE
15 28 (11.11%) OSPF
15 28 (11.11%) Wireless
16 25 (9.92%) Cisco ASA
17 21 (8.33%) IPsec
17 21 (8.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.79%) Power BI
1 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.40%) MySQL
2 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (1.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) GitLab
2 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.29%) Finance
3 35 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 16 (6.35%) Banking
6 15 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.95%) Retail
7 13 (5.16%) Marketing
8 9 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.59%) Electronics
10 4 (1.59%) Legal
11 3 (1.19%) Law
12 2 (0.79%) Local Government
12 2 (0.79%) Military
12 2 (0.79%) Police
12 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.40%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 71 (28.17%) Network Engineer
2 53 (21.03%) Architect
3 50 (19.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (17.86%) Senior
5 41 (16.27%) IT Engineer
6 31 (12.30%) Network Architect
6 31 (12.30%) Support Engineer
7 27 (10.71%) IT Support
8 23 (9.13%) IT Support Engineer
9 22 (8.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (7.54%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 18 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 17 (6.75%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (5.56%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
13 14 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
13 14 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
14 13 (5.16%) Network Manager
15 12 (4.76%) Analyst
15 12 (4.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.57%) XMPP
2 7 (2.78%) OAuth
2 7 (2.78%) SAML
3 4 (1.59%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.59%) LDAP
4 2 (0.79%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.79%) Web Services
5 1 (0.40%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.86%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (4.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 11 (4.37%) Driving Licence
3 11 (4.37%) PKI
3 11 (4.37%) Security Posture
4 10 (3.97%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 9 (3.57%) FlexPod
5 9 (3.57%) Replication
5 9 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.59%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.59%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 66 (26.19%) Windows
2 56 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 23 (9.13%) Linux
4 22 (8.73%) Mac OS
5 19 (7.54%) Windows 10
6 12 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (4.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (4.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.78%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.59%) Unix
10 2 (0.79%) CentOS
10 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (23.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 42 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 39 (15.48%) Cybersecurity
5 38 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 38 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (11.90%) Mentoring
7 29 (11.51%) Presales
8 28 (11.11%) ITIL
8 28 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 27 (10.71%) Zero Trust
10 24 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (8.73%) Collaborative Culture
12 21 (8.33%) Incident Response
12 21 (8.33%) Network Architecture
13 20 (7.94%) Migration
13 20 (7.94%) Network Segmentation
14 19 (7.54%) Cloud Security
14 19 (7.54%) Service Management
15 17 (6.75%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (9.92%) Python
2 14 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.19%) SQL
4 2 (0.79%) Bash
5 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 50 (19.84%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (15.48%) CCNP
3 31 (12.30%) Security Cleared
4 28 (11.11%) CCNA
5 24 (9.52%) SC Cleared
6 20 (7.94%) Degree
7 17 (6.75%) CCIE
8 13 (5.16%) DV Cleared
9 11 (4.37%) Azure Certification
9 11 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.98%) CCSA
12 5 (1.98%) CCSE
13 4 (1.59%) JNCIE
14 3 (1.19%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.19%) CCIE Security
14 3 (1.19%) JNCIP
14 3 (1.19%) PMP
14 3 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (4.37%) SLA
3 9 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 9 (3.57%) NIST
4 4 (1.59%) QA
5 3 (1.19%) GDPR
5 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.40%) NCSC
6 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (25.40%) Active Directory
2 34 (13.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 13 (5.16%) vSphere
5 7 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.38%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.59%) Firmware
7 4 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.40%) Docker
8 1 (0.40%) KVM
8 1 (0.40%) QEMU
8 1 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (9.92%) Ansible
2 23 (9.13%) FortiGate
3 18 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (7.14%) Terraform
4 12 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (3.57%) Cisco CUCM
5 9 (3.57%) Grafana
6 7 (2.78%) CASB
7 5 (1.98%) Endace
7 5 (1.98%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.59%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.59%) QRadar
9 2 (0.79%) Autotask
9 2 (0.79%) OpenView
9 2 (0.79%) SCCM
9 2 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.79%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.79%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 127 (50.40%) Cisco
2 102 (40.48%) Microsoft
3 57 (22.62%) Fortinet
4 55 (21.83%) Palo Alto
5 46 (18.25%) VMware
6 38 (15.08%) Meraki
7 23 (9.13%) Juniper
8 22 (8.73%) SolarWinds
9 20 (7.94%) CheckPoint
10 17 (6.75%) Splunk
11 13 (5.16%) Dynatrace
12 12 (4.76%) Google
13 11 (4.37%) Aruba
14 9 (3.57%) F5
15 8 (3.17%) ServiceNow
16 7 (2.78%) Zscaler
17 6 (2.38%) ArcSight
17 6 (2.38%) NetApp
18 4 (1.59%) EMC
18 4 (1.59%) Huawei
121 hybrid/remote WAN jobs