WAN Jobs in Yorkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 149 135
Rank change year-on-year +73 -14 +1
Permanent jobs citing WAN 171 179 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.98% 2.16% 2.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.84% 13.91% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 129 129 146
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £39,000 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £63,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £67,070 £60,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

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 advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 783 1,287 1,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 13.63% 15.56% 18.51%
Number of salaries quoted 571 496 852
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,875 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.14% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £62,945
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +82 108 £55,000 - 17
North Yorkshire +29 44 £30,000 -33.33% 7
South Yorkshire +42 9 £42,500 +21.43% 4
Humberside - 3 £60,000 -
East Yorkshire +6 2 £46,250 +32.14%
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 14 (8.19%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.17%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (15.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 77 (45.03%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (43.27%) Azure
3 35 (20.47%) Entra ID
4 22 (12.87%) OneDrive
5 8 (4.68%) AWS
5 8 (4.68%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (4.09%) IaaS
7 6 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.34%) PaaS
9 3 (1.75%) SaaS
10 2 (1.17%) GCP
11 1 (0.58%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 140 (81.87%) LAN
2 85 (49.71%) Firewall
3 60 (35.09%) VPN
4 43 (25.15%) SD-WAN
5 42 (24.56%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (19.30%) TCP/IP
7 29 (16.96%) DHCP
7 29 (16.96%) DNS
7 29 (16.96%) Wireless
7 29 (16.96%) WLAN
8 23 (13.45%) Network Security
9 16 (9.36%) VLAN
10 12 (7.02%) Internet
10 12 (7.02%) SAN
10 12 (7.02%) VoIP
11 11 (6.43%) MPLS
12 10 (5.85%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (5.85%) Cisco Nexus
13 8 (4.68%) BGP
13 8 (4.68%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.17%) DB2
General
1 31 (18.13%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.11%) Law
3 17 (9.94%) Finance
4 11 (6.43%) Retail
5 7 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.51%) French Language
6 6 (3.51%) German Language
6 6 (3.51%) Italian Language
6 6 (3.51%) Portuguese Language
6 6 (3.51%) Spanish Language
6 6 (3.51%) Swedish Language
6 6 (3.51%) Turkish Language
7 4 (2.34%) Agriculture
7 4 (2.34%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.34%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.17%) Marketing
9 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (15.79%) Analyst
2 22 (12.87%) IT Manager
3 20 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (11.70%) Lead
3 20 (11.70%) Network Engineer
4 19 (11.11%) Architect
5 17 (9.94%) IT Support
6 16 (9.36%) IT Engineer
7 13 (7.60%) IT Analyst
7 13 (7.60%) Support Analyst
8 11 (6.43%) IT Support Analyst
9 10 (5.85%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (5.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 9 (5.26%) Service Analyst
10 9 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
11 8 (4.68%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (4.68%) Administrator
11 8 (4.68%) Security Engineer
11 8 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.68%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.17%) .NET
1 2 (1.17%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (1.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.94%) Management Information System
2 13 (7.60%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.09%) Clustering
3 7 (4.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 7 (4.09%) PMI
3 7 (4.09%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.51%) Cyberattack
4 6 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.17%) NHS
8 2 (1.17%) PropTech
8 2 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 97 (56.73%) Windows
2 50 (29.24%) Windows Server
3 23 (13.45%) Windows 10
4 21 (12.28%) Android
4 21 (12.28%) Apple iOS
5 17 (9.94%) Linux
6 8 (4.68%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (4.09%) Windows 7
8 6 (3.51%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (2.92%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.17%) VMS
10 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (16.96%) ITIL
2 29 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.04%) Service Management
4 22 (12.87%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (12.28%) Service Delivery
6 20 (11.70%) Roadmaps
7 16 (9.36%) Information Security
7 16 (9.36%) Patch Management
8 14 (8.19%) Customer Service
8 14 (8.19%) Network Design
8 14 (8.19%) Project Management
9 13 (7.60%) High Availability
10 12 (7.02%) Migration
10 12 (7.02%) Time Management
11 11 (6.43%) DevOps
11 11 (6.43%) ERP
11 11 (6.43%) ITSM
11 11 (6.43%) People Management
12 10 (5.85%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.87%) PowerShell
2 21 (12.28%) SQL
3 10 (5.85%) Python
4 5 (2.92%) Bash
5 2 (1.17%) Java
5 2 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.58%) C#
6 1 (0.58%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 38 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (15.20%) CISSP
3 18 (10.53%) CCNP
4 15 (8.77%) CCIE
5 13 (7.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 13 (7.60%) CCSP
6 11 (6.43%) Degree
7 10 (5.85%) CCNA
8 8 (4.68%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.68%) Security Cleared
9 7 (4.09%) AWS Certification
9 7 (4.09%) Azure Certification
9 7 (4.09%) CCSK
9 7 (4.09%) CISM
9 7 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.09%) PMI Certification
10 6 (3.51%) CEH
10 6 (3.51%) SANS
10 6 (3.51%) SSCP
11 4 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.94%) SLA
2 13 (7.60%) NIST
3 9 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.51%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.17%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.17%) QA
System Software
1 85 (49.71%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.62%) Hyper-V
3 23 (13.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.68%) Docker
5 6 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.34%) Firmware
6 4 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.58%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 32 (18.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (7.60%) SCCM
3 10 (5.85%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.68%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (4.09%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (3.51%) Nmap
7 4 (2.34%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.75%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.17%) Ansible
9 2 (1.17%) Backup Exec
9 2 (1.17%) Terraform
9 2 (1.17%) WSUS
9 2 (1.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 75 (43.86%) Microsoft
2 45 (26.32%) VMware
3 40 (23.39%) Cisco
4 18 (10.53%) Meraki
5 12 (7.02%) Palo Alto
6 11 (6.43%) Citrix
6 11 (6.43%) Veeam
7 10 (5.85%) Epicor
8 8 (4.68%) Fortinet
8 8 (4.68%) Juniper
9 7 (4.09%) SAP
10 6 (3.51%) Qualys
10 6 (3.51%) Rapid7
10 6 (3.51%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.51%) Splunk
10 6 (3.51%) Thycotic
11 3 (1.75%) Aruba
11 3 (1.75%) Dell
11 3 (1.75%) Draytek
11 3 (1.75%) Ubiquiti