WAN Jobs in Bedfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 77 50
Rank change year-on-year +36 -27 -13
Permanent jobs citing WAN 10 4 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 2.17% 0.63% 3.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.64% 2.52% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 20
10th Percentile £46,500 £33,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £37,813 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +6.45% +0.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £47,188 £53,000
90th Percentile £61,500 £53,375 £60,000
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 39 159 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 8.46% 24.92% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 20 58 92
10th Percentile - £26,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £21,250 £32,813 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,750 £52,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.81% -0.94% +37.66%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £75,000 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Bedfordshire

WAN
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Luton - 7 £60,000 -
Bedford +20 1 £55,000 +37.50%
Leighton Buzzard -1 1 - - 1
Biggleswade - 1 £50,000 -
WAN
East of England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) LAN
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (20.00%) Network Security
4 2 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (10.00%) DHCP
5 1 (10.00%) IPsec
5 1 (10.00%) MPLS
5 1 (10.00%) NGFW
5 1 (10.00%) OSPF
5 1 (10.00%) VLAN
5 1 (10.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) VRRP
5 1 (10.00%) VXLAN
5 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (10.00%) Wireshark
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Service Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) IT Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) IT Systems Administrator
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
1 6 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (60.00%) Statistics
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 1 (10.00%) Network Management
3 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Firmware
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (10.00%) Aruba
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) F5
4 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) Nokia
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Riverbed
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (10.00%) Veeam
4 1 (10.00%) VMware