WAN Jobs in Berkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 116 156
Rank change year-on-year 0 +40 -29
Permanent jobs citing WAN 47 65 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.45% 2.17% 0.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.25% 14.81% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 33 33 24
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,750 £29,825
25th Percentile £42,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £33,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +50.38% -33.50%
75th Percentile £78,750 £60,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £81,750 £86,500 £71,875
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 508 439 535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 15.63% 14.65% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 365 196 341
10th Percentile £28,910 £24,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.07%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,750
90th Percentile £76,500 £78,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Reading -2 33 £57,500 - 2
Newbury +21 14 £77,500 - 2
Bracknell +13 6 £50,000 -4.76% 10
Wokingham -5 1 £40,000 +12.68%
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Azure
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.51%) AWS
3 2 (4.26%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 32 (68.09%) Firewall
2 30 (63.83%) LAN
3 25 (53.19%) Wireless
4 23 (48.94%) SD-WAN
5 9 (19.15%) Network Security
5 9 (19.15%) VPN
6 6 (12.77%) SAN
6 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
6 6 (12.77%) VoIP
7 5 (10.64%) NAS
8 4 (8.51%) OSPF
8 4 (8.51%) Wireshark
9 3 (6.38%) BGP
9 3 (6.38%) DHCP
9 3 (6.38%) DNS
9 3 (6.38%) Internet
9 3 (6.38%) IPsec
9 3 (6.38%) MPLS
9 3 (6.38%) SSL
9 3 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 3 (6.38%) Banking
1 3 (6.38%) Finance
1 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Billing
2 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Architect
2 16 (34.04%) IP Architect
2 16 (34.04%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (17.02%) IT Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Network Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Support Engineer
5 6 (12.77%) IT Support
5 6 (12.77%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Network Manager
7 4 (8.51%) Incident Manager
7 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Network Services Manager
7 4 (8.51%) NOC Manager
7 4 (8.51%) Senior
8 3 (6.38%) Banking Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) IT Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) IT Security Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.13%) IoT
2 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (31.91%) Windows
2 8 (17.02%) Linux
3 7 (14.89%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (6.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Business Development
2 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
2 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (10.64%) ITIL
3 4 (8.51%) Customer Experience
3 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (8.51%) Information Security
3 4 (8.51%) People Management
3 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (6.38%) Network Design
4 3 (6.38%) Visualisation
5 2 (4.26%) Agile
5 2 (4.26%) Containerisation
5 2 (4.26%) DevOps
5 2 (4.26%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (4.26%) Migration
5 2 (4.26%) Open Source
6 1 (2.13%) Budget Management
6 1 (2.13%) Incident Response
6 1 (2.13%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.51%) Bash
2 4 (8.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) Security Cleared
2 16 (34.04%) SC Cleared
3 10 (21.28%) CCNA
3 10 (21.28%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (10.64%) Degree
6 4 (8.51%) MCSE
7 3 (6.38%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.38%) MCP
8 2 (4.26%) CCNP
9 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.13%) CCSA
9 1 (2.13%) CCSE
9 1 (2.13%) CISSP
9 1 (2.13%) JNCIA
9 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
9 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (17.02%) Active Directory
3 3 (6.38%) vSphere
4 2 (4.26%) Docker
4 2 (4.26%) KVM
4 2 (4.26%) QEMU
4 2 (4.26%) Xen
5 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.13%) NFS
5 1 (2.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) vCenter Server
2 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.13%) Nessus
3 1 (2.13%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 21 (44.68%) Cisco
2 15 (31.91%) Fortinet
3 14 (29.79%) Juniper
4 12 (25.53%) VMware
5 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
6 3 (6.38%) Dell
7 2 (4.26%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.26%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.13%) Aruba
8 1 (2.13%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.13%) Citrix
8 1 (2.13%) F5
8 1 (2.13%) Google
8 1 (2.13%) HP
8 1 (2.13%) McAfee
8 1 (2.13%) ProCurve
8 1 (2.13%) Splunk
8 1 (2.13%) WatchGuard
8 1 (2.13%) Zscaler