WAN Jobs in Birmingham

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 97 88
Rank change year-on-year +51 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing WAN 123 33 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.99% 1.84% 3.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.95% 12.13% 25.34%
Number of salaries quoted 93 28 103
10th Percentile £26,700 £33,500 £37,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,163 £41,855
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £71,625
90th Percentile £78,750 - £76,250
West Midlands median annual salary £41,000 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.53% -19.05% +28.05%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 385 272 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.48% 15.14% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 299 195 339
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,600 £30,400
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,475 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.32% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (11.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.14%) Azure
2 20 (16.26%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.13%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.50%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.07%) AWS
6 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.81%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.81%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (44.72%) LAN
2 54 (43.90%) SD-WAN
3 51 (41.46%) Firewall
4 25 (20.33%) MPLS
5 20 (16.26%) TCP/IP
6 19 (15.45%) Wireless
7 17 (13.82%) Network Security
8 15 (12.20%) DNS
8 15 (12.20%) VLAN
9 14 (11.38%) DHCP
9 14 (11.38%) WLAN
10 13 (10.57%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (10.57%) IPsec
11 10 (8.13%) VPN
12 9 (7.32%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (7.32%) SAN
13 8 (6.50%) iSCSI
13 8 (6.50%) VoIP
14 7 (5.69%) BGP
14 7 (5.69%) OSPF
General
1 38 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.13%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.07%) Law
6 4 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Retail
8 2 (1.63%) Finance
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 40 (32.52%) Senior
2 31 (25.20%) Network Engineer
3 30 (24.39%) Architect
4 18 (14.63%) Senior Architect
4 18 (14.63%) WAN Engineer
5 16 (13.01%) Cisco Architect
5 16 (13.01%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 15 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (11.38%) Security Architect
8 13 (10.57%) Support Engineer
9 11 (8.94%) Cisco Security Architect
9 11 (8.94%) Senior Network Engineer
9 11 (8.94%) Senior Security Architect
10 9 (7.32%) Administrator
10 9 (7.32%) IP Architect
10 9 (7.32%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (6.50%) IT Administrator
11 8 (6.50%) IT Systems Administrator
11 8 (6.50%) Network Manager
11 8 (6.50%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (20.33%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.32%) Wiki
3 7 (5.69%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.69%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.88%) PKI
5 5 (4.07%) IoT
6 4 (3.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.81%) PropTech
7 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.07%) Windows
2 8 (6.50%) Windows 10
2 8 (6.50%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.25%) VMS
3 4 (3.25%) Windows 7
3 4 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (19.51%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (16.26%) Time Management
4 17 (13.82%) Presales
5 16 (13.01%) Customer Engagement
5 16 (13.01%) Software Licensing
6 13 (10.57%) Patch Management
7 12 (9.76%) Analytics
7 12 (9.76%) Project Delivery
8 10 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (8.13%) Network Monitoring
8 10 (8.13%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (7.32%) Business Development
9 9 (7.32%) Computer Science
9 9 (7.32%) Decision-Making
9 9 (7.32%) Network Management
10 8 (6.50%) ITIL
11 7 (5.69%) Information Security
11 7 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (4.88%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.32%) Perl
1 9 (7.32%) PowerShell
1 9 (7.32%) Python
2 8 (6.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (26.83%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (26.02%) SC Cleared
2 32 (26.02%) Security Cleared
3 29 (23.58%) CCNP
3 29 (23.58%) Degree
4 23 (18.70%) CCNA
5 11 (8.94%) Azure Certification
6 9 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.25%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.25%) DBS Check
7 4 (3.25%) JNCIA
8 3 (2.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.44%) CCIE
8 3 (2.44%) CCSK
8 3 (2.44%) CCSP
8 3 (2.44%) CISM
8 3 (2.44%) CISSP
9 2 (1.63%) CCDA
10 1 (0.81%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.50%) SLA
2 3 (2.44%) NIST
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (13.82%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.13%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.25%) NFS
4 4 (3.25%) pfSense
5 3 (2.44%) Docker
6 2 (1.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (8.94%) Stealthwatch
2 5 (4.07%) CASB
2 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.63%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 67 (54.47%) Cisco
2 43 (34.96%) Juniper
2 43 (34.96%) Microsoft
3 26 (21.14%) Meraki
4 18 (14.63%) VMware
5 17 (13.82%) Fortinet
6 16 (13.01%) Adobe
6 16 (13.01%) Apple
7 14 (11.38%) Aruba
8 9 (7.32%) CheckPoint
8 9 (7.32%) Veeam
9 7 (5.69%) Nokia
10 6 (4.88%) Ericsson
10 6 (4.88%) Palo Alto
11 5 (4.07%) Citrix
11 5 (4.07%) HP
11 5 (4.07%) Sophos
12 4 (3.25%) Brocade
12 4 (3.25%) Dell
12 4 (3.25%) Ubiquiti