WAN Jobs in Central London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 119 161
Rank change year-on-year +3 +42 +51
Permanent jobs citing WAN 81 129 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.14% 2.55% 1.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.74% 21.36% 17.88%
Number of salaries quoted 71 106 143
10th Percentile £34,750 £31,750 £46,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £107,500 £92,500
London median annual salary £57,500 £55,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% -8.08% +4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 484 604 895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.80% 11.93% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 360 476 691
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +0.81% +3.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £97,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Central London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Central London

WAN
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 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
City of London +14 73 £55,000 +5.26% 19
City of Westminster -9 1 - -
WAN
London

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 15 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (12.35%) SharePoint
3 7 (8.64%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (7.41%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.23%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (76.54%) Azure
2 31 (38.27%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (17.28%) Entra ID
4 11 (13.58%) AWS
5 9 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (11.11%) GCP
5 9 (11.11%) IaaS
5 9 (11.11%) PaaS
5 9 (11.11%) Rubrik
5 9 (11.11%) SaaS
6 8 (9.88%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (8.64%) Azure API Management
7 7 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (8.64%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (8.64%) Datadog
7 7 (8.64%) GitHub
7 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.70%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 58 (71.60%) LAN
2 52 (64.20%) Firewall
3 33 (40.74%) Wi-Fi
4 28 (34.57%) DNS
4 28 (34.57%) SD-WAN
5 25 (30.86%) VPN
6 24 (29.63%) Wireless
7 23 (28.40%) Network Security
8 21 (25.93%) DHCP
9 15 (18.52%) IPsec
10 12 (14.81%) IPv4
10 12 (14.81%) IPv6
11 11 (13.58%) TCP/IP
12 8 (9.88%) BGP
12 8 (9.88%) OSPF
13 7 (8.64%) Unified Communications
13 7 (8.64%) Wireshark
14 6 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (7.41%) MPLS
14 6 (7.41%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.64%) GitLab
1 7 (8.64%) Katalon Studio
General
1 23 (28.40%) Finance
2 15 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.35%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Legal
6 3 (3.70%) Japanese Language
6 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.47%) Law
7 2 (2.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (37.04%) Network Engineer
2 19 (23.46%) Senior
3 11 (13.58%) Senior Network Engineer
3 11 (13.58%) Support Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Azure Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) IT Engineer
6 7 (8.64%) Security Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) IT Support
7 6 (7.41%) Lead
7 6 (7.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Information Security Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (4.94%) Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Consultant
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.64%) YAML
2 1 (1.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) PKI
2 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.64%) Cloud Security Posture
3 7 (8.64%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.64%) Enterprise Cloud
3 7 (8.64%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (8.64%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.94%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.47%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.23%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.23%) CCTV
6 1 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.23%) FlexPod
6 1 (1.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 35 (43.21%) Windows
2 20 (24.69%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.64%) Android
3 7 (8.64%) Apple iOS
4 5 (6.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (4.94%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.70%) Linux
7 1 (1.23%) CentOS
7 1 (1.23%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.23%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.52%) Agile
2 14 (17.28%) Cloud Security
2 14 (17.28%) DevOps
2 14 (17.28%) Identity Access Management
2 14 (17.28%) IT Strategy
3 12 (14.81%) DevSecOps
4 10 (12.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.35%) Project Management
5 9 (11.11%) Information Security
5 9 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (11.11%) SIEM
6 8 (9.88%) CI/CD
6 8 (9.88%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.88%) Process Improvement
7 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (8.64%) Load Balancing
7 7 (8.64%) Microservices
7 7 (8.64%) Network Management
7 7 (8.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 15 (18.52%) Python
3 9 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (1.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (22.22%) CCNA
3 11 (13.58%) Degree
4 8 (9.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (9.88%) CCSP
4 8 (9.88%) CISSP
5 7 (8.64%) CEH
5 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (8.64%) SANS
5 7 (8.64%) SSCP
6 6 (7.41%) MCITP
6 6 (7.41%) MCSE
7 5 (6.17%) CCNP
8 2 (2.47%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.23%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.23%) CCSK
9 1 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (9.88%) NIST
3 7 (8.64%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (37.04%) Active Directory
2 16 (19.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (8.64%) XenApp
4 6 (7.41%) Hyper-V
4 6 (7.41%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.23%) Docker
5 1 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.88%) Kubernetes
2 8 (9.88%) SCCM
3 7 (8.64%) Nmap
3 7 (8.64%) Terraform
4 5 (6.17%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.94%) PaperCut
6 3 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.47%) ZENworks
8 1 (1.23%) Ansible
8 1 (1.23%) Backup Exec
8 1 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (1.23%) Puppet
8 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 42 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 32 (39.51%) Cisco
3 19 (23.46%) Meraki
4 17 (20.99%) HP
4 17 (20.99%) VMware
5 12 (14.81%) Citrix
6 11 (13.58%) Palo Alto
7 10 (12.35%) Aruba
7 10 (12.35%) NetApp
7 10 (12.35%) Veeam
8 8 (9.88%) Dell
8 8 (9.88%) SolarWinds
9 7 (8.64%) LogicMonitor
9 7 (8.64%) Qualys
9 7 (8.64%) Rapid7
9 7 (8.64%) Splunk
9 7 (8.64%) Thycotic
10 6 (7.41%) Google
10 6 (7.41%) Symantec
11 4 (4.94%) Mitel