WAN Jobs in England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 181 237
Rank change year-on-year +57 +56 -49
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,962 1,843 2,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.29% 2.05% 1.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.27% 13.02% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,510 1,405 1,828
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -8.54% +3.65%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,058 14,150 17,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.07% 15.71% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 8,518 7,301 10,417
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in England

WAN
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for WAN in England

WAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in England

WAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +83 570 £57,500 +4.55% 116
North of England +24 427 £42,500 -5.56% 91
Midlands +52 335 £42,000 +1.82% 65
West Midlands +90 283 £42,000 -1.18% 49
South East -16 266 £49,250 +15.88% 65
South West +34 234 £47,500 +11.76% 34
North West +3 225 £42,500 -5.56% 58
Yorkshire +70 171 £52,500 +16.67% 27
East of England +38 146 £42,500 +6.25% 31
East Midlands -34 46 £45,500 +21.33% 16
North East -18 42 £38,000 -10.59% 6
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 331 (16.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 54 (2.75%) IIS
4 17 (0.87%) SharePoint 2013
5 16 (0.82%) SharePoint 2010
6 9 (0.46%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.41%) CMS
7 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.25%) Confluence
10 5 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
11 4 (0.20%) SAS
12 3 (0.15%) nginx
13 2 (0.10%) Apache
13 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.051%) Site Server
Applications
1 170 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.87%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.15%) SPSS
6 1 (0.051%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
3 3 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.10%) Shopify
5 1 (0.051%) Sage 300 ERP
5 1 (0.051%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.051%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 768 (39.14%) Azure
2 741 (37.77%) Microsoft 365
3 223 (11.37%) AWS
4 210 (10.70%) Entra ID
5 79 (4.03%) IaaS
6 73 (3.72%) SaaS
7 70 (3.57%) OneDrive
8 64 (3.26%) PaaS
9 54 (2.75%) GCP
10 53 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
11 35 (1.78%) Power Platform
12 30 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
12 30 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
13 23 (1.17%) Mimecast
14 20 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (0.71%) GitHub
17 13 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
17 13 (0.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 12 (0.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1,396 (71.15%) LAN
2 809 (41.23%) Firewall
3 612 (31.19%) SD-WAN
4 434 (22.12%) VPN
5 397 (20.23%) Wireless
6 394 (20.08%) DNS
7 386 (19.67%) Wi-Fi
8 345 (17.58%) DHCP
9 311 (15.85%) TCP/IP
10 295 (15.04%) MPLS
11 224 (11.42%) BGP
12 214 (10.91%) VLAN
13 202 (10.30%) Network Security
14 175 (8.92%) OSPF
15 165 (8.41%) Internet
16 158 (8.05%) WLAN
17 132 (6.73%) VoIP
18 130 (6.63%) SAN
19 113 (5.76%) Cisco IOS
20 93 (4.74%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 18 (0.92%) NoSQL
3 12 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (0.61%) Power BI
4 11 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (0.56%) MySQL
5 10 (0.51%) DB2
6 9 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.31%) InfluxDB
7 6 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.15%) Big Data
8 3 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.15%) EDRMS
8 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.10%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.051%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (0.56%) JIRA
2 8 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.36%) Git
3 7 (0.36%) GitLab
3 7 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (0.20%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.20%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.15%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.051%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
General
1 618 (31.50%) Social Skills
2 192 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
3 170 (8.66%) Finance
4 113 (5.76%) Retail
5 96 (4.89%) Telecoms
6 73 (3.72%) Law
7 54 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (2.70%) Legal
9 50 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 38 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
11 37 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 34 (1.73%) Public Sector
14 24 (1.22%) Electronics
15 23 (1.17%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.07%) Banking
17 16 (0.82%) Police
18 12 (0.61%) Marketing
19 9 (0.46%) French Language
19 9 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 434 (22.12%) Network Engineer
2 307 (15.65%) Senior
3 264 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 226 (11.52%) Analyst
5 212 (10.81%) IT Support
6 164 (8.36%) Support Engineer
7 159 (8.10%) Architect
8 127 (6.47%) IT Engineer
9 108 (5.50%) Senior Network Engineer
10 106 (5.40%) Lead
11 96 (4.89%) Support Specialist
12 90 (4.59%) IT Support Specialist
13 70 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
13 70 (3.57%) IT Manager
14 67 (3.41%) Network Analyst
15 64 (3.26%) IT Analyst
16 60 (3.06%) 3rd Line Support
17 59 (3.01%) Security Architect
18 58 (2.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
19 57 (2.91%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.68%) 802.1X
2 19 (0.97%) LDAP
3 16 (0.82%) REST
3 16 (0.82%) WebRTC
4 13 (0.66%) HTML
5 11 (0.56%) SAML
6 9 (0.46%) YAML
7 8 (0.41%) .NET
7 8 (0.41%) WebSphere MQ
7 8 (0.41%) XML
8 7 (0.36%) EDI
9 5 (0.25%) XMPP
10 4 (0.20%) Akka
10 4 (0.20%) Web Services
11 2 (0.10%) Middleware
11 2 (0.10%) Node.js
11 2 (0.10%) React
11 2 (0.10%) RESTful
11 2 (0.10%) ServiceStack
11 2 (0.10%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 249 (12.69%) Data Centre
2 124 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 110 (5.61%) Video Conferencing
4 109 (5.56%) Driving Licence
5 99 (5.05%) Wiki
6 65 (3.31%) Public Cloud
7 62 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.91%) PKI
9 50 (2.55%) Clustering
10 42 (2.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 33 (1.68%) IoT
12 31 (1.58%) Client/Server
13 29 (1.48%) Onboarding
14 27 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
15 24 (1.22%) PMI
16 22 (1.12%) NHS
17 18 (0.92%) GNSS
18 16 (0.82%) Private Cloud
19 15 (0.76%) Fat Client
19 15 (0.76%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 815 (41.54%) Windows
2 378 (19.27%) Windows Server
3 248 (12.64%) Windows 10
4 196 (9.99%) Linux
5 155 (7.90%) Android
6 86 (4.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 77 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 51 (2.60%) Apple iOS
9 50 (2.55%) VMS
9 50 (2.55%) Windows Server 2012
10 43 (2.19%) Ubuntu
11 38 (1.94%) Mac OS
12 31 (1.58%) Windows 7
13 28 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 24 (1.22%) CentOS
15 18 (0.92%) VyOS
16 17 (0.87%) Unix
16 17 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
17 9 (0.46%) Mac OS X
18 7 (0.36%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (18.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 358 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
3 308 (15.70%) ITIL
4 242 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
5 202 (10.30%) Customer Service
6 170 (8.66%) Project Management
7 160 (8.15%) Computer Science
8 154 (7.85%) Agile
9 140 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
9 140 (7.14%) Project Delivery
10 138 (7.03%) Mentoring
11 131 (6.68%) Disaster Recovery
12 121 (6.17%) Presales
13 117 (5.96%) Roadmaps
14 112 (5.71%) Information Security
14 112 (5.71%) Time Management
15 110 (5.61%) Business Continuity
15 110 (5.61%) Service Delivery
16 98 (4.99%) Contract Negotiation
17 96 (4.89%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 191 (9.73%) PowerShell
2 154 (7.85%) SQL
3 101 (5.15%) Python
4 46 (2.34%) Bash
5 26 (1.33%) Perl
6 17 (0.87%) Java
7 16 (0.82%) C++
8 14 (0.71%) MATLAB
9 13 (0.66%) C#
10 8 (0.41%) C
10 8 (0.41%) Tcl
10 8 (0.41%) VB
11 3 (0.15%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.10%) Bicep
12 2 (0.10%) Korn
12 2 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.10%) PHP
13 1 (0.051%) Delphi
13 1 (0.051%) VBA
Qualifications
1 402 (20.49%) Cisco Certification
2 353 (17.99%) Degree
3 253 (12.90%) CCNA
4 210 (10.70%) CCNP
5 204 (10.40%) Security Cleared
6 130 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 94 (4.79%) SC Cleared
8 92 (4.69%) Master's Degree
9 90 (4.59%) CCIE
10 77 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
11 75 (3.82%) DV Cleared
12 68 (3.47%) CISSP
13 61 (3.11%) Azure Certification
14 48 (2.45%) CCSP
15 47 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 46 (2.34%) CCDP
17 44 (2.24%) MCSE
18 41 (2.09%) AWS Certification
19 39 (1.99%) DBS Check
19 39 (1.99%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.23%) SLA
2 61 (3.11%) NIST
3 60 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (1.53%) GDPR
6 21 (1.07%) PCI DSS
7 16 (0.82%) QA
8 14 (0.71%) PMO
9 10 (0.51%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.46%) COSHH
11 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (0.25%) NCSC
12 3 (0.15%) JTAG
13 2 (0.10%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.051%) COBIT
14 1 (0.051%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.051%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 778 (39.65%) Active Directory
2 352 (17.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 259 (13.20%) Hyper-V
4 139 (7.08%) VMware ESXi
5 103 (5.25%) XenDesktop
6 102 (5.20%) XenApp
7 88 (4.49%) Microsoft App-V
8 70 (3.57%) vSphere
9 45 (2.29%) Docker
10 34 (1.73%) VMware NSX
11 29 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
12 23 (1.17%) Firmware
12 23 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
13 9 (0.46%) NFS
14 8 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
15 7 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
16 6 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 6 (0.31%) Terminal Services
16 6 (0.31%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.20%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 193 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 164 (8.36%) SCCM
3 89 (4.54%) AirWatch
4 80 (4.08%) FortiGate
5 72 (3.67%) Terraform
6 71 (3.62%) Ansible
7 48 (2.45%) Kubernetes
7 48 (2.45%) WSUS
8 47 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
9 27 (1.38%) Stealthwatch
10 21 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
10 21 (1.07%) vCenter Server
11 19 (0.97%) VxRail
12 17 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
13 15 (0.76%) CASB
13 15 (0.76%) Puppet
14 14 (0.71%) Nmap
14 14 (0.71%) ZABBIX
15 12 (0.61%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 901 (45.92%) Microsoft
2 770 (39.25%) Cisco
3 512 (26.10%) VMware
4 215 (10.96%) Meraki
5 190 (9.68%) Juniper
6 187 (9.53%) Citrix
7 177 (9.02%) Fortinet
8 125 (6.37%) HP
9 103 (5.25%) Aruba
10 91 (4.64%) SolarWinds
11 90 (4.59%) Palo Alto
12 81 (4.13%) Veeam
13 75 (3.82%) CheckPoint
14 71 (3.62%) Dell
15 66 (3.36%) Apple
16 51 (2.60%) Ruckus Wireless
17 45 (2.29%) F5
18 42 (2.14%) Nokia
19 36 (1.83%) Adobe
19 36 (1.83%) Google