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 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 125 172 253
Rank change year-on-year +47 +81 -60
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,959 1,860 2,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.20% 2.15% 1.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.18% 13.42% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,505 1,378 1,831
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,916 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,400 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +3.63%

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 12,108 13,862 18,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.63% 16.01% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,547 7,048 10,458
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 28 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 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
London +68 555 £57,500 +4.26% 106
North of England +14 436 £43,500 -3.33% 96
Midlands +62 345 £42,000 +5.00% 53
West Midlands +85 289 £41,750 -1.76% 38
South East -21 266 £50,000 +11.11% 54
North West +5 230 £45,000 - 55
South West +11 228 £45,000 +6.19% 29
Yorkshire +69 180 £55,000 +22.22% 37
East of England +32 154 £42,500 +6.25% 30
East Midlands -43 50 £45,000 +20.00% 15
North East -17 42 £38,000 -10.59% 4
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
1 312 (15.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (9.70%) SharePoint
3 53 (2.71%) IIS
4 19 (0.97%) SharePoint 2013
5 18 (0.92%) 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
10 5 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2007
10 5 (0.26%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.20%) SAS
12 3 (0.15%) Confluence
13 2 (0.10%) Apache
13 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.10%) nginx
14 1 (0.051%) Site Server
Applications
1 165 (8.42%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.15%) SPSS
6 2 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.15%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.10%) Shopify
4 1 (0.051%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.051%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 764 (39.00%) Azure
2 718 (36.65%) Microsoft 365
3 225 (11.49%) AWS
4 213 (10.87%) Entra ID
5 80 (4.08%) IaaS
6 77 (3.93%) SaaS
7 68 (3.47%) OneDrive
8 65 (3.32%) PaaS
9 59 (3.01%) GCP
10 51 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
11 34 (1.74%) Power Platform
12 32 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
14 24 (1.23%) Mimecast
15 19 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
15 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
16 15 (0.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 14 (0.71%) GitHub
18 13 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
18 13 (0.66%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1,390 (70.95%) LAN
2 820 (41.86%) Firewall
3 613 (31.29%) SD-WAN
4 435 (22.21%) VPN
5 390 (19.91%) Wi-Fi
6 388 (19.81%) Wireless
7 387 (19.75%) DNS
8 335 (17.10%) DHCP
9 312 (15.93%) TCP/IP
10 298 (15.21%) MPLS
11 219 (11.18%) BGP
12 213 (10.87%) VLAN
13 205 (10.46%) Network Security
14 170 (8.68%) OSPF
15 168 (8.58%) Internet
16 157 (8.01%) WLAN
17 129 (6.58%) SAN
18 125 (6.38%) VoIP
19 92 (4.70%) Cisco IOS
20 82 (4.19%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.54%) SQL Server
2 17 (0.87%) NoSQL
3 12 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (0.61%) MySQL
4 11 (0.56%) Power BI
5 10 (0.51%) DB2
6 9 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.26%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.26%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.26%) 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 14 (0.71%) JIRA
2 10 (0.51%) 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 1 (0.051%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.051%) LabVIEW
General
1 596 (30.42%) Social Skills
2 185 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
3 175 (8.93%) Finance
4 111 (5.67%) Retail
5 95 (4.85%) Telecoms
6 72 (3.68%) Law
7 53 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (2.50%) Legal
9 48 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 39 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
11 36 (1.84%) Manufacturing
12 35 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (1.58%) Public Sector
14 26 (1.33%) Aerospace
15 24 (1.23%) Banking
15 24 (1.23%) Electronics
16 14 (0.71%) Police
17 13 (0.66%) Marketing
18 9 (0.46%) French Language
18 9 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 425 (21.69%) Network Engineer
2 315 (16.08%) Senior
3 270 (13.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 228 (11.64%) Analyst
5 195 (9.95%) IT Support
6 170 (8.68%) Architect
7 163 (8.32%) Support Engineer
8 122 (6.23%) IT Engineer
9 110 (5.62%) Lead
9 110 (5.62%) Senior Network Engineer
10 80 (4.08%) Support Specialist
11 74 (3.78%) IT Support Specialist
12 70 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
13 67 (3.42%) IT Manager
14 66 (3.37%) IT Analyst
15 65 (3.32%) Security Architect
16 62 (3.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 61 (3.11%) Network Analyst
18 60 (3.06%) 3rd Line Support
18 60 (3.06%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.63%) 802.1X
2 23 (1.17%) LDAP
3 15 (0.77%) REST
3 15 (0.77%) WebRTC
4 14 (0.71%) 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 5 (0.26%) EDI
8 5 (0.26%) XMPP
9 4 (0.20%) Akka
9 4 (0.20%) Web Services
10 2 (0.10%) Middleware
10 2 (0.10%) Node.js
10 2 (0.10%) React
10 2 (0.10%) RESTful
10 2 (0.10%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.10%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 253 (12.91%) Data Centre
2 121 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 111 (5.67%) Driving Licence
4 96 (4.90%) Video Conferencing
5 82 (4.19%) Wiki
6 64 (3.27%) Public Cloud
7 59 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
8 58 (2.96%) PKI
9 51 (2.60%) Clustering
10 41 (2.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 35 (1.79%) IoT
12 31 (1.58%) Client/Server
13 27 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
14 26 (1.33%) Onboarding
15 24 (1.23%) PMI
16 20 (1.02%) NHS
17 17 (0.87%) GNSS
18 16 (0.82%) Private Cloud
19 15 (0.77%) Fat Client
19 15 (0.77%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 799 (40.79%) Windows
2 381 (19.45%) Windows Server
3 232 (11.84%) Windows 10
4 202 (10.31%) Linux
5 138 (7.04%) Android
6 86 (4.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 79 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 55 (2.81%) VMS
9 51 (2.60%) Apple iOS
10 48 (2.45%) Windows Server 2012
11 47 (2.40%) Ubuntu
12 38 (1.94%) Mac OS
13 30 (1.53%) Windows 7
14 29 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 25 (1.28%) CentOS
16 20 (1.02%) Unix
17 18 (0.92%) VyOS
18 16 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
19 9 (0.46%) Mac OS X
19 9 (0.46%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (18.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 342 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
3 307 (15.67%) ITIL
4 252 (12.86%) Cybersecurity
5 199 (10.16%) Customer Service
6 164 (8.37%) Agile
7 162 (8.27%) Project Management
8 144 (7.35%) Computer Science
9 143 (7.30%) Project Delivery
10 141 (7.20%) Mentoring
11 127 (6.48%) Presales
12 126 (6.43%) Disaster Recovery
13 122 (6.23%) Mobile Device Management
14 118 (6.02%) Roadmaps
15 116 (5.92%) Information Security
15 116 (5.92%) Time Management
16 110 (5.62%) Service Delivery
17 95 (4.85%) Business Continuity
18 89 (4.54%) Load Balancing
19 86 (4.39%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 189 (9.65%) PowerShell
2 144 (7.35%) SQL
3 94 (4.80%) Python
4 40 (2.04%) Bash
5 27 (1.38%) Perl
6 20 (1.02%) Java
7 16 (0.82%) C++
8 12 (0.61%) MATLAB
9 11 (0.56%) C#
10 8 (0.41%) C
10 8 (0.41%) Tcl
10 8 (0.41%) VB
11 5 (0.26%) PHP
12 3 (0.15%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.10%) Bicep
13 2 (0.10%) Korn
13 2 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.051%) Delphi
14 1 (0.051%) VBA
Qualifications
1 392 (20.01%) Cisco Certification
2 340 (17.36%) Degree
3 249 (12.71%) CCNA
4 210 (10.72%) Security Cleared
5 209 (10.67%) CCNP
6 114 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 99 (5.05%) SC Cleared
8 82 (4.19%) CCIE
9 77 (3.93%) DV Cleared
10 75 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 74 (3.78%) Master's Degree
12 69 (3.52%) CISSP
13 62 (3.16%) Azure Certification
14 48 (2.45%) CCSP
15 47 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 46 (2.35%) MCSE
17 43 (2.19%) CCDP
18 41 (2.09%) AWS Certification
19 39 (1.99%) DBS Check
20 37 (1.89%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (4.44%) SLA
2 65 (3.32%) NIST
3 58 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (1.53%) GDPR
6 20 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 14 (0.71%) PMO
7 14 (0.71%) QA
8 10 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.46%) COSHH
10 6 (0.31%) NCSC
11 5 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.15%) COBIT
12 3 (0.15%) JTAG
13 2 (0.10%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.051%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.051%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 758 (38.69%) Active Directory
2 352 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 262 (13.37%) Hyper-V
4 119 (6.07%) VMware ESXi
5 89 (4.54%) XenDesktop
6 88 (4.49%) XenApp
7 72 (3.68%) Microsoft App-V
8 71 (3.62%) vSphere
9 45 (2.30%) Docker
10 35 (1.79%) VMware NSX
11 30 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
12 23 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
13 21 (1.07%) Firmware
14 8 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
14 8 (0.41%) NFS
15 7 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.20%) pfSense
17 4 (0.20%) Terminal Services
17 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 200 (10.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 151 (7.71%) SCCM
3 83 (4.24%) FortiGate
4 77 (3.93%) Ansible
5 76 (3.88%) Terraform
6 73 (3.73%) AirWatch
7 51 (2.60%) Kubernetes
8 49 (2.50%) WSUS
9 46 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
10 31 (1.58%) Stealthwatch
11 22 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
12 21 (1.07%) vCenter Server
13 20 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 20 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
14 19 (0.97%) VxRail
15 16 (0.82%) CASB
16 15 (0.77%) Puppet
17 14 (0.71%) Nmap
17 14 (0.71%) ZABBIX
18 12 (0.61%) Autotask
Vendors
1 881 (44.97%) Microsoft
2 766 (39.10%) Cisco
3 512 (26.14%) VMware
4 224 (11.43%) Meraki
5 195 (9.95%) Juniper
6 182 (9.29%) Fortinet
7 172 (8.78%) Citrix
8 129 (6.58%) HP
9 101 (5.16%) Aruba
10 93 (4.75%) Palo Alto
10 93 (4.75%) SolarWinds
11 84 (4.29%) Veeam
12 77 (3.93%) CheckPoint
13 75 (3.83%) Dell
14 72 (3.68%) Apple
15 53 (2.71%) Ruckus Wireless
16 47 (2.40%) F5
17 42 (2.14%) Adobe
17 42 (2.14%) Nokia
18 38 (1.94%) Google