WAN Jobs in the North West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 102 107 171
Rank change year-on-year +5 +64 -64
Permanent jobs citing WAN 230 243 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.24% 3.21% 1.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.62% 15.33% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 197 188 137
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -9.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 £54,500 £58,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £59,300 £71,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,172 1,585 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.41% 20.91% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 895 653 729
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,441 £71,050
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the North West.

Salary trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for WAN in the North West

WAN
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North West 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
Manchester +34 127 £45,000 -10.00% 24
Merseyside +2 49 £49,750 +10.56% 6
Cheshire -26 28 £36,500 -2.67% 17
Lancashire -18 20 £42,500 +6.25% 9
Cumbria -22 6 £35,000 -22.22%
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 22 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.22%) IIS
3 10 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.17%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 87 (37.83%) Azure
2 79 (34.35%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (18.70%) AWS
4 27 (11.74%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.83%) GCP
6 10 (4.35%) IaaS
7 9 (3.91%) PaaS
8 7 (3.04%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.17%) SaaS
11 3 (1.30%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.87%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.43%) CloudFront
13 1 (0.43%) GitHub
13 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 177 (76.96%) LAN
2 73 (31.74%) SD-WAN
3 70 (30.43%) DHCP
4 67 (29.13%) Firewall
5 65 (28.26%) TCP/IP
6 62 (26.96%) Wi-Fi
7 61 (26.52%) Wireless
8 50 (21.74%) DNS
9 43 (18.70%) MPLS
10 42 (18.26%) OSPF
11 40 (17.39%) BGP
12 33 (14.35%) VPN
13 30 (13.04%) Ethernet
13 30 (13.04%) Internet
14 24 (10.43%) DSL
15 23 (10.00%) Network Security
16 21 (9.13%) WLAN
17 20 (8.70%) SSL
18 19 (8.26%) SAN
19 12 (5.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.39%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.30%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.30%) Power BI
3 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.87%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.74%) JIRA
1 4 (1.74%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.00%) Finance
3 9 (3.91%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.04%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (2.17%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.74%) Retail
7 3 (1.30%) French Language
7 3 (1.30%) Italian Language
7 3 (1.30%) Military
7 3 (1.30%) Spanish Language
8 2 (0.87%) Back Office
8 2 (0.87%) Law
9 1 (0.43%) Banking
9 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.43%) Legal
9 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (26.09%) Network Engineer
2 39 (16.96%) Senior
3 37 (16.09%) Architect
4 28 (12.17%) Security Architect
5 26 (11.30%) Lead
6 23 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (8.70%) Senior Architect
8 19 (8.26%) IP Engineer
8 19 (8.26%) IP Network Engineer
9 16 (6.96%) Cisco Engineer
9 16 (6.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 15 (6.52%) Senior Security Architect
11 14 (6.09%) Cisco Architect
11 14 (6.09%) Juniper Engineer
11 14 (6.09%) Senior Cisco Architect
12 13 (5.65%) 1st Line Support
12 13 (5.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (5.22%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (5.22%) Support Engineer
14 11 (4.78%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.74%) Akka
2 1 (0.43%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.13%) Data Centre
2 19 (8.26%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (5.65%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.22%) PMI
6 8 (3.48%) Replication
7 5 (2.17%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.30%) AS400
9 3 (1.30%) iSeries
10 2 (0.87%) CCTV
11 1 (0.43%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.43%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.43%) iPhone
11 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (26.96%) Windows
2 37 (16.09%) Linux
3 23 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 23 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 18 (7.83%) VyOS
5 6 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.17%) VMS
6 5 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.74%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.74%) Windows Vista
8 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.87%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.43%) Android
9 1 (0.43%) CentOS
9 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.87%) Customer Service
2 42 (18.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (12.61%) Agile
3 29 (12.61%) ITIL
4 27 (11.74%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (11.74%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (11.74%) Project Management
5 26 (11.30%) Mentoring
6 25 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (9.13%) Presales
8 19 (8.26%) Time Management
9 18 (7.83%) Migration
10 17 (7.39%) Line Management
11 16 (6.96%) Information Security
12 15 (6.52%) Application Security
12 15 (6.52%) Identity Management
12 15 (6.52%) OWASP
12 15 (6.52%) Secure Coding
12 15 (6.52%) Security Architecture
13 14 (6.09%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.70%) SQL
2 19 (8.26%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.48%) Python
4 6 (2.61%) Bash
5 3 (1.30%) C#
6 1 (0.43%) Java
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 88 (38.26%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (23.48%) CCNA
3 33 (14.35%) CCNP
4 32 (13.91%) Degree
5 29 (12.61%) JNCIA
6 20 (8.70%) AWS Certification
7 16 (6.96%) Azure Certification
8 15 (6.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (6.52%) CCSK
8 15 (6.52%) CCSP
8 15 (6.52%) CISM
8 15 (6.52%) CISSP
9 12 (5.22%) PMI Certification
10 9 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (3.04%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (2.61%) CCDP
12 6 (2.61%) JNCIP
13 5 (2.17%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.96%) NIST
2 13 (5.65%) SLA
3 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (29.13%) Active Directory
2 37 (16.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (10.43%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.39%) Docker
5 3 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.43%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.43%) Postfix
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (7.39%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.39%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (5.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (5.22%) Opsgenie
3 12 (5.22%) VxRail
3 12 (5.22%) ZABBIX
4 9 (3.91%) Stealthwatch
5 5 (2.17%) CASB
5 5 (2.17%) Terraform
6 2 (0.87%) Ansible
6 2 (0.87%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 106 (46.09%) Microsoft
2 103 (44.78%) Cisco
3 59 (25.65%) VMware
4 51 (22.17%) Fortinet
5 35 (15.22%) Juniper
6 30 (13.04%) Nokia
7 29 (12.61%) Meraki
7 29 (12.61%) Ruckus Wireless
8 22 (9.57%) SolarWinds
9 19 (8.26%) Veeam
10 18 (7.83%) Apple
10 18 (7.83%) Vyatta
11 17 (7.39%) Dell
12 14 (6.09%) Adobe
12 14 (6.09%) HP
13 12 (5.22%) NetApp
14 10 (4.35%) Citrix
14 10 (4.35%) Ubiquiti
15 9 (3.91%) Aruba
16 7 (3.04%) F5