WAN Jobs in the UK excluding London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 135 147 180
Rank change year-on-year +12 +33 -32
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,508 1,402 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.04% 2.41% 2.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.35% 13.05% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,185 963 1,229
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.30% -3.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £65,313 £67,600
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +3.63%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,823 10,747 11,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.27% 18.50% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,114 4,631 6,565
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,680
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the UK excluding 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
North of England +14 436 £43,500 -3.33% 97
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 - 56
South West +11 228 £45,000 +6.19% 31
Yorkshire +69 180 £55,000 +22.22% 37
East of England +32 154 £42,500 +6.25% 31
Scotland -62 80 £40,000 -8.57% 15
East Midlands -43 50 £45,000 +20.00% 15
North East -17 42 £38,000 -10.59% 4
Wales +8 37 £40,500 -10.00% 13
Northern Ireland -8 3 £37,500 -11.76% 4
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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
1 184 (12.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 162 (10.74%) SharePoint
3 66 (4.38%) IIS
4 12 (0.80%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (0.80%) SharePoint 2013
5 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.066%) Apache
9 1 (0.066%) Confluence
9 1 (0.066%) nginx
9 1 (0.066%) Site Server
Applications
1 143 (9.48%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.20%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.066%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 623 (41.31%) Azure
2 555 (36.80%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (12.60%) AWS
4 183 (12.14%) Entra ID
5 70 (4.64%) OneDrive
6 59 (3.91%) GCP
7 57 (3.78%) IaaS
7 57 (3.78%) SaaS
8 54 (3.58%) PaaS
9 43 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
10 30 (1.99%) Power Platform
11 21 (1.39%) Mimecast
12 18 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (0.66%) Nutanix
16 8 (0.53%) Google Workspace
16 8 (0.53%) Serverless
17 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
17 7 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,059 (70.23%) LAN
2 612 (40.58%) Firewall
3 404 (26.79%) SD-WAN
4 290 (19.23%) VPN
5 287 (19.03%) DNS
6 272 (18.04%) TCP/IP
7 262 (17.37%) Wi-Fi
8 259 (17.18%) DHCP
9 235 (15.58%) Wireless
10 205 (13.59%) MPLS
11 175 (11.60%) VLAN
12 147 (9.75%) BGP
12 147 (9.75%) WLAN
13 141 (9.35%) Network Security
14 121 (8.02%) OSPF
15 105 (6.96%) VoIP
16 101 (6.70%) SAN
17 77 (5.11%) Internet
18 58 (3.85%) IPsec
19 53 (3.51%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 27 (1.79%) NoSQL
3 15 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (0.80%) MySQL
5 10 (0.66%) Power BI
6 8 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.33%) InfluxDB
7 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
7 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.13%) DB2
9 2 (0.13%) DTS
9 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.066%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.066%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (0.73%) JIRA
2 8 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.46%) Git
4 4 (0.27%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.066%) LabVIEW
General
1 444 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 136 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (6.76%) Finance
4 81 (5.37%) Telecoms
5 65 (4.31%) Retail
6 59 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
8 39 (2.59%) Manufacturing
9 38 (2.52%) Law
10 28 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 25 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
12 25 (1.66%) Legal
13 24 (1.59%) Electronics
14 19 (1.26%) Police
14 19 (1.26%) Public Sector
15 15 (0.99%) Banking
16 14 (0.93%) Marketing
17 9 (0.60%) Local Government
17 9 (0.60%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 287 (19.03%) Network Engineer
2 235 (15.58%) Senior
3 231 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 188 (12.47%) Analyst
5 146 (9.68%) Support Engineer
6 125 (8.29%) Architect
7 113 (7.49%) IT Support
8 105 (6.96%) IT Engineer
9 93 (6.17%) Lead
10 66 (4.38%) Senior Network Engineer
11 63 (4.18%) Systems Engineer
12 61 (4.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 60 (3.98%) IT Analyst
13 60 (3.98%) Security Architect
14 58 (3.85%) 2nd Line Support
14 58 (3.85%) IT Manager
15 57 (3.78%) Support Analyst
16 55 (3.65%) Senior Architect
17 54 (3.58%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
18 53 (3.51%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.26%) REST
1 19 (1.26%) WebRTC
2 9 (0.60%) LDAP
3 8 (0.53%) .NET
4 4 (0.27%) Akka
4 4 (0.27%) Web Services
5 3 (0.20%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.20%) HTML
5 3 (0.20%) SAML
6 2 (0.13%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.13%) Middleware
6 2 (0.13%) Node.js
6 2 (0.13%) React
6 2 (0.13%) RESTful
6 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
6 2 (0.13%) X-Windows
7 1 (0.066%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.066%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.066%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 200 (13.26%) Data Centre
2 105 (6.96%) Driving Licence
3 82 (5.44%) Management Information System
4 65 (4.31%) Clustering
5 51 (3.38%) Public Cloud
6 49 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.39%) IoT
8 34 (2.25%) PKI
9 32 (2.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 31 (2.06%) Onboarding
11 26 (1.72%) Replication
12 24 (1.59%) PMI
13 20 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (1.33%) NHS
14 17 (1.13%) GNSS
15 16 (1.06%) Client/Server
15 16 (1.06%) Operational Technology
16 15 (0.99%) Fat Client
16 15 (0.99%) Thin Client
17 13 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 596 (39.52%) Windows
2 330 (21.88%) Windows Server
3 154 (10.21%) Windows 10
4 134 (8.89%) Linux
5 79 (5.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 68 (4.51%) Android
6 68 (4.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 45 (2.98%) Apple iOS
8 43 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 31 (2.06%) Mac OS
10 30 (1.99%) Windows 7
11 18 (1.19%) VyOS
12 16 (1.06%) VMS
12 16 (1.06%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 10 (0.66%) CentOS
15 7 (0.46%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.40%) Windows 8
16 6 (0.40%) Windows XP
17 5 (0.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
2 297 (19.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 241 (15.98%) ITIL
4 199 (13.20%) Cybersecurity
5 186 (12.33%) Customer Service
6 128 (8.49%) Project Delivery
7 121 (8.02%) Mentoring
8 117 (7.76%) Project Management
9 108 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
9 108 (7.16%) Time Management
10 92 (6.10%) Service Delivery
11 90 (5.97%) Presales
12 84 (5.57%) Migration
13 80 (5.31%) Agile
14 77 (5.11%) High Availability
15 75 (4.97%) Computer Science
16 74 (4.91%) Continuous Improvement
17 72 (4.77%) Information Security
18 65 (4.31%) Service Management
19 64 (4.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 147 (9.75%) PowerShell
2 134 (8.89%) SQL
3 56 (3.71%) Python
4 35 (2.32%) Bash
5 24 (1.59%) Perl
6 23 (1.53%) Java
7 16 (1.06%) C++
8 12 (0.80%) MATLAB
9 8 (0.53%) C
9 8 (0.53%) Tcl
9 8 (0.53%) VB
10 6 (0.40%) C#
11 4 (0.27%) PHP
12 3 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.13%) Bicep
13 2 (0.13%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.066%) Delphi
14 1 (0.066%) Korn
14 1 (0.066%) VBA
Qualifications
1 338 (22.41%) Cisco Certification
2 243 (16.11%) Degree
3 228 (15.12%) CCNA
4 193 (12.80%) Security Cleared
5 160 (10.61%) CCNP
6 113 (7.49%) SC Cleared
7 77 (5.11%) CCIE
8 64 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 57 (3.78%) CISSP
10 54 (3.58%) Azure Certification
10 54 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 43 (2.85%) CCDP
12 39 (2.59%) MCSE
13 38 (2.52%) JNCIA
14 37 (2.45%) AWS Certification
15 36 (2.39%) DV Cleared
16 35 (2.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 35 (2.32%) CCSP
17 34 (2.25%) DBS Check
18 31 (2.06%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (5.11%) SLA
2 45 (2.98%) NIST
3 43 (2.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (1.99%) GDPR
5 26 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.93%) PMO
7 9 (0.60%) COSHH
7 9 (0.60%) QA
8 8 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.20%) JTAG
11 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.066%) SOC 2
System Software
1 548 (36.34%) Active Directory
2 308 (20.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 235 (15.58%) Hyper-V
4 62 (4.11%) VMware NSX
5 56 (3.71%) vSphere
6 36 (2.39%) Docker
7 23 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
8 22 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
9 20 (1.33%) Firmware
10 11 (0.73%) XenDesktop
11 9 (0.60%) XenApp
12 8 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
13 6 (0.40%) NFS
13 6 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
14 5 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.27%) pfSense
15 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.27%) VMware Workstation
16 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 178 (11.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (4.71%) FortiGate
3 61 (4.05%) SCCM
4 37 (2.45%) Kubernetes
5 36 (2.39%) Terraform
6 35 (2.32%) Ansible
7 32 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
7 32 (2.12%) WSUS
8 27 (1.79%) Stealthwatch
9 20 (1.33%) Failover Clustering
10 19 (1.26%) vCenter Server
11 18 (1.19%) VxRail
12 16 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
13 15 (0.99%) Autotask
13 15 (0.99%) CASB
14 14 (0.93%) ZABBIX
15 12 (0.80%) Opsgenie
16 9 (0.60%) SCVMM
17 8 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 671 (44.50%) Microsoft
2 516 (34.22%) Cisco
3 461 (30.57%) VMware
4 153 (10.15%) Juniper
5 144 (9.55%) Meraki
6 113 (7.49%) Fortinet
7 90 (5.97%) HP
8 74 (4.91%) Apple
9 71 (4.71%) Citrix
10 70 (4.64%) Palo Alto
10 70 (4.64%) Veeam
11 62 (4.11%) Aruba
12 60 (3.98%) Dell
13 53 (3.51%) CheckPoint
14 42 (2.79%) Adobe
14 42 (2.79%) SolarWinds
15 39 (2.59%) Nokia
16 36 (2.39%) Ruckus Wireless
17 35 (2.32%) NetApp
18 30 (1.99%) F5