WAN Jobs in the West Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 58 143 106
Rank change year-on-year +85 -37 +9
Permanent jobs citing WAN 289 121 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.70% 1.99% 2.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.10% 11.19% 20.02%
Number of salaries quoted 230 105 189
10th Percentile £24,696 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,938 £32,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -19.05% +23.53%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £64,000 £72,500
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 993 1,081 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.71% 17.80% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 803 506 703
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,955
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.08% -0.10%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £73,751 £75,000
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +51 122 £42,000 -23.64% 9
Warwickshire +64 52 £40,313 -32.81% 2
Shropshire +8 27 £36,500 +40.38%
Staffordshire -12 27 £34,500 -6.12% 9
Worcestershire -9 22 £48,500 +6.57% 1
Solihull +9 17 £35,000 +14.75% 8
Coventry +27 10 £41,500 +6.41%
Brierley Hill - 2 £29,750 -
Walsall - 1 - - 2
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 26 (9.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 26 (9.00%) SharePoint
2 25 (8.65%) IIS
3 2 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 34 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 86 (29.76%) Azure
2 58 (20.07%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (7.96%) AWS
4 18 (6.23%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (4.15%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.77%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.04%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.35%) GCP
10 1 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 172 (59.52%) LAN
2 104 (35.99%) SD-WAN
3 98 (33.91%) Firewall
4 72 (24.91%) MPLS
5 58 (20.07%) TCP/IP
6 50 (17.30%) BGP
6 50 (17.30%) WLAN
7 46 (15.92%) VLAN
7 46 (15.92%) Wireless
8 43 (14.88%) DNS
9 40 (13.84%) DHCP
10 38 (13.15%) OSPF
11 27 (9.34%) VPN
12 26 (9.00%) IPsec
12 26 (9.00%) Wi-Fi
13 24 (8.30%) VoIP
14 21 (7.27%) SAN
15 19 (6.57%) Network Security
16 12 (4.15%) Cisco Firepower
17 11 (3.81%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.69%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.46%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.04%) MySQL
4 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.69%) Power BI
4 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.73%) JIRA
2 4 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 80 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.00%) Retail
3 23 (7.96%) Finance
4 22 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (4.15%) Telecoms
6 8 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (2.77%) Law
7 5 (1.73%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.38%) Police
9 3 (1.04%) Automotive
10 2 (0.69%) Electronics
10 2 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.69%) Local Government
11 1 (0.35%) Legal
11 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (22.84%) Senior
2 50 (17.30%) Network Engineer
3 49 (16.96%) Analyst
4 36 (12.46%) Architect
5 30 (10.38%) Network Analyst
6 28 (9.69%) Network Operations Analyst
6 28 (9.69%) Operations Analyst
7 27 (9.34%) Support Engineer
8 24 (8.30%) Systems Engineer
9 21 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 21 (7.27%) WAN Engineer
10 20 (6.92%) Administrator
11 19 (6.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 16 (5.54%) Senior Architect
12 16 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (5.19%) Systems Administrator
14 14 (4.84%) Cisco Architect
14 14 (4.84%) Senior Cisco Architect
15 12 (4.15%) Security Architect
16 10 (3.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.19%) REST
1 15 (5.19%) WebRTC
2 3 (1.04%) HTML
3 2 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.38%) Data Centre
2 29 (10.03%) Clustering
3 16 (5.54%) Driving Licence
4 15 (5.19%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.50%) PKI
6 11 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.46%) Wiki
8 9 (3.11%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.42%) FMCG
10 6 (2.08%) Cyberattack
10 6 (2.08%) IoT
11 5 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.04%) Operational Technology
14 2 (0.69%) EPoS
14 2 (0.69%) Private Cloud
15 1 (0.35%) Replication
15 1 (0.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 70 (24.22%) Windows
2 41 (14.19%) Windows Server
3 18 (6.23%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (3.46%) Windows 7
6 9 (3.11%) Linux
7 8 (2.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.38%) CentOS
9 4 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.38%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.38%) VMS
10 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.69%) Android
11 2 (0.69%) Unix
12 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (11.42%) Load Balancing
4 32 (11.07%) High Availability
5 29 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (9.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 23 (7.96%) Customer Service
7 23 (7.96%) Time Management
8 22 (7.61%) Patch Management
8 22 (7.61%) Project Delivery
9 17 (5.88%) ITIL
9 17 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
9 17 (5.88%) Roadmaps
10 16 (5.54%) Capacity Planning
10 16 (5.54%) CRM
11 15 (5.19%) Presales
12 14 (4.84%) Change Management
12 14 (4.84%) CI/CD
12 14 (4.84%) Customer Engagement
12 14 (4.84%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 43 (14.88%) SQL
2 27 (9.34%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.46%) Java
3 10 (3.46%) Perl
3 10 (3.46%) Python
4 4 (1.38%) Bash
5 3 (1.04%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (27.68%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (25.95%) Security Cleared
3 68 (23.53%) CCNP
4 62 (21.45%) CCNA
5 60 (20.76%) SC Cleared
6 45 (15.57%) Degree
7 38 (13.15%) CCIE
8 29 (10.03%) CCDP
9 15 (5.19%) Azure Certification
10 11 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (3.11%) DBS Check
12 7 (2.42%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 6 (2.08%) MCSE
13 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.73%) CISM
14 5 (1.73%) CISSP
15 4 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.38%) JNCIA
16 3 (1.04%) CCDA
16 3 (1.04%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.77%) NIST
2 7 (2.42%) SLA
3 5 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (1.73%) QA
4 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 67 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 44 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (9.00%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.57%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.42%) Firmware
6 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.08%) vSphere
7 5 (1.73%) NFS
8 4 (1.38%) pfSense
8 4 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.38%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.11%) Stealthwatch
3 6 (2.08%) FortiGate
4 5 (1.73%) CASB
5 4 (1.38%) Autotask
5 4 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (1.38%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.38%) SCCM
5 4 (1.38%) Terraform
5 4 (1.38%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.04%) Ansible
6 3 (1.04%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 115 (39.79%) Microsoft
2 98 (33.91%) Cisco
3 73 (25.26%) VMware
4 58 (20.07%) Juniper
5 25 (8.65%) Meraki
6 21 (7.27%) CheckPoint
7 20 (6.92%) Apple
8 19 (6.57%) Fortinet
9 14 (4.84%) Adobe
10 13 (4.50%) Aruba
11 12 (4.15%) Palo Alto
11 12 (4.15%) Veeam
12 11 (3.81%) SolarWinds
13 10 (3.46%) F5
13 10 (3.46%) HP
14 9 (3.11%) Avaya
15 8 (2.77%) Dell
15 8 (2.77%) Ekahau
15 8 (2.77%) Sophos
15 8 (2.77%) Zscaler