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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 142 178
Rank change year-on-year +2 +36 -27
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,519 1,396 1,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.99% 2.47% 2.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.36% 12.95% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 965 1,218
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,401 £33,750 £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 £55,079 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £65,313 £68,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +3.09%

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 9,892 10,782 11,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.98% 19.07% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7,121 4,611 6,554
10th Percentile £25,759 £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 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +29 442 £43,500 -3.33% 89
Midlands +51 347 £42,000 +5.00% 56
West Midlands +77 289 £41,000 -3.53% 41
South East -36 268 £50,000 +11.11% 59
North West +4 238 £45,000 - 52
South West +5 226 £45,000 +5.88% 31
Yorkshire +68 180 £55,000 +22.22% 30
East of England +31 159 £42,500 +4.94% 33
Scotland -74 79 £42,500 -1.73% 15
East Midlands -41 52 £45,000 +20.00% 15
North East -22 42 £38,000 -10.59% 7
Wales +9 38 £40,500 -4.71% 10
Northern Ireland -6 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
1 185 (12.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 163 (10.73%) SharePoint
3 64 (4.21%) IIS
4 12 (0.79%) SharePoint 2010
4 12 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
5 8 (0.53%) CMS
6 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
7 4 (0.26%) 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
1 141 (9.28%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 14 (0.92%) 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 (41.01%) Azure
2 559 (36.80%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (12.64%) AWS
4 181 (11.92%) Entra ID
5 69 (4.54%) OneDrive
6 60 (3.95%) GCP
7 59 (3.88%) SaaS
8 58 (3.82%) IaaS
9 55 (3.62%) PaaS
10 41 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (1.97%) Power Platform
12 20 (1.32%) Mimecast
13 18 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (0.79%) 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 1,070 (70.44%) LAN
2 617 (40.62%) Firewall
3 405 (26.66%) SD-WAN
4 295 (19.42%) VPN
5 293 (19.29%) DNS
6 275 (18.10%) TCP/IP
7 262 (17.25%) Wi-Fi
8 261 (17.18%) DHCP
9 239 (15.73%) Wireless
10 205 (13.50%) MPLS
11 177 (11.65%) VLAN
12 147 (9.68%) WLAN
13 146 (9.61%) BGP
14 143 (9.41%) Network Security
15 121 (7.97%) OSPF
16 108 (7.11%) VoIP
17 100 (6.58%) SAN
18 77 (5.07%) Internet
19 60 (3.95%) IPsec
20 52 (3.42%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.65%) NoSQL
3 16 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (0.86%) MySQL
5 12 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (0.66%) Power BI
7 8 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.33%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.20%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.13%) DB2
10 2 (0.13%) DTS
10 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.066%) PowerPivot
11 1 (0.066%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (0.72%) JIRA
2 8 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.46%) Git
4 4 (0.26%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 447 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 135 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (6.78%) Finance
4 81 (5.33%) Telecoms
5 63 (4.15%) Retail
6 59 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (2.50%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.44%) Law
10 26 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (1.65%) Aerospace
11 25 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (1.58%) Electronics
12 24 (1.58%) Legal
13 20 (1.32%) Police
14 18 (1.18%) Public Sector
15 15 (0.99%) Banking
16 14 (0.92%) Marketing
17 9 (0.59%) French Language
17 9 (0.59%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 293 (19.29%) Network Engineer
2 235 (15.47%) Senior
3 230 (15.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 181 (11.92%) Analyst
5 149 (9.81%) Support Engineer
6 128 (8.43%) Architect
7 115 (7.57%) IT Support
8 105 (6.91%) IT Engineer
9 94 (6.19%) Lead
10 67 (4.41%) Senior Network Engineer
11 64 (4.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 63 (4.15%) Security Architect
13 61 (4.02%) Systems Engineer
14 59 (3.88%) 2nd Line Support
15 58 (3.82%) Senior Architect
16 57 (3.75%) IT Analyst
17 56 (3.69%) IT Manager
17 56 (3.69%) Support Analyst
18 55 (3.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 55 (3.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.18%) REST
1 18 (1.18%) WebRTC
2 9 (0.59%) LDAP
3 8 (0.53%) .NET
4 4 (0.26%) Akka
4 4 (0.26%) HTML
4 4 (0.26%) Web Services
5 3 (0.20%) 802.1X
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
7 1 (0.066%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 202 (13.30%) Data Centre
2 104 (6.85%) Driving Licence
3 82 (5.40%) Management Information System
4 63 (4.15%) Clustering
5 50 (3.29%) Public Cloud
6 47 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.37%) PKI
8 35 (2.30%) IoT
9 32 (2.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 32 (2.11%) Onboarding
10 25 (1.65%) Replication
11 24 (1.58%) PMI
12 21 (1.38%) NHS
13 18 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
14 16 (1.05%) Client/Server
14 16 (1.05%) GNSS
15 15 (0.99%) Fat Client
15 15 (0.99%) Operational Technology
15 15 (0.99%) Thin Client
16 13 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 596 (39.24%) Windows
2 340 (22.38%) Windows Server
3 151 (9.94%) Windows 10
4 134 (8.82%) Linux
5 76 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 70 (4.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 69 (4.54%) Android
8 46 (3.03%) Apple iOS
9 42 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 31 (2.04%) Mac OS
11 29 (1.91%) Windows 7
12 18 (1.18%) VyOS
13 17 (1.12%) VMS
14 16 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
15 11 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (0.66%) CentOS
17 7 (0.46%) Ubuntu
18 6 (0.39%) Windows 8
18 6 (0.39%) Windows XP
19 5 (0.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (20.01%) Problem-Solving
2 295 (19.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 238 (15.67%) ITIL
4 203 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
5 189 (12.44%) Customer Service
6 129 (8.49%) Project Delivery
7 121 (7.97%) Mentoring
8 114 (7.50%) Project Management
9 109 (7.18%) Time Management
10 106 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
11 94 (6.19%) Presales
12 93 (6.12%) Service Delivery
13 83 (5.46%) Migration
14 78 (5.13%) Agile
15 77 (5.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 75 (4.94%) Computer Science
17 73 (4.81%) High Availability
18 72 (4.74%) Information Security
19 65 (4.28%) Customer Engagement
20 64 (4.21%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (9.55%) PowerShell
2 131 (8.62%) SQL
3 56 (3.69%) Python
4 36 (2.37%) Bash
5 24 (1.58%) Perl
6 21 (1.38%) Java
7 16 (1.05%) C++
8 11 (0.72%) MATLAB
9 8 (0.53%) C
9 8 (0.53%) Tcl
9 8 (0.53%) VB
10 5 (0.33%) C#
10 5 (0.33%) PHP
11 3 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.13%) Bicep
12 2 (0.13%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.066%) Korn
13 1 (0.066%) VBA
Qualifications
1 345 (22.71%) Cisco Certification
2 248 (16.33%) Degree
3 232 (15.27%) CCNA
4 192 (12.64%) Security Cleared
5 165 (10.86%) CCNP
6 113 (7.44%) SC Cleared
7 77 (5.07%) CCIE
8 64 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 57 (3.75%) CISSP
10 55 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 54 (3.55%) Azure Certification
12 42 (2.76%) CCDP
13 39 (2.57%) MCSE
14 37 (2.44%) AWS Certification
14 37 (2.44%) JNCIA
15 36 (2.37%) DV Cleared
16 35 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 35 (2.30%) CCSP
16 35 (2.30%) DBS Check
17 31 (2.04%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.27%) SLA
2 44 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 44 (2.90%) NIST
3 33 (2.17%) GDPR
4 26 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (0.92%) PMO
6 9 (0.59%) COSHH
6 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
6 9 (0.59%) QA
7 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.20%) JTAG
9 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.066%) SOC 2
System Software
1 553 (36.41%) Active Directory
2 307 (20.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 235 (15.47%) Hyper-V
4 61 (4.02%) VMware NSX
5 56 (3.69%) vSphere
6 36 (2.37%) Docker
7 25 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 23 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
9 21 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
10 19 (1.25%) Firmware
11 11 (0.72%) XenDesktop
12 9 (0.59%) XenApp
13 8 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
14 6 (0.39%) NFS
14 6 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.26%) pfSense
16 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
16 4 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
17 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 176 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (4.67%) FortiGate
3 62 (4.08%) SCCM
4 37 (2.44%) Kubernetes
4 37 (2.44%) Terraform
5 36 (2.37%) Ansible
6 32 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
6 32 (2.11%) WSUS
7 30 (1.97%) Stealthwatch
8 20 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
9 19 (1.25%) vCenter Server
10 18 (1.18%) VxRail
11 16 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 16 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
12 15 (0.99%) Autotask
12 15 (0.99%) CASB
13 14 (0.92%) ZABBIX
14 12 (0.79%) Opsgenie
15 9 (0.59%) SCVMM
16 8 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 674 (44.37%) Microsoft
2 524 (34.50%) Cisco
3 462 (30.41%) VMware
4 153 (10.07%) Juniper
5 151 (9.94%) Meraki
6 115 (7.57%) Fortinet
7 92 (6.06%) HP
8 76 (5.00%) Apple
9 72 (4.74%) Palo Alto
9 72 (4.74%) Veeam
10 70 (4.61%) Citrix
11 63 (4.15%) Aruba
12 60 (3.95%) Dell
13 52 (3.42%) CheckPoint
14 45 (2.96%) Adobe
15 43 (2.83%) SolarWinds
16 39 (2.57%) Nokia
17 38 (2.50%) Ruckus Wireless
18 35 (2.30%) NetApp
19 31 (2.04%) F5