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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 137 182
Rank change year-on-year -5 +45 -34
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,533 1,387 1,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.94% 2.49% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.25% 13.01% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 961 1,216
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £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 £55,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,313 £68,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.17%

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 10,052 10,657 11,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.72% 19.15% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,121 4,564 6,554
10th Percentile £25,759 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -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 9 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 9 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 +29 447 £45,000 - 74
Midlands +35 343 £42,000 +5.00% 69
West Midlands +65 284 £41,000 -3.53% 54
South East -26 276 £50,000 +11.11% 58
North West +15 246 £45,000 - 40
South West 0 227 £45,000 +5.88% 30
Yorkshire +61 178 £55,000 +22.22% 28
East of England +27 162 £42,500 +3.66% 35
Scotland -74 80 £45,000 +5.88% 4
East Midlands -59 53 £45,000 +20.00% 15
North East -23 43 £38,000 -10.59% 6
Wales +10 37 £40,500 -4.71% 7
Northern Ireland -9 3 £37,500 -11.76% 2
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Channel Islands - 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
1 183 (11.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 163 (10.63%) SharePoint
3 62 (4.04%) IIS
4 13 (0.85%) SharePoint 2010
4 13 (0.85%) SharePoint 2013
5 8 (0.52%) 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 (0.065%) Apache
9 1 (0.065%) Confluence
9 1 (0.065%) nginx
9 1 (0.065%) Site Server
Applications
1 143 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.065%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Epicor Tropos
2 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.13%) Shopify
3 1 (0.065%) Sage 300 ERP
3 1 (0.065%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 628 (40.97%) Azure
2 564 (36.79%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (12.79%) AWS
4 188 (12.26%) Entra ID
5 69 (4.50%) OneDrive
6 63 (4.11%) GCP
6 63 (4.11%) SaaS
7 61 (3.98%) IaaS
8 57 (3.72%) PaaS
9 37 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
10 29 (1.89%) Power Platform
11 22 (1.44%) Mimecast
12 18 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (0.72%) Nutanix
16 9 (0.59%) Google Workspace
17 8 (0.52%) Serverless
18 7 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
18 7 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1,079 (70.38%) LAN
2 620 (40.44%) Firewall
3 405 (26.42%) SD-WAN
4 301 (19.63%) VPN
5 296 (19.31%) DNS
6 270 (17.61%) TCP/IP
7 264 (17.22%) Wi-Fi
8 260 (16.96%) DHCP
9 247 (16.11%) Wireless
10 202 (13.18%) MPLS
11 181 (11.81%) VLAN
12 149 (9.72%) Network Security
13 147 (9.59%) WLAN
14 141 (9.20%) BGP
15 116 (7.57%) OSPF
16 111 (7.24%) VoIP
17 101 (6.59%) SAN
18 76 (4.96%) Internet
19 62 (4.04%) IPsec
20 52 (3.39%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (6.78%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.50%) NoSQL
3 17 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (0.91%) MySQL
5 12 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (0.59%) Power BI
7 8 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.33%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.33%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.20%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.13%) DB2
11 2 (0.13%) DTS
11 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.065%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.065%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (0.72%) JIRA
2 8 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.46%) Git
4 4 (0.26%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 455 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 143 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (6.72%) Finance
4 79 (5.15%) Telecoms
5 62 (4.04%) Retail
6 59 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (2.61%) Manufacturing
8 39 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
9 38 (2.48%) Law
10 27 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 26 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (1.63%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.57%) Electronics
14 23 (1.50%) Legal
15 20 (1.30%) Police
16 17 (1.11%) Public Sector
17 15 (0.98%) Banking
18 14 (0.91%) Marketing
19 10 (0.65%) Local Government
20 9 (0.59%) French Language
Job Titles
1 295 (19.24%) Network Engineer
2 236 (15.39%) Senior
3 229 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 178 (11.61%) Analyst
5 151 (9.85%) Support Engineer
6 130 (8.48%) Architect
7 115 (7.50%) IT Support
8 107 (6.98%) IT Engineer
9 97 (6.33%) Lead
10 67 (4.37%) Senior Network Engineer
11 66 (4.31%) Security Architect
12 64 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 62 (4.04%) 2nd Line Support
14 61 (3.98%) Senior Architect
15 59 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
16 58 (3.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 56 (3.65%) IT Analyst
17 56 (3.65%) IT Manager
17 56 (3.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
17 56 (3.65%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.11%) REST
1 17 (1.11%) WebRTC
2 9 (0.59%) LDAP
3 8 (0.52%) .NET
4 5 (0.33%) HTML
5 4 (0.26%) 802.1X
5 4 (0.26%) Akka
5 4 (0.26%) Web Services
6 3 (0.20%) SAML
7 2 (0.13%) EDI
7 2 (0.13%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.13%) Middleware
7 2 (0.13%) Node.js
7 2 (0.13%) React
7 2 (0.13%) RESTful
7 2 (0.13%) ServiceStack
7 2 (0.13%) XMPP
7 2 (0.13%) X-Windows
8 1 (0.065%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.065%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 207 (13.50%) Data Centre
2 107 (6.98%) Driving Licence
3 82 (5.35%) Management Information System
4 61 (3.98%) Clustering
5 49 (3.20%) Public Cloud
6 47 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.28%) IoT
7 35 (2.28%) PKI
8 32 (2.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 32 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 26 (1.70%) Replication
10 24 (1.57%) PMI
11 20 (1.30%) NHS
12 16 (1.04%) Client/Server
12 16 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.04%) GNSS
13 15 (0.98%) Fat Client
13 15 (0.98%) Operational Technology
13 15 (0.98%) Thin Client
14 14 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 603 (39.33%) Windows
2 346 (22.57%) Windows Server
3 157 (10.24%) Windows 10
4 134 (8.74%) Linux
5 79 (5.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 73 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 69 (4.50%) Android
8 45 (2.94%) Apple iOS
9 44 (2.87%) Windows Server 2012
10 32 (2.09%) Mac OS
11 29 (1.89%) Windows 7
12 17 (1.11%) VMS
12 17 (1.11%) VyOS
12 17 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
13 11 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 10 (0.65%) CentOS
15 7 (0.46%) Ubuntu
16 6 (0.39%) Windows 8
16 6 (0.39%) Windows XP
17 5 (0.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
2 296 (19.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 243 (15.85%) ITIL
4 208 (13.57%) Cybersecurity
5 190 (12.39%) Customer Service
6 130 (8.48%) Project Delivery
7 123 (8.02%) Mentoring
8 118 (7.70%) Project Management
9 114 (7.44%) Time Management
10 105 (6.85%) Disaster Recovery
11 97 (6.33%) Presales
11 97 (6.33%) Service Delivery
12 81 (5.28%) Migration
13 79 (5.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 76 (4.96%) Agile
15 75 (4.89%) Computer Science
16 72 (4.70%) Information Security
17 69 (4.50%) High Availability
18 68 (4.44%) Customer Engagement
19 64 (4.17%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (9.59%) PowerShell
2 127 (8.28%) SQL
3 54 (3.52%) Python
4 36 (2.35%) Bash
5 23 (1.50%) Perl
6 19 (1.24%) Java
7 16 (1.04%) C++
8 11 (0.72%) MATLAB
9 8 (0.52%) C
9 8 (0.52%) Tcl
9 8 (0.52%) VB
10 6 (0.39%) PHP
11 4 (0.26%) C#
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 (0.065%) Korn
14 1 (0.065%) VBA
Qualifications
1 346 (22.57%) Cisco Certification
2 252 (16.44%) Degree
3 227 (14.81%) CCNA
4 190 (12.39%) Security Cleared
5 167 (10.89%) CCNP
6 113 (7.37%) SC Cleared
7 78 (5.09%) CCIE
8 63 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 56 (3.65%) CISSP
10 55 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
11 54 (3.52%) Azure Certification
12 40 (2.61%) CCDP
13 39 (2.54%) MCSE
14 38 (2.48%) AWS Certification
15 36 (2.35%) JNCIA
16 35 (2.28%) DBS Check
16 35 (2.28%) DV Cleared
17 34 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 34 (2.22%) CCSP
18 31 (2.02%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (5.68%) SLA
2 44 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 42 (2.74%) NIST
4 32 (2.09%) GDPR
5 27 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.91%) PMO
7 9 (0.59%) COSHH
7 9 (0.59%) QA
8 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.20%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.20%) JTAG
11 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.065%) SOC 2
System Software
1 561 (36.59%) Active Directory
2 310 (20.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 234 (15.26%) Hyper-V
4 60 (3.91%) VMware NSX
5 57 (3.72%) vSphere
6 36 (2.35%) Docker
7 26 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 24 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
9 22 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
10 20 (1.30%) Firmware
11 12 (0.78%) XenDesktop
12 10 (0.65%) XenApp
13 8 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
14 7 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
15 6 (0.39%) NFS
16 5 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.26%) pfSense
17 4 (0.26%) VMware Server
17 4 (0.26%) VMware Workstation
18 3 (0.20%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 180 (11.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 74 (4.83%) FortiGate
3 68 (4.44%) SCCM
4 38 (2.48%) Terraform
5 37 (2.41%) Kubernetes
6 36 (2.35%) Ansible
7 33 (2.15%) Stealthwatch
8 32 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
8 32 (2.09%) WSUS
9 20 (1.30%) vCenter Server
10 19 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
10 19 (1.24%) VxRail
11 17 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
12 16 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 16 (1.04%) Autotask
13 15 (0.98%) CASB
14 14 (0.91%) ZABBIX
15 12 (0.78%) Opsgenie
16 9 (0.59%) SCVMM
17 8 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 683 (44.55%) Microsoft
2 533 (34.77%) Cisco
3 461 (30.07%) VMware
4 159 (10.37%) Meraki
5 153 (9.98%) Juniper
6 118 (7.70%) Fortinet
7 93 (6.07%) HP
8 79 (5.15%) Apple
9 76 (4.96%) Palo Alto
10 75 (4.89%) Veeam
11 70 (4.57%) Citrix
12 65 (4.24%) Aruba
13 63 (4.11%) Dell
14 53 (3.46%) CheckPoint
15 49 (3.20%) Adobe
16 44 (2.87%) SolarWinds
17 38 (2.48%) Nokia
18 37 (2.41%) Ruckus Wireless
19 34 (2.22%) NetApp
20 30 (1.96%) F5