WAN Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 168 288
Rank change year-on-year +31 +120 -65
Permanent jobs citing WAN 804 855 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.31% 2.22% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.41% 19.41% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 607 647 869
10th Percentile £34,250 £34,025 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +3.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN.

WAN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WAN over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

WAN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 85 (10.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.99%) IIS
4 4 (0.50%) SAS
4 4 (0.50%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.25%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 56 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.37%) SPSS
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 335 (41.67%) Azure
2 242 (30.10%) Microsoft 365
3 103 (12.81%) AWS
4 67 (8.33%) Entra ID
5 35 (4.35%) GCP
6 27 (3.36%) SaaS
7 25 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
8 23 (2.86%) IaaS
9 21 (2.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 21 (2.61%) PaaS
10 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 15 (1.87%) OneDrive
12 12 (1.49%) Mimecast
13 8 (1.00%) Nutanix
13 8 (1.00%) Rubrik
14 6 (0.75%) AWS Direct Connect
14 6 (0.75%) GitHub
15 5 (0.62%) Datadog
15 5 (0.62%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 563 (70.02%) LAN
2 389 (48.38%) Firewall
3 334 (41.54%) SD-WAN
4 217 (26.99%) VPN
5 185 (23.01%) Wi-Fi
6 168 (20.90%) DNS
7 153 (19.03%) Wireless
8 137 (17.04%) DHCP
9 136 (16.92%) MPLS
10 126 (15.67%) TCP/IP
11 124 (15.42%) Network Security
12 103 (12.81%) BGP
13 95 (11.82%) WLAN
14 90 (11.19%) VLAN
15 81 (10.07%) OSPF
16 72 (8.96%) SAN
17 69 (8.58%) Internet
18 51 (6.34%) VoIP
19 39 (4.85%) Cisco Firepower
20 34 (4.23%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.75%) DB2
5 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.62%) Power BI
6 3 (0.37%) Big Data
6 3 (0.37%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.12%) MySQL
8 1 (0.12%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (0.50%) MSBuild
1 4 (0.50%) TeamCity
2 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.25%) JIRA
General
1 224 (27.86%) Social Skills
2 93 (11.57%) Finance
3 64 (7.96%) Retail
4 38 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (3.73%) Telecoms
6 25 (3.11%) Legal
7 22 (2.74%) Public Sector
8 20 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.87%) Banking
11 12 (1.49%) Law
11 12 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.24%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.75%) Billing
13 6 (0.75%) French Language
13 6 (0.75%) Portuguese Language
13 6 (0.75%) Publishing
13 6 (0.75%) Spanish Language
13 6 (0.75%) Swedish Language
13 6 (0.75%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 155 (19.28%) Senior
2 150 (18.66%) Architect
3 147 (18.28%) Network Engineer
4 110 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 84 (10.45%) Analyst
6 65 (8.08%) Security Architect
7 60 (7.46%) Lead
8 49 (6.09%) Senior Architect
9 44 (5.47%) Senior Network Engineer
10 43 (5.35%) Support Engineer
11 42 (5.22%) Cisco Architect
11 42 (5.22%) IT Engineer
11 42 (5.22%) Senior Cisco Architect
12 41 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
13 37 (4.60%) Consultant
14 33 (4.10%) Senior Security Architect
15 32 (3.98%) Network Manager
16 31 (3.86%) 3rd Line Support
16 31 (3.86%) Network Analyst
17 30 (3.73%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.00%) HTML
2 6 (0.75%) 802.1X
3 5 (0.62%) LDAP
3 5 (0.62%) XMPP
4 4 (0.50%) .NET
4 4 (0.50%) Web Services
4 4 (0.50%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.25%) Azure Blueprints
5 2 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.25%) Middleware
5 2 (0.25%) TAPI
6 1 (0.12%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.12%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.12%) OAuth
6 1 (0.12%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 158 (19.65%) Data Centre
2 77 (9.58%) Management Information System
3 43 (5.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 40 (4.98%) Public Cloud
5 28 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.99%) Driving Licence
7 19 (2.36%) IoT
8 18 (2.24%) Client/Server
9 16 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.74%) PKI
11 13 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
12 12 (1.49%) PMI
12 12 (1.49%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.00%) GNSS
13 8 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
14 7 (0.87%) Onboarding
15 6 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.75%) Operational Technology
16 5 (0.62%) Data Structures
16 5 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 246 (30.60%) Windows
2 126 (15.67%) Windows Server
3 88 (10.95%) Linux
4 40 (4.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (4.85%) Ubuntu
5 39 (4.85%) VMS
5 39 (4.85%) Windows 10
6 30 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 29 (3.61%) Android
8 28 (3.48%) Apple iOS
9 12 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 10 (1.24%) CentOS
11 7 (0.87%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (0.62%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
14 4 (0.50%) Windows 8
14 4 (0.50%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (18.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 126 (15.67%) Cybersecurity
3 109 (13.56%) Presales
4 106 (13.18%) Agile
5 82 (10.20%) ITIL
6 80 (9.95%) Application Security
7 77 (9.58%) Project Management
8 76 (9.45%) Information Security
9 75 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
10 74 (9.20%) Mentoring
11 72 (8.96%) Customer Service
12 62 (7.71%) Time Management
13 53 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
14 51 (6.34%) Analytics
15 50 (6.22%) Customer Engagement
15 50 (6.22%) Project Delivery
16 48 (5.97%) Roadmaps
17 44 (5.47%) CI/CD
17 44 (5.47%) Software Licensing
18 43 (5.35%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 54 (6.72%) PowerShell
2 44 (5.47%) Python
3 12 (1.49%) SQL
4 7 (0.87%) Bash
5 6 (0.75%) Java
6 2 (0.25%) Korn
6 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.25%) PHP
7 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.12%) Perl
7 1 (0.12%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 226 (28.11%) Cisco Certification
2 137 (17.04%) CCNP
3 127 (15.80%) CCNA
4 121 (15.05%) Degree
5 89 (11.07%) Security Cleared
6 57 (7.09%) CISSP
7 52 (6.47%) DV Cleared
8 51 (6.34%) CCIE
9 50 (6.22%) Azure Certification
10 47 (5.85%) CCSP
11 46 (5.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 39 (4.85%) AWS Certification
13 36 (4.48%) CCDP
14 34 (4.23%) CISM
15 33 (4.10%) CCSK
16 28 (3.48%) SC Cleared
17 20 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
18 16 (1.99%) APMP
19 14 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
20 13 (1.62%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.84%) NIST
2 48 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (4.98%) SLA
4 22 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.25%) GDPR
7 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.12%) QA
System Software
1 256 (31.84%) Active Directory
2 126 (15.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (12.56%) Hyper-V
4 41 (5.10%) Docker
5 28 (3.48%) vSphere
6 25 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 17 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (1.00%) NFS
10 5 (0.62%) Firmware
11 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.25%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 71 (8.83%) Ansible
2 67 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 56 (6.97%) Terraform
4 39 (4.85%) FortiGate
5 37 (4.60%) Kubernetes
6 35 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
6 35 (4.35%) WSUS
7 27 (3.36%) Stealthwatch
8 19 (2.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 18 (2.24%) SCCM
10 15 (1.87%) CASB
11 13 (1.62%) Nmap
12 12 (1.49%) Opsgenie
12 12 (1.49%) VxRail
12 12 (1.49%) ZABBIX
13 6 (0.75%) SCVMM
14 5 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
14 5 (0.62%) PaperCut
15 4 (0.50%) BMC PATROL
16 3 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 363 (45.15%) Cisco
2 329 (40.92%) Microsoft
3 179 (22.26%) VMware
4 170 (21.14%) Meraki
5 99 (12.31%) Fortinet
6 73 (9.08%) Juniper
7 57 (7.09%) Palo Alto
8 51 (6.34%) Aruba
9 49 (6.09%) HP
10 45 (5.60%) Apple
11 42 (5.22%) Adobe
11 42 (5.22%) SolarWinds
12 36 (4.48%) Dell
13 31 (3.86%) Citrix
14 30 (3.73%) Veeam
15 24 (2.99%) NetApp
16 23 (2.86%) Ruckus Wireless
17 20 (2.49%) Rapid7
18 19 (2.36%) CheckPoint
19 15 (1.87%) Red Hat