WAN Jobs in the East of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 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 85 122 143
Rank change year-on-year +37 +21 -35
Permanent jobs citing WAN 159 105 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.44% 2.18% 2.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.92% 10.05% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 121 88 106
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,475 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,950 £32,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -14.74% -6.86%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £60,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,275 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.65% -7.45% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,066 1,045 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.36% 21.65% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 807 386 647
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,563 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,125 £70,000
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 East of England

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the East of England

WAN
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the East of England.

Salary trend for WAN in the East of England

WAN
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the East of England

WAN
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hertfordshire +34 67 £41,500 -16.16% 12
Norfolk -12 28 £45,000 +12.50% 5
Suffolk -5 20 £62,500 +150.00% 4
Essex +11 17 £50,000 +58.73% 5
Cambridgeshire -8 17 £32,000 -21.95% 3
Bedfordshire +34 10 £55,000 +12.82% 1
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 41 (25.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (12.58%) SharePoint
3 12 (7.55%) IIS
4 8 (5.03%) CMS
5 4 (2.52%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (2.52%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (2.52%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 22 (13.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.77%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 77 (48.43%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (46.54%) Azure
3 14 (8.81%) Entra ID
4 11 (6.92%) AWS
4 11 (6.92%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.40%) SaaS
6 4 (2.52%) GCP
6 4 (2.52%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.26%) IaaS
7 2 (1.26%) PaaS
8 1 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 123 (77.36%) LAN
2 61 (38.36%) Firewall
3 34 (21.38%) SD-WAN
4 31 (19.50%) DNS
5 24 (15.09%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (13.84%) Wireless
7 21 (13.21%) WLAN
8 19 (11.95%) TCP/IP
9 17 (10.69%) DHCP
9 17 (10.69%) MPLS
10 16 (10.06%) VLAN
11 14 (8.81%) VPN
12 12 (7.55%) VoIP
13 10 (6.29%) Network Security
14 9 (5.66%) Extranet
14 9 (5.66%) Structured Cabling
15 7 (4.40%) BGP
16 6 (3.77%) Internet
16 6 (3.77%) Intranet
16 6 (3.77%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.52%) SQL Server
General
1 54 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.01%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.66%) Banking
3 9 (5.66%) Legal
3 9 (5.66%) Retail
4 8 (5.03%) Police
5 6 (3.77%) Finance
5 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.52%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.26%) Local Government
7 2 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (24.53%) Analyst
2 34 (21.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 20 (12.58%) Network Engineer
4 18 (11.32%) Service Analyst
4 18 (11.32%) Service Desk Analyst
5 17 (10.69%) Support Engineer
6 15 (9.43%) 2nd Line Support
6 15 (9.43%) IT Support
7 13 (8.18%) IT Analyst
8 11 (6.92%) IT Engineer
9 9 (5.66%) IT Support Analyst
9 9 (5.66%) Support Analyst
10 8 (5.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (5.03%) Service Desk Technician
11 7 (4.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (4.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
12 6 (3.77%) Senior
12 6 (3.77%) Technical Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.29%) Data Centre
1 10 (6.29%) Driving Licence
2 8 (5.03%) NHS
2 8 (5.03%) Operational Technology
3 4 (2.52%) Fat Client
3 4 (2.52%) Thin Client
4 3 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.26%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.63%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.63%) iPad
6 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 61 (38.36%) Windows
2 34 (21.38%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.32%) Android
4 15 (9.43%) Windows 10
5 14 (8.81%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (3.77%) Apple iOS
7 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.52%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.74%) ITIL
2 37 (23.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 23 (14.47%) Project Delivery
3 23 (14.47%) Root Cause Analysis
4 19 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (11.32%) Statistics
6 17 (10.69%) Service Design
7 16 (10.06%) Change Advisory Board
7 16 (10.06%) Project Management
8 15 (9.43%) Presales
9 14 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (8.18%) Configuration Management
10 13 (8.18%) Incident Management
11 11 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (6.29%) Customer Requirements
13 9 (5.66%) B2B
14 8 (5.03%) Customer Service
14 8 (5.03%) E-Commerce
14 8 (5.03%) Service Delivery
14 8 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.43%) SQL
2 5 (3.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (17.61%) Degree
2 20 (12.58%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (10.69%) CCNA
3 17 (10.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (8.18%) Security Cleared
5 11 (6.92%) MCSE
6 8 (5.03%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.77%) HND
8 5 (3.14%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.89%) CCNP
10 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.18%) SLA
2 3 (1.89%) GDPR
3 2 (1.26%) PMO
4 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 79 (49.69%) Active Directory
2 26 (16.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (13.21%) Hyper-V
4 19 (11.95%) vSphere
5 9 (5.66%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.89%) Docker
8 1 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (14.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.03%) WSUS
3 6 (3.77%) SmoothWall
4 4 (2.52%) Ansible
4 4 (2.52%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.89%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.26%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 98 (61.64%) Microsoft
2 37 (23.27%) Cisco
2 37 (23.27%) VMware
3 26 (16.35%) Meraki
4 14 (8.81%) HP
5 7 (4.40%) Apple
6 6 (3.77%) Dell
6 6 (3.77%) Ekahau
6 6 (3.77%) Juniper
6 6 (3.77%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (2.52%) Aruba
7 4 (2.52%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.52%) Citrix
7 4 (2.52%) NetApp
8 3 (1.89%) F5
8 3 (1.89%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.89%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.26%) Google
9 2 (1.26%) Riverbed
9 2 (1.26%) Veeam