WAN Jobs in the South West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 112 115 150
Rank change year-on-year +3 +35 -19
Permanent jobs citing WAN 227 170 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.28% 2.58% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.06% 13.39% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 154 111 94
10th Percentile £30,375 £30,725 £22,738
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,918 £60,000 £58,700
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
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,257 1,270 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.61% 19.30% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 942 525 731
10th Percentile £26,275 £27,700 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,028
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,833 £64,040
90th Percentile £72,423 £77,500 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South West

WAN
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for WAN in the South West

WAN
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the South West

WAN
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South West 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
Devon +20 84 £49,000 +30.67% 7
Wiltshire +23 51 £50,500 +17.44% 9
Gloucestershire -18 43 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Dorset -27 24 £37,500 -11.24% 3
Bristol -21 14 £42,000 -23.64% 10
Cornwall -17 6 £29,250 -8.59%
Somerset -2 3 £47,500 +7.95%
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 50 (22.03%) SharePoint
2 32 (14.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (5.29%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (5.29%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 88 (38.77%) Microsoft 365
2 82 (36.12%) Azure
3 30 (13.22%) Entra ID
4 28 (12.33%) AWS
5 19 (8.37%) PaaS
6 17 (7.49%) GCP
6 17 (7.49%) IaaS
6 17 (7.49%) Power Platform
7 15 (6.61%) SaaS
8 13 (5.73%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.64%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Fargate
11 2 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (0.88%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.88%) Serverless
11 2 (0.88%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 152 (66.96%) LAN
2 102 (44.93%) Firewall
3 91 (40.09%) SD-WAN
4 46 (20.26%) DNS
5 43 (18.94%) Wi-Fi
6 41 (18.06%) VPN
7 35 (15.42%) 5G
8 28 (12.33%) DHCP
9 21 (9.25%) VLAN
9 21 (9.25%) Wireless
10 19 (8.37%) Cisco ASA
10 19 (8.37%) Network Security
11 18 (7.93%) TCP/IP
12 15 (6.61%) Software-Defined Networking
13 14 (6.17%) MPLS
13 14 (6.17%) SAN
14 13 (5.73%) WLAN
15 9 (3.96%) IPsec
16 8 (3.52%) BGP
16 8 (3.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.88%) DynamoDB
3 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.44%) Power BI
4 1 (0.44%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Git
General
1 63 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (11.01%) Aerospace
5 19 (8.37%) Electronics
5 19 (8.37%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (7.05%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.64%) Marketing
9 5 (2.20%) Military
10 3 (1.32%) Legal
11 2 (0.88%) Police
11 2 (0.88%) Publishing
11 2 (0.88%) Retail
11 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (21.15%) Senior
2 43 (18.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 43 (18.94%) Support Engineer
3 40 (17.62%) Network Engineer
4 35 (15.42%) Senior Network Engineer
5 26 (11.45%) IT Engineer
6 23 (10.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 21 (9.25%) 3rd Line Support
8 20 (8.81%) IT Support
8 20 (8.81%) Lead
9 19 (8.37%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (7.93%) Network Manager
11 17 (7.49%) IT Support Engineer
11 17 (7.49%) Technical Leader
12 16 (7.05%) GNSS Engineer
12 16 (7.05%) RF Engineer
13 14 (6.17%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 13 (5.73%) 2nd Line Support
14 13 (5.73%) Analyst
15 11 (4.85%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.20%) LDAP
2 2 (0.88%) .NET
2 2 (0.88%) Node.js
2 2 (0.88%) React
2 2 (0.88%) RESTful
2 2 (0.88%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.69%) Data Centre
2 17 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (7.05%) GNSS
4 14 (6.17%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.85%) Fat Client
5 11 (4.85%) FPGA
5 11 (4.85%) Thin Client
6 8 (3.52%) MicroBlaze
6 8 (3.52%) Robotics
6 8 (3.52%) VHDL
7 7 (3.08%) CCTV
8 5 (2.20%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) Clustering
10 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 92 (40.53%) Windows
2 55 (24.23%) Windows Server
3 25 (11.01%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (9.69%) Linux
4 22 (9.69%) Windows 10
5 17 (7.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (4.41%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.44%) Debian
9 1 (0.44%) Unix
9 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (23.79%) ITIL
2 50 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (22.03%) Project Delivery
3 42 (18.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (16.74%) Mentoring
5 35 (15.42%) B2B
5 35 (15.42%) Service Delivery
5 35 (15.42%) Test Assurance
5 35 (15.42%) Test Automation
6 28 (12.33%) Computer Science
7 25 (11.01%) Collaborative Working
8 23 (10.13%) Agile
9 22 (9.69%) Project Management
10 21 (9.25%) Customer Service
11 20 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
11 20 (8.81%) Time Management
12 19 (8.37%) Creative Thinking
12 19 (8.37%) Defect Tracking
12 19 (8.37%) Requirements Analysis
13 17 (7.49%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 31 (13.66%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.05%) C++
3 15 (6.61%) SQL
4 11 (4.85%) MATLAB
5 8 (3.52%) C
5 8 (3.52%) Perl
5 8 (3.52%) Tcl
5 8 (3.52%) VB
6 3 (1.32%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.88%) C#
8 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.44%) Python
8 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 50 (22.03%) Security Cleared
2 43 (18.94%) Degree
3 36 (15.86%) DV Cleared
4 18 (7.93%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.85%) A+ Certification
6 9 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.96%) MCSE
6 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.08%) MCITP
9 6 (2.64%) CCIE
9 6 (2.64%) CCNP
10 5 (2.20%) CCNA
10 5 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (2.20%) PMI Certification
10 5 (2.20%) PMP
10 5 (2.20%) RHCE
10 5 (2.20%) RHCSA
11 4 (1.76%) CCDP
11 4 (1.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.85%) PMO
1 11 (4.85%) SLA
2 3 (1.32%) JTAG
3 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 74 (32.60%) Active Directory
2 67 (29.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (15.86%) Hyper-V
4 16 (7.05%) vSphere
5 14 (6.17%) VMware NSX
6 11 (4.85%) XenDesktop
7 8 (3.52%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (3.52%) Firmware
7 8 (3.52%) XenApp
8 5 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.76%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (1.32%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.88%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (15.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (10.57%) SCCM
3 19 (8.37%) WSUS
4 9 (3.96%) SCVMM
5 8 (3.52%) McAfee ePO
6 5 (2.20%) Nagios
6 5 (2.20%) OfficeScan
6 5 (2.20%) Rancher
7 3 (1.32%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.88%) Terraform
8 2 (0.88%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.44%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 82 (36.12%) VMware
2 74 (32.60%) Cisco
3 70 (30.84%) Microsoft
4 17 (7.49%) Citrix
5 13 (5.73%) Dell
5 13 (5.73%) Google
5 13 (5.73%) HP
6 12 (5.29%) Symantec
6 12 (5.29%) Veeam
7 9 (3.96%) Fortinet
8 8 (3.52%) Altera
8 8 (3.52%) CheckPoint
8 8 (3.52%) Green Hills
8 8 (3.52%) McAfee
8 8 (3.52%) Motorola
8 8 (3.52%) Xilinx
9 7 (3.08%) Meraki
10 5 (2.20%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 5 (2.20%) Centreon
10 5 (2.20%) ServiceNow