WAN Jobs in Wales

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 88 102 116
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 -44
Permanent jobs citing WAN 38 33 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.69% 1.96% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 12.94% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 20
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,092 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £45,034 £51,049 -
90th Percentile £45,780 £69,196 £50,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +3.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 266 255 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.85% 15.15% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 152 79 129
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,800 £29,142
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.58% -15.56% +24.47%
75th Percentile £47,688 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £59,750 £70,350 £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 Wales

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Wales.

Salary trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Wales

WAN
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Wales 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
South Wales +12 33 £40,500 +42.84% 10
North Wales +6 2 £35,000 -22.22%
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (23.68%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (94.74%) LAN
2 28 (73.68%) Firewall
3 14 (36.84%) Cisco IOS
4 12 (31.58%) Network Security
4 12 (31.58%) TCP/IP
5 11 (28.95%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (26.32%) VLAN
6 10 (26.32%) VoIP
7 8 (21.05%) VPN
7 8 (21.05%) Wireless
8 7 (18.42%) MPLS
8 7 (18.42%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (13.16%) SAN
9 5 (13.16%) WLAN
10 4 (10.53%) Internet
11 3 (7.89%) DHCP
11 3 (7.89%) DNS
12 2 (5.26%) BGP
12 2 (5.26%) EIGRP
12 2 (5.26%) IPsec
General
1 12 (31.58%) Telecoms
2 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.16%) Local Government
4 5 (13.16%) Police
4 5 (13.16%) Welsh Language
5 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.89%) Automotive
6 3 (7.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Senior
2 13 (34.21%) Network Engineer
3 11 (28.95%) Consultant
3 11 (28.95%) Project Consultant
3 11 (28.95%) Senior Consultant
3 11 (28.95%) Senior Network Consultant
3 11 (28.95%) Senior Project Consultant
4 7 (18.42%) ICT Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Network Engineer
5 6 (15.79%) IT Support
6 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) IT Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Systems Support
8 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Life Science
4 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.16%) Linux
4 3 (7.89%) CatOS
5 1 (2.63%) Android
5 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Customer Service
2 16 (42.11%) Migration
3 14 (36.84%) Change Management
3 14 (36.84%) ITIL
4 12 (31.58%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (28.95%) Change Control
5 11 (28.95%) Network Design
6 10 (26.32%) Network Management
7 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.16%) Business Continuity
8 5 (13.16%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (13.16%) High Availability
9 3 (7.89%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (7.89%) Computer Science
9 3 (7.89%) Inventory Management
9 3 (7.89%) Service Delivery
9 3 (7.89%) Supplier Management
9 3 (7.89%) Virtual Environments
10 2 (5.26%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 30 (78.95%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (65.79%) CCNA
3 16 (42.11%) Degree
4 12 (31.58%) SC Cleared
4 12 (31.58%) Security Cleared
5 5 (13.16%) A+ Certification
6 3 (7.89%) CCIE
6 3 (7.89%) CCNP
6 3 (7.89%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.89%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.26%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (2.63%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (65.79%) Cisco
2 15 (39.47%) CheckPoint
3 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
4 11 (28.95%) Fortinet
4 11 (28.95%) McAfee
4 11 (28.95%) Oracle
4 11 (28.95%) Palo Alto
5 8 (21.05%) VMware
6 5 (13.16%) Acronis
6 5 (13.16%) Aruba
6 5 (13.16%) Datto
6 5 (13.16%) Mitel
6 5 (13.16%) Sophos
6 5 (13.16%) Veeam
7 2 (5.26%) Meraki
7 2 (5.26%) SonicWALL
8 1 (2.63%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (2.63%) F5
8 1 (2.63%) Splunk
8 1 (2.63%) TippingPoint