WAN Jobs in the North West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 106 112 170
Rank change year-on-year +6 +58 -62
Permanent jobs citing WAN 237 229 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.22% 3.10% 1.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.90% 14.35% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 199 175 138
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,000 £26,100
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,125 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £54,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £60,000 £71,250
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
North 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 North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,191 1,596 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.16% 21.59% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 901 631 735
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £57,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £73,750 £71,250
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for WAN in the North West

WAN
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for WAN in the North West

WAN
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North 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
Manchester +35 130 £45,000 -11.33% 22
Merseyside +11 52 £55,000 +22.22% 7
Cheshire -16 30 £36,500 -8.75% 14
Lancashire -21 20 £42,500 +6.25% 9
Cumbria -19 5 £35,000 -22.22%
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 22 (9.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.06%) IIS
3 10 (4.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 90 (37.97%) Azure
2 81 (34.18%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (18.14%) AWS
4 28 (11.81%) Entra ID
5 18 (7.59%) GCP
6 10 (4.22%) IaaS
7 9 (3.80%) PaaS
8 7 (2.95%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.11%) SaaS
11 3 (1.27%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.84%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
13 1 (0.42%) CloudFront
13 1 (0.42%) GitHub
13 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 184 (77.64%) LAN
2 75 (31.65%) SD-WAN
3 72 (30.38%) DHCP
4 71 (29.96%) Firewall
5 68 (28.69%) TCP/IP
6 63 (26.58%) Wireless
7 62 (26.16%) Wi-Fi
8 52 (21.94%) DNS
9 44 (18.57%) MPLS
10 42 (17.72%) OSPF
11 40 (16.88%) BGP
12 34 (14.35%) VPN
13 32 (13.50%) Internet
14 30 (12.66%) Ethernet
15 24 (10.13%) DSL
16 23 (9.70%) Network Security
17 22 (9.28%) WLAN
18 20 (8.44%) SSL
19 18 (7.59%) SAN
20 13 (5.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.27%) Power BI
3 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.84%) MySQL
5 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.69%) JIRA
1 4 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (21.94%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.13%) Finance
3 8 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (3.38%) Public Sector
4 5 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (2.11%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.69%) Retail
6 3 (1.27%) French Language
6 3 (1.27%) Italian Language
6 3 (1.27%) Military
6 3 (1.27%) Spanish Language
7 2 (0.84%) Back Office
7 2 (0.84%) Law
8 1 (0.42%) Banking
8 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.42%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.42%) Legal
Job Titles
1 62 (26.16%) Network Engineer
2 39 (16.46%) Senior
3 37 (15.61%) Architect
4 28 (11.81%) Security Architect
5 27 (11.39%) Lead
6 23 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (8.44%) Senior Architect
8 19 (8.02%) IP Engineer
8 19 (8.02%) IP Network Engineer
9 16 (6.75%) Cisco Engineer
9 16 (6.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 15 (6.33%) Senior Security Architect
11 14 (5.91%) Cisco Architect
11 14 (5.91%) Juniper Engineer
11 14 (5.91%) Senior Cisco Architect
12 13 (5.49%) 1st Line Support
12 13 (5.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (5.06%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (5.06%) Support Engineer
14 11 (4.64%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) Akka
2 1 (0.42%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.28%) Data Centre
2 19 (8.02%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (5.49%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.06%) PMI
6 8 (3.38%) Replication
7 5 (2.11%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.69%) AS400
8 4 (1.69%) iSeries
8 4 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.84%) CCTV
10 1 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.42%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.42%) iPhone
10 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 63 (26.58%) Windows
2 38 (16.03%) Linux
3 24 (10.13%) Windows Server
4 23 (9.70%) Windows 10
5 18 (7.59%) VyOS
6 6 (2.53%) VMS
6 6 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.69%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.69%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.84%) Android
10 2 (0.84%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.42%) CentOS
11 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (20.68%) Customer Service
2 42 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (12.24%) Agile
3 29 (12.24%) ITIL
4 27 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (11.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (10.97%) Mentoring
5 26 (10.97%) Project Management
6 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (9.28%) Presales
8 19 (8.02%) Time Management
9 18 (7.59%) Migration
10 17 (7.17%) Line Management
11 16 (6.75%) Information Security
12 15 (6.33%) Application Security
12 15 (6.33%) Identity Management
12 15 (6.33%) OWASP
12 15 (6.33%) Secure Coding
12 15 (6.33%) Security Architecture
13 14 (5.91%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.44%) SQL
2 19 (8.02%) PowerShell
3 9 (3.80%) Python
4 6 (2.53%) Bash
5 3 (1.27%) C#
6 1 (0.42%) Java
6 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 90 (37.97%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (23.21%) CCNA
3 35 (14.77%) CCNP
4 33 (13.92%) Degree
5 29 (12.24%) JNCIA
6 20 (8.44%) AWS Certification
7 16 (6.75%) Azure Certification
8 15 (6.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (6.33%) CCSK
8 15 (6.33%) CCSP
8 15 (6.33%) CISM
8 15 (6.33%) CISSP
9 12 (5.06%) PMI Certification
10 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.95%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (2.53%) CCDP
12 6 (2.53%) JNCIP
13 5 (2.11%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (2.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (2.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.75%) NIST
2 15 (6.33%) SLA
3 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 70 (29.54%) Active Directory
2 37 (15.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (10.55%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.17%) Docker
5 3 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.27%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.42%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.42%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.42%) Postfix
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (10.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.17%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (5.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (5.06%) Opsgenie
3 12 (5.06%) VxRail
3 12 (5.06%) ZABBIX
4 9 (3.80%) Stealthwatch
5 5 (2.11%) CASB
5 5 (2.11%) Terraform
6 3 (1.27%) Ansible
7 2 (0.84%) BMC PATROL
7 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 108 (45.57%) Microsoft
2 104 (43.88%) Cisco
3 61 (25.74%) VMware
4 51 (21.52%) Fortinet
5 35 (14.77%) Juniper
6 30 (12.66%) Meraki
6 30 (12.66%) Nokia
6 30 (12.66%) Ruckus Wireless
7 22 (9.28%) SolarWinds
8 19 (8.02%) Veeam
9 18 (7.59%) Apple
9 18 (7.59%) Vyatta
10 17 (7.17%) Dell
11 14 (5.91%) Adobe
11 14 (5.91%) HP
12 12 (5.06%) NetApp
13 10 (4.22%) Citrix
13 10 (4.22%) Ubiquiti
14 9 (3.80%) Aruba
15 8 (3.38%) F5