WAN Jobs in the North of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 123 156
Rank change year-on-year +22 +33 -31
Permanent jobs citing WAN 429 474 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.43% 2.81% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.72% 14.94% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 350 357 344
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,350 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £62,313 £54,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £76,375 £65,313 £66,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North 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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,175 3,172 2,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.30% 18.78% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,253 1,705
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -1.10% +1.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North West +1 228 £42,500 -5.56% 59
Yorkshire +71 172 £53,750 +19.44% 32
North East -16 42 £38,000 -10.59% 4
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 36 (8.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (5.59%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.26%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (10.72%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Epicor Tropos
2 2 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 196 (45.69%) Azure
2 178 (41.49%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (16.55%) Entra ID
4 62 (14.45%) AWS
5 22 (5.13%) OneDrive
6 20 (4.66%) GCP
6 20 (4.66%) IaaS
7 17 (3.96%) PaaS
8 14 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.03%) SaaS
10 8 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.86%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.93%) GitHub
13 3 (0.70%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.70%) Serverless
14 2 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (0.47%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 336 (78.32%) LAN
2 168 (39.16%) Firewall
3 110 (25.64%) Wi-Fi
4 108 (25.17%) SD-WAN
5 107 (24.94%) VPN
6 106 (24.71%) DHCP
7 101 (23.54%) TCP/IP
8 87 (20.28%) DNS
9 84 (19.58%) Wireless
10 53 (12.35%) MPLS
11 51 (11.89%) OSPF
12 50 (11.66%) Network Security
12 50 (11.66%) WLAN
13 49 (11.42%) BGP
14 42 (9.79%) Internet
15 35 (8.16%) SAN
16 34 (7.93%) VoIP
17 31 (7.23%) VLAN
18 30 (6.99%) Ethernet
19 24 (5.59%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.93%) Power BI
3 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.47%) DB2
5 2 (0.47%) MySQL
6 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.93%) JIRA
1 4 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 41 (9.56%) Finance
3 24 (5.59%) Law
4 21 (4.90%) Retail
5 17 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.80%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.10%) French Language
8 9 (2.10%) Italian Language
8 9 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.10%) Spanish Language
8 9 (2.10%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.40%) German Language
10 6 (1.40%) Portuguese Language
10 6 (1.40%) Swedish Language
10 6 (1.40%) Turkish Language
11 4 (0.93%) Agriculture
11 4 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (20.28%) Network Engineer
2 60 (13.99%) Architect
3 50 (11.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 50 (11.66%) Lead
4 47 (10.96%) Analyst
4 47 (10.96%) Senior
5 38 (8.86%) Security Architect
6 31 (7.23%) IT Manager
7 28 (6.53%) IT Support
8 25 (5.83%) IT Engineer
9 24 (5.59%) Infrastructure Manager
10 23 (5.36%) Senior Architect
10 23 (5.36%) Support Engineer
11 21 (4.90%) IT Analyst
12 20 (4.66%) Lead Architect
12 20 (4.66%) Lead Security Architect
13 19 (4.43%) IP Engineer
13 19 (4.43%) IP Network Engineer
14 17 (3.96%) Support Analyst
15 16 (3.73%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.93%) Akka
2 2 (0.47%) .NET
2 2 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (0.47%) Middleware
2 2 (0.47%) Web Services
3 1 (0.23%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.49%) Management Information System
2 36 (8.39%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 19 (4.43%) PMI
5 18 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.03%) Clustering
6 13 (3.03%) Replication
7 12 (2.80%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.86%) IoT
9 7 (1.63%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.40%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.93%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.70%) Life Science
13 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 180 (41.96%) Windows
2 88 (20.51%) Windows Server
3 54 (12.59%) Windows 10
4 52 (12.12%) Linux
5 23 (5.36%) Apple iOS
6 22 (5.13%) Android
7 20 (4.66%) Windows Server 2019
8 18 (4.20%) VyOS
9 15 (3.50%) Mac OS
9 15 (3.50%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (1.63%) VMS
11 7 (1.63%) Windows 7
12 6 (1.40%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.93%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.47%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.23%) CentOS
15 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (22.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (14.92%) Customer Service
3 64 (14.92%) ITIL
4 60 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (10.72%) Project Management
6 41 (9.56%) Information Security
7 40 (9.32%) Agile
8 39 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 34 (7.93%) Service Management
10 33 (7.69%) Migration
10 33 (7.69%) Time Management
11 31 (7.23%) Mentoring
12 26 (6.06%) Application Security
12 26 (6.06%) Identity Management
12 26 (6.06%) OWASP
12 26 (6.06%) Secure Coding
12 26 (6.06%) Security Architecture
13 25 (5.83%) Service Delivery
14 24 (5.59%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 57 (13.29%) PowerShell
2 41 (9.56%) SQL
3 24 (5.59%) Python
4 19 (4.43%) Bash
5 5 (1.17%) C#
6 3 (0.70%) Java
7 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.23%) Delphi
8 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 132 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 67 (15.62%) CCNA
3 54 (12.59%) CCNP
4 51 (11.89%) CISSP
5 50 (11.66%) Degree
6 32 (7.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 32 (7.46%) CCSP
7 31 (7.23%) AWS Certification
8 29 (6.76%) Azure Certification
8 29 (6.76%) JNCIA
9 26 (6.06%) CCSK
9 26 (6.06%) CISM
10 19 (4.43%) PMI Certification
11 16 (3.73%) CCIE
12 14 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.80%) SANS
13 12 (2.80%) Security Cleared
14 11 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
15 10 (2.33%) SC Cleared
16 9 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.16%) NIST
2 34 (7.93%) SLA
3 13 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.63%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.47%) GDPR
6 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
7 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 183 (42.66%) Active Directory
2 76 (17.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (13.75%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.53%) Docker
5 10 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.93%) Firmware
8 4 (0.93%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.70%) vSphere
10 2 (0.47%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.23%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 70 (16.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (6.99%) Kubernetes
3 29 (6.76%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (4.66%) SCCM
5 14 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 14 (3.26%) ZABBIX
6 13 (3.03%) Failover Clustering
7 12 (2.80%) Opsgenie
7 12 (2.80%) VxRail
8 8 (1.86%) Stealthwatch
8 8 (1.86%) Terraform
9 7 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.40%) Autotask
10 6 (1.40%) Nmap
11 5 (1.17%) CASB
11 5 (1.17%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.93%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.70%) Ansible
14 2 (0.47%) BMC PATROL
14 2 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 215 (50.12%) Microsoft
2 147 (34.27%) Cisco
3 126 (29.37%) VMware
4 59 (13.75%) Fortinet
5 44 (10.26%) Meraki
6 43 (10.02%) Juniper
7 32 (7.46%) Veeam
8 30 (6.99%) Nokia
9 28 (6.53%) SolarWinds
10 27 (6.29%) Ruckus Wireless
11 23 (5.36%) Apple
12 22 (5.13%) Citrix
13 20 (4.66%) Dell
13 20 (4.66%) Palo Alto
14 18 (4.20%) Vyatta
15 14 (3.26%) Epicor
15 14 (3.26%) HP
15 14 (3.26%) NetApp
16 13 (3.03%) Adobe
16 13 (3.03%) Aruba