WAN Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 59 74
Rank change year-on-year -25 +15 -4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 23 37 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 1.48% 4.18% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.07% 17.13% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 19 28 19
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,299 £31,000
25th Percentile £34,375 £35,375 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - +14.09%
75th Percentile £84,919 £48,750 £59,375
90th Percentile £84,928 - £75,000
North East median annual salary £38,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.59% +6.25% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Tyne and Wear

WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 176 216 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 11.30% 24.38% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 160 91 63
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,750 £23,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £53,704
90th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £75,000
North East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Tyne and Wear

WAN
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for WAN in Tyne and Wear

WAN
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in Tyne and Wear

WAN
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -19 15 £40,000 -5.88% 4
Gateshead 0 2 £40,000 +23.08%
Sunderland - 2 - -
WAN
North East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 20 (86.96%) Azure
2 8 (34.78%) AWS
3 6 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
5 3 (13.04%) GCP
5 3 (13.04%) OCI
6 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (8.70%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (8.70%) GitHub
7 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 15 (65.22%) LAN
2 10 (43.48%) Firewall
3 5 (21.74%) Wireless
4 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
4 4 (17.39%) VoIP
4 4 (17.39%) VPN
5 3 (13.04%) Ethernet
6 2 (8.70%) DNS
6 2 (8.70%) NAS
6 2 (8.70%) Network Security
6 2 (8.70%) SAN
6 2 (8.70%) WLAN
General
1 5 (21.74%) Retail
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.35%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Architect
1 7 (30.43%) Lead
1 7 (30.43%) Lead Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Network Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Lead Security Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Security Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Domain Architect
4 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) IT Support
4 3 (13.04%) Network Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.70%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Network Systems Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Service Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Management Information System
2 4 (17.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
3 3 (13.04%) IoT
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (8.70%) Replication
4 2 (8.70%) Tandem
5 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
1 6 (26.09%) Information Security
2 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (17.39%) Application Security
3 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
3 4 (17.39%) Identity Management
3 4 (17.39%) Network Virtualisation
3 4 (17.39%) OWASP
3 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (17.39%) Secure Coding
3 4 (17.39%) Security Architecture
4 3 (13.04%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
4 3 (13.04%) Design Patterns
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Problem Management
4 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.04%) Service Management
4 3 (13.04%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 5 (21.74%) Bash
3 3 (13.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Azure Certification
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (26.09%) CISSP
2 4 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (17.39%) AWS Certification
2 4 (17.39%) CCSK
2 4 (17.39%) CCSP
2 4 (17.39%) CISM
3 2 (8.70%) CCNA
3 2 (8.70%) CCNP
3 2 (8.70%) CISA
3 2 (8.70%) CISMP
3 2 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (8.70%) GIAC
3 2 (8.70%) SANS
4 1 (4.35%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) NIST
2 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.70%) GDPR
3 2 (8.70%) SLA
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 4 (17.39%) Docker
3 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
3 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
1 4 (17.39%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) Autotask
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) Citrix
4 1 (4.35%) Draytek
4 1 (4.35%) ScienceLogic
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow