WAN Jobs in Manchester

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 98 137 173
Rank change year-on-year +39 +36 -16
Permanent jobs citing WAN 133 104 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.22% 2.31% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.62% 11.83% 12.57%
Number of salaries quoted 104 67 78
10th Percentile - £38,450 £25,225
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,000 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £51,500 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.17% +25.61% -10.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,000 £61,800
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 588 879 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.83% 19.55% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 445 363 442
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,657 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,112 £41,250 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,573 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +8.57% +3.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,375
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,558
North West median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.22% +2.11% +5.56%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Manchester

WAN
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for WAN in Manchester

WAN
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Manchester

WAN
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Manchester 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
Salford +20 11 £72,500 +45.73%
Bury - 5 £42,500 - 1
Cheadle - 5 £50,000 -
Bolton -4 2 £36,250 -12.65% 1
Wigan - 2 £43,500 - 1
WAN
North West

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 12 (9.02%) IIS
2 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (33.83%) Azure
2 42 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (22.56%) AWS
4 18 (13.53%) GCP
5 4 (3.01%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.50%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.75%) CloudFront
7 1 (0.75%) GitHub
7 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.75%) IaaS
7 1 (0.75%) PaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 83 (62.41%) LAN
2 54 (40.60%) SD-WAN
3 45 (33.83%) DHCP
4 44 (33.08%) Wireless
5 41 (30.83%) OSPF
6 39 (29.32%) BGP
6 39 (29.32%) Firewall
6 39 (29.32%) MPLS
7 38 (28.57%) TCP/IP
8 37 (27.82%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (21.80%) Ethernet
10 26 (19.55%) DNS
10 26 (19.55%) Internet
11 24 (18.05%) VPN
12 23 (17.29%) DSL
13 19 (14.29%) Network Security
14 18 (13.53%) SAN
15 15 (11.28%) SSL
16 12 (9.02%) Cisco Firepower
16 12 (9.02%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.50%) MySQL
3 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.01%) JIRA
1 4 (3.01%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (17.29%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (3.01%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.50%) Law
6 1 (0.75%) Banking
6 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.75%) Military
6 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (41.35%) Network Engineer
2 32 (24.06%) Architect
3 26 (19.55%) Senior
4 23 (17.29%) Security Architect
5 19 (14.29%) Senior Architect
6 18 (13.53%) IP Engineer
6 18 (13.53%) IP Network Engineer
7 16 (12.03%) Cisco Architect
7 16 (12.03%) Cisco Engineer
7 16 (12.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 16 (12.03%) Senior Cisco Architect
8 14 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (10.53%) Juniper Engineer
8 14 (10.53%) Lead
8 14 (10.53%) Senior Security Architect
9 13 (9.77%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (9.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (8.27%) Cisco Security Architect
11 10 (7.52%) Network Support
12 8 (6.02%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) Akka
2 1 (0.75%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.80%) Data Centre
2 12 (9.02%) PMI
3 10 (7.52%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.77%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (6.02%) Replication
6 4 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.75%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.75%) iPhone
7 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.56%) Linux
2 23 (17.29%) Windows
3 17 (12.78%) VyOS
4 13 (9.77%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.50%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.50%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.50%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.75%) Android
7 1 (0.75%) CentOS
7 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.56%) Customer Service
2 29 (21.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (20.30%) Disaster Recovery
4 22 (16.54%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (15.79%) Project Management
6 20 (15.04%) Agile
7 19 (14.29%) Time Management
8 16 (12.03%) Customer Engagement
8 16 (12.03%) Presales
8 16 (12.03%) Software Licensing
9 15 (11.28%) ITIL
10 14 (10.53%) Capacity Planning
10 14 (10.53%) Mentoring
11 12 (9.02%) Line Management
11 12 (9.02%) Migration
11 12 (9.02%) Server Management
12 11 (8.27%) Analytics
12 11 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (7.52%) Client Onboarding
14 8 (6.02%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.02%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.50%) Python
3 1 (0.75%) Bash
3 1 (0.75%) Java
3 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.75%) Perl
3 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (62.41%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (39.85%) CCNA
3 36 (27.07%) CCNP
4 28 (21.05%) JNCIA
5 23 (17.29%) Degree
6 13 (9.77%) AWS Certification
7 12 (9.02%) PMI Certification
8 9 (6.77%) Azure Certification
9 8 (6.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (6.02%) CCSK
9 8 (6.02%) CCSP
9 8 (6.02%) CISM
9 8 (6.02%) CISSP
10 6 (4.51%) CCDP
10 6 (4.51%) JNCIP
11 5 (3.76%) CCIE
11 5 (3.76%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (3.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (3.76%) VCAP
11 5 (3.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) NIST
2 4 (3.01%) SLA
3 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 28 (21.05%) Active Directory
1 28 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.52%) Docker
2 10 (7.52%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.26%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.50%) vSphere
5 1 (0.75%) Dovecot
5 1 (0.75%) Postfix
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (9.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 12 (9.02%) Opsgenie
1 12 (9.02%) VxRail
1 12 (9.02%) ZABBIX
2 11 (8.27%) Stealthwatch
3 10 (7.52%) Kubernetes
4 9 (6.77%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.76%) CASB
7 3 (2.26%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.50%) Ansible
8 2 (1.50%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 96 (72.18%) Cisco
2 53 (39.85%) Microsoft
3 49 (36.84%) Fortinet
4 43 (32.33%) VMware
5 37 (27.82%) Juniper
6 29 (21.80%) Nokia
7 27 (20.30%) Meraki
8 23 (17.29%) Ruckus Wireless
9 18 (13.53%) Apple
10 17 (12.78%) Vyatta
11 16 (12.03%) Adobe
12 15 (11.28%) SolarWinds
13 14 (10.53%) Dell
14 12 (9.02%) NetApp
15 10 (7.52%) Citrix
15 10 (7.52%) Veeam
16 8 (6.02%) F5
17 7 (5.26%) Palo Alto
18 4 (3.01%) HP
18 4 (3.01%) Thales