WAN Jobs in Central London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 112 102 154
Rank change year-on-year -10 +52 +69
Permanent jobs citing WAN 83 136 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.18% 2.76% 1.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.80% 22.63% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 67 114 150
10th Percentile £34,900 £31,650 £47,500
25th Percentile £43,375 £38,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £105,000 £93,300
London median annual salary £57,500 £55,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% -8.08% +4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 494 601 907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.97% 12.18% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 355 473 696
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,883 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,319
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +0.29% +3.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £97,500
London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for WAN in Central London

WAN
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Central London 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
City of London +3 73 £55,000 +4.76% 9
City of Westminster -15 1 - -
WAN
London

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 19 (22.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (14.46%) SharePoint
3 9 (10.84%) SharePoint 2013
4 8 (9.64%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 65 (78.31%) Azure
2 34 (40.96%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (18.07%) AWS
4 14 (16.87%) Entra ID
5 13 (15.66%) GCP
6 10 (12.05%) PaaS
6 10 (12.05%) SaaS
7 9 (10.84%) IaaS
8 8 (9.64%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (8.43%) Azure API Management
9 7 (8.43%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (8.43%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (8.43%) GitHub
9 7 (8.43%) Rubrik
10 6 (7.23%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (7.23%) Datadog
11 5 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (3.61%) Mimecast
13 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (72.29%) LAN
2 55 (66.27%) Firewall
3 33 (39.76%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (34.94%) SD-WAN
5 27 (32.53%) DNS
6 26 (31.33%) VPN
7 22 (26.51%) DHCP
8 21 (25.30%) Wireless
9 20 (24.10%) Network Security
10 15 (18.07%) IPsec
11 12 (14.46%) IPv4
11 12 (14.46%) IPv6
12 9 (10.84%) BGP
12 9 (10.84%) OSPF
12 9 (10.84%) TCP/IP
13 8 (9.64%) Unified Communications
14 6 (7.23%) HSRP
14 6 (7.23%) MPLS
14 6 (7.23%) SAN
15 5 (6.02%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.43%) GitLab
1 7 (8.43%) Katalon Studio
General
1 20 (24.10%) Finance
2 15 (18.07%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.05%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (8.43%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Legal
6 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.61%) Japanese Language
7 3 (3.61%) Retail
8 2 (2.41%) Law
9 1 (1.20%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (34.94%) Network Engineer
2 17 (20.48%) Senior
3 11 (13.25%) 2nd Line Support
3 11 (13.25%) Azure Engineer
3 11 (13.25%) Support Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) Cloud Engineer
4 9 (10.84%) Senior Network Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Lead
7 6 (7.23%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) IT Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) IT Support
8 5 (6.02%) Security Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) Consultant
9 4 (4.82%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) YAML
2 2 (2.41%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) PKI
2 8 (9.64%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.43%) Cloud Security Posture
3 7 (8.43%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.43%) Enterprise Cloud
3 7 (8.43%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.02%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (4.82%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.41%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.20%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.20%) CCTV
7 1 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.20%) FlexPod
7 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (43.37%) Windows
2 22 (26.51%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.02%) Android
3 5 (6.02%) Apple iOS
3 5 (6.02%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.02%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (6.02%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (3.61%) Linux
5 1 (1.20%) CentOS
5 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.20%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.20%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (18.07%) IT Strategy
2 13 (15.66%) Agile
2 13 (15.66%) DevSecOps
3 12 (14.46%) Cloud Security
3 12 (14.46%) DevOps
3 12 (14.46%) Identity Access Management
4 11 (13.25%) Project Management
5 10 (12.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (12.05%) Mobile Device Management
5 10 (12.05%) Server Virtualisation
6 9 (10.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (9.64%) CI/CD
7 8 (9.64%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (8.43%) Information Security
8 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (8.43%) Microservices
8 7 (8.43%) RBAC
8 7 (8.43%) Scrum
8 7 (8.43%) SIEM
8 7 (8.43%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.28%) PowerShell
2 13 (15.66%) Python
3 9 (10.84%) SQL
4 1 (1.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (30.12%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (22.89%) CCNA
3 13 (15.66%) Degree
4 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (9.64%) MCITP
5 8 (9.64%) MCSE
6 6 (7.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (7.23%) CCSP
6 6 (7.23%) CISSP
7 5 (6.02%) CCNP
7 5 (6.02%) CEH
7 5 (6.02%) SANS
7 5 (6.02%) SSCP
8 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.20%) CCSK
10 1 (1.20%) CISM
10 1 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.23%) NIST
2 6 (7.23%) SLA
3 5 (6.02%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (42.17%) Active Directory
2 23 (27.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (13.25%) Hyper-V
3 11 (13.25%) XenApp
4 10 (12.05%) XenDesktop
5 5 (6.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.41%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.20%) Docker
7 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (22.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (14.46%) SCCM
3 8 (9.64%) Kubernetes
4 7 (8.43%) Terraform
5 6 (7.23%) FortiGate
6 5 (6.02%) Nmap
7 4 (4.82%) PaperCut
8 3 (3.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.41%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (2.41%) ZENworks
10 1 (1.20%) Ansible
10 1 (1.20%) Backup Exec
10 1 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (1.20%) Puppet
10 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (1.20%) vCenter Server
10 1 (1.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 44 (53.01%) Microsoft
2 37 (44.58%) Cisco
3 24 (28.92%) VMware
4 19 (22.89%) HP
5 18 (21.69%) Meraki
6 15 (18.07%) Citrix
7 12 (14.46%) Dell
8 10 (12.05%) Google
8 10 (12.05%) Symantec
9 8 (9.64%) Aruba
9 8 (9.64%) NetApp
9 8 (9.64%) Palo Alto
9 8 (9.64%) Veeam
10 7 (8.43%) SolarWinds
11 6 (7.23%) LogicMonitor
12 5 (6.02%) Qualys
12 5 (6.02%) Rapid7
12 5 (6.02%) Splunk
12 5 (6.02%) Thycotic
13 3 (3.61%) Riverbed