WAN Jobs in Manchester

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 137 173
Rank change year-on-year +33 +36 -19
Permanent jobs citing WAN 131 107 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.33% 2.34% 1.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.66% 11.93% 12.64%
Number of salaries quoted 105 70 79
10th Percentile - £37,700 £24,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,063 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,750 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +31.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,250 £52,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,750 £61,200
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 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 Manchester with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 578 897 720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.28% 19.63% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 444 370 443
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,300 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,084 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% +4.97%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,125 £72,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +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 2 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 2 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 +24 11 £72,500 +45.73%
Bury - 5 £42,500 - 1
Cheadle - 5 £50,000 -
Bolton +3 4 £45,000 +8.43% 2
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 (9.16%) IIS
2 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (35.11%) Azure
2 43 (32.82%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (22.90%) AWS
4 18 (13.74%) GCP
5 4 (3.05%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.53%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.76%) CloudFront
7 1 (0.76%) GitHub
7 1 (0.76%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 85 (64.89%) LAN
2 50 (38.17%) SD-WAN
3 46 (35.11%) DHCP
4 45 (34.35%) Wireless
5 42 (32.06%) OSPF
6 40 (30.53%) BGP
6 40 (30.53%) MPLS
7 38 (29.01%) Firewall
7 38 (29.01%) TCP/IP
7 38 (29.01%) Wi-Fi
8 30 (22.90%) Ethernet
9 27 (20.61%) Internet
10 26 (19.85%) DNS
11 24 (18.32%) DSL
11 24 (18.32%) VPN
12 18 (13.74%) Network Security
12 18 (13.74%) SAN
13 15 (11.45%) SSL
14 12 (9.16%) iSCSI
15 11 (8.40%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.53%) MySQL
3 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
1 4 (3.05%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (18.32%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.50%) Finance
3 4 (3.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.53%) Law
6 1 (0.76%) Banking
6 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 57 (43.51%) Network Engineer
2 31 (23.66%) Architect
3 25 (19.08%) Senior
4 22 (16.79%) Security Architect
5 19 (14.50%) IP Engineer
5 19 (14.50%) IP Network Engineer
6 18 (13.74%) Senior Architect
7 16 (12.21%) Cisco Engineer
7 16 (12.21%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 16 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (11.45%) Cisco Architect
8 15 (11.45%) Senior Cisco Architect
9 14 (10.69%) Juniper Engineer
9 14 (10.69%) Lead
10 13 (9.92%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (9.92%) Senior Security Architect
11 12 (9.16%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (8.40%) Network Support
13 10 (7.63%) Cisco Security Architect
14 8 (6.11%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.05%) Akka
2 1 (0.76%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.03%) Data Centre
2 12 (9.16%) PMI
3 10 (7.63%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.87%) Management Information System
5 8 (6.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (5.34%) Replication
7 4 (3.05%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.76%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.76%) iPhone
8 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (25.95%) Linux
2 23 (17.56%) Windows
3 18 (13.74%) VyOS
4 14 (10.69%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.05%) Windows Vista
6 2 (1.53%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.76%) Android
7 1 (0.76%) CentOS
7 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.48%) Customer Service
2 30 (22.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (19.85%) Disaster Recovery
4 20 (15.27%) Agile
4 20 (15.27%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (15.27%) Project Management
5 17 (12.98%) ITIL
5 17 (12.98%) Time Management
6 15 (11.45%) Customer Engagement
6 15 (11.45%) Presales
6 15 (11.45%) Software Licensing
7 14 (10.69%) Capacity Planning
7 14 (10.69%) Mentoring
8 12 (9.16%) Line Management
8 12 (9.16%) Migration
8 12 (9.16%) Server Management
9 11 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (7.63%) Analytics
10 10 (7.63%) Client Onboarding
11 8 (6.11%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.11%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.29%) Python
2 3 (2.29%) SQL
3 1 (0.76%) Bash
3 1 (0.76%) Java
3 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.76%) Perl
Qualifications
1 82 (62.60%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (41.98%) CCNA
3 35 (26.72%) CCNP
4 29 (22.14%) JNCIA
5 24 (18.32%) Degree
6 13 (9.92%) AWS Certification
7 12 (9.16%) PMI Certification
8 9 (6.87%) Azure Certification
9 8 (6.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (6.11%) CCSK
9 8 (6.11%) CCSP
9 8 (6.11%) CISM
9 8 (6.11%) CISSP
10 6 (4.58%) CCDP
10 6 (4.58%) JNCIP
11 5 (3.82%) Citrix Certification
11 5 (3.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (3.82%) VCAP
11 5 (3.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (3.05%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) NIST
2 3 (2.29%) SLA
3 2 (1.53%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (22.14%) Active Directory
2 28 (21.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.63%) Docker
4 9 (6.87%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.29%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.76%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.76%) Postfix
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (9.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 12 (9.16%) Opsgenie
1 12 (9.16%) VxRail
1 12 (9.16%) ZABBIX
2 10 (7.63%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.63%) Stealthwatch
3 9 (6.87%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.82%) CASB
6 2 (1.53%) Ansible
6 2 (1.53%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (1.53%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 94 (71.76%) Cisco
2 52 (39.69%) Microsoft
3 47 (35.88%) Fortinet
4 42 (32.06%) VMware
5 35 (26.72%) Juniper
6 30 (22.90%) Nokia
7 27 (20.61%) Meraki
8 24 (18.32%) Ruckus Wireless
9 18 (13.74%) Vyatta
10 17 (12.98%) Apple
11 15 (11.45%) Adobe
11 15 (11.45%) SolarWinds
12 13 (9.92%) Dell
13 12 (9.16%) NetApp
14 10 (7.63%) Citrix
15 9 (6.87%) Veeam
16 8 (6.11%) F5
17 7 (5.34%) Palo Alto
18 4 (3.05%) HP
18 4 (3.05%) Thales