WAN Jobs in the South East

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 167 152 188
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 -53
Permanent jobs citing WAN 264 321 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.56% 2.24% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.56% 12.77% 12.07%
Number of salaries quoted 224 225 290
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,625 £68,750 £67,500
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,761 2,514 3,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.35% 17.53% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,873 1,476 1,872
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 South East

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South East.

Salary trend for WAN in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South East 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
Thames Valley -8 95 £50,000 +5.26% 22
Hampshire -15 70 £45,000 - 7
Berkshire +6 44 £57,500 +59.72% 12
Surrey 0 41 £50,000 +32.45% 1
Oxfordshire +18 31 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Kent -40 29 £48,500 +19.75% 11
Buckinghamshire -41 21 £45,000 -16.28% 6
West Sussex +32 14 £50,000 +25.00% 1
East Sussex +19 13 £55,000 +22.22% 2
Home Counties - 1 £90,000 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 28 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.89%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.38%) IIS
4 1 (0.38%) nginx
4 1 (0.38%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (7.20%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 96 (36.36%) Azure
2 93 (35.23%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 31 (11.74%) AWS
5 12 (4.55%) SaaS
6 10 (3.79%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (3.41%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.27%) IaaS
9 4 (1.52%) PaaS
10 3 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.76%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.38%) GitHub
12 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.38%) OCI
12 1 (0.38%) OpenDNS
12 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 174 (65.91%) LAN
2 122 (46.21%) Firewall
3 67 (25.38%) SD-WAN
4 54 (20.45%) Wireless
5 53 (20.08%) VPN
6 47 (17.80%) DNS
7 37 (14.02%) DHCP
8 36 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (13.26%) TCP/IP
10 31 (11.74%) VLAN
11 30 (11.36%) MPLS
12 27 (10.23%) BGP
13 23 (8.71%) Network Security
13 23 (8.71%) VoIP
14 17 (6.44%) OSPF
15 16 (6.06%) 4G
15 16 (6.06%) Broadband
15 16 (6.06%) SSL
16 15 (5.68%) 5G
17 14 (5.30%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.89%) InfluxDB
3 5 (1.89%) MariaDB
3 5 (1.89%) MySQL
3 5 (1.89%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.65%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.89%) Git
3 4 (1.52%) MSBuild
3 4 (1.52%) TeamCity
General
1 95 (35.98%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.09%) Telecoms
3 21 (7.95%) Finance
4 10 (3.79%) Legal
4 10 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.52%) Games
6 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.14%) Advertising
7 3 (1.14%) Banking
7 3 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.14%) Electronics
8 2 (0.76%) Law
8 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.38%) Automotive
9 1 (0.38%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.38%) Marketing
9 1 (0.38%) Police
9 1 (0.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 66 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 54 (20.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 37 (14.02%) Senior
4 36 (13.64%) Architect
5 25 (9.47%) Support Engineer
6 24 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 22 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (7.20%) IT Support
8 19 (7.20%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (6.06%) Analyst
9 16 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
10 15 (5.68%) 3rd Line Support
11 14 (5.30%) IP Architect
12 13 (4.92%) Cisco Architect
12 13 (4.92%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (4.92%) Senior Architect
12 13 (4.92%) Senior Cisco Architect
13 12 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (4.17%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.52%) .NET
2 2 (0.76%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.38%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.38%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.42%) Data Centre
2 42 (15.91%) Driving Licence
3 20 (7.58%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.44%) IoT
4 17 (6.44%) PKI
5 12 (4.55%) NHS
6 11 (4.17%) Client/Server
7 9 (3.41%) ARM Cortex
8 8 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.89%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.89%) Clustering
10 5 (1.89%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.89%) PMI
11 4 (1.52%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.52%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
13 2 (0.76%) CCTV
13 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
13 2 (0.76%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 118 (44.70%) Windows
2 61 (23.11%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.23%) Linux
3 27 (10.23%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (4.92%) Android
6 12 (4.55%) Apple iOS
6 12 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.65%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.27%) Windows 8
10 5 (1.89%) CentOS
10 5 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.52%) Mac OS X
11 4 (1.52%) Windows XP
12 3 (1.14%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.76%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (25.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (18.56%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (13.64%) Customer Service
5 33 (12.50%) Presales
6 28 (10.61%) Time Management
7 25 (9.47%) ITIL
8 20 (7.58%) Information Security
8 20 (7.58%) Project Management
9 17 (6.44%) Data Management
9 17 (6.44%) Mentoring
10 16 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (5.30%) Analytics
11 14 (5.30%) Business Development
11 14 (5.30%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (5.30%) Network Design
11 14 (5.30%) Network Management
12 13 (4.92%) Customer Engagement
12 13 (4.92%) Service Delivery
12 13 (4.92%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.82%) Python
2 16 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.79%) Bash
4 6 (2.27%) SQL
5 5 (1.89%) Perl
6 1 (0.38%) Korn
6 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 46 (17.42%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (13.64%) Degree
3 34 (12.88%) CCNA
4 33 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 21 (7.95%) CCNP
6 20 (7.58%) SC Cleared
7 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (4.17%) DBS Check
9 10 (3.79%) CCIE
9 10 (3.79%) MCP
10 9 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (3.41%) CTC Cleared
11 8 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (3.03%) MCSE
12 6 (2.27%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.89%) JNCIE
14 4 (1.52%) JNCIA
15 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
15 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
15 3 (1.14%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (7.95%) GDPR
3 9 (3.41%) COSHH
4 6 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.89%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 88 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 68 (25.76%) Hyper-V
3 46 (17.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.55%) vSphere
5 9 (3.41%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.76%) Docker
7 2 (0.76%) KVM
7 2 (0.76%) QEMU
7 2 (0.76%) Xen
8 1 (0.38%) Firmware
8 1 (0.38%) NFS
8 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 39 (14.77%) FortiGate
2 17 (6.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.79%) Ansible
4 9 (3.41%) vCenter Server
5 8 (3.03%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (2.27%) Endace
6 6 (2.27%) SCCM
6 6 (2.27%) Terraform
6 6 (2.27%) VxRail
7 5 (1.89%) CASB
7 5 (1.89%) Puppet
7 5 (1.89%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 3 (1.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.38%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.38%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 113 (42.80%) Microsoft
2 104 (39.39%) Cisco
3 81 (30.68%) VMware
4 50 (18.94%) Juniper
5 31 (11.74%) HP
6 27 (10.23%) Fortinet
7 23 (8.71%) Meraki
8 21 (7.95%) Aruba
9 15 (5.68%) Apple
9 15 (5.68%) Citrix
9 15 (5.68%) Darktrace
9 15 (5.68%) NEC
10 14 (5.30%) Mitel
11 13 (4.92%) Adobe
11 13 (4.92%) Dell
11 13 (4.92%) Draytek
12 11 (4.17%) Palo Alto
13 9 (3.41%) Ribbon
14 8 (3.03%) F5
15 5 (1.89%) BT