WAN Jobs in South Wales

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 77 82 96
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 -32
Permanent jobs citing WAN 31 28 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.83% 2.36% 1.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.76% 12.84% 11.06%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 14
10th Percentile £28,875 £27,282 £33,200
25th Percentile £35,075 £33,706 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +3.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £45,780 £73,750 -
90th Percentile - - £48,500
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% +20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 210 218 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 12.41% 18.40% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 109 59 94
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £27,747
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £38,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.07% -15.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.58% -15.56% +23.29%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in South Wales

WAN
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for WAN in South Wales

WAN
Salary Histogram in South Wales

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

Salary histogram for WAN in South Wales

WAN
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South Wales 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
Bridgend +4 19 £44,886 -
Cardiff - 7 £30,000 - 9
Newport +6 3 - - 2
Glamorgan - 2 - - 4
WAN
Wales

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 31 (100.00%) LAN
2 23 (74.19%) Firewall
3 12 (38.71%) Cisco IOS
3 12 (38.71%) Network Security
4 10 (32.26%) TCP/IP
4 10 (32.26%) VLAN
4 10 (32.26%) VoIP
5 9 (29.03%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (25.81%) VPN
7 7 (22.58%) MPLS
8 6 (19.35%) Wireless
9 5 (16.13%) SAN
9 5 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (16.13%) WLAN
10 3 (9.68%) DHCP
10 3 (9.68%) DNS
11 2 (6.45%) BGP
11 2 (6.45%) EIGRP
11 2 (6.45%) IPsec
12 1 (3.23%) Sourcefire
General
1 10 (32.26%) Telecoms
2 8 (25.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Local Government
3 5 (16.13%) Police
4 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.68%) Automotive
5 3 (9.68%) Retail
6 2 (6.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Senior
2 13 (41.94%) Network Engineer
3 9 (29.03%) Consultant
3 9 (29.03%) Project Consultant
3 9 (29.03%) Senior Consultant
3 9 (29.03%) Senior Network Consultant
3 9 (29.03%) Senior Project Consultant
4 7 (22.58%) ICT Engineer
4 7 (22.58%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) IT Support
8 1 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (45.16%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Life Science
4 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Windows
2 8 (25.81%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.68%) CatOS
4 2 (6.45%) Linux
5 1 (3.23%) Android
5 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.23%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Customer Service
2 14 (45.16%) Migration
3 10 (32.26%) Actionable Insight
3 10 (32.26%) Network Management
4 9 (29.03%) Change Control
4 9 (29.03%) Change Management
4 9 (29.03%) ITIL
4 9 (29.03%) Network Design
5 6 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (16.13%) Business Continuity
6 5 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (16.13%) High Availability
7 3 (9.68%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (9.68%) Computer Science
8 2 (6.45%) Line Management
8 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
9 1 (3.23%) Network Virtualisation
9 1 (3.23%) SIEM
9 1 (3.23%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (58.06%) CCNA
3 13 (41.94%) Degree
4 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
4 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
5 5 (16.13%) A+ Certification
6 3 (9.68%) CCIE
6 3 (9.68%) CCNP
6 3 (9.68%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Hyper-V
2 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (6.45%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (3.23%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (67.74%) Cisco
2 13 (41.94%) CheckPoint
3 9 (29.03%) Fortinet
3 9 (29.03%) McAfee
3 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
3 9 (29.03%) Oracle
3 9 (29.03%) Palo Alto
4 8 (25.81%) VMware
5 5 (16.13%) Acronis
5 5 (16.13%) Aruba
5 5 (16.13%) Datto
5 5 (16.13%) Mitel
5 5 (16.13%) Sophos
5 5 (16.13%) Veeam
6 2 (6.45%) SonicWALL
7 1 (3.23%) ArcSight
7 1 (3.23%) F5
7 1 (3.23%) IBM
7 1 (3.23%) Juniper
7 1 (3.23%) Splunk