Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
UK

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 952 1193
Rank change year-on-year +109 +241 -317
Permanent jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 47 25 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.025% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.028% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 44 19 50
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,750 £41,125
25th Percentile £27,300 £31,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -41.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £40,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,450 £36,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -24.79% -33.64% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WAN Engineer in the UK

WAN Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for WAN Engineer in the UK

WAN Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN Engineer in the UK

WAN Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +111 47 £50,000 +42.86% 11
London +120 24 £57,500 +64.29% 2
UK excluding London -17 23 £27,450 -24.79% 10
Work from Home +89 22 £57,500 +43.75% 2
West Midlands +25 18 £27,400 - 7
Midlands +4 18 £27,400 - 7
North of England +51 3 £75,000 -
North West +4 3 £75,000 -
South East +3 3 £62,500 +56.25% 3
Yorkshire - 3 £75,000 -
East of England - 3 £75,000 -

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, WAN Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) WAN
2 28 (59.57%) LAN
2 28 (59.57%) SD-WAN
3 22 (46.81%) Cisco
4 21 (44.68%) Meraki
5 20 (42.55%) Juniper
5 20 (42.55%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (42.55%) Presales
6 18 (38.30%) Azure
6 18 (38.30%) Aruba
6 18 (38.30%) Fortinet
7 17 (36.17%) Cisco ISE
7 17 (36.17%) Public Cloud
7 17 (36.17%) Sales Enablement
8 15 (31.91%) MPLS
9 14 (29.79%) IPsec
10 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
11 10 (21.28%) SC Cleared
12 8 (17.02%) Firewall
12 8 (17.02%) VPN
13 7 (14.89%) PKI
14 6 (12.77%) Load Balancing
14 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (10.64%) BGP
15 5 (10.64%) WLAN
16 4 (8.51%) CCNP
16 4 (8.51%) SolarWinds
17 3 (6.38%) Customer Requirements
17 3 (6.38%) Data Centre
17 3 (6.38%) Network Monitoring

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (38.30%) Azure
2 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.13%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 47 (100.00%) WAN
2 28 (59.57%) LAN
2 28 (59.57%) SD-WAN
3 20 (42.55%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (36.17%) Cisco ISE
5 15 (31.91%) MPLS
6 14 (29.79%) IPsec
7 8 (17.02%) Firewall
7 8 (17.02%) VPN
8 5 (10.64%) BGP
8 5 (10.64%) WLAN
9 1 (2.13%) DHCP
9 1 (2.13%) DNS
9 1 (2.13%) Internet
9 1 (2.13%) NetScaler
9 1 (2.13%) PBX
9 1 (2.13%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.13%) VSAN
9 1 (2.13%) Wireless
General
1 3 (6.38%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 17 (36.17%) Public Cloud
2 7 (14.89%) PKI
3 3 (6.38%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) FlexPod
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Presales
2 17 (36.17%) Sales Enablement
3 6 (12.77%) Load Balancing
4 3 (6.38%) Business Development
4 3 (6.38%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (6.38%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (4.26%) Business Continuity
5 2 (4.26%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.26%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (4.26%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (2.13%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (2.13%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.13%) ITIL
6 1 (2.13%) Project Management
6 1 (2.13%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 10 (21.28%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (8.51%) CCNP
5 3 (6.38%) CCNA
6 1 (2.13%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) vCenter Server
1 1 (2.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (46.81%) Cisco
2 21 (44.68%) Meraki
3 20 (42.55%) Juniper
4 18 (38.30%) Aruba
4 18 (38.30%) Fortinet
5 4 (8.51%) SolarWinds
6 2 (4.26%) HP
6 2 (4.26%) NetApp
6 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.13%) Citrix
7 1 (2.13%) Dell
7 1 (2.13%) F5
7 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.13%) Mitel
7 1 (2.13%) Riverbed
7 1 (2.13%) Snow
7 1 (2.13%) Veeam
7 1 (2.13%) VMware