WAN Jobs in West Yorkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 53 135 120
Rank change year-on-year +82 -15 +9
Permanent jobs citing WAN 115 98 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 3.54% 2.14% 2.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.78% 16.84% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 92 64 98
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,762 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,881 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +29.41% +6.25%
75th Percentile £68,375 £65,313 £54,813
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,715 £62,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 464 582 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 14.28% 12.71% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 314 279 577
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,125 £33,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,625 £67,070 £61,588
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,715 £70,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +11.11%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in West Yorkshire

WAN
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for WAN in West Yorkshire

WAN
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for WAN in West Yorkshire

WAN
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +52 87 £60,000 +33.33% 12
Bradford - 13 £25,000 - 1
Wakefield +14 5 £28,000 -61.38%
Huddersfield +17 3 - -
Brighouse - 3 £30,000 -
Batley - 1 £37,500 -
WAN
Yorkshire

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 10 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.74%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.96%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 50 (43.48%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (37.39%) Azure
3 21 (18.26%) Entra ID
4 20 (17.39%) OneDrive
5 6 (5.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (2.61%) IaaS
7 3 (2.61%) PaaS
7 3 (2.61%) SaaS
8 2 (1.74%) AWS
9 1 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.87%) GCP
9 1 (0.87%) GitHub
9 1 (0.87%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 97 (84.35%) LAN
2 51 (44.35%) Firewall
3 35 (30.43%) Wi-Fi
4 32 (27.83%) SD-WAN
5 30 (26.09%) VPN
6 27 (23.48%) Wireless
7 19 (16.52%) Network Security
8 17 (14.78%) DNS
9 14 (12.17%) DHCP
10 13 (11.30%) VoIP
11 11 (9.57%) VLAN
12 10 (8.70%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (7.83%) SAN
13 9 (7.83%) WLAN
14 8 (6.96%) TCP/IP
15 6 (5.22%) MPLS
16 4 (3.48%) Internet
16 4 (3.48%) Software-Defined Networking
16 4 (3.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 19 (16.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.91%) Law
3 8 (6.96%) Finance
4 6 (5.22%) French Language
4 6 (5.22%) German Language
4 6 (5.22%) Italian Language
4 6 (5.22%) Portuguese Language
4 6 (5.22%) Spanish Language
4 6 (5.22%) Swedish Language
4 6 (5.22%) Turkish Language
5 4 (3.48%) Retail
6 3 (2.61%) Games
7 2 (1.74%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (14.78%) Lead
2 15 (13.04%) Architect
3 14 (12.17%) Network Engineer
4 13 (11.30%) IT Engineer
5 11 (9.57%) Analyst
6 10 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.83%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 9 (7.83%) IP Architect
7 9 (7.83%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (6.96%) Technical Design Authority
9 7 (6.09%) Azure Infrastructure Lead
9 7 (6.09%) Consultant
9 7 (6.09%) IT Manager
9 7 (6.09%) Service Analyst
9 7 (6.09%) Service Desk Analyst
10 6 (5.22%) Administrator
10 6 (5.22%) Firewall Engineer
10 6 (5.22%) Security Engineer
10 6 (5.22%) Systems Administrator
10 6 (5.22%) WLAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.74%) .NET
1 2 (1.74%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.96%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.22%) Cyberattack
3 5 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.48%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.74%) PropTech
5 2 (1.74%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.87%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 57 (49.57%) Windows
2 27 (23.48%) Windows Server
3 14 (12.17%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.22%) Android
4 6 (5.22%) Apple iOS
4 6 (5.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (5.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (13.04%) Business Development
4 14 (12.17%) Patch Management
5 11 (9.57%) Roadmaps
6 9 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (6.96%) ERP
7 8 (6.96%) ITIL
7 8 (6.96%) Migration
7 8 (6.96%) People Management
7 8 (6.96%) Service Delivery
8 7 (6.09%) DevOps
8 7 (6.09%) Network Design
8 7 (6.09%) Server Management
8 7 (6.09%) Time Management
9 6 (5.22%) Budget Management
9 6 (5.22%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (5.22%) Presales
9 6 (5.22%) Project Management
10 5 (4.35%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.70%) SQL
2 7 (6.09%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.22%) Python
4 2 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (25.22%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (18.26%) CCNP
3 19 (16.52%) CCIE
4 18 (15.65%) CISSP
5 9 (7.83%) SC Cleared
5 9 (7.83%) Security Cleared
6 6 (5.22%) CCDP
7 5 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (4.35%) CCNA
7 5 (4.35%) CCSP
8 4 (3.48%) CEH
8 4 (3.48%) SANS
8 4 (3.48%) SSCP
9 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.61%) Degree
10 1 (0.87%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.87%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.87%) CCENT
10 1 (0.87%) CISM
10 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) NIST
2 4 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.48%) PCI DSS
3 3 (2.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.87%) QA
System Software
1 47 (40.87%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.83%) Hyper-V
3 6 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (12.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.48%) Nmap
3 2 (1.74%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.74%) SCCM
3 2 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.74%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.74%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.87%) Ansible
4 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (32.17%) Microsoft
2 34 (29.57%) Cisco
3 21 (18.26%) Meraki
4 13 (11.30%) Fortinet
5 12 (10.43%) Palo Alto
6 10 (8.70%) VMware
7 9 (7.83%) Juniper
7 9 (7.83%) Veeam
8 8 (6.96%) Ekahau
8 8 (6.96%) Epicor
8 8 (6.96%) Ruckus Wireless
9 4 (3.48%) Qualys
9 4 (3.48%) Rapid7
9 4 (3.48%) Splunk
9 4 (3.48%) Thycotic
10 3 (2.61%) Aruba
10 3 (2.61%) Dell
11 2 (1.74%) NetApp
11 2 (1.74%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.74%) Veritas