WAN Job Trends in Abingdon

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Abingdon requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +54
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Abingdon 0.65% - 6.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.70% - 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.04%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £34,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.75% -20.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Abingdon

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 Abingdon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 27 1 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Abingdon 17.65% 8.33% 14.17%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 16
10th Percentile £14,000 - £31,250
25th Percentile £19,563 £28,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £29,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.54% -26.25% +30.17%
75th Percentile - £30,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - - £54,375
Oxfordshire median annual salary £34,000 £40,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +12.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WAN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

WAN job vacancy trend in Abingdon

WAN
Salary Trend in Abingdon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft