WAN Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 55 21
Rank change year-on-year +26 -34 +52
Permanent jobs citing WAN 5 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.72% 2.46% 4.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.73% 9.09% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile - £29,350 £33,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.75% -17.95%
75th Percentile £33,750 £57,500 £50,000
90th Percentile - £61,250 £56,000
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +31.71% -8.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 110 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.59% 27.09% 20.74%
Number of salaries quoted 21 24 26
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,200 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £35,685
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +12.09% -16.04%
75th Percentile £40,000 £61,563 £65,625
90th Percentile £66,250 £74,625 £73,750
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +12.94%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 5 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 5 (100.00%) MCITP
1 5 (100.00%) MCP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Aruba
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft