The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Blackpool 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 18 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
51
20
-
Rank change year-on-year
-31
-
-
Permanent jobs citing WAN
4
5
0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackpool
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 Blackpool.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
10
13
29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackpool
3.73%
11.61%
78.38%
Number of salaries quoted
6
11
0
10th Percentile
£48,125
-
-
25th Percentile
£52,688
£41,250
-
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£56,500
£45,000
-
Median % change year-on-year
+25.56%
-
-
75th Percentile
£60,875
£67,968
-
90th Percentile
£61,250
-
-
Lancashire median annual salary
£42,500
£50,000
£40,000
% change year-on-year
-15.00%
+25.00%
-11.11%
WAN Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.
WAN Salary Trend in Blackpool
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Blackpool.
WAN Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackpool
For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, job vacancies citing WAN also mentioned 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 across the Blackpool region with a requirement for WAN.
WAN Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackpool 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:
