WAN Job Trends in Bradford

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring WAN skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 30
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 0
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bradford 0.61% 1.29% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 14.29% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,850 £36,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,900 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% -28.57% +64.06%
75th Percentile £40,950 £38,250 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -26.67% +93.55% -8.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8 14 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bradford 4.88% 9.03% 22.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 17
10th Percentile £38,940 £29,675 -
25th Percentile £39,000 £29,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% -16.67% +0.56%
75th Percentile £43,250 £68,500 £53,000
90th Percentile - £85,000 £60,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £51,750 £50,985
% change year-on-year -8.21% +1.50% +1.97%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Bradford

WAN
Salary Trend in Bradford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing WAN

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bradford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco