WAN Job Trends in Bridgend

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bridgend requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
23 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing WAN 3 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 2.24% - 7.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% - 41.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,750 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - £42,693
75th Percentile £49,250 - £45,780
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 £49,750 £40,500
% change year-on-year +30.65% +22.84% -31.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bridgend

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 Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 21 5 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 15.67% 12.82% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 13
10th Percentile £29,750 - -
25th Percentile £36,750 - £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -13.58% -
75th Percentile £42,500 - £45,780
90th Percentile £49,250 £49,250 -
South Wales median annual salary £43,000 £25,087 £41,067
% change year-on-year +71.40% -38.91% +2.67%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Bridgend

WAN
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) FTP
2 2 (66.67%) HTTP
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) SMTP
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Converged Networks
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) ICT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) SOAR
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Swim Lanes
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ArcSight
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
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