WAN Job Trends in Chorley

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Lancashire > Chorley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chorley requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -7
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Chorley 2.50% 15.91% 12.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 87.50% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,875 £51,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £26,625 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +41.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Chorley

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 Chorley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 8 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chorley 10.00% 18.18% 35.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 25
10th Percentile £26,688 £28,790 £33,750
25th Percentile £27,906 £37,213 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,125 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.71% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £35,156 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £36,863 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £25,087 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -50.32% +1.00% +25.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Chorley

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Chorley

WAN
Salary Trend in Chorley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chorley citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chorley citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chorley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Autotask
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESET
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware