WAN Job Trends in County Down

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WAN 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 2.31% - 23.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% - 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £37,500
75th Percentile - - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £31,500 £53,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -41.40% +43.33% -11.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
County Down

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 County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 48 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 27.75% 5.88% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £37,500
75th Percentile - - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £42,500 £57,500 £34,814
% change year-on-year -26.09% +65.16% -12.97%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

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

WAN job vacancy trend in County Down

WAN
Salary Trend in County Down

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in County Down citing WAN

WAN
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the County Down region over the 6 months to 3 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Banbridge - 1 - - 2
Holywood - 1 - -
Newtownards - 1 - -
WAN
Northern Ireland

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Law
1 4 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Business Case
1 4 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Logistics
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft