WAN Jobs in Cumbria

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 43 27
Rank change year-on-year -52 -16 -2
Permanent jobs citing WAN 5 5 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 0.29% 0.96% 5.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.10% 5.49% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £35,800 £27,700 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% -30.77%
75th Percentile £61,250 £37,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +8.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 82 91 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 4.72% 17.47% 18.29%
Number of salaries quoted 33 43 13
10th Percentile £13,380 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £23,504 £29,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +2.19%
75th Percentile £40,000 £61,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,750 £70,000 -
North West median annual salary £30,250 £45,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -32.78% -8.16% +4.26%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Cumbria

WAN
Salary Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Cumbria.

Salary trend for WAN in Cumbria

WAN
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Cumbria over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for WAN in Cumbria

WAN
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 15 June 2025. 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
Kendal - 4 £56,250 -
Grange-over-Sands - 1 £31,000 -
WAN
North West

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Junior
1 4 (80.00%) Junior Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Junior Solutions Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Aruba
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (80.00%) Juniper
1 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft