WAN Job Trends in Derby

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derby requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing WAN 4 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 1.82% 2.56% 5.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.41% 12.90% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile - - £30,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -15.73% -11.00%
75th Percentile £34,500 £43,438 £55,938
90th Percentile - £51,875 £57,500
Derbyshire median annual salary £33,000 £40,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year -19.02% +35.83% -25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 54 31 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 24.55% 19.87% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 52 23 24
10th Percentile £25,075 £23,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,750 £40,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.63% +33.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £31,000 £42,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £34,425 £52,500 £55,875
Derbyshire median annual salary £28,000 £38,750 £28,000
% change year-on-year -27.74% +38.39% -30.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Derby

WAN
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft