The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 30 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
87
83
123
Rank change year-on-year
-4
+40
-8
Permanent jobs citing WAN
1
28
22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
75
207
270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh
8.56%
13.72%
13.91%
Number of salaries quoted
54
145
103
10th Percentile
£27,500
£31,250
£27,000
25th Percentile
£43,750
£43,750
£36,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£54,500
£60,000
£55,000
Median % change year-on-year
-9.17%
+9.09%
+9.73%
75th Percentile
£95,000
£65,000
£79,054
90th Percentile
£146,300
£70,850
£84,056
Scotland median annual salary
£30,000
£50,000
£50,500
% change year-on-year
-40.00%
-0.99%
+5.21%
WAN Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
WAN Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Edinburgh.
WAN Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, job vacancies citing WAN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for WAN.
WAN Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:
