WAN Job Trends in Ipswich

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 14 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WAN 0 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Ipswich - 8.40% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 37.04% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £82,500 -
Suffolk median annual salary - £82,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +157.81% +28.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 27 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ipswich 10.20% 22.69% 23.08%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 15
10th Percentile £30,900 - £33,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £52,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -55.17% -14.71% +18.06%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 -
90th Percentile - £83,750 -
Suffolk median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £83,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% -46.27% +26.42%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Ipswich

WAN
Salary Trend in Ipswich

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing WAN