Wide Area Network (WAN)
North West > Lancashire
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 69 | 58 | 91 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +33 | -62 |
| Permanent jobs citing WAN | 21 | 26 | 31 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 1.63% | 3.76% | 2.39% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 17.21% | 15.29% | 21.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 25 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,000 | £23,516 | £31,425 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,750 | £26,000 | £40,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £40,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -23.81% | +23.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,603 | £42,500 | £66,563 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,919 | £43,250 | £86,125 |
| North West median annual salary | £42,500 | £45,000 | £41,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | +8.43% | -9.78% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire
WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 122 | 170 | 143 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 9.47% | 24.57% | 11.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 116 | 58 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,500 | £23,750 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £28,250 | £32,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £40,000 | £44,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -9.09% | +3.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £48,750 | £53,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £69,609 | £49,594 | £66,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £45,000 | £47,000 | £45,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.26% | +3.87% | +0.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Salary Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in Lancashire.
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Salary Histogram in Lancashire
Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in Lancashire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
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Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | - | 5 | £42,500 | - | |
| Chorley | - | 3 | £47,500 | - | 1 |
| Lancaster | - | 1 | £23,500 | - | |
| Nelson | - | 1 | £52,500 | - | |
| WAN North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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: