WAN Job Trends in Lancaster

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Lancashire > Lancaster

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancaster requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs citing WAN 4 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancaster 8.51% 2.63% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 33.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% - -
Lancashire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +29.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancaster

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 Lancaster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancaster 25.53% 7.89% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13,380 £40,620 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.19% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £61,406 -
Lancashire median annual salary £27,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -45.00% +5.26% +18.75%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Lancaster

WAN
Salary Trend in Lancaster

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancaster citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancaster citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancaster 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%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Support Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Support
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Support Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Server Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Sage
1 4 (100.00%) VMware