WAN Job Trends in Portsmouth

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +34
Permanent jobs citing WAN 3 3 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.88% 1.23% 2.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.43% 10.00% 19.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - - £39,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -30.00% +7.38%
75th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 -
90th Percentile - - £40,250
Hampshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +22.22% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 30 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 4.13% 12.35% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12 23 54
10th Percentile - £26,000 £34,625
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,868 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -21.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £46,938 £45,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £47,950 £53,750 £62,800
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +12.24% +8.89%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

WAN
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 3 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
1 3 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA