WPA Job Trends in Preston

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring WPA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WPA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.62% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £47,000 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Preston

WPA 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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 14 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 5.88% 18.18% 16.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 29
10th Percentile £28,350 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £47,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.26% +7.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £48,500 £60,313 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £61,250 -
Lancashire median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.58% -5.00% +11.11%

WPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) CAFM
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality