WAN Job Trends in Renfrewshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Scotland > Renfrewshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Renfrewshire requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Renfrewshire 1.47% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.56% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £36,000 £48,750 £40,000
% change year-on-year -26.15% +21.88% -0.37%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Renfrewshire

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 Renfrewshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Renfrewshire 26.47% - 36.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £22,746 - -
25th Percentile - - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.64%
75th Percentile - - £48,750
90th Percentile £36,320 - -
Scotland median annual salary £30,000 £51,250 £28,000
% change year-on-year -41.46% +83.04% -41.30%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Renfrewshire

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Renfrewshire

WAN
Salary Trend in Renfrewshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Renfrewshire citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Renfrewshire citing WAN

WAN
Job Locations in Renfrewshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Renfrewshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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
Erskine - 1 £77,500 -
WAN
Scotland

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Renfrewshire 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) IT Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto