WAN Job Trends in Salford

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Manchester > Salford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Salford requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Salford 0.98% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% -8.89% -2.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Salford

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 Salford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 20 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salford 18.63% 18.87% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £34,750 - -
25th Percentile £45,938 £64,471 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,442 £69,308 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +6.63% +23.81%
75th Percentile £77,657 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,790 - -
Manchester median annual salary £37,000 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -17.78% -12.62% +8.42%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Salford

WAN
Salary Trend in Salford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salford 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%) LAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery