WAN Job Trends in Shrewsbury

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Shropshire > Shrewsbury

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Shrewsbury 1.19% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median annual salary £55,000 £28,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +92.98% -10.94% -20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Shrewsbury

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 Shrewsbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Shrewsbury 1.19% - 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £37,500
75th Percentile £57,500 - £41,250
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% -17.65%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Shrewsbury

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Shrewsbury

WAN
Salary Trend in Shrewsbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shrewsbury citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Shrewsbury citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shrewsbury 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
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Softphone
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Mitel