WAN Job Trends in Telford

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Telford requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	29	-	12
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-4
Permanent jobs citing WAN	3	0	3
As % of all permanent jobs in Telford	1.05%	-	5.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	42.86%	-	50.00%
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	3
10^th Percentile	-	-	£36,500
25^th Percentile	£52,500	-	£36,875
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	-	£40,000
75^th Percentile	£57,500	-	£42,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Shropshire median annual salary	£55,000	£28,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+92.98%	-28.75%	-

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	7	14	6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Telford	2.46%	21.88%	11.76%
Number of salaries quoted	4	14	6
10^th Percentile	£33,125	-	£24,250
25^th Percentile	£35,938	-	£35,313
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£43,750	£55,000	£38,750
Median % change year-on-year	-20.45%	+41.94%	-13.89%
75^th Percentile	£50,938	-	£42,500
90^th Percentile	£54,875	-	£45,625
Shropshire median annual salary	£40,000	£55,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-27.27%	+46.67%	-11.76%

WAN Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

WAN Salary Trend in Telford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Telford citing WAN.

WAN Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing WAN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Telford region with a requirement for WAN.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	LAN	100.0%	3
2	Active Directory	66.7%	2
2	Asset Management	66.7%	2
2	Azure	66.7%	2
2	Cloud Computing	66.7%	2
2	Continuous Improvement	66.7%	2
2	Customer Service	66.7%	2
2	Cybersecurity	66.7%	2
2	Data Protection	66.7%	2
2	DHCP	66.7%	2
2	DNS	66.7%	2
2	Entra ID	66.7%	2
2	IT Asset Management	66.7%	2
2	Logistics	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft 365	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft Excel	66.7%	2
2	Microsoft Exchange	66.7%	2
2	Migration	66.7%	2
2	OneDrive	66.7%	2
2	PowerShell	66.7%	2
2	Problem-Solving	66.7%	2
2	SharePoint	66.7%	2
2	VPN	66.7%	2
2	Wi-Fi	66.7%	2
2	Windows	66.7%	2
27	Aruba	33.3%	1
27	Cisco	33.3%	1
27	Firewall	33.3%	1
27	FortiGate	33.3%	1

WAN Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	LAN	100.0%	3
2	DHCP	66.7%	2
2	DNS	66.7%	2
2	VPN	66.7%	2
2	Wi-Fi	66.7%	2
6	Firewall	33.3%	1
6	Network Security	33.3%	1
6	Softphone	33.3%	1
6	VoIP	33.3%	1