WAN Job Trends in West Sussex

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 35 57
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +44
Permanent jobs citing WAN 2 1 15
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.37% 0.44% 2.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.70% 2.70% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £24,375
25th Percentile £46,250 - £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 54 37 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 10.09% 16.30% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 46 19 75
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,375 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - £75,000 £74,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

WAN job vacancy trend in West Sussex

WAN
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing WAN

WAN
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Crawley -5 1 £47,500 - 3
Bognor Regis - 1 - -
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Trainer
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Server Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware