WAN Job Trends in Worcester

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcester requiring WAN skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 21 7
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 -
Permanent jobs citing WAN 3 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcester 4.23% 3.39% 19.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.08% 14.29% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile - £42,705 -
25th Percentile £24,500 £43,756 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £45,507 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.06% -6.17% -
75th Percentile £25,500 £47,257 £64,000
90th Percentile - £48,308 £65,000
Worcestershire median annual salary £30,500 £49,008 £63,000
% change year-on-year -37.77% -22.21% +52.73%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13 14 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcester 18.31% 23.73% 67.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 35
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £24,500 £38,531 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £42,628 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.28% -5.27% +42.86%
75th Percentile - £47,781 £50,250
90th Percentile £42,700 £48,879 £60,500
Worcestershire median annual salary £31,500 £42,005 £30,000
% change year-on-year -25.01% +40.02% -25.09%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Worcester

WAN
Salary Trend in Worcester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing WAN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcester citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Support
2 2 (66.67%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (66.67%) IT Technician
2 2 (66.67%) Support Technician
3 1 (33.33%) IT Assistant
3 1 (33.33%) IT Support Assistant
3 1 (33.33%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Server Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Apple
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft