WAN Contracts in Berkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 49 57
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing WAN 68 63 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.53% 3.61% 3.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.91% 19.03% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 33 36
10th Percentile - £317 £319
25th Percentile £148 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £495
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -2.02% +32.00%
75th Percentile £650 £570 £593
90th Percentile £665 £586 £658
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -4.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile £20.80 £19.20 £29.20
25th Percentile £24.25 £25.13 £34.75
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +45.05% +65.45%
75th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £57.25
90th Percentile £76.29 £80.48 £63.40
South East median hourly rate £70.26 £62.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year +13.32% +376.92% -48.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 456 331 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 23.68% 18.99% 18.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 181 227
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £311 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £488 £466
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +4.68% +20.38%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £560
90th Percentile £608 £688 £638
South East median daily rate £484 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +0.72% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 13 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.60 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £24.50 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -45.16%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.30 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -37.68%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WAN in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell +4 30 £438 +25.00%
Reading -27 21 £650 +31.58% 8
Maidenhead - 3 - -
Newbury -2 2 - - 1
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (8.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.47%) Azure
2 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.47%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 49 (72.06%) LAN
2 27 (39.71%) Firewall
3 11 (16.18%) MPLS
3 11 (16.18%) SD-WAN
4 9 (13.24%) TCP/IP
5 8 (11.76%) BGP
6 7 (10.29%) VPN
7 6 (8.82%) DNS
7 6 (8.82%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (5.88%) Internet
9 3 (4.41%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (4.41%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (4.41%) DSL
9 3 (4.41%) Ethernet
9 3 (4.41%) IPsec
9 3 (4.41%) Junos
9 3 (4.41%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (4.41%) VoIP
9 3 (4.41%) Wireless
10 2 (2.94%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.35%) Telecoms
4 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Finance
6 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.94%) Military
7 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (39.71%) Architect
2 23 (33.82%) Network Architect
3 20 (29.41%) Network Engineer
4 12 (17.65%) Senior
5 10 (14.71%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Support Specialist
6 6 (8.82%) Technical Specialist
6 6 (8.82%) Technical Support
6 6 (8.82%) Technical Support Specialist
6 6 (8.82%) WAN Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Lead
9 2 (2.94%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 2 (2.94%) Head of Information
9 2 (2.94%) Head of Information Security
9 2 (2.94%) Head of Operations
9 2 (2.94%) Network Support
9 2 (2.94%) Senior Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.35%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 4 (5.88%) SCADA
3 3 (4.41%) CCTV
3 3 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) PKI
5 1 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.47%) IoT
5 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (19.12%) Windows
2 6 (8.82%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.35%) Linux
4 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (11.76%) Availability Management
3 7 (10.29%) Customer Service
3 7 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (10.29%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (8.82%) Knowledge Management
4 6 (8.82%) Network Design
5 5 (7.35%) Line Management
5 5 (7.35%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (7.35%) Proactive Monitoring
6 4 (5.88%) Presales
6 4 (5.88%) Project Management
7 3 (4.41%) Data Protection
7 3 (4.41%) Migration
7 3 (4.41%) Network Virtualisation
7 3 (4.41%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (2.94%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (2.94%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (2.94%) Roadmaps
8 2 (2.94%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 48 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.94%) DV Cleared
3 9 (13.24%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.76%) Degree
5 7 (10.29%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (7.35%) CCNA
6 5 (7.35%) CCNP
7 3 (4.41%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.94%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.94%) CCIE
9 1 (1.47%) CCDP
9 1 (1.47%) CCIP
9 1 (1.47%) HNC
9 1 (1.47%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) SLA
2 5 (7.35%) ISO 9000
3 2 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.41%) VMware NSX
4 2 (2.94%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (8.82%) SCCM
2 2 (2.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (2.94%) Endace
2 2 (2.94%) Nessus
2 2 (2.94%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 37 (54.41%) Cisco
2 23 (33.82%) Juniper
3 9 (13.24%) Microsoft
4 6 (8.82%) CheckPoint
4 6 (8.82%) HP
4 6 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 6 (8.82%) VMware
5 5 (7.35%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.94%) ADVA
6 2 (2.94%) Citrix
6 2 (2.94%) F5
6 2 (2.94%) Splunk
7 1 (1.47%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.47%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.47%) IBM
7 1 (1.47%) Nokia
7 1 (1.47%) Nokia Networks
7 1 (1.47%) Tellabs
7 1 (1.47%) Zscaler