WAN Contracts in Birmingham

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 32 46
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +3
Contract jobs citing WAN 58 47 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.57% 5.23% 3.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 38.67% 32.87% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 16 27
10th Percentile £241 £274 £225
25th Percentile £263 £313 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £338 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -15.56% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £441 £434
90th Percentile £606 £475 £450
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £351 £422
% change year-on-year +6.99% -16.89% +5.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile - - £16.60
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £17.88
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -35.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile - £14.25 -
90th Percentile £17.57 £14.70 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £13.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -35.00% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 150 143 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 19.58% 15.92% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 66 102
10th Percentile £205 £313 £163
25th Percentile £290 £400 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £506 £406
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +24.62% -9.72%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £500
90th Percentile £600 £731 £593
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.22
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £14.49
Median hourly rate £19.95 £15.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.00% -17.81% +15.98%
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £20.21 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Birmingham

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Birmingham over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.79%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.45%) AWS
3 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 34 (58.62%) MPLS
2 29 (50.00%) BGP
2 29 (50.00%) IPsec
3 19 (32.76%) LAN
4 14 (24.14%) VPN
5 9 (15.52%) Firewall
6 8 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (10.34%) Junos
8 5 (8.62%) DNS
8 5 (8.62%) Ethernet
9 4 (6.90%) Internet
9 4 (6.90%) SD-WAN
9 4 (6.90%) VLAN
10 3 (5.17%) ADSL
10 3 (5.17%) PSTN
10 3 (5.17%) VoIP
11 2 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (3.45%) DHCP
11 2 (3.45%) SDH
11 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Telecoms
3 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.45%) Aviation
5 2 (3.45%) Finance
5 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.72%) Legal
6 1 (1.72%) Local Government
6 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (39.66%) Network Engineer
2 17 (29.31%) WAN Engineer
3 12 (20.69%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (18.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 10 (17.24%) Support Engineer
6 8 (13.79%) Network Support
7 7 (12.07%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (10.34%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
8 6 (10.34%) Architect
9 5 (8.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support
10 4 (6.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 4 (6.90%) Project Manager
11 3 (5.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 3 (5.17%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 3 (5.17%) Coordinator
11 3 (5.17%) Project Coordinator
12 2 (3.45%) Azure Architect
12 2 (3.45%) Network Architect
12 2 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Middleware
2 1 (1.72%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.72%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) PKI
2 9 (15.52%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.17%) Clustering
3 3 (5.17%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.45%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Windows
2 5 (8.62%) Linux
3 4 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.17%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.72%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) Load Balancing
2 8 (13.79%) Agile
3 7 (12.07%) Change Management
3 7 (12.07%) Incident Management
4 6 (10.34%) ITIL
4 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.62%) Change Control
6 4 (6.90%) Order Management
6 4 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (6.90%) Service Delivery
6 4 (6.90%) Waterfall
7 3 (5.17%) CRM
7 3 (5.17%) Customer Service
7 3 (5.17%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.17%) Project Management
7 3 (5.17%) Quality Management
7 3 (5.17%) Service Delivery Management
7 3 (5.17%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 3 (5.17%) Validation
7 3 (5.17%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (51.72%) Security Cleared
2 23 (39.66%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.07%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (10.34%) CCNA
4 6 (10.34%) CCNP
4 6 (10.34%) Degree
5 4 (6.90%) BC Cleared
5 4 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.45%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.45%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) QA
2 4 (6.90%) SLA
3 2 (3.45%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (8.62%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.17%) Autotask
2 3 (5.17%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (5.17%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.17%) SCCM
3 1 (1.72%) OpenView
3 1 (1.72%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 30 (51.72%) Juniper
2 15 (25.86%) Cisco
3 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.34%) F5
5 5 (8.62%) Aruba
5 5 (8.62%) VMware
6 3 (5.17%) Apple
6 3 (5.17%) BT
6 3 (5.17%) Datto
6 3 (5.17%) Openreach
7 2 (3.45%) Databricks
7 2 (3.45%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.72%) Commvault
8 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.72%) IBM
8 1 (1.72%) NetApp
8 1 (1.72%) Nokia
8 1 (1.72%) Sophos