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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 31 40
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +10
Contract jobs citing WAN 55 51 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.28% 5.77% 4.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.67% 35.66% 32.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 17 29
10th Percentile £258 £276 -
25th Percentile £263 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £351 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -12.27% -11.22%
75th Percentile £488 £450 £425
90th Percentile £613 £493 £450
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £350 £406
% change year-on-year +7.14% -13.85% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
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 146 143 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 19.31% 16.18% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 68 102
10th Percentile £200 £313 £163
25th Percentile £300 £394 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £506 £400
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +26.56% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £494
90th Percentile £600 £731 £592
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £495 £400
% change year-on-year -19.19% +23.75% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 3
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.57
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £19.95 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.00% -25.00% +27.11%
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.75 -
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 5 May 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 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.55%) Azure
2 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.64%) AWS
3 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 31 (56.36%) MPLS
2 26 (47.27%) BGP
2 26 (47.27%) IPsec
3 19 (34.55%) LAN
4 14 (25.45%) VPN
5 9 (16.36%) Firewall
6 8 (14.55%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (10.91%) Junos
8 5 (9.09%) DNS
8 5 (9.09%) Ethernet
9 4 (7.27%) Internet
9 4 (7.27%) SD-WAN
9 4 (7.27%) VLAN
10 3 (5.45%) ADSL
10 3 (5.45%) PSTN
10 3 (5.45%) VoIP
11 2 (3.64%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (3.64%) DHCP
11 2 (3.64%) SDH
11 2 (3.64%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.91%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.45%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Aviation
5 2 (3.64%) Finance
5 2 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.82%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.82%) Legal
6 1 (1.82%) Local Government
6 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (41.82%) Network Engineer
2 17 (30.91%) WAN Engineer
3 11 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 10 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 9 (16.36%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (12.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Architect
8 5 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (9.09%) Network Support
9 4 (7.27%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (7.27%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (7.27%) Project Manager
10 3 (5.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 3 (5.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (5.45%) Coordinator
10 3 (5.45%) Project Coordinator
11 2 (3.64%) Azure Architect
11 2 (3.64%) Network Architect
11 2 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) Middleware
2 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.09%) PKI
2 6 (10.91%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.45%) Clustering
3 3 (5.45%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.64%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.64%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.36%) Windows
2 5 (9.09%) Linux
3 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.45%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.45%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.82%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 8 (14.55%) Agile
3 7 (12.73%) Change Management
4 6 (10.91%) ITIL
4 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (9.09%) Change Control
6 4 (7.27%) Incident Management
6 4 (7.27%) Order Management
6 4 (7.27%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.27%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.27%) Waterfall
7 3 (5.45%) CRM
7 3 (5.45%) Customer Service
7 3 (5.45%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.45%) Network Architecture
7 3 (5.45%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.45%) Project Management
7 3 (5.45%) Quality Management
7 3 (5.45%) Validation
7 3 (5.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (52.73%) Security Cleared
2 22 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (12.73%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (10.91%) CCNA
4 6 (10.91%) CCNP
4 6 (10.91%) Degree
5 4 (7.27%) BC Cleared
5 4 (7.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.64%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.64%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.64%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) QA
2 4 (7.27%) SLA
3 2 (3.64%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) FortiGate
2 3 (5.45%) Autotask
2 3 (5.45%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (5.45%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.45%) SCCM
3 1 (1.82%) OpenView
3 1 (1.82%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 27 (49.09%) Juniper
2 15 (27.27%) Cisco
3 10 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.91%) F5
5 5 (9.09%) Aruba
5 5 (9.09%) VMware
6 3 (5.45%) Apple
6 3 (5.45%) BT
6 3 (5.45%) Datto
6 3 (5.45%) Openreach
7 2 (3.64%) Databricks
7 2 (3.64%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.82%) Commvault
8 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.82%) IBM
8 1 (1.82%) NetApp
8 1 (1.82%) Nokia
8 1 (1.82%) Sophos