WAN Contracts in Cheshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 36 40
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 -7
Contract jobs citing WAN 7 26 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.38% 4.91% 3.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% 28.26% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 6
10th Percentile - £281 £209
25th Percentile £463 £288 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £338 £288
Median % change year-on-year +40.74% +17.39% -34.21%
75th Percentile £497 £381 £409
90th Percentile £514 £513 £468
North West median daily rate £450 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 77 92 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 15.19% 17.39% 19.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 58 51
10th Percentile £65 £271 £163
25th Percentile £199 £331 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £406
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +15.46% -6.29%
75th Percentile £519 £569 £575
90th Percentile £582 £630 £630
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £18.68 - -
25th Percentile £20.11 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.55% -5.90% -
75th Percentile £24.25 - -
90th Percentile £25.30 - -
North West median hourly rate £26.75 £31.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year -14.40% +68.92% -65.09%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Cheshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Cheshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Cheshire

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Knutsford - 3 £475 -
Northwich - 2 - - 3
Warrington +4 1 - - 3
Chester -11 1 £475 +46.15% 2
WAN
North West

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
4 2 (28.57%) SD-WAN
5 1 (14.29%) DHCP
5 1 (14.29%) DNS
5 1 (14.29%) Wireless
5 1 (14.29%) WLAN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
1 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Bash
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CCNP
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam
3 1 (14.29%) VMware