WAN Contracts in the East of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 81 72
Rank change year-on-year -12 -9 +4
Contract jobs citing WAN 21 42 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.11% 2.03% 2.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.12% 11.70% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 51
10th Percentile £450 £219 £185
25th Percentile £513 £273 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £340 £400
Median % change year-on-year +54.41% -15.00% +45.45%
75th Percentile £569 £525 £521
90th Percentile £588 £575 £575
England median daily rate £500 £463 £440
% change year-on-year +8.11% +5.11% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £19.25
25th Percentile - - £20.38
Median hourly rate £12.86 - £22.50
75th Percentile £14.31 - £24.38
90th Percentile £15.18 - £25.35
England median hourly rate £24.69 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -58.86% +130.77% +35.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 295 359 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.53% 17.37% 17.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 199 265
10th Percentile £199 £202 £193
25th Percentile £261 £319 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% +24.09%
75th Percentile £494 £661 £500
90th Percentile £575 £700 £600
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 43 49
10th Percentile £14.19 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.98 £52.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.13% +238.71% -15.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £19.50
90th Percentile - £74.35 £42.39
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for WAN in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Hertfordshire -16 8 £575 +24.32% 17
Essex +3 6 £538 +53.57% 6
Bedfordshire +2 4 £438 +218.18% 3
Cambridgeshire 0 2 £525 +61.54% 11
Norfolk +4 1 - - 4
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England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) GitHub
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (95.24%) LAN
2 12 (57.14%) SD-WAN
3 8 (38.10%) Firewall
4 6 (28.57%) WLAN
5 4 (19.05%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (19.05%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (19.05%) Wireless
6 3 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (14.29%) VPN
6 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (9.52%) BGP
7 2 (9.52%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (9.52%) Network Security
7 2 (9.52%) OSPF
8 1 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
8 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
1 2 (9.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Local Government
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Architect
2 6 (28.57%) Network Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Network Technical Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Programme Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Service Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) WAN Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Domain Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Network Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Operational Technology
2 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 3 (14.29%) Private Cloud
3 2 (9.52%) NHS
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
1 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 5 (23.81%) Edge Computing
2 5 (23.81%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (14.29%) Presales
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 3 (14.29%) Sales Enablement
5 2 (9.52%) Capacity Management
5 2 (9.52%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.52%) IT Strategy
5 2 (9.52%) Planning and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) ECDL
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.52%) AWS Certification
3 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.76%) CCNP
4 1 (4.76%) CCSA
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) COBIT
1 1 (4.76%) ISO 22301
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Cisco
2 8 (38.10%) Palo Alto
3 5 (23.81%) Fortinet
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
5 2 (9.52%) CheckPoint
5 2 (9.52%) F5
5 2 (9.52%) Splunk
5 2 (9.52%) Zscaler
6 1 (4.76%) Aruba
6 1 (4.76%) Blue Coat
6 1 (4.76%) HP
6 1 (4.76%) Juniper
6 1 (4.76%) Meraki
6 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.76%) Sparx