WAN Engineer Contracts in London

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
England > London

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in London is £486 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 495 585
Rank change year-on-year +109 +90 -129
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 9 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.050% 0.040% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.042% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 11
10th Percentile £356 - £400
25th Percentile £398 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £529 - £500
90th Percentile £581 - -
England median daily rate £350 £400 £438
% change year-on-year -12.50% -8.57% +9.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,639 26,231 37,490
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.27% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,042 18,937 27,371
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 300 454
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £22.05
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% - +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.53 £76.43 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
% change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for WAN Engineer in London

WAN Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for WAN Engineer in London

WAN Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN Engineer in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN Engineer in London

WAN Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN Engineer in London

WAN Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London - 1 £600 -
WAN Engineer
England

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, WAN Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) WAN
2 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 7 (77.78%) Cisco
3 5 (55.56%) OSPF
3 5 (55.56%) BGP
3 5 (55.56%) LAN
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (44.44%) MPLS
4 4 (44.44%) VPN
4 4 (44.44%) EIGRP
4 4 (44.44%) CCNP
4 4 (44.44%) VLAN
4 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
5 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (33.33%) Network Design
5 3 (33.33%) Juniper
6 2 (22.22%) VRRP
6 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (22.22%) CCIE
6 2 (22.22%) Python
6 2 (22.22%) Supplier Management
6 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (22.22%) HSRP
6 2 (22.22%) GLBP
6 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
6 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
6 2 (22.22%) VXLAN

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) WAN
2 7 (77.78%) Firewall
3 5 (55.56%) BGP
3 5 (55.56%) LAN
3 5 (55.56%) OSPF
4 4 (44.44%) EIGRP
4 4 (44.44%) MPLS
4 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
4 4 (44.44%) VLAN
4 4 (44.44%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (22.22%) GLBP
6 2 (22.22%) HSRP
6 2 (22.22%) VRRP
6 2 (22.22%) VXLAN
6 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (11.11%) IPsec
7 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Network Design
2 2 (22.22%) Supplier Management
3 1 (11.11%) Availability Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) CCIE
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Juniper
2 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
4 1 (11.11%) WatchGuard
4 1 (11.11%) Zscaler