WAN Contracts in London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 191 267
Rank change year-on-year -5 +76 -29
Contract jobs citing WAN 216 357 412
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.22% 1.35% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.86% 13.62% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 200 258
10th Percentile £203 £235 £239
25th Percentile £325 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +3.26%
75th Percentile £593 £650 £583
90th Percentile £744 £801 £700
England median daily rate £500 £463 £446
% change year-on-year +8.11% +3.64% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - £29.00 £26.18
25th Percentile £16.00 £42.50 £29.63
Median hourly rate £17.00 £65.00 £43.37
Median % change year-on-year -73.85% +49.87% -13.26%
75th Percentile £20.88 - £47.96
90th Percentile £22.60 - £50.47
England median hourly rate £24.69 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -58.86% +130.77% +30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,680 2,621 3,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.52% 9.93% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,839 2,530
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £652
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 56 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.11 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.86 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.50 £43.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.35% +27.41% -28.95%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £47.35
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in London

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in London

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in London

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in London

WAN
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +23 34 £475 -13.64% 23
East London +4 7 £585 +131.68% 5
West London +18 5 £280 +3.32% 2
South London -1 2 £450 -10.00% 3
WAN
England

WAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Apache
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.22%) Azure
2 34 (15.74%) AWS
3 21 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.41%) GCP
5 9 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (3.70%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.24%) IaaS
8 4 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.39%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.39%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.39%) PaaS
10 2 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.93%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.93%) Route 53
10 2 (0.93%) SaaS
10 2 (0.93%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.46%) GitHub
11 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.46%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 149 (68.98%) LAN
2 113 (52.31%) Firewall
3 69 (31.94%) SD-WAN
4 68 (31.48%) VPN
5 56 (25.93%) BGP
6 55 (25.46%) OSPF
7 53 (24.54%) Wireless
8 36 (16.67%) DNS
8 36 (16.67%) MPLS
9 32 (14.81%) DHCP
9 32 (14.81%) Network Security
10 26 (12.04%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (11.57%) WLAN
12 22 (10.19%) IPsec
13 21 (9.72%) Cisco ASA
14 19 (8.80%) Cisco Nexus
14 19 (8.80%) TCP/IP
14 19 (8.80%) VoIP
15 18 (8.33%) VLAN
16 15 (6.94%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.93%) MySQL
3 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Katalon Studio
General
1 60 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.30%) Finance
3 27 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.56%) Banking
6 11 (5.09%) Mandarin Language
6 11 (5.09%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.78%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.39%) Front Office
11 3 (1.39%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.93%) Aviation
12 2 (0.93%) Cantonese Language
12 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.93%) Legal
12 2 (0.93%) Military
13 1 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 70 (32.41%) Network Engineer
2 19 (8.80%) Senior
3 18 (8.33%) Architect
4 17 (7.87%) Support Engineer
5 14 (6.48%) Consultant
6 13 (6.02%) Network Specialist
7 12 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
7 12 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 11 (5.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.09%) IT Engineer
8 11 (5.09%) IT Support
8 11 (5.09%) Network Architect
9 9 (4.17%) Lead
9 9 (4.17%) Security Consultant
9 9 (4.17%) Senior Network Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) Desktop Support
11 7 (3.24%) WAN Engineer
12 6 (2.78%) Cloud Consultant
12 6 (2.78%) IT Technician
12 6 (2.78%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.31%) LDAP
2 2 (0.93%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.93%) Jinja
2 2 (0.93%) JSON
2 2 (0.93%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.93%) RESTful
2 2 (0.93%) XML
2 2 (0.93%) YANG
3 1 (0.46%) .NET
3 1 (0.46%) EDI
3 1 (0.46%) HTML
3 1 (0.46%) Kafka
3 1 (0.46%) LAMP
3 1 (0.46%) LAPP Stack
3 1 (0.46%) libvirt
3 1 (0.46%) Middleware
3 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.43%) PKI
2 25 (11.57%) Data Centre
3 20 (9.26%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.24%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.24%) NHS
5 5 (2.31%) CCTV
5 5 (2.31%) Clustering
5 5 (2.31%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.85%) iPhone
6 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.39%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.39%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.46%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.46%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (20.83%) Windows
2 27 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.94%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.63%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.17%) Linux
6 5 (2.31%) Android
7 3 (1.39%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.93%) CentOS
8 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.46%) Unix
9 1 (0.46%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (15.28%) Change Management
1 33 (15.28%) ITIL
2 29 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (12.96%) Migration
4 23 (10.65%) Cloud Security
5 22 (10.19%) Customer Service
5 22 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (9.26%) Network Architecture
7 19 (8.80%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (8.33%) Project Management
8 18 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (7.87%) Root Cause Analysis
10 15 (6.94%) Agile
10 15 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (6.94%) Network Design
10 15 (6.94%) SIEM
11 13 (6.02%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (6.02%) Threat Management
12 12 (5.56%) Asset Management
12 12 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.48%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.63%) Python
3 8 (3.70%) SQL
4 5 (2.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.93%) Perl
6 1 (0.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) C#
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (17.59%) CCNP
3 31 (14.35%) Security Cleared
4 29 (13.43%) Degree
5 25 (11.57%) CCNA
6 20 (9.26%) SC Cleared
7 15 (6.94%) CCIE
8 10 (4.63%) DV Cleared
9 9 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.85%) CCDP
11 4 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.39%) MCSE
13 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.93%) PMP
13 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.46%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.41%) SLA
2 15 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (2.31%) QA
5 3 (1.39%) NCSC
6 2 (0.93%) GDPR
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 30 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.63%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (3.70%) Firmware
4 8 (3.70%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.93%) vSphere
8 1 (0.46%) Ceph
8 1 (0.46%) iptables
8 1 (0.46%) KVM
8 1 (0.46%) Lustre
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.46%) NFS
8 1 (0.46%) Samba
8 1 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (6.94%) FortiGate
2 10 (4.63%) Terraform
3 7 (3.24%) Ansible
4 6 (2.78%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.31%) SCCM
6 3 (1.39%) Kibana
6 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.39%) TrustSec
7 2 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.93%) Nessus
7 2 (0.93%) Puppet
7 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.93%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (0.93%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.46%) CASB
8 1 (0.46%) NetMRI
8 1 (0.46%) OPNET
8 1 (0.46%) VxRail
Vendors
1 115 (53.24%) Cisco
2 49 (22.69%) Palo Alto
3 45 (20.83%) Microsoft
4 27 (12.50%) F5
4 27 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 25 (11.57%) Juniper
6 19 (8.80%) VMware
7 17 (7.87%) CheckPoint
7 17 (7.87%) Meraki
8 12 (5.56%) Aruba
9 11 (5.09%) Infoblox
10 8 (3.70%) ServiceNow
11 7 (3.24%) Arista
11 7 (3.24%) Dell
11 7 (3.24%) SolarWinds
11 7 (3.24%) TOWER Software
12 6 (2.78%) Citrix
12 6 (2.78%) Google
12 6 (2.78%) HP
12 6 (2.78%) Zscaler