WAN Contracts in the Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 47 77
Rank change year-on-year +25 +30 -17
Contract jobs citing WAN 157 141 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.80% 4.18% 2.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.91% 27.65% 23.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 83 85
10th Percentile £263 £250 £213
25th Percentile £313 £283 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £363 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% -1.23%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £450
90th Percentile £750 £548 £565
England median daily rate £500 £463 £438
% change year-on-year +8.11% +5.71% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 6
10th Percentile £13.25 - £19.88
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £13.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.08% -39.53% +43.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £14.25 £23.13
90th Percentile - £14.70 £23.50
England median hourly rate £24.50 £61.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -59.84% +134.62% +35.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 477 510 566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.63% 15.10% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 336 389
10th Percentile £200 £250 £164
25th Percentile £306 £318 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +12.56% -
75th Percentile £575 £595 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
West Midlands +27 146 £375 +7.14% 48
East Midlands +1 9 £630 +80.00% 16
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.18%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 1 (0.64%) RMDS
1 1 (0.64%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 9 (5.73%) Azure
2 6 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.64%) AWS
3 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 94 (59.87%) MPLS
2 75 (47.77%) BGP
3 74 (47.13%) IPsec
4 70 (44.59%) LAN
5 65 (41.40%) VPN
6 49 (31.21%) Junos
7 22 (14.01%) Firewall
7 22 (14.01%) SD-WAN
8 21 (13.38%) DNS
9 16 (10.19%) DHCP
10 13 (8.28%) VoIP
10 13 (8.28%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (7.01%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (7.01%) WLAN
12 10 (6.37%) Internet
13 9 (5.73%) Cisco IOS
13 9 (5.73%) Ethernet
13 9 (5.73%) PBX
14 8 (5.10%) Wireless
15 7 (4.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
General
1 25 (15.92%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.10%) Telecoms
3 14 (8.92%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.37%) Finance
5 6 (3.82%) Back Office
6 3 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.91%) Legal
6 3 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.64%) Aeronautics
8 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.64%) Automotive
8 1 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (26.11%) Network Engineer
2 40 (25.48%) WAN Engineer
3 39 (24.84%) Network Support
4 26 (16.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 26 (16.56%) Architect
5 25 (15.92%) 3rd Line Support
6 22 (14.01%) Support Engineer
7 20 (12.74%) 2nd Line Support
8 16 (10.19%) Network Architect
9 13 (8.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 11 (7.01%) Network Support Engineer
11 10 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (5.10%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
13 7 (4.46%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 7 (4.46%) Administrator
14 6 (3.82%) Analyst
14 6 (3.82%) Support Analyst
14 6 (3.82%) Technical Analyst
14 6 (3.82%) Technical Support
14 6 (3.82%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.73%) Web Services
2 2 (1.27%) Middleware
3 1 (0.64%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.64%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 62 (39.49%) PKI
2 23 (14.65%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.55%) AS400
4 4 (2.55%) Clustering
4 4 (2.55%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.91%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.64%) CCTV
7 1 (0.64%) CMDB
7 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.64%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.20%) Windows
2 14 (8.92%) Linux
3 11 (7.01%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.18%) Ubuntu
5 5 (3.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (2.55%) CentOS
6 4 (2.55%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.91%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.64%) Android
9 1 (0.64%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.12%) Load Balancing
2 27 (17.20%) Network Design
3 17 (10.83%) ITIL
4 13 (8.28%) Analytics
4 13 (8.28%) Network Architecture
5 12 (7.64%) Incident Management
5 12 (7.64%) Project Delivery
6 11 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (6.37%) Architectural Design
7 10 (6.37%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (6.37%) Programme Management
8 9 (5.73%) Change Control
8 9 (5.73%) Change Management
8 9 (5.73%) Data Analytics
8 9 (5.73%) Performance Management
8 9 (5.73%) SOA
8 9 (5.73%) Storage Management
8 9 (5.73%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (5.10%) Agile
9 8 (5.10%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.46%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.55%) Bash
3 2 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (57.32%) Security Cleared
2 35 (22.29%) SC Cleared
3 27 (17.20%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (10.19%) CCNP
5 13 (8.28%) CCNA
6 11 (7.01%) Degree
7 9 (5.73%) CCIE
7 9 (5.73%) CCIE Data Center
8 5 (3.18%) JNCIS
9 4 (2.55%) BC Cleared
9 4 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.64%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.64%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.64%) PMP
10 1 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.46%) QA
1 7 (4.46%) SLA
2 5 (3.18%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 15 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (8.92%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.82%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.82%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.18%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.18%) vSphere
5 4 (2.55%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.64%) Docker
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.18%) FortiGate
1 5 (3.18%) OpenView
1 5 (3.18%) vCenter Server
2 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.55%) SCCM
3 3 (1.91%) Autotask
3 3 (1.91%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (1.91%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.27%) SCOM
4 2 (1.27%) VxRail
5 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.64%) PaperCut
5 1 (0.64%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 83 (52.87%) Juniper
2 53 (33.76%) Cisco
3 18 (11.46%) VMware
4 15 (9.55%) Microsoft
5 7 (4.46%) Aruba
5 7 (4.46%) SAP
6 6 (3.82%) F5
6 6 (3.82%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.18%) CheckPoint
7 5 (3.18%) Infoblox
7 5 (3.18%) Symantec
7 5 (3.18%) Zscaler
8 4 (2.55%) Apple
9 3 (1.91%) BT
9 3 (1.91%) Datto
9 3 (1.91%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.91%) Fujitsu
9 3 (1.91%) McAfee
9 3 (1.91%) Openreach
10 2 (1.27%) Databricks