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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 46 86
Rank change year-on-year +22 +40 -17
Contract jobs citing WAN 150 142 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.57% 4.26% 2.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.12% 27.73% 22.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 81 83
10th Percentile £263 £250 £213
25th Percentile £313 £281 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £351 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.99% -12.38% -3.61%
75th Percentile £488 £475 £463
90th Percentile £750 £550 £570
England median daily rate £488 £463 £448
% change year-on-year +5.41% +3.35% +5.29%
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 £24.69 £60.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -58.86% +124.30% +33.75%

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 467 512 566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.35% 15.36% 11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 336 390
10th Percentile £200 £249 £163
25th Percentile £300 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £602
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 16 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £15.94 £14.55
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.35 £17.53
Median % change year-on-year -29.89% +16.10% +16.87%
75th Percentile £24.35 £23.68 £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 14 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 14 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 +24 140 £375 +7.14% 41
East Midlands +1 9 £630 +93.85% 15
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:

Applications
1 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
1 1 (0.67%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.33%) Azure
2 5 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.67%) AWS
3 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 90 (60.00%) MPLS
2 71 (47.33%) BGP
3 70 (46.67%) IPsec
4 67 (44.67%) LAN
5 61 (40.67%) VPN
6 47 (31.33%) Junos
7 21 (14.00%) DNS
8 20 (13.33%) Firewall
8 20 (13.33%) SD-WAN
9 16 (10.67%) DHCP
10 13 (8.67%) VoIP
11 12 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (7.33%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (6.67%) Internet
13 10 (6.67%) WLAN
14 9 (6.00%) Ethernet
14 9 (6.00%) PBX
15 7 (4.67%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (4.67%) Cisco ISE
15 7 (4.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (15.33%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.67%) Telecoms
3 14 (9.33%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.67%) Finance
5 6 (4.00%) Back Office
6 3 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.00%) Legal
6 3 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Aeronautics
8 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.67%) Automotive
8 1 (0.67%) Local Government
8 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (26.00%) Network Support
2 38 (25.33%) Network Engineer
3 35 (23.33%) WAN Engineer
4 26 (17.33%) Architect
5 25 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
6 24 (16.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 22 (14.67%) Support Engineer
8 20 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
9 16 (10.67%) Network Architect
10 11 (7.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 11 (7.33%) Network Support Engineer
11 10 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (4.67%) Administrator
13 6 (4.00%) Analyst
13 6 (4.00%) Support Analyst
13 6 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
13 6 (4.00%) Technical Support
13 6 (4.00%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.00%) Web Services
2 2 (1.33%) Middleware
3 1 (0.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 58 (38.67%) PKI
2 23 (15.33%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.67%) AS400
4 4 (2.67%) Clustering
4 4 (2.67%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.00%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.67%) CMDB
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.33%) Windows
2 13 (8.67%) Linux
3 10 (6.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.67%) CentOS
5 4 (2.67%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.00%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.00%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.67%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 27 (18.00%) Network Design
3 16 (10.67%) ITIL
4 13 (8.67%) Analytics
4 13 (8.67%) Network Architecture
5 11 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (7.33%) Incident Management
5 11 (7.33%) Project Delivery
6 10 (6.67%) Architectural Design
6 10 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (6.67%) Programme Management
7 9 (6.00%) Change Control
7 9 (6.00%) Data Analytics
7 9 (6.00%) Performance Management
7 9 (6.00%) SOA
7 9 (6.00%) Storage Management
8 8 (5.33%) Agile
8 8 (5.33%) Change Management
8 8 (5.33%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (4.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.67%) Bash
3 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 85 (56.67%) Security Cleared
2 33 (22.00%) SC Cleared
3 26 (17.33%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (10.00%) CCNP
5 13 (8.67%) CCNA
6 11 (7.33%) Degree
7 9 (6.00%) CCIE
7 9 (6.00%) CCIE Data Center
8 5 (3.33%) JNCIS
9 4 (2.67%) BC Cleared
9 4 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.67%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.67%) PMP
10 1 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.67%) QA
1 7 (4.67%) SLA
2 5 (3.33%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 15 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (8.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.00%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.67%) VMware Server
5 4 (2.67%) vSphere
6 1 (0.67%) Docker
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.33%) FortiGate
1 5 (3.33%) OpenView
1 5 (3.33%) vCenter Server
2 3 (2.00%) Autotask
2 3 (2.00%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.00%) SCCM
3 2 (1.33%) SCOM
3 2 (1.33%) VxRail
4 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.67%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 78 (52.00%) Juniper
2 50 (33.33%) Cisco
3 17 (11.33%) VMware
4 15 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (4.67%) SAP
6 6 (4.00%) Aruba
6 6 (4.00%) F5
6 6 (4.00%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.33%) CheckPoint
7 5 (3.33%) Infoblox
7 5 (3.33%) Symantec
7 5 (3.33%) Zscaler
8 4 (2.67%) Apple
9 3 (2.00%) BT
9 3 (2.00%) Datto
9 3 (2.00%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.00%) Fujitsu
9 3 (2.00%) Openreach
10 2 (1.33%) Databricks
10 2 (1.33%) McAfee