WAN Contracts in the North of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 108 92
Rank change year-on-year -4 -16 +10
Contract jobs citing WAN 74 116 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.58% 2.03% 2.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.03% 17.58% 20.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 85 116
10th Percentile £251 £196 £230
25th Percentile £313 £288 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £410
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -8.64% +4.58%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £500
90th Percentile £650 £588 £569
England median daily rate £500 £463 £438
% change year-on-year +8.11% +5.71% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 10
10th Percentile - £22.93 £14.48
25th Percentile £23.92 £24.31 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.87 £27.25 £17.20
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +58.48% -9.50%
75th Percentile £25.83 £30.81 £22.13
90th Percentile £37.93 £32.58 £25.60
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
North 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 North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 568 660 876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.10% 11.56% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 450 608
10th Percentile £200 £205 £180
25th Percentile £313 £325 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £607 £574 £550
90th Percentile £750 £675 £638
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 48 27
10th Percentile £13.31 - £11.01
25th Percentile £18.89 £9.80 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.87 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -40.94% +2.86%
75th Percentile £45.88 £15.15 £23.26
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.13 £48.82
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WAN in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Yorkshire +47 38 £513 +70.83% 26
North West -29 34 £388 -3.13% 52
North East +13 2 £400 +153.97% 5
WAN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.57%) Azure
2 11 (14.86%) AWS
3 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.35%) GCP
5 1 (1.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 60 (81.08%) LAN
2 23 (31.08%) Firewall
3 20 (27.03%) VPN
3 20 (27.03%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (18.92%) Wireless
5 13 (17.57%) Network Security
6 12 (16.22%) SD-WAN
7 10 (13.51%) Ethernet
7 10 (13.51%) OSPF
7 10 (13.51%) Wireless Security
8 7 (9.46%) VoIP
8 7 (9.46%) WLAN
9 5 (6.76%) DHCP
9 5 (6.76%) DNS
9 5 (6.76%) VLAN
10 4 (5.41%) Converged Networks
10 4 (5.41%) ISDN
10 4 (5.41%) Skype
11 3 (4.05%) NetScaler
12 2 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (33.78%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.05%) Finance
4 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.05%) Retail
5 1 (1.35%) Back Office
5 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (41.89%) Network Engineer
2 10 (13.51%) Architect
3 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Senior
5 5 (6.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Network Technician
5 5 (6.76%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) WAN Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Network Technician
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Technician
6 4 (5.41%) Technical Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Voice Architect
7 3 (4.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.05%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Linux Specialist
7 3 (4.05%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.70%) XML
1 2 (2.70%) XSLT
2 1 (1.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.11%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.41%) Clustering
4 4 (5.41%) NHS
5 3 (4.05%) EPoS
6 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.35%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.35%) LIMS
7 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 25 (33.78%) Windows
2 15 (20.27%) Linux
3 10 (13.51%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.41%) Unix
5 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (4.05%) Debian
6 3 (4.05%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.05%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.05%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.70%) zOS
8 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.08%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (22.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 11 (14.86%) Break/Fix
4 9 (12.16%) Migration
5 8 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 6 (8.11%) Network Design
6 6 (8.11%) Network Management
7 5 (6.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.41%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (5.41%) Service Design
9 3 (4.05%) Business Strategy
9 3 (4.05%) Decision-Making
9 3 (4.05%) E-Commerce
9 3 (4.05%) High Availability
9 3 (4.05%) Logistics
9 3 (4.05%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (4.05%) Quality Management
9 3 (4.05%) Security Architecture
9 3 (4.05%) Test Scripting
10 2 (2.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.70%) Java
2 2 (2.70%) SQL
3 1 (1.35%) Bash
3 1 (1.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (25.68%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (21.62%) CCNA
3 15 (20.27%) Security Cleared
4 14 (18.92%) SC Cleared
5 7 (9.46%) Degree
6 5 (6.76%) CCNP
7 4 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.70%) A+ Certification
9 2 (2.70%) CCENT
9 2 (2.70%) MCSA
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.35%) CCIE
10 1 (1.35%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) SLA
2 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (20.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (17.57%) Active Directory
3 12 (16.22%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.35%) vSphere
5 1 (1.35%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.05%) Autotask
2 3 (4.05%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.05%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.05%) SCCM
3 2 (2.70%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.70%) Terraform
3 2 (2.70%) VxRail
4 1 (1.35%) Ansible
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.35%) Nessus
4 1 (1.35%) Puppet
4 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (39.19%) Cisco
2 18 (24.32%) Meraki
3 16 (21.62%) VMware
4 15 (20.27%) Aruba
4 15 (20.27%) Juniper
5 12 (16.22%) Citrix
6 11 (14.86%) 3Com
6 11 (14.86%) Brocade
7 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
8 3 (4.05%) Apple
8 3 (4.05%) Datto
8 3 (4.05%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.70%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.70%) Dell
9 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.70%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.70%) Zscaler
10 1 (1.35%) EMC
10 1 (1.35%) HP
10 1 (1.35%) Oracle