WAN Contracts in the North West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 64 99
Rank change year-on-year -43 +35 -9
Contract jobs citing WAN 30 105 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.13% 3.36% 2.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.29% 24.76% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 71 57
10th Percentile £220 £288 £230
25th Percentile £313 £316 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £488
90th Percentile £525 £588 £530
England median daily rate £500 £463 £448
% change year-on-year +8.11% +3.35% +5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.25
Median hourly rate - - £39.73
75th Percentile - - £42.20
90th Percentile - - -
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
North West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 323 424 543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.14% 13.55% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 288 364
10th Percentile £200 £288 £182
25th Percentile £325 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% +8.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £665 £569 £586
90th Percentile £825 £638 £638
England median daily rate £495 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -5.49% +4.75% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 10
10th Percentile £18.02 £15.72 £15.74
25th Percentile £22.06 £18.66 £17.19
Median hourly rate £34.37 £27.50 £21.53
Median % change year-on-year +24.96% +27.74% -54.61%
75th Percentile £45.88 £50.77 £54.61
90th Percentile £94.59 £52.13 £65.50
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 the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the North West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Manchester -7 21 £338 -34.15% 20
Cheshire -17 7 £475 +35.71% 18
Cumbria -19 2 - - 1
WAN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) Azure
2 8 (26.67%) AWS
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.33%) Azure App Service
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (73.33%) LAN
2 19 (63.33%) VPN
3 13 (43.33%) Firewall
4 12 (40.00%) Wireless
5 10 (33.33%) Ethernet
5 10 (33.33%) OSPF
5 10 (33.33%) Wireless Security
6 6 (20.00%) SD-WAN
6 6 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (16.67%) Network Security
8 3 (10.00%) DHCP
8 3 (10.00%) DNS
8 3 (10.00%) VLAN
8 3 (10.00%) VoIP
9 2 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (6.67%) NetScaler
10 1 (3.33%) DMZ
10 1 (3.33%) IPsec
10 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
10 1 (3.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (13.33%) Architect
2 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 3 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Network Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Senior
4 2 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) WAN Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Clustering
2 3 (10.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) EPoS
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Linux
3 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (10.00%) Mac OS
4 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.33%) Debian
5 1 (3.33%) Ubuntu
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (13.33%) Network Design
4 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (10.00%) Quality Management
4 3 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.67%) Load Balancing
5 2 (6.67%) Migration
5 2 (6.67%) Network Management
6 1 (3.33%) Analytics
6 1 (3.33%) Business Continuity
6 1 (3.33%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.33%) Logistics
6 1 (3.33%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (3.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (3.33%) Bash
3 1 (3.33%) Bicep
3 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (30.00%) CCNA
3 5 (16.67%) CCNP
4 3 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (3.33%) CCIE
5 1 (3.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
2 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (36.67%) Hyper-V
1 11 (36.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Autotask
1 3 (10.00%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) VMware
2 10 (33.33%) Cisco
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (16.67%) Meraki
5 3 (10.00%) Apple
5 3 (10.00%) Datto
6 2 (6.67%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.67%) Juniper
6 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.33%) Dell
7 1 (3.33%) EMC
7 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.33%) Radianz
7 1 (3.33%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (3.33%) Veeam