WAN Contracts in Solihull

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Solihull

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Solihull 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing WAN 68 20 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 54.40% 33.90% 13.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 76.40% 68.97% 77.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 1 4
10th Percentile £308 - £368
25th Percentile £313 £325 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.45% +180.53%
75th Percentile £388 £375 £408
90th Percentile - - £422
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £350 £413
% change year-on-year +7.07% -15.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £13.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -35.00% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 89 29 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 71.20% 49.15% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 7 6
10th Percentile £235 £400 £300
25th Percentile £300 £450 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £465 £381
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +22.05% -4.75%
75th Percentile £388 £520 £400
90th Percentile - £542 £416
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Solihull

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Solihull

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Daily Rate Histogram in Solihull

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Solihull over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Solihull

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Solihull

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull 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 3 (4.41%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 56 (82.35%) BGP
1 56 (82.35%) IPsec
1 56 (82.35%) MPLS
2 44 (64.71%) Junos
3 43 (63.24%) VPN
4 13 (19.12%) LAN
5 8 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (8.82%) SD-WAN
7 5 (7.35%) DNS
8 3 (4.41%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (4.41%) DHCP
8 3 (4.41%) Ethereal
8 3 (4.41%) Ethernet
8 3 (4.41%) Firewall
8 3 (4.41%) Wireless
8 3 (4.41%) Wireshark
9 1 (1.47%) Network Security
9 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (13.24%) Public Sector
2 6 (8.82%) Finance
3 3 (4.41%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.47%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 33 (48.53%) Network Support
1 33 (48.53%) WAN Engineer
2 21 (30.88%) 3rd Line Support
3 19 (27.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 16 (23.53%) Network Engineer
5 12 (17.65%) 2nd Line Support
5 12 (17.65%) Support Engineer
6 9 (13.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 9 (13.24%) Network Support Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 6 (8.82%) Architect
7 6 (8.82%) Network Architect
8 5 (7.35%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Firewall Engineer
9 3 (4.41%) Lead
10 2 (2.94%) Lead Architect
10 2 (2.94%) Project Engineer
11 1 (1.47%) Cisco Architect
Miscellaneous
1 51 (75.00%) PKI
2 3 (4.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Linux
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (57.35%) Load Balancing
2 21 (30.88%) Network Design
3 8 (11.76%) Incident Management
4 5 (7.35%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (5.88%) Change Management
5 4 (5.88%) Project Delivery
6 3 (4.41%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (4.41%) Computer Science
6 3 (4.41%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (4.41%) High Availability
6 3 (4.41%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (4.41%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (4.41%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (4.41%) Security Monitoring
7 1 (1.47%) ITIL
7 1 (1.47%) Mentoring
7 1 (1.47%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 61 (89.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 9 (13.24%) CCNP
5 8 (11.76%) CCNA
6 3 (4.41%) Degree
6 3 (4.41%) JNCIS
7 2 (2.94%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) ISO 9000
1 3 (4.41%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) OpenView
Vendors
1 61 (89.71%) Juniper
2 16 (23.53%) Cisco
3 3 (4.41%) McAfee
4 1 (1.47%) Fujitsu