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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing WAN 62 24 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 51.24% 36.36% 13.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 74.70% 72.73% 70.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 1 5
10th Percentile £313 - £371
25th Percentile £325 £325 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.39% -
75th Percentile £388 £375 £400
90th Percentile - - £419
West Midlands median daily rate £375 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.23 £13.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +63.27% -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 83 33 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 68.60% 50.00% 18.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 6 8
10th Percentile £233 £275 £300
25th Percentile £300 £288 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £387
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% +3.36% -22.55%
75th Percentile £388 £503 £400
90th Percentile - £520 £409
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £485 £400
% change year-on-year -17.53% +21.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £19.60 £16.50
% change year-on-year +1.77% +18.80% +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 28 May 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 (4.84%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 51 (82.26%) BGP
1 51 (82.26%) IPsec
1 51 (82.26%) MPLS
2 44 (70.97%) Junos
3 41 (66.13%) VPN
4 12 (19.35%) LAN
5 7 (11.29%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (8.06%) DNS
6 5 (8.06%) SD-WAN
7 3 (4.84%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (4.84%) DHCP
7 3 (4.84%) Ethereal
7 3 (4.84%) Ethernet
7 3 (4.84%) Wireless
7 3 (4.84%) Wireshark
8 2 (3.23%) Firewall
9 1 (1.61%) Network Security
9 1 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (9.68%) Finance
1 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
2 3 (4.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (53.23%) Network Support
2 26 (41.94%) WAN Engineer
3 23 (37.10%) 3rd Line Support
4 21 (33.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 14 (22.58%) Network Engineer
6 12 (19.35%) Support Engineer
7 10 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support
8 9 (14.52%) Network Support Engineer
9 8 (12.90%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 6 (9.68%) Architect
10 6 (9.68%) Network Architect
11 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 5 (8.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 4 (6.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 3 (4.84%) Lead
13 3 (4.84%) Project Engineer
14 2 (3.23%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
14 2 (3.23%) Firewall Engineer
14 2 (3.23%) Lead Architect
15 1 (1.61%) Cisco Architect
Miscellaneous
1 46 (74.19%) PKI
2 3 (4.84%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Linux
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (61.29%) Load Balancing
2 22 (35.48%) Network Design
3 7 (11.29%) Incident Management
4 5 (8.06%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (4.84%) Computer Science
5 3 (4.84%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (4.84%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (4.84%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (4.84%) Project Delivery
5 3 (4.84%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (3.23%) Change Management
6 2 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (3.23%) High Availability
6 2 (3.23%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (1.61%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 56 (90.32%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (14.52%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.29%) CCNA
4 7 (11.29%) CCNP
5 3 (4.84%) Degree
5 3 (4.84%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.61%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) ISO 9000
1 3 (4.84%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.84%) OpenView
Vendors
1 55 (88.71%) Juniper
2 15 (24.19%) Cisco
3 2 (3.23%) McAfee
4 1 (1.61%) Fujitsu