WAN Contracts in the South East

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 66 92
Rank change year-on-year +3 +26 -15
Contract jobs citing WAN 166 207 200
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.00% 3.55% 2.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.24% 20.97% 16.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 127 135
10th Percentile £148 £279 £200
25th Percentile £350 £396 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -
75th Percentile £563 £545 £550
90th Percentile £650 £577 £659
England median daily rate £500 £463 £440
% change year-on-year +8.11% +5.11% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 10
10th Percentile £21.95 £20.19 £12.06
25th Percentile £41.38 £29.88 £12.44
Median hourly rate £67.02 £62.00 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% +249.30% -21.98%
75th Percentile £75.24 £66.00 £43.19
90th Percentile £75.94 £80.25 £52.44
England median hourly rate £24.69 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -58.86% +130.77% +35.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,254 987 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.70% 16.93% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 595 776
10th Percentile £205 £235 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £659
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for WAN in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WAN in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WAN in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Thames Valley -10 80 £513 +7.89% 22
Berkshire +3 71 £525 +9.38% 13
Hampshire -8 62 £488 +8.33% 18
Surrey +5 10 £405 -12.43% 6
Oxfordshire +5 6 £500 +11.11% 5
Kent +1 6 £205 -34.40% 11
East Sussex - 4 £400 - 5
Buckinghamshire -6 3 £425 -11.56% 4
West Sussex +4 1 £113 - 3
WAN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.20%) nginx
2 2 (1.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.61%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.60%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (6.02%) Azure
3 6 (3.61%) AWS
4 3 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.81%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.20%) Cloudflare
5 2 (1.20%) GCP
5 2 (1.20%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.20%) IaaS
5 2 (1.20%) PaaS
5 2 (1.20%) SaaS
6 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 115 (69.28%) LAN
2 46 (27.71%) Firewall
3 45 (27.11%) VPN
4 38 (22.89%) MPLS
5 35 (21.08%) Wi-Fi
6 34 (20.48%) BGP
7 26 (15.66%) Cisco Firepower
7 26 (15.66%) SSL
8 23 (13.86%) Wireless
9 18 (10.84%) DNS
10 14 (8.43%) SD-WAN
11 12 (7.23%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (6.63%) Network Security
13 10 (6.02%) TCP/IP
14 9 (5.42%) Cisco ISE
14 9 (5.42%) DHCP
15 7 (4.22%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (4.22%) Junos
15 7 (4.22%) SAN
16 6 (3.61%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
General
1 32 (19.28%) Social Skills
2 31 (18.67%) Finance
3 24 (14.46%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.42%) Telecoms
5 6 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.81%) Automotive
7 3 (1.81%) Electronics
7 3 (1.81%) Local Government
7 3 (1.81%) Marketing
8 2 (1.20%) French Language
8 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.20%) Law
8 2 (1.20%) Military
8 2 (1.20%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (1.20%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.60%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (41.57%) Architect
2 64 (38.55%) Network Architect
3 46 (27.71%) Network Engineer
4 24 (14.46%) Senior
5 16 (9.64%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (5.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (3.61%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (3.61%) Support Specialist
7 6 (3.61%) Technical Specialist
7 6 (3.61%) Technical Support
7 6 (3.61%) Technical Support Specialist
7 6 (3.61%) WAN Engineer
8 5 (3.01%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (3.01%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (3.01%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (3.01%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (3.01%) Senior Architect
8 5 (3.01%) Senior Network Architect
9 4 (2.41%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (2.41%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) EDI
2 3 (1.81%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.24%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.01%) CCTV
2 5 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.01%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.01%) SCADA
3 4 (2.41%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.41%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.41%) NHS
3 4 (2.41%) PKI
4 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.60%) CMDB
6 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.60%) IoT
6 1 (0.60%) Life Science
6 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 30 (18.07%) Windows
2 12 (7.23%) Linux
3 11 (6.63%) Windows 10
4 10 (6.02%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.41%) Android
5 4 (2.41%) Unix
6 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.07%) Network Design
2 27 (16.27%) Project Management
3 26 (15.66%) Technical Leadership
4 24 (14.46%) Customer Requirements
4 24 (14.46%) Network Management
4 24 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (13.25%) Project Delivery
6 10 (6.02%) Customer Service
6 10 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (6.02%) Migration
7 9 (5.42%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (5.42%) ITIL
8 8 (4.82%) Availability Management
8 8 (4.82%) Line Management
8 8 (4.82%) Service Management
9 7 (4.22%) Load Balancing
9 7 (4.22%) Security Monitoring
10 6 (3.61%) Computer Science
10 6 (3.61%) Knowledge Management
10 6 (3.61%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.20%) Python
2 2 (1.20%) SQL
3 1 (0.60%) C
3 1 (0.60%) Java
Qualifications
1 105 (63.25%) Security Cleared
2 30 (18.07%) SC Cleared
3 27 (16.27%) DV Cleared
4 24 (14.46%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (10.84%) Degree
6 16 (9.64%) CCNP
7 14 (8.43%) CCNA
8 7 (4.22%) JNCIA
9 6 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.41%) CCSA
10 4 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.81%) CCIE
12 2 (1.20%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.60%) CCDP
13 1 (0.60%) CCIP
13 1 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.60%) HNC
13 1 (0.60%) MCSA
13 1 (0.60%) MCSE
13 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.63%) SLA
2 5 (3.01%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.20%) GDPR
3 2 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.20%) QA
3 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.60%) HL7
System Software
1 22 (13.25%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.01%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.20%) XenApp
5 1 (0.60%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (14.46%) Endace
2 15 (9.04%) SCCM
3 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.81%) AppManager
5 2 (1.20%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (1.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (1.20%) Nessus
5 2 (1.20%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.20%) PaperCut
5 2 (1.20%) SCOM
5 2 (1.20%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.60%) Ansible
6 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.60%) VxRail
Vendors
1 112 (67.47%) Cisco
2 72 (43.37%) Juniper
3 28 (16.87%) F5
4 26 (15.66%) VMware
5 19 (11.45%) Microsoft
6 16 (9.64%) Palo Alto
7 14 (8.43%) CheckPoint
8 12 (7.23%) HP
9 7 (4.22%) Aruba
9 7 (4.22%) Fortinet
9 7 (4.22%) SolarWinds
10 6 (3.61%) ServiceNow
11 5 (3.01%) Blue Coat
11 5 (3.01%) Citrix
12 4 (2.41%) Meraki
12 4 (2.41%) SAP
13 3 (1.81%) Forcepoint
13 3 (1.81%) Ivanti
13 3 (1.81%) Veeam
14 2 (1.20%) Splunk