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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 61 95
Rank change year-on-year +3 +34 -8
Contract jobs citing WAN 164 200 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.02% 3.58% 2.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.79% 21.93% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 121 127
10th Percentile £169 £273 £200
25th Percentile £349 £393 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £588 £659
England median daily rate £488 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +5.41% +2.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 11
10th Percentile £21.38 £18.90 £12.25
25th Percentile £34.94 £24.11 -
Median hourly rate £70.26 £62.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.32% +376.92% -48.51%
75th Percentile £75.24 £66.00 £37.63
90th Percentile £76.12 £80.25 £50.77
England median hourly rate £24.69 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -58.86% +130.77% +30.00%

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 1,189 912 1,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.88% 16.32% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 545 762
10th Percentile £205 £240 £190
25th Percentile £363 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £563
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 71 75
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.10
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -2.41%

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 15 May 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 15 May 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 15 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
Thames Valley -5 75 £500 +5.26% 17
Hampshire -8 68 £500 +11.11% 13
Berkshire -11 67 £535 +10.21% 10
Surrey 0 9 £405 -22.86% 1
Kent +5 6 £205 -36.92% 13
Oxfordshire +6 5 £465 +3.33% 3
East Sussex - 4 £400 - 1
Buckinghamshire +4 3 £425 -11.56% 4
West Sussex +7 1 £113 - 1
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 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.61%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (4.27%) Azure
3 6 (3.66%) AWS
4 3 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.83%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.22%) Cloudflare
5 2 (1.22%) GCP
5 2 (1.22%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.22%) IaaS
5 2 (1.22%) PaaS
5 2 (1.22%) SaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 110 (67.07%) LAN
2 46 (28.05%) Firewall
2 46 (28.05%) VPN
3 39 (23.78%) MPLS
4 36 (21.95%) Wi-Fi
5 35 (21.34%) BGP
6 28 (17.07%) Cisco Firepower
7 27 (16.46%) SSL
8 17 (10.37%) DNS
8 17 (10.37%) SD-WAN
9 16 (9.76%) Wireless
10 12 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (7.32%) Network Security
11 9 (5.49%) DHCP
11 9 (5.49%) TCP/IP
12 8 (4.88%) Cisco ISE
13 6 (3.66%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (3.66%) Internet
13 6 (3.66%) Junos
14 5 (3.05%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) JIRA
1 1 (0.61%) Rational DOORS
General
1 32 (19.51%) Finance
1 32 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.41%) Public Sector
3 8 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (4.88%) Telecoms
4 5 (3.05%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.83%) Automotive
5 3 (1.83%) Military
6 2 (1.22%) Electronics
6 2 (1.22%) French Language
6 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.22%) Law
6 2 (1.22%) Marketing
6 2 (1.22%) Portuguese Language
6 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.22%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.61%) Aeronautics
7 1 (0.61%) Billing
7 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (42.68%) Architect
2 65 (39.63%) Network Architect
3 44 (26.83%) Network Engineer
4 24 (14.63%) Senior
5 16 (9.76%) Senior Network Engineer
6 8 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (3.66%) WAN Engineer
8 5 (3.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (3.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 5 (3.05%) Senior Architect
8 5 (3.05%) Senior Network Architect
8 5 (3.05%) Support Specialist
8 5 (3.05%) Technical Specialist
8 5 (3.05%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.05%) Technical Support Specialist
9 4 (2.44%) 2nd Line Support
9 4 (2.44%) Consultant
9 4 (2.44%) IT Support
9 4 (2.44%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.44%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.83%) EDI
1 3 (1.83%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.93%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.05%) Operational Technology
2 5 (3.05%) SCADA
3 4 (2.44%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.83%) CCTV
4 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.83%) PKI
4 3 (1.83%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.22%) NHS
5 2 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.61%) CMDB
6 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.61%) IoT
6 1 (0.61%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.61%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.46%) Windows
2 12 (7.32%) Linux
3 10 (6.10%) Windows 10
3 10 (6.10%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.83%) Android
4 3 (1.83%) Unix
5 2 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (19.51%) Network Design
2 27 (16.46%) Technical Leadership
3 26 (15.85%) Customer Requirements
3 26 (15.85%) Network Management
4 23 (14.02%) Project Management
5 21 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (12.20%) Project Delivery
7 9 (5.49%) Customer Service
7 9 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (5.49%) Network Monitoring
8 8 (4.88%) Availability Management
8 8 (4.88%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (4.88%) Migration
9 7 (4.27%) Security Monitoring
9 7 (4.27%) Service Management
10 6 (3.66%) Analytics
10 6 (3.66%) Information Security
10 6 (3.66%) ITIL
10 6 (3.66%) Line Management
10 6 (3.66%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.44%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.22%) Python
3 1 (0.61%) C
3 1 (0.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 111 (67.68%) Security Cleared
2 31 (18.90%) DV Cleared
2 31 (18.90%) SC Cleared
3 23 (14.02%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (9.76%) CCNP
5 14 (8.54%) CCNA
5 14 (8.54%) Degree
6 7 (4.27%) JNCIA
7 5 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.44%) CCSA
8 4 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.83%) CCIE
10 2 (1.22%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.61%) CCDP
11 1 (0.61%) CCIP
11 1 (0.61%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.61%) HNC
11 1 (0.61%) MCSA
11 1 (0.61%) MCSE
11 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.10%) SLA
2 5 (3.05%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.22%) GDPR
3 2 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.22%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.22%) QA
3 2 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 19 (11.59%) Active Directory
1 19 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (5.49%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.22%) XenApp
4 1 (0.61%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 26 (15.85%) Endace
2 12 (7.32%) SCCM
3 3 (1.83%) AppManager
4 2 (1.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.22%) Nessus
4 2 (1.22%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.22%) SCOM
5 1 (0.61%) Ansible
5 1 (0.61%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.61%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 110 (67.07%) Cisco
2 74 (45.12%) Juniper
3 32 (19.51%) F5
4 28 (17.07%) VMware
5 18 (10.98%) Microsoft
6 15 (9.15%) Palo Alto
7 14 (8.54%) CheckPoint
8 9 (5.49%) HP
9 7 (4.27%) Fortinet
10 5 (3.05%) Aruba
10 5 (3.05%) Blue Coat
10 5 (3.05%) Citrix
10 5 (3.05%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.05%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.83%) Ivanti
11 3 (1.83%) Meraki
11 3 (1.83%) SAP
12 2 (1.22%) Google
12 2 (1.22%) Splunk
12 2 (1.22%) Veeam