WAN Contracts in Wales

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 35 50
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 +5
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 26 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.25% 4.10% 2.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.63% 25.49% 15.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 17 17
10th Percentile - - £155
25th Percentile - £273 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £295
Median % change year-on-year - +18.64% -7.81%
75th Percentile - £400 £488
90th Percentile - £438 £598
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 38 102 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 9.48% 16.09% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 78 125
10th Percentile £175 £250 £185
25th Percentile £199 £353 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +11.11% +1.69%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £682 £641 £673
UK median daily rate £490 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.00
25th Percentile £15.56 - £14.31
Median hourly rate £16.77 - £46.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +83.17%
75th Percentile £17.97 - £47.40
90th Percentile £18.69 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year +100.00% -33.12% +1.46%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Wales

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
South Wales -2 1 - - 10
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DMVPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco