WAN Contracts in Yorkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 69 108 69
Rank change year-on-year +39 -39 +14
Contract jobs citing WAN 37 18 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.21% 0.78% 2.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.68% 7.89% 25.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 46
10th Percentile £240 £190 £235
25th Percentile £338 £210 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year +68.33% -33.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £595 £413 £514
90th Percentile £650 £540 £616
England median daily rate £500 £463 £440
% change year-on-year +8.11% +5.11% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile - £22.93 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £24.31 £16.19
Median hourly rate £24.87 £27.25 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +54.48% -7.16%
75th Percentile £25.83 £30.81 £21.25
90th Percentile - £32.58 £23.30
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
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 188 228 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.21% 9.94% 11.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 146 229
10th Percentile £200 £181 £185
25th Percentile £313 £303 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £475 £427
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +11.24% +1.67%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £519
90th Percentile £641 £700 £614
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 38 12
10th Percentile £12.75 - £16.00
25th Percentile £13.87 £9.80 £16.28
Median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £18.20
Median % change year-on-year +71.87% -41.58% +3.97%
75th Percentile £25.83 - £22.75
90th Percentile - - £23.68
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 Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +47 25 £425 +6.18% 11
South Yorkshire +1 6 £600 +150.00% 3
North Yorkshire -4 1 £505 +114.89% 3
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) AWS
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
2 2 (5.41%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.70%) GCP
3 1 (2.70%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (89.19%) LAN
2 13 (35.14%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (27.03%) Firewall
4 6 (16.22%) WLAN
5 5 (13.51%) SD-WAN
6 4 (10.81%) Network Security
7 3 (8.11%) DHCP
7 3 (8.11%) DNS
8 2 (5.41%) SAN
8 2 (5.41%) VLAN
8 2 (5.41%) VPN
8 2 (5.41%) Wireless
9 1 (2.70%) Broadband
9 1 (2.70%) NetScaler
9 1 (2.70%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Back Office
5 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Network Technician
3 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Senior
3 4 (10.81%) Senior Network Technician
3 4 (10.81%) Senior Technician
4 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Architect
4 3 (8.11%) LAN Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Mobile Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) WAN Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.41%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Linux Specialist
5 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) IT Technician
6 1 (2.70%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) LDAP
1 2 (5.41%) XML
1 2 (5.41%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Data Centre
1 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.81%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.81%) NHS
3 2 (5.41%) EPoS
3 2 (5.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (5.41%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.70%) LIMS
4 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Linux
2 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.81%) Unix
4 2 (5.41%) Debian
4 2 (5.41%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.41%) zOS
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (29.73%) Break/Fix
3 7 (18.92%) Migration
4 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (10.81%) Network Management
5 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.41%) Agile
6 2 (5.41%) Business Transformation
6 2 (5.41%) Capacity Management
6 2 (5.41%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (5.41%) Computer Science
6 2 (5.41%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.41%) High Availability
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (5.41%) Logistics
6 2 (5.41%) Network Architecture
6 2 (5.41%) Network Design
6 2 (5.41%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (5.41%) Parallel Processing
6 2 (5.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) Java
2 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) CCNA
1 7 (18.92%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (10.81%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.41%) CCENT
4 2 (5.41%) MCSA
4 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.70%) vSphere
4 1 (2.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.41%) Terraform
2 1 (2.70%) Ansible
2 1 (2.70%) Nessus
2 1 (2.70%) Puppet
2 1 (2.70%) VxRail
2 1 (2.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Cisco
2 14 (37.84%) Aruba
3 13 (35.14%) Juniper
3 13 (35.14%) Meraki
4 12 (32.43%) Citrix
5 11 (29.73%) 3Com
5 11 (29.73%) Brocade
6 5 (13.51%) VMware
7 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
8 2 (5.41%) SolarWinds
8 2 (5.41%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.70%) Dell
9 1 (2.70%) Forcepoint
9 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.70%) HP
9 1 (2.70%) Mitel
9 1 (2.70%) MobileIron
9 1 (2.70%) NetApp
9 1 (2.70%) Oracle
9 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto