WAN Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WAN 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 25.00% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 62.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £220 - -
25th Percentile £281 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Scotland median daily rate £384 £400 £550
% change year-on-year -4.06% -27.27% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Aberdeen

WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 16 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 40.00% - 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £238 - -
25th Percentile £293 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.62%
75th Percentile £453 - £425
90th Percentile £465 - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £488
% change year-on-year +6.25% -17.95% +9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.62
25th Percentile - - £16.81
Median hourly rate - - £17.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.03%
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.70
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £17.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year +209.86% -67.73% +191.01%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

WAN job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing WAN

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Aberdeen

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Aberdeen

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) LAN
2 5 (50.00%) BGP
2 5 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 5 (50.00%) OSPF
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) VLAN
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) Network Security
5 1 (10.00%) TACACS
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Network Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Network Design
2 2 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) High Availability
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Minimum Viable Product
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (10.00%) SIEM
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) CCNP
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Aruba
2 2 (20.00%) HP
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Meraki
3 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (10.00%) Riverbed
3 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds