Wide Area Network (WAN)
County Antrim > Belfast
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing WAN | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast | - | - | 0.61% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 4.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| County Antrim median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Belfast
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 Belfast.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 25 | 16 | 23 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast | 16.23% | 14.04% | 14.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £134 | £516 | £156 |
| 25th Percentile | £135 | £531 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £148 | £563 | £215 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -73.69% | +161.63% | -50.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £165 | £569 | £400 |
| 90th Percentile | £375 | - | - |
| County Antrim median daily rate | £148 | £563 | £215 |
| % change year-on-year | -73.69% | +161.63% | -50.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £15.34 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | - | £15.86 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | - | £16.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +28.58% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £17.57 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £18.09 |
| County Antrim median hourly rate | £24.18 | - | £16.72 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +28.58% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Belfast.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Belfast
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Belfast.