WAN Contracts in Berkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 54 56
Rank change year-on-year -11 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing WAN 28 71 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.39% 3.58% 3.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.40% 14.43% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 32
10th Percentile £300 - £316
25th Percentile £350 £148 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +9.38% -3.03%
75th Percentile - £625 £541
90th Percentile £511 £658 £575
South East median daily rate £450 £458 £450
% change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 9
10th Percentile - £20.80 £19.30
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.25 £27.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £73.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.15% +11.36% +45.05%
75th Percentile £19.50 £75.24 £80.25
90th Percentile - £76.29 £80.40
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £67.02 £62.00
% change year-on-year -71.65% +8.10% +249.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 209 492 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.82% 24.80% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 217 184
10th Percentile £270 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £310 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £590 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Berkshire

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Slough - 16 £450 - 3
Reading +16 5 £300 -53.85% 10
Wokingham - 2 £483 - 1
Bracknell -10 1 - - 4
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (7.14%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.57%) GCP
2 1 (3.57%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 23 (82.14%) LAN
2 20 (71.43%) VPN
3 19 (67.86%) MPLS
4 18 (64.29%) Ethernet
5 16 (57.14%) ATM
5 16 (57.14%) Frame Relay
5 16 (57.14%) GPRS
5 16 (57.14%) GSM
5 16 (57.14%) LTE
5 16 (57.14%) SAN
5 16 (57.14%) SDH
5 16 (57.14%) UMTS
5 16 (57.14%) Wireshark
6 6 (21.43%) Firewall
6 6 (21.43%) SD-WAN
7 5 (17.86%) Network Security
8 4 (14.29%) DNS
9 3 (10.71%) Internet
9 3 (10.71%) IPsec
9 3 (10.71%) Wireless
General
1 21 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 21 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.14%) Billing
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) IP Engineer
2 14 (50.00%) Test Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Network Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Architect
4 5 (17.86%) IP Network Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) BSS Architect
6 2 (7.14%) IP Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Network Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support
7 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Network Manager
7 1 (3.57%) Procurement Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.71%) Virtual Team
3 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.14%) TM Forum
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.57%) IoT
4 1 (3.57%) Life Science
4 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
1 16 (57.14%) Unix
2 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
1 17 (60.71%) Project Management
2 16 (57.14%) Fault Management
2 16 (57.14%) Regression Testing
2 16 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.14%) API Integration
4 2 (7.14%) Change Management
4 2 (7.14%) CRM
4 2 (7.14%) eTOM
4 2 (7.14%) Order Management
4 2 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (7.14%) Risk Management
4 2 (7.14%) Workflow
4 2 (7.14%) Zero Trust
5 1 (3.57%) Budgeting
5 1 (3.57%) CI/CD
5 1 (3.57%) Customer Service
5 1 (3.57%) Incident Response
5 1 (3.57%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 16 (57.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) CCNP
1 21 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (57.14%) ISEB
2 16 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 16 (57.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (10.71%) CCNA
4 2 (7.14%) CCDP
4 2 (7.14%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) CCDA
5 1 (3.57%) CCIE
5 1 (3.57%) CCIP
5 1 (3.57%) CCSP
5 1 (3.57%) CEH
5 1 (3.57%) CISM
5 1 (3.57%) CISSP
5 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) NIST
1 1 (3.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) CASB
Vendors
1 23 (82.14%) Cisco
2 18 (64.29%) Juniper
3 17 (60.71%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) Aruba
4 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.57%) ADVA
5 1 (3.57%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (3.57%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.57%) F5
5 1 (3.57%) Google
5 1 (3.57%) HP
5 1 (3.57%) Splunk