Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in Birmingham is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
|
|
6 months to
19 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
Same period 2022 |
| Rank |
46 |
62 |
91 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+16 |
+29 |
- |
| Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer |
17 |
15 |
2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham |
2.24% |
1.63% |
0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
2.44% |
1.70% |
0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
8 |
2 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
£258 |
£414 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£308 |
£416 |
- |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£350 |
£438 |
£450 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-20.00% |
-2.78% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£375 |
£466 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£471 |
- |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£350 |
£425 |
£425 |
| % change year-on-year |
-17.65% |
- |
+198.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
£15.00 |
- |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
- |
£15.00 |
- |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title |
697 |
883 |
1,288 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
91.83% |
95.67% |
95.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
490 |
597 |
956 |
| 10th Percentile |
£250 |
£263 |
£205 |
| 25th Percentile |
£325 |
£375 |
£356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£450 |
£500 |
£463 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-10.00% |
+8.11% |
+8.82% |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
£625 |
£575 |
| 90th Percentile |
£675 |
£700 |
£688 |
| West Midlands median daily rate |
£488 |
£500 |
£475 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.50% |
+5.26% |
+18.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
40 |
32 |
20 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.10 |
£11.10 |
£12.45 |
| 25th Percentile |
£17.75 |
£12.50 |
£13.94 |
| Median hourly rate |
£28.50 |
£20.00 |
£16.99 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+42.50% |
+17.72% |
-5.61% |
| 75th Percentile |
£48.75 |
£24.47 |
£18.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£57.91 |
£63.13 |
£20.23 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate |
£22.50 |
£19.00 |
£17.28 |
| % change year-on-year |
+18.42% |
+9.95% |
+6.34% |
