WAN Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

WAN Optimization
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring WAN Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WAN Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £529 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

WAN Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 773 437 610
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.39% 87.05% 81.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 294 406
10th Percentile £313 £163 £235
25th Percentile £402 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.52% +1.68% -5.00%
75th Percentile £587 £588 £580
90th Percentile £686 £689 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -0.62% -3.40% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 31 43
10th Percentile £14.46 - £13.25
25th Percentile £19.34 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.05 £16.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.53% -38.46% +25.57%
75th Percentile £69.06 £26.51 £47.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £30.29 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.18 £22.05 £22.50
% change year-on-year +55.02% -2.00% -

WAN Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

WAN Optimisation job vacancy trend in Birmingham

WAN Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing WAN Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing WAN Optimisation

WAN Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Design Authority
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Design Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared