WAN Contracts in Bristol

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 88 71
Rank change year-on-year +39 -17 -11
Contract jobs citing WAN 29 13 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.77% 1.04% 2.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.59% 6.10% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 9 21
10th Percentile £313 £297 £163
25th Percentile £469 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £370
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +14.86% -12.94%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £450
90th Percentile £688 £633 £488
South West median daily rate £650 £488 £425
% change year-on-year +33.33% +14.71% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £85.50 £75.00 -
25th Percentile £86.25 £80.63 -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £92.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% - -
75th Percentile £93.75 £101.56 -
90th Percentile £94.50 £102.13 -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £67.42 £50.49
% change year-on-year -40.67% +33.53% +125.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 148 213 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.15% 16.97% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 97 104
10th Percentile £230 £200 £225
25th Percentile £355 £320 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +13.21%
75th Percentile £640 £600 £524
90th Percentile £688 £680 £600
South West median daily rate £535 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 87 1
10th Percentile £12.53 - -
25th Percentile £30.12 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £9.80 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +563.27% -44.00% -65.35%
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.00 -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
% change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +7.57%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
1 3 (10.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
2 3 (10.34%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (44.83%) Firewall
1 13 (44.83%) LAN
2 10 (34.48%) SDH
3 6 (20.69%) VPN
3 6 (20.69%) Wireless
4 5 (17.24%) SAN
5 4 (13.79%) FTP
5 4 (13.79%) Junos
6 3 (10.34%) SD-WAN
6 3 (10.34%) Skype
6 3 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (10.34%) WLAN
7 2 (6.90%) BGP
7 2 (6.90%) DHCP
7 2 (6.90%) DNS
7 2 (6.90%) Network Security
7 2 (6.90%) OSPF
7 2 (6.90%) SNMP
7 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
7 2 (6.90%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Rational DOORS
General
1 15 (51.72%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.24%) Aeronautics
2 5 (17.24%) Aerospace
3 4 (13.79%) Legal
4 3 (10.34%) Electronics
4 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.34%) Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Architect
2 10 (34.48%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (31.03%) Network Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
4 3 (10.34%) Network Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Leader
5 2 (6.90%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.45%) Baseband Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Data Centre
2 4 (13.79%) Replication
3 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.34%) NHS
3 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.34%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (10.34%) Solar Power
4 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) ITIL
2 9 (31.03%) Decision-Making
2 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (24.14%) ArchiMate
3 7 (24.14%) BPMN
3 7 (24.14%) Customer Requirements
3 7 (24.14%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (24.14%) Roadmaps
3 7 (24.14%) TOGAF
4 6 (20.69%) Architecture Governance
4 6 (20.69%) Customer Engagement
4 6 (20.69%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (17.24%) Commercial Awareness
5 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
6 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) Change Management
6 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
6 4 (13.79%) Digital Strategy
6 4 (13.79%) Presales
7 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) Security Cleared
2 12 (41.38%) SC Cleared
3 10 (34.48%) DV Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) CCNP
4 6 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (13.79%) Degree
5 4 (13.79%) HND
5 4 (13.79%) JNCIA
5 4 (13.79%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (10.34%) MCP
7 2 (6.90%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
1 4 (13.79%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (13.79%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) vCenter Server
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.34%) SCCM
3 2 (6.90%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) Cisco
2 8 (27.59%) Juniper
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (27.59%) Palo Alto
2 8 (27.59%) VMware
3 7 (24.14%) Nokia
4 5 (17.24%) IBM
5 4 (13.79%) CheckPoint
5 4 (13.79%) Ciena
5 4 (13.79%) Veeam
6 3 (10.34%) Citrix
6 3 (10.34%) Fortinet
6 3 (10.34%) SAP
6 3 (10.34%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.90%) F5