WAN Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing WAN 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.81% - 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% - 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £330 - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - £290
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.50%
75th Percentile £340 - £295
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £293 - £400

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 17 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 9.68% 7.69% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 17
10th Percentile £187 £213 £212
25th Percentile £253 £221 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £375 £340
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% +10.29% -23.38%
75th Percentile £296 £443 £395
90th Percentile £312 £475 £588
South Wales median daily rate £290 £300 £340
% change year-on-year -3.33% -11.76% -24.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.00 -
South Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year +68.42% - -

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Cardiff

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing WAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing WAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Modbus
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco