WAN Contracts in Central London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 95 125
Rank change year-on-year -8 +30 +11
Contract jobs citing WAN 23 34 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.17% 1.42% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.95% 14.29% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 31
10th Percentile £438 £123 £200
25th Percentile £518 £217 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £591 £594 £641
90th Percentile £650 £665 £800
London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £25.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +135.29% -73.85% +49.87%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 210 238 385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.67% 9.91% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 163 269
10th Percentile £251 £205 £200
25th Percentile £408 £311 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% -20.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £663
90th Percentile £700 £723 £740
London median daily rate £500 £500 £563
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile £23.75 £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate £24.50 £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.48% -35.71% -48.15%
75th Percentile £25.25 £14.25 £24.64
90th Percentile - - £30.86
London median hourly rate £40.00 £23.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +70.21% -45.35% +32.31%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Central London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 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
City of London -9 15 £549 +12.51% 19
City of Westminster +6 6 £503 - 2
WAN
London

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) Firewall
2 10 (43.48%) SD-WAN
3 9 (39.13%) LAN
4 7 (30.43%) BGP
5 5 (21.74%) Network Security
5 5 (21.74%) OSPF
6 4 (17.39%) MPLS
6 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (17.39%) Wireless
7 3 (13.04%) EIGRP
7 3 (13.04%) VLAN
7 3 (13.04%) VPN
8 2 (8.70%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (8.70%) HTTP
8 2 (8.70%) Internet
8 2 (8.70%) SSL
9 1 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (4.35%) NX-OS
9 1 (4.35%) Unified Communications
9 1 (4.35%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
1 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.70%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.35%) Military
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Police
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Network Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Active Directory Support
2 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Support
2 3 (13.04%) Lead
2 3 (13.04%) WAN Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Lead Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.35%) Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) 802.1X
1 1 (4.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Hedge funds
2 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (4.35%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) High Availability
1 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (17.39%) Project Management
2 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (13.04%) Network Management
2 3 (13.04%) Patch Management
2 3 (13.04%) Security Patching
2 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.70%) Change Management
3 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security
3 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
3 2 (8.70%) Incident Response
3 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
3 2 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (8.70%) Network Performance Management
3 2 (8.70%) Performance Management
3 2 (8.70%) Process Improvement
3 2 (8.70%) Runbook
3 2 (8.70%) SIEM
3 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) CCNP
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.70%) CCNA
3 2 (8.70%) CCSA
4 1 (4.35%) CCSE
4 1 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Ansible
2 1 (4.35%) CA Spectrum
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco LMS
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Netcool
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Cisco
2 7 (30.43%) Palo Alto
3 5 (21.74%) CheckPoint
3 5 (21.74%) SolarWinds
4 4 (17.39%) Arista
4 4 (17.39%) Meraki
5 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
5 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
6 2 (8.70%) Forcepoint
6 2 (8.70%) Juniper
6 2 (8.70%) Sun
7 1 (4.35%) Adobe
7 1 (4.35%) Aruba
7 1 (4.35%) Citrix
7 1 (4.35%) F5
7 1 (4.35%) ForeScout
7 1 (4.35%) Infoblox
7 1 (4.35%) NetScout
7 1 (4.35%) Riverbed
7 1 (4.35%) Ruckus Wireless