WAN Contracts in Central London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 128 122
Rank change year-on-year +24 -6 -15
Contract jobs citing WAN 33 52 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.34% 1.34% 1.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.41% 13.30% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 34 52
10th Percentile £143 £226 £405
25th Percentile £252 £384 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +9.95% -4.03%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £621
90th Percentile £696 £785 £698
London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.58
25th Percentile - - £39.06
Median hourly rate - - £41.25
75th Percentile - - £43.56
90th Percentile - - £44.13
London median hourly rate £20.25 £65.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -68.85% +51.16% -14.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 246 391 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.00% 10.09% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 270 354
10th Percentile £212 £209 £313
25th Percentile £350 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £595 £673 £600
90th Percentile £738 £750 £713
London median daily rate £500 £558 £550
% change year-on-year -10.31% +1.36% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile - £20.46 -
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.81 £21.00
Median hourly rate £16.22 £21.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.79% -46.84% +125.71%
75th Percentile £18.93 £24.64 £61.75
90th Percentile - £30.86 £64.35
London median hourly rate £22.00 £43.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -48.84% +22.86% +45.83%

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

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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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +28 29 £488 -11.36% 16
West End of London +2 2 £252 -59.65%
City of Westminster -2 2 - -
Lambeth - 1 £188 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.03%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
4 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (57.58%) LAN
2 13 (39.39%) SD-WAN
3 11 (33.33%) Firewall
4 10 (30.30%) Wireless
5 8 (24.24%) WLAN
6 5 (15.15%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (9.09%) BGP
7 3 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (9.09%) IPsec
7 3 (9.09%) OSPF
7 3 (9.09%) Unified Communications
7 3 (9.09%) VPN
8 2 (6.06%) DNS
8 2 (6.06%) Softphone
8 2 (6.06%) VoIP
9 1 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (3.03%) DHCP
9 1 (3.03%) Multicast
9 1 (3.03%) Network Security
9 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
1 1 (3.03%) Katalon Studio
General
1 9 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Architect
1 6 (18.18%) Consultant
1 6 (18.18%) Network Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Network Architect
2 4 (12.12%) Security Consultant
3 3 (9.09%) IT Support
3 3 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
3 3 (9.09%) IT Technician
3 3 (9.09%) Network Specialist
3 3 (9.09%) Support Technician
4 2 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (6.06%) Desktop Support
4 2 (6.06%) Desktop Support Technician
4 2 (6.06%) Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Junior
4 2 (6.06%) Junior IT Technician
4 2 (6.06%) Network Consultant
4 2 (6.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) .NET
1 1 (3.03%) Kafka
1 1 (3.03%) LDAP
1 1 (3.03%) Middleware
1 1 (3.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) PKI
2 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.06%) iPhone
3 2 (6.06%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) CMDB
4 1 (3.03%) Digital Signage
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) IVR
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Android
3 1 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Cloud Security
2 5 (15.15%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (15.15%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.12%) IT Strategy
3 4 (12.12%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 3 (9.09%) Change Management
4 3 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 3 (9.09%) Data Encryption
4 3 (9.09%) Database Security
4 3 (9.09%) DevOps
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (9.09%) Key Management
4 3 (9.09%) Performance Management
4 3 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (9.09%) Security Auditing
4 3 (9.09%) SIEM
4 3 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.06%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.03%) Perl
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.09%) CCNA
3 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) CCIE
4 1 (3.03%) CCNP
4 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.03%) PMP
4 1 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (6.06%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) FortiGate
1 3 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Cisco
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) Juniper
3 5 (15.15%) Palo Alto
4 3 (9.09%) HP
5 2 (6.06%) Aruba
5 2 (6.06%) F5
5 2 (6.06%) Google
5 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.06%) VMware
6 1 (3.03%) Apple
6 1 (3.03%) BT
6 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.03%) Dell
6 1 (3.03%) Genesys
6 1 (3.03%) Kenna
6 1 (3.03%) Meraki
6 1 (3.03%) Riverbed
6 1 (3.03%) Terracotta