Wide Area Network (WAN)
Essex > Chelmsford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 3 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing WAN | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chelmsford | - | 16.67% | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 100.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Essex median daily rate | £219 | £350 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.50% | - | +150.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £15.76 | - |
| Essex median hourly rate | - | £15.76 | - |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Chelmsford
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 Chelmsford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford | 12.50% | 16.67% | 22.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £105 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £106 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £230 | - | £110 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £153 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £175 |
| Essex median daily rate | £325 | £325 | £543 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -40.09% | +27.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £15.76 | - |
| Essex median hourly rate | £200.00 | £33.75 | £77.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +492.59% | -56.45% | +260.47% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Chelmsford.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Chelmsford.