The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 15 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
18
30
30
Rank change year-on-year
+12
0
-2
Contract jobs citing WAN
1
6
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
19
24
10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham
32.20%
12.57%
6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted
16
15
5
10th Percentile
£529
£367
£315
25th Percentile
£547
£475
£375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£580
£550
£550
Median % change year-on-year
+5.50%
-
-2.22%
75th Percentile
£623
£575
£650
90th Percentile
-
£725
£680
Gloucestershire median daily rate
£550
£550
£460
% change year-on-year
-
+19.57%
+2.22%
WAN Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
WAN Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Cheltenham.
WAN Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Cheltenham.
WAN Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing WAN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region with a requirement for WAN.
WAN Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:
