WAN Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
Central London > City of London

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in the City of London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 124 146
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 -
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.094% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.10% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% -
Central London median daily rate £700 £625 £550
% change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,618 1,994 2,690
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 93.70% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,235 1,863
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.95% +3.04%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 13
10th Percentile £16.90 £17.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £26.03 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.04 £48.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.68% +26.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £65.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% -5.41% -10.84%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'WAN Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

WAN Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

WAN Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for WAN Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for WAN Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

WAN Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for WAN Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for WAN Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, WAN Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) WAN Optimisation
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds