WAN Contracts in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 127 129
Rank change year-on-year +33 +2 -15
Contract jobs citing WAN 30 43 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.38% 1.21% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.35% 12.15% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 43
10th Percentile £123 £235 £406
25th Percentile £281 £366 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +10.00% -1.72%
75th Percentile £644 £667 £638
90th Percentile £670 £806 £695
Central London median daily rate £475 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -3.38%
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
Central London median hourly rate - - £41.25

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 209 354 410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.64% 9.97% 9.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 244 312
10th Percentile £202 £231 £313
25th Percentile £350 £450 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £621
90th Percentile £746 £750 £713
Central London median daily rate £438 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -20.45% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile - £20.46 -
25th Percentile £12.75 £20.81 £21.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -46.84% +167.80%
75th Percentile £14.25 £24.64 £61.75
90th Percentile - £30.86 £64.35
Central London median hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -35.71% -48.15% +157.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for WAN in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Azure API Management
2 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.33%) GCP
2 1 (3.33%) GitHub
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 14 (46.67%) LAN
3 12 (40.00%) Firewall
4 7 (23.33%) WLAN
5 6 (20.00%) Wireless
6 3 (10.00%) Unified Communications
6 3 (10.00%) VPN
6 3 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (6.67%) BGP
7 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (6.67%) IPsec
7 2 (6.67%) MPLS
7 2 (6.67%) OSPF
8 1 (3.33%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (3.33%) DNS
8 1 (3.33%) Multicast
8 1 (3.33%) Network Security
8 1 (3.33%) SAN
8 1 (3.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) MySQL
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) GitLab
1 1 (3.33%) Katalon Studio
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Banking
4 3 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Architect
2 6 (20.00%) Consultant
3 5 (16.67%) Network Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Security Consultant
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Support Technician
5 3 (10.00%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (10.00%) IT Support
5 3 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (10.00%) IT Technician
5 3 (10.00%) Junior
5 3 (10.00%) Junior IT Support
5 3 (10.00%) Junior IT Technician
5 3 (10.00%) Junior Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
1 1 (3.33%) Kafka
1 1 (3.33%) LDAP
1 1 (3.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) PKI
2 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.00%) iPhone
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) CMDB
3 1 (3.33%) Digital Signage
3 1 (3.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) IVR
3 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Android
2 1 (3.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
3 4 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (10.00%) Data Encryption
4 3 (10.00%) Database Security
4 3 (10.00%) DevOps
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (10.00%) Key Management
4 3 (10.00%) Logistics
4 3 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 3 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (10.00%) Security Auditing
4 3 (10.00%) SIEM
4 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.67%) Application Security
5 2 (6.67%) DevSecOps
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (6.67%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) Java
3 1 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.33%) Perl
3 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (13.33%) Degree
3 4 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) CCNA
4 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.67%) CCNP
6 1 (3.33%) CCIE
6 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.33%) PMP
6 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Cisco
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (16.67%) Juniper
3 5 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.67%) Aruba
5 2 (6.67%) F5
5 2 (6.67%) HP
6 1 (3.33%) BT
6 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.33%) Genesys
6 1 (3.33%) Google
6 1 (3.33%) Kenna
6 1 (3.33%) Riverbed
6 1 (3.33%) Terracotta
6 1 (3.33%) VMware