WAN Contracts in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 92 126
Rank change year-on-year -19 +34 +1
Contract jobs citing WAN 12 32 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.68% 1.47% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.06% 15.09% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 28
10th Percentile £507 £123 £244
25th Percentile £518 £344 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.51% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £663 £675
90th Percentile £635 £710 £804
Central London median daily rate £549 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +15.63% -13.64% +10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 170 212 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.68% 9.76% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 142 252
10th Percentile £253 £207 £233
25th Percentile £463 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.06% -18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £634 £675
90th Percentile £734 £773 £750
Central London median daily rate £539 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +19.72% -18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £20.46
25th Percentile - £12.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% -46.84%
75th Percentile - £14.25 £24.64
90th Percentile - - £30.86
Central London median hourly rate - £13.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year - -35.71% -48.15%

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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 6 May 2025.

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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) LAN
3 5 (41.67%) SD-WAN
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
4 3 (25.00%) Wireless
5 2 (16.67%) Internet
5 2 (16.67%) VLAN
5 2 (16.67%) VPN
6 1 (8.33%) BGP
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
6 1 (8.33%) MPLS
6 1 (8.33%) NetScaler
6 1 (8.33%) OSPF
6 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
6 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (8.33%) Police
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Lead
1 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Active Directory Support
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (16.67%) Lead Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Test Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Trade Floor Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Network Management
2 2 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) Runbook
2 2 (16.67%) Security Patching
2 2 (16.67%) SIEM
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CCNA
1 2 (16.67%) CCNP
1 2 (16.67%) CCSA
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CCSE
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
2 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (16.67%) Arista
3 2 (16.67%) Forcepoint
3 2 (16.67%) Meraki
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (8.33%) Aruba
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) ForeScout
4 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (8.33%) Infoblox
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper
4 1 (8.33%) NetScout
4 1 (8.33%) Ruckus Wireless