Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Coventry
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Coventry 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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | - | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing WAN | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry | 4.20% | - | 4.31% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 20.00% | - | 25.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £388 | - | £248 |
| 25th Percentile | £444 | - | £333 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £503 | - | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +150.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | - | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | - | £490 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £400 | £375 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.67% | +15.38% | -23.53% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Coventry
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 Coventry.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 25 | 19 | 40 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry | 21.01% | 19.19% | 17.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £240 | £174 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £284 | £345 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £503 | £400 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.63% | -5.88% | +74.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £642 | £675 | £481 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | - | £538 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £425 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £26.00 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £27.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £28.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £30.00 | £14.00 | £27.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +114.29% | -48.62% | +45.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Coventry.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Coventry.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Coventry over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Coventry.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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: