WAN Contract Job Trends in Devon

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 25 35
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 10 5
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.65% 4.57% 1.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 37.04% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £413 £600
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -31.25% -
75th Percentile £775 £430 -
90th Percentile - £436 -
South West median daily rate £531 £420 £538
% change year-on-year +26.49% -21.86% +5.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7 27 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 4.55% 12.33% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 13
10th Percentile £173 £301 £113
25th Percentile £199 £330 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £413 £600
Median % change year-on-year -29.70% -31.25% +50.00%
75th Percentile £419 £466 -
90th Percentile £588 £544 -
South West median daily rate £533 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +6.50% -9.09% +15.79%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

WAN job vacancy trend in Devon

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing WAN

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Devon region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Plymouth +2 1 £750 - 1
WAN
South West

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco