WAN Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing WAN 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 2.53% 1.11% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 20.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 £156 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £163 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% - -
75th Percentile £195 £169 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £443 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -11.50% +11.11% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 7.59% 5.56% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £214 £244 -
25th Percentile £258 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £293 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -44.29% - -10.26%
75th Percentile £310 £538 £538
90th Percentile £327 £598 £541
South East median daily rate £486 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.75% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - £21.98
Median hourly rate £19.00 - £23.95
75th Percentile £19.50 - £25.93
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £64.76 £60.00
% change year-on-year +8.34% +7.93% +33.33%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

WAN job vacancy trend in East Sussex

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing WAN

WAN
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 30 November 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
Hove - 1 - -
St Leonards-on-Sea - 1 £190 -
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) WAN Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Zscaler