WAN Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 66 71
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +43
Contract jobs citing WAN 9 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.54% 0.32% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.31% 2.82% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 8
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £413 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile £447 - £805
90th Percentile £460 - £830
Scotland median daily rate £300 £400 £558
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.25% +11.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 52 71 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.89% 11.40% 9.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 50
10th Percentile £260 £179 £130
25th Percentile £413 £405 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £522 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% +30.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £616 £569
90th Percentile £602 £671 £708
Scotland median daily rate £425 £445 £550
% change year-on-year -4.44% -19.14% +25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £70.50 £20.68
25th Percentile - £71.25 £27.31
Median hourly rate £75.00 £72.50 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +84.71% +9.26%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £50.81
90th Percentile - £74.50 £57.23
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year +7.14% +18.58% +264.83%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing WAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 6 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (66.67%) LAN
1 6 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 4 (44.44%) BGP
2 4 (44.44%) EIGRP
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) OSPF
2 4 (44.44%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) IPsec
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
5 1 (11.11%) VLAN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Network Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
2 3 (33.33%) High Availability
2 3 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Network Design
3 2 (22.22%) Network Management
3 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (55.56%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) F5
2 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (11.11%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (11.11%) Meraki