LAN/WAN Engineer Contracts in England

Local & Wide Area Network Engineer (LAN/WAN Engineer)
UK > England

The median Local & Wide Area Network Engineer (LAN/WAN Engineer) daily rate in England is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 627 778
Rank change year-on-year +93 +151 -146
Contract jobs requiring a LAN/WAN Engineer 6 28 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.057% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.060% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £413 £352
25th Percentile £338 £438 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £363 £538 £485
90th Percentile - £560 £514
UK median daily rate £350 £475 £471
% change year-on-year -26.32% +0.90% +4.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,105 46,424 66,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.64% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,627 32,967 47,588
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £640
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,373 1,839
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.26 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.92 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

LAN/WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured LAN/WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for LAN/WAN Engineer in England

LAN/WAN Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LAN/WAN Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for LAN/WAN Engineer in England

LAN/WAN Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LAN/WAN Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for LAN/WAN Engineer in England

LAN/WAN Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN/WAN Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
North of England +23 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
London +78 2 £350 -36.36% 1
South West +14 1 - -
LAN/WAN Engineer
UK

LAN/WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, LAN/WAN Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring LAN/WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) WAN
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (50.00%) 3Com
3 3 (50.00%) Break/Fix
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Meraki
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (50.00%) Brocade
3 3 (50.00%) Aruba
3 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) Wireless
5 1 (16.67%) IPsec
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) MPLS
5 1 (16.67%) OSPF
5 1 (16.67%) BGP
5 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
5 1 (16.67%) TACACS
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) CCNP
5 1 (16.67%) VoIP
5 1 (16.67%) WLAN
5 1 (16.67%) SMTP

LAN/WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (16.67%) FTP
4 1 (16.67%) HTTP
4 1 (16.67%) IPsec
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) SMTP
4 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
4 1 (16.67%) VLAN
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
4 1 (16.67%) WLAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Availability Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Juniper
3 3 (50.00%) 3Com
3 3 (50.00%) Aruba
3 3 (50.00%) Brocade
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) Meraki
4 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (16.67%) Splunk
4 1 (16.67%) Zscaler