WAN Optimisation Contract Job Trends in England

WAN Optimization
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring WAN Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 474 540
Rank change year-on-year -127 +66 +97
Contract jobs citing WAN Optimisation 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% 0.008% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.009% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £476
25th Percentile £515 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £700 £488
Median % change year-on-year -24.43% +43.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile £544 - £509
90th Percentile - - £519
UK median daily rate £529 £700 £488
% change year-on-year -24.43% +43.59% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

WAN Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

WAN Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WAN Optimisation job vacancy trend in England

WAN Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WAN Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WAN Optimisation

WAN Optimisation
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WAN Optimisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WAN Optimisation

WAN Optimisation
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 WAN Optimisation within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £529 -
West Midlands - 1 £529 -
North of England - 1 - -
WAN Optimisation
UK

WAN Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Design Leader
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared