WAN Contracts in Glasgow

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 76 75
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing WAN 11 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.38% 0.68% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.33% 5.94% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 6
10th Percentile £357 £228 £338
25th Percentile £370 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £400 £444
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -9.86% +67.45%
75th Percentile £466 £450 £468
90th Percentile £528 £525 £549
Scotland median daily rate £431 £700 £500
% change year-on-year -38.39% +40.00% +57.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 101 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.52% 11.52% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 68 75
10th Percentile £219 £200 £310
25th Percentile £363 £394 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £485 £623 £538
90th Percentile £550 £691 £603
Scotland median daily rate £425 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £10.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.68%
75th Percentile - - £22.82
90th Percentile - - £54.34
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
% change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for WAN in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) VPN
2 7 (63.64%) LAN
3 5 (45.45%) BGP
3 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 5 (45.45%) OSPF
3 5 (45.45%) Wireless
4 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
5 3 (27.27%) Network Security
6 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
6 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (9.09%) 4G
7 1 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (9.09%) MPLS
7 1 (9.09%) SDH
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Field Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) WAN Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Capacity Management
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Network Design
4 2 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Line Management
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Security Management
5 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CCNP
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) APMP
4 1 (9.09%) CCNA
4 1 (9.09%) HNC
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
4 1 (9.09%) PMP
4 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) FortiGate
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
2 5 (45.45%) Palo Alto
3 4 (36.36%) Juniper
3 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) Aruba
5 1 (9.09%) BT
5 1 (9.09%) Nokia
5 1 (9.09%) Snow
5 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds