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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 57 52
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 +13
DemandTrendContract jobs citing WAN 14 5 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.88% 0.72% 2.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.88% 9.80% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 15
10th Percentile £362 £215 £313
25th Percentile £370 £274 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £356 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -35.23% +72.55%
75th Percentile £475 £463 £681
90th Percentile £518 £530 £695
Scotland median daily rate £399 £400 £550
% change year-on-year -0.25% -27.27% +29.41%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 64 51 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 8.61% 7.36% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 34 64
10th Percentile £313 £200 £330
25th Percentile £378 £308 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -8.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £525 £531 £578
90th Percentile £580 £619 £636
Scotland median daily rate £445 £400 £490
% change year-on-year +11.25% -18.37% +12.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £16.35
25th Percentile £52.50 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.00 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% +3.68% -51.78%
75th Percentile £57.50 £19.50 £50.49
90th Percentile - - £59.29
Scotland median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £38.87
% change year-on-year -5.31% -52.99% +6.30%

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

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing WAN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Glasgow over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Glasgow

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Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing WAN

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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 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) LAN
2 7 (50.00%) VPN
3 6 (42.86%) BGP
3 6 (42.86%) OSPF
4 5 (35.71%) Firewall
5 4 (28.57%) Network Security
5 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 4 (28.57%) Wireless
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (14.29%) EIGRP
6 2 (14.29%) Internet
6 2 (14.29%) VLAN
6 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (7.14%) MPLS
7 1 (7.14%) SDH
7 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) WAN Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (42.86%) Network Design
3 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Capacity Management
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Change Management
6 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.14%) Order Management
6 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.14%) Problem Management
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.14%) Security Management
6 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) CCNP
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 2 (14.29%) CCIE
4 1 (7.14%) APMP
4 1 (7.14%) HNC
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMP
4 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) FortiGate
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (35.71%) Palo Alto
3 4 (28.57%) Juniper
4 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
5 2 (14.29%) Meraki
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (7.14%) Aruba
6 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
6 1 (7.14%) Nokia
6 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds