WAN Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Wide Area Network (WAN)
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hillingdon requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 +7 -
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 1.39% 4.35% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 11.11% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £172 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £177 £550
Median % change year-on-year +111.43% -67.75% -
75th Percentile - £183 £575
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £325 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -27.78% -18.18% +83.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 18 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 6.94% 39.13% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 22
10th Percentile £241 £172 £200
25th Percentile £256 £196 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £240 £230
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +4.35% -67.14%
75th Percentile £333 - £418
90th Percentile £358 £288 £516
West London median daily rate £475 £288 £250
% change year-on-year +65.22% +15.00% -44.44%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing WAN

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 23 February 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
Heathrow +3 1 £375 +111.43%
WAN
West London

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet