WAN Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Related Skills in Ipswich

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	20
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-2
Contract jobs citing WAN	0	0	1
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich	-	-	1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	-	-	3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	0	0	1
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-25.00%
Suffolk median daily rate	£350	£588	£450
% change year-on-year	-40.43%	+30.56%	+12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	10	7	28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich	22.73%	13.73%	36.84%
Number of daily rates quoted	4	3	17
10^th Percentile	£334	-	£215
25^th Percentile	£384	£363	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£463	£375	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+23.33%	-21.05%	-20.83%
75^th Percentile	£513	£431	£488
90^th Percentile	£535	£458	-
Suffolk median daily rate	£325	£220	£475
% change year-on-year	+47.73%	-53.68%	+18.75%