WAN Contract Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 2.78% - 2.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - -
South London median daily rate £424 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -10.79% -17.39% +10.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
South London median hourly rate - - £83.25

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 2.78% 4.35% 8.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £315
25th Percentile - £163 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £175 £355
Median % change year-on-year +91.43% -50.70% +294.44%
75th Percentile - £188 £379
90th Percentile - - £392
South London median daily rate £500 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -20.45% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
South London median hourly rate - - £83.25

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing WAN

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Surbiton - 1 £335 -
WAN
South London

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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 ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds