WAN Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 19 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +8
Contract jobs citing WAN 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.33% 1.63% 2.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 15.38% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £515 £517
25th Percentile £263 £518 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £530 £543
Median % change year-on-year -48.14% -2.26% +27.65%
75th Percentile £288 £537 £558
90th Percentile - £537 £562
East Midlands median daily rate £375 £500 £470
% change year-on-year -25.00% +6.38% +34.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6 13 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 4.00% 10.57% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 13
10th Percentile - £425 £345
25th Percentile £263 £428 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £450 £560
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -19.64% +38.27%
75th Percentile £359 £537 £625
90th Percentile £403 £583 £657
East Midlands median daily rate £435 £434 £500
% change year-on-year +0.29% -13.25% +17.65%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing WAN

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
Leicester -1 1 - - 2
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 1 £275 - 1
WAN
East Midlands

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Site Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Samsung