WAN Contract Job Trends in Maidstone

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Kent > Maidstone

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Maidstone requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WAN 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone 24.32% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 56.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile £452 - -
Kent median daily rate £440 - £205
% change year-on-year - - -34.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Maidstone

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 Maidstone.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 16 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone 43.24% 26.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £329 £206 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £245 -
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% - -
75th Percentile £445 £250 -
90th Percentile £453 £474 -
Kent median daily rate £438 £250 £424
% change year-on-year +75.00% -41.00% +16.10%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Maidstone

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Maidstone citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Maidstone citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone 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 9 (100.00%) BGP
1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
1 9 (100.00%) IPsec
1 9 (100.00%) LAN
1 9 (100.00%) OSPF
1 9 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 9 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CCNP
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) CCNA
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Aruba
1 9 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Palo Alto