WAN Optimisation Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

WAN Optimization
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring WAN Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WAN Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.023% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £529 £700 £488
% change year-on-year -24.43% +43.59% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

WAN Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,636 1,865 2,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.96% 88.30% 81.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,293 1,211 1,567
10th Percentile £306 £206 £231
25th Percentile £402 £357 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £671 £639 £688
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 108 177
10th Percentile £13.54 £12.62 £11.10
25th Percentile £16.72 £14.99 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% - -19.15%
75th Percentile £53.75 £29.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £71.56 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%

WAN Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

WAN Optimisation job vacancy trend in the Midlands

WAN Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WAN Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WAN Optimisation

WAN Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Optimisation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
West Midlands - 1 £529 -
WAN Optimisation
England

WAN Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Design Authority
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Design Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared