WAN Contracts in Scotland

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 107 132
Rank change year-on-year +11 +25 +21
Contract jobs citing WAN 23 21 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.43% 0.95% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.43% 8.43% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 18
10th Percentile £362 £320 £392
25th Percentile £396 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £700 £500
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +40.00% +57.48%
75th Percentile £481 £775 £574
90th Percentile £511 £823 £608
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 140 249 355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 8.67% 11.22% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 149 227
10th Percentile £200 £187 £160
25th Percentile £313 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
75th Percentile £522 £626 £538
90th Percentile £550 £700 £600
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 18 21
10th Percentile - £15.43 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.69 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%
75th Percentile £23.53 £60.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £32.36 £60.75 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £38.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -15.58% +102.63% -31.84%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Scotland

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for WAN in Scotland

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Scotland

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Scotland

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Glasgow +7 10 £399 -0.25% 13
Edinburgh 0 9 £425 -41.38% 5
Aberdeen - 3 £475 - 2
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
3 3 (13.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (60.87%) LAN
1 14 (60.87%) VPN
2 13 (56.52%) Firewall
3 10 (43.48%) SD-WAN
3 10 (43.48%) Wireless
4 9 (39.13%) BGP
4 9 (39.13%) OSPF
5 8 (34.78%) Network Security
6 7 (30.43%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (21.74%) IPsec
7 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
8 4 (17.39%) 4G
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (17.39%) EIGRP
8 4 (17.39%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (13.04%) MPLS
9 3 (13.04%) SDH
10 2 (8.70%) Unified Communications
11 1 (4.35%) WLAN
General
1 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
3 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
4 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Electronics
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Network Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Senior
3 4 (17.39%) Project Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Field Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) WAN Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Network Field Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Field Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) NOC Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) Data Centre
2 5 (21.74%) Driving Licence
3 3 (13.04%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (8.70%) SCADA
5 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
3 5 (21.74%) Project Management
3 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (17.39%) Network Design
4 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.04%) Capacity Management
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (13.04%) Line Management
5 3 (13.04%) Process Management
6 2 (8.70%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (8.70%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (8.70%) Change Management
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
6 2 (8.70%) High Availability
6 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
6 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (30.43%) CCNP
3 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
4 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
5 4 (17.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (13.04%) CCNA
6 3 (13.04%) Degree
6 3 (13.04%) HNC
7 1 (4.35%) APMP
7 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.35%) BC Cleared
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
7 1 (4.35%) PMP
7 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Firmware
1 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 19 (82.61%) Cisco
2 11 (47.83%) Palo Alto
3 7 (30.43%) ServiceNow
4 5 (21.74%) F5
5 4 (17.39%) Juniper
5 4 (17.39%) Nokia
6 3 (13.04%) BT
6 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
7 2 (8.70%) Snow
8 1 (4.35%) Aruba
8 1 (4.35%) Meraki
8 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
8 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
8 1 (4.35%) VMware