Wide Area Network (WAN)
West Midlands > Shropshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 26 | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +14 | +44 |
| Contract jobs citing WAN | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire | - | 2.80% | 2.36% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 40.00% | 30.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £298 | £303 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £299 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £300 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -20.00% | -34.78% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £456 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £498 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £425 | £375 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.33% | +7.14% | -12.50% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Shropshire
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 Shropshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire | 3.79% | 6.99% | 7.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £564 | £117 | £333 |
| 25th Percentile | £567 | £200 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £578 | £298 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +93.79% | -40.40% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £586 | £300 | £531 |
| 90th Percentile | £587 | £347 | £558 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £400 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -17.53% | +21.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £12.18 | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £16.26 | £19.95 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.50% | +7.84% | +8.82% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Shropshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Shropshire.