WAN Contracts in the South East

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 63 52
Rank change year-on-year -35 -11 +47
Contract jobs citing WAN 68 166 232
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.07% 2.92% 3.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.76% 14.20% 23.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 62 126
10th Percentile £283 £208 £273
25th Percentile £381 £372 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £506 £638 £538
90th Percentile £625 £699 £588
England median daily rate £478 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.50% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 21
10th Percentile - £18.15 £18.50
25th Percentile - £20.45 £19.50
Median hourly rate - £67.02 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year - +53.19% +236.54%
75th Percentile - £75.24 £66.00
90th Percentile - £75.94 £80.25
England median hourly rate £30.00 £24.87 £52.58
% change year-on-year +20.63% -52.70% +102.23%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 578 1,169 1,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.62% 20.54% 17.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 564 595
10th Percentile £215 £209 £240
25th Percentile £325 £397 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £647 £700
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 139 72
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.35 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £31.88 £32.38
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £78.97
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £22.00
% change year-on-year -18.27% +108.55% -12.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South East

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South East.

Daily rate trend for WAN in the South East

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the South East over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the South East

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the South East

WAN
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Thames Valley -25 27 £415 -24.55% 54
Berkshire -14 26 £415 -36.15% 33
Hampshire 0 25 £500 -6.54% 34
Surrey +17 12 £425 +4.94% 14
Kent -9 2 £438 +141.66% 16
Oxfordshire -4 1 - - 10
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.94%) Camunda
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.47%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.00%) Azure
2 13 (19.12%) AWS
3 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.88%) Cloudflare
4 4 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) Akamai
5 1 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
5 1 (1.47%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 50 (73.53%) LAN
2 32 (47.06%) VPN
3 22 (32.35%) MPLS
4 18 (26.47%) Firewall
5 16 (23.53%) Ethernet
6 15 (22.06%) SAN
7 14 (20.59%) ATM
7 14 (20.59%) Frame Relay
7 14 (20.59%) GPRS
7 14 (20.59%) GSM
7 14 (20.59%) LTE
7 14 (20.59%) SDH
7 14 (20.59%) SD-WAN
7 14 (20.59%) UMTS
7 14 (20.59%) Wireshark
8 11 (16.18%) Wireless
9 9 (13.24%) Network Security
10 7 (10.29%) BGP
11 6 (8.82%) OSPF
11 6 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 41 (60.29%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Telecoms
3 9 (13.24%) Finance
4 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.94%) Aviation
6 2 (2.94%) Billing
6 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (39.71%) Network Engineer
2 14 (20.59%) Architect
2 14 (20.59%) Test Engineer
3 13 (19.12%) IP Engineer
4 7 (10.29%) Technical Architect
5 5 (7.35%) IP Network Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) IT Support
6 4 (5.88%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) IT Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 2 (2.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
8 2 (2.94%) 2nd Line Support Technician
8 2 (2.94%) BSS Architect
8 2 (2.94%) IP Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) IP Network Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) IT Technician
8 2 (2.94%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.76%) Middleware
2 2 (2.94%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.94%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (13.24%) Data Centre
3 8 (11.76%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.41%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.94%) CCTV
6 2 (2.94%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.94%) TM Forum
7 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (36.76%) Linux
2 14 (20.59%) Unix
2 14 (20.59%) Windows
3 3 (4.41%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.94%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (26.47%) Project Management
3 14 (20.59%) Fault Management
3 14 (20.59%) Regression Testing
3 14 (20.59%) Test Strategy
4 10 (14.71%) ITIL
4 10 (14.71%) Network Design
5 9 (13.24%) Network Architecture
6 8 (11.76%) API Management
6 8 (11.76%) Migration
7 7 (10.29%) Architectural Patterns
8 6 (8.82%) IT Strategy
8 6 (8.82%) Service Design
8 6 (8.82%) Zero Trust
9 5 (7.35%) Business Strategy
9 5 (7.35%) Roadmaps
10 4 (5.88%) Application Packaging
10 4 (5.88%) Architecture Roadmap
10 4 (5.88%) Incident Management
10 4 (5.88%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.59%) Java
2 4 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (42.65%) CCNP
3 18 (26.47%) Security Cleared
4 14 (20.59%) ISEB
4 14 (20.59%) ISTQB
4 14 (20.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
6 8 (11.76%) CCNA
7 6 (8.82%) CCIE
8 3 (4.41%) A+ Certification
8 3 (4.41%) Degree
8 3 (4.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.47%) CEH
9 1 (1.47%) CISM
9 1 (1.47%) CISSP
9 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) NIST
1 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (14.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.47%) vSphere
2 1 (1.47%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) Ansible
2 4 (5.88%) Terraform
3 2 (2.94%) SCCM
4 1 (1.47%) CASB
4 1 (1.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (63.24%) Cisco
2 20 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 19 (27.94%) Juniper
4 8 (11.76%) MuleSoft
4 8 (11.76%) Palo Alto
5 7 (10.29%) Aruba
5 7 (10.29%) CheckPoint
6 6 (8.82%) Citrix
6 6 (8.82%) F5
6 6 (8.82%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.88%) Zscaler
8 3 (4.41%) Mellanox
8 3 (4.41%) NVIDIA
9 2 (2.94%) HP
9 2 (2.94%) Meraki
9 2 (2.94%) VMware
10 1 (1.47%) Blue Coat
10 1 (1.47%) Google
10 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.47%) Wyse