WAN Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WAN 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.72% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £392 - -
25th Percentile £455 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile £837 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £638 £375 £600
% change year-on-year +70.00% -37.50% +118.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 92 67 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 19.83% 32.37% 25.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 29 25
10th Percentile £401 £510 £338
25th Percentile £450 £525 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +37.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £819 £700 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 31 24
10th Percentile £60.58 £41.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.19
Median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £90.76 £75.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +5.77% - -

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing WAN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Stevenage over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing WAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) CMS
2 1 (12.50%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) LAN
2 7 (87.50%) H.323
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Skype
3 1 (12.50%) Telepresence
3 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) VSAN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Telephony Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Video Conferencing Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Network Support
4 1 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Network Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 4 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) VMware