WAN Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 22 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -7
Contract jobs citing WAN 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 2.78% 1.80% 2.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 8.70% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £524 -
25th Percentile - £541 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £588 £450
Median % change year-on-year -52.34% +30.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile - £641 £544
90th Percentile - £661 £600
East of England median daily rate £340 £555 £450
% change year-on-year -38.74% +23.33% +20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 20 23 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 27.78% 20.72% 25.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 20
10th Percentile £212 £185 £223
25th Percentile £213 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £220 £475
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -53.68% +18.75%
75th Percentile £484 £431 £488
90th Percentile £532 £538 -
East of England median daily rate £413 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £48.56 -
East of England median hourly rate £58.50 £44.28 £65.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -31.88% +3.17%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

WAN job vacancy trend in Suffolk

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing WAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing WAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki