WAN Project Manager Contracts

Wide Area Network Project Manager (WAN Project Manager)
UK

The median Wide Area Network Project Manager (WAN Project Manager) daily rate in the UK is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 577 715
Rank change year-on-year +62 +138 +122
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Project Manager 5 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.011% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.012% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile £510 - £480
25th Percentile £512 £513 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £525 £538 £556
90th Percentile £526 - £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.19% -2.33% +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

WAN Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured WAN Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WAN Project Manager in the UK

WAN Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for WAN Project Manager in the UK

WAN Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN Project Manager in the UK

WAN Project Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
UK excluding London +64 4 £519 -1.19%
Work from Home - 3 £520 -
Scotland - 3 £518 -
England +53 1 £520 -0.95%
South West - 1 £520 -

WAN Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, WAN Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring WAN Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) BT
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) 4G
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) PMP
3 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Life Science
4 1 (20.00%) German Language
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (20.00%) APMP
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery

WAN Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) 4G
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) German Language
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Case
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Order Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (40.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) APMP
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) BT
3 1 (20.00%) Ariba
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Snow