WAN Specialist Contracts

Wide Area Network Specialist (WAN Specialist)
UK

The median Wide Area Network Specialist (WAN Specialist) daily rate in the UK is £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 - 847
Rank change year-on-year - - -149
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Specialist 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £551 - -
25th Percentile £609 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £425
75th Percentile £809 - £438
90th Percentile £864 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

WAN Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN Specialist in the UK

WAN Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for WAN Specialist in the UK

WAN Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN Specialist over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN Specialist in the UK

WAN Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN Specialist in the UK

WAN Specialist
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
London - 2 £713 -
England - 2 £713 -

WAN Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, WAN Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN

WAN Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto