WAN Contracts in Warrington

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warrington 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 +3
DemandTrendContract jobs citing WAN 7 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 10.14% 9.26% 0.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 38.89% 45.45% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £325 £368 -
25th Percentile £339 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% -5.88% +30.27%
75th Percentile £414 £431 £438
90th Percentile £428 £443 -
Cheshire median daily rate £325 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -31.58% -13.64% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £66.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 26.09% 20.37% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £228 £372 -
25th Percentile £313 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £382 £450 £538
90th Percentile £416 £510 £568
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £500 £555
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.91% +13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £66.50 - -

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Warrington

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing WAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing WAN

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) BGP
2 4 (57.14%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) SD-WAN
3 3 (42.86%) EIGRP
3 3 (42.86%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) IPv4
3 3 (42.86%) MPLS
3 3 (42.86%) Network Security
3 3 (42.86%) OSPF
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) WLAN
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (28.57%) NX-OS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) IP Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Support
4 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Server Support
4 1 (14.29%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Network Planning
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Task Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Break/Fix
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CCNP
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCDP
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) BMC
2 3 (42.86%) F5
2 3 (42.86%) Huawei
2 3 (42.86%) Meraki
2 3 (42.86%) Palo Alto
2 3 (42.86%) Remedy
3 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds