WAN Contracts in West London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 40 55
Rank change year-on-year +24 +15 +4
Contract jobs citing WAN 13 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 6.37% 1.39% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.21% 8.06% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 5
10th Percentile £187 - £176
25th Percentile £325 £183 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £280 £300
Median % change year-on-year +47.32% -6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £453 £400 £315
90th Percentile £474 £505 £336
London median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
London median hourly rate £45.00 £20.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +122.22% -68.85% +51.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 62 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 27.45% 17.17% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 51 63
10th Percentile £220 £200 £165
25th Percentile £263 £215 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £280 £600
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -53.33% +33.70%
75th Percentile £450 £525 £700
90th Percentile £488 £538 £838
London median daily rate £500 £500 £563
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 15
10th Percentile - - £31.25
25th Percentile - - £37.75
Median hourly rate £52.00 £23.80 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.49% -63.38% +55.69%
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £42.50 £22.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +93.18% -48.84% +27.41%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in West London

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in West London

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in West London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in West London

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in West London

WAN
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Hillingdon +11 8 £400 +106.72% 2
Hounslow +13 2 £450 +60.71% 1
WAN
London

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) Firewall
1 10 (76.92%) Network Security
2 8 (61.54%) BGP
2 8 (61.54%) LAN
2 8 (61.54%) OSPF
2 8 (61.54%) VLAN
2 8 (61.54%) VPN
3 7 (53.85%) SD-WAN
4 6 (46.15%) DHCP
4 6 (46.15%) DNS
4 6 (46.15%) EIGRP
4 6 (46.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 6 (46.15%) SSL
5 5 (38.46%) DMVPN
5 5 (38.46%) WLAN
6 4 (30.77%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (30.77%) Wireless
7 3 (23.08%) Cisco Wireless
8 2 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Aviation
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Network Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Cabling Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security Administrator
3 2 (15.38%) Project Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Security Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Check Point Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Check Point Support
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Firewall Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Firewall Support
4 1 (7.69%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Patch Management
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
3 2 (15.38%) Time Management
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Network Management
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Security Operations
4 1 (7.69%) Security Patching
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) CCNP
1 6 (46.15%) CCSA
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CCNA
2 2 (15.38%) CCSE
2 2 (15.38%) JNCIA
2 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 7 (53.85%) Juniper
3 6 (46.15%) F5
4 5 (38.46%) CheckPoint
5 4 (30.77%) Meraki
5 4 (30.77%) SolarWinds