WAN Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.24% - 3.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% - 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £125
25th Percentile £475 - £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -49.69%
75th Percentile £525 - £375
90th Percentile - - £480
South East median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 16 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 3.66% 8.65% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 19
10th Percentile £215 £303 £199
25th Percentile £233 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £600 £713 £519
90th Percentile £700 £783 £595
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £24.45
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate - - £28.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.67%
75th Percentile - - £29.00
90th Percentile - - £35.75
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -4.42%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

WAN job vacancy trend in West Sussex

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing WAN

WAN
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. 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
Crawley - 1 £500 - 3
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines