Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) UK> Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring WAAS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAAS over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
WAAS 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.
DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
1,083
1,370
2,540
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
10.85%
10.57%
12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted
661
882
1,693
10th Percentile
£308
£300
£313
25th Percentile
£400
£413
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£540
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-7.41%
+2.86%
+1.94%
75th Percentile
£600
£625
£627
90th Percentile
£688
£688
£725
UK median daily rate
£483
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-3.40%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
42
39
83
10th Percentile
£14.20
£13.15
£17.54
25th Percentile
£33.50
£28.88
£22.50
Median hourly rate
£63.50
£48.56
£50.00
Median % change year-on-year
+30.77%
-2.88%
-1.96%
75th Percentile
£65.00
£66.01
£70.00
90th Percentile
£69.67
£87.46
£75.00
UK median hourly rate
£45.00
£50.00
£55.91
% change year-on-year
-10.00%
-10.56%
+50.20%
WAAS Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing WAAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
WAAS Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing WAAS.
WAAS Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing WAAS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options and a requirement for WAAS.
WAAS Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:
