WAN Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
UK > Work from Home

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in Work from Home is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 453 612
Rank change year-on-year +110 +159 -129
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 5 23 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.090% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.094% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 9
10th Percentile - £350 £359
25th Percentile £513 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £497 £488
90th Percentile - £548 £490
UK median daily rate £350 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -17.65% -10.53% +18.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

WAN Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WAN Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

WAN Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN Engineer.

WAN Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, WAN Engineer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (60.00%) CCNP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) SLA
4 2 (40.00%) Meraki
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (20.00%) Splunk
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
5 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) CCIE
5 1 (20.00%) ISO 9000
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) LAN
5 1 (20.00%) VoIP
5 1 (20.00%) WLAN
5 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills

WAN Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (20.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Meraki
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk