WAN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 135 221
Rank change year-on-year -65 +86 +6
Contract jobs citing WAN 148 445 550
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.01% 1.83% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.62% 15.83% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 279 383
10th Percentile £339 £325 £302
25th Percentile £431 £411 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £619 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 20
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.70 £21.25
25th Percentile £13.44 £18.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £50.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.00% +13.64% +67.62%
75th Percentile £18.13 £80.25 £60.95
90th Percentile £21.63 £81.00 £66.15
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £57.33 £31.75
% change year-on-year -57.81% +80.57% +41.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,538 2,812 4,397
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.51% 11.60% 9.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 1,871 2,998
10th Percentile £301 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £603
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.90 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.00 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +15.79% +18.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +10.00%

WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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.

WAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WAN over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

WAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

WAN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.35%) Confluence
2 2 (1.35%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.30%) Azure
2 20 (13.51%) AWS
3 9 (6.08%) GCP
4 6 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.70%) GitHub
6 3 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.03%) IaaS
7 2 (1.35%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.35%) PaaS
7 2 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.68%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 93 (62.84%) LAN
2 56 (37.84%) SD-WAN
3 48 (32.43%) Firewall
4 31 (20.95%) BGP
5 29 (19.59%) MPLS
6 27 (18.24%) Wireless
7 26 (17.57%) OSPF
8 25 (16.89%) VPN
9 24 (16.22%) Network Security
10 20 (13.51%) WLAN
11 19 (12.84%) Cisco ASA
11 19 (12.84%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (10.81%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (7.43%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (6.76%) DHCP
14 10 (6.76%) DNS
15 9 (6.08%) Internet
15 9 (6.08%) IPsec
15 9 (6.08%) TCP/IP
15 9 (6.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.38%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.35%) JIRA
4 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.24%) Finance
3 19 (12.84%) Telecoms
4 15 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.76%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.05%) Banking
7 4 (2.70%) Aeronautics
7 4 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.68%) Automotive
9 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Electronics
9 1 (0.68%) Legal
9 1 (0.68%) Local Government
9 1 (0.68%) Military
9 1 (0.68%) Retail
9 1 (0.68%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 50 (33.78%) Architect
2 42 (28.38%) Network Engineer
3 24 (16.22%) Network Architect
4 18 (12.16%) Senior
5 15 (10.14%) Technical Architect
6 10 (6.76%) Consultant
6 10 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (6.08%) Azure Architect
8 8 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
9 7 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.73%) Senior Architect
9 7 (4.73%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (4.73%) WAN Engineer
10 5 (3.38%) Network Consultant
11 4 (2.70%) Cisco Engineer
11 4 (2.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 4 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
11 4 (2.70%) Network Specialist
11 4 (2.70%) Network Technical Architect
11 4 (2.70%) Presales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.41%) Middleware
2 4 (2.70%) LDAP
2 4 (2.70%) Web Services
3 3 (2.03%) EDI
4 2 (1.35%) JSON
5 1 (0.68%) .NET
5 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.68%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.89%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.43%) Public Cloud
3 6 (4.05%) PKI
4 5 (3.38%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.03%) CCTV
5 3 (2.03%) Clustering
5 3 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.03%) SCADA
6 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.35%) IoT
6 2 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.68%) FMCG
7 1 (0.68%) IVR
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.84%) Windows
2 13 (8.78%) Linux
3 8 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.68%) CentOS
5 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (12.16%) Change Management
3 17 (11.49%) Agile
4 14 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (9.46%) Network Architecture
5 13 (8.78%) Analytics
5 13 (8.78%) IT Strategy
6 12 (8.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 12 (8.11%) Migration
6 12 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (8.11%) Translating Business Requirements
7 11 (7.43%) Project Delivery
7 11 (7.43%) Roadmaps
7 11 (7.43%) Technology Strategy
8 10 (6.76%) ITIL
8 10 (6.76%) Project Management
9 9 (6.08%) Business Strategy
9 9 (6.08%) Load Balancing
9 9 (6.08%) Network Design
9 9 (6.08%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.76%) Python
2 3 (2.03%) SQL
3 2 (1.35%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.68%) Bash
4 1 (0.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 51 (34.46%) Cisco Certification
2 45 (30.41%) CCNP
3 27 (18.24%) Security Cleared
4 23 (15.54%) SC Cleared
5 21 (14.19%) CCIE
6 11 (7.43%) CCNA
7 10 (6.76%) Degree
8 9 (6.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (5.41%) JNCIA
10 6 (4.05%) BC Cleared
11 5 (3.38%) CCDP
12 4 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.70%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.70%) HND
12 4 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (2.03%) AWS Certification
13 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
13 3 (2.03%) CCIE Data Center
13 3 (2.03%) CCSA
13 3 (2.03%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.78%) QA
2 11 (7.43%) SLA
3 5 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.38%) NCSC
4 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.68%) COBIT
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.68%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.68%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.68%) NIST
5 1 (0.68%) RMADS
System Software
1 16 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (8.11%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.76%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.03%) Firmware
5 3 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.35%) vSphere
6 2 (1.35%) XenApp
7 1 (0.68%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.68%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (7.43%) FortiGate
2 9 (6.08%) Ansible
3 8 (5.41%) Terraform
4 5 (3.38%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.03%) Kibana
5 3 (2.03%) Nessus
6 2 (1.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (1.35%) Grafana
6 2 (1.35%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.35%) VxRail
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.68%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 90 (60.81%) Cisco
2 34 (22.97%) Palo Alto
3 23 (15.54%) Microsoft
4 22 (14.86%) VMware
5 20 (13.51%) F5
5 20 (13.51%) Juniper
6 17 (11.49%) Fortinet
7 12 (8.11%) Aruba
7 12 (8.11%) CheckPoint
8 9 (6.08%) Zscaler
9 8 (5.41%) Databricks
9 8 (5.41%) Splunk
10 6 (4.05%) Citrix
10 6 (4.05%) Infoblox
10 6 (4.05%) Meraki
11 5 (3.38%) Genesys
11 5 (3.38%) Google
11 5 (3.38%) HP
11 5 (3.38%) Nokia
11 5 (3.38%) SolarWinds