WAN Contracts in the City of London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 128 141
Rank change year-on-year +38 +13 -26
Contract jobs citing WAN 37 44 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.72% 1.27% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.74% 12.72% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 38
10th Percentile £123 £244 £406
25th Percentile £425 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £570 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +13.94% -3.33%
75th Percentile £628 £681 £638
90th Percentile £664 £804 £700
Central London median daily rate £475 £588 £508
% change year-on-year -19.15% +15.71% -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.58
25th Percentile - - £39.06
Median hourly rate - - £41.25
75th Percentile - - £43.56
90th Percentile - - £44.13
Central London median hourly rate - - £41.25

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 advertised in the City of London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 221 346 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.25% 9.98% 9.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 234 302
10th Percentile £208 £227 £313
25th Percentile £350 £427 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £629
90th Percentile £749 £750 £725
Central London median daily rate £450 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile - £21.70 £21.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.92 £23.50
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% -20.42% +137.29%
75th Percentile £14.25 £31.55 £53.13
90th Percentile - £33.62 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £37.25
% change year-on-year -51.53% -25.23% +136.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for WAN in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.70%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.92%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) Azure API Management
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) GitHub
4 1 (2.70%) IaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (51.35%) Firewall
1 19 (51.35%) SD-WAN
2 18 (48.65%) LAN
3 7 (18.92%) Wireless
3 7 (18.92%) WLAN
4 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (10.81%) BGP
5 4 (10.81%) Unified Communications
5 4 (10.81%) VPN
6 3 (8.11%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (8.11%) OSPF
7 2 (5.41%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (5.41%) DNS
7 2 (5.41%) Internet
7 2 (5.41%) IPsec
7 2 (5.41%) MPLS
7 2 (5.41%) Network Security
8 1 (2.70%) DHCP
8 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.70%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
1 1 (2.70%) Katalon Studio
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Banking
4 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Network Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Consultant
3 5 (13.51%) Architect
3 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) IT Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Network Architect
4 4 (10.81%) Security Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Support
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Support Technician
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (8.11%) IT Support
5 3 (8.11%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) IT Support Technician
5 3 (8.11%) IT Technician
5 3 (8.11%) Junior
5 3 (8.11%) Network Specialist
5 3 (8.11%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) LDAP
1 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Data Centre
2 5 (13.51%) PKI
3 3 (8.11%) iPhone
4 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.70%) CMDB
5 1 (2.70%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) IVR
5 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.41%) Linux
4 1 (2.70%) Android
4 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.62%) Cloud Security
2 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (16.22%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (13.51%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (10.81%) Asset Management
4 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (8.11%) Change Management
5 3 (8.11%) Computer Science
5 3 (8.11%) Data Encryption
5 3 (8.11%) Database Security
5 3 (8.11%) Incident Management
5 3 (8.11%) Information Security
5 3 (8.11%) Key Management
5 3 (8.11%) Logistics
5 3 (8.11%) Network Architecture
5 3 (8.11%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (8.11%) Security Auditing
5 3 (8.11%) SIEM
5 3 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) Python
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
2 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (13.51%) Degree
4 4 (10.81%) CCNA
4 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared
5 3 (8.11%) CCNP
5 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) CCIE
7 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.70%) PMP
7 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (5.41%) COBIT
3 2 (5.41%) GDPR
3 2 (5.41%) NCSC
3 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) CASB
1 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
1 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.41%) SCCM
1 2 (5.41%) SCOrch
1 2 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Cisco
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) Palo Alto
3 6 (16.22%) Juniper
4 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
5 3 (8.11%) Aruba
6 2 (5.41%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (5.41%) F5
6 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.41%) HP
6 2 (5.41%) Imperva
6 2 (5.41%) Netskope
7 1 (2.70%) BT
7 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.70%) Commvault
7 1 (2.70%) Genesys
7 1 (2.70%) Google
7 1 (2.70%) Kenna
7 1 (2.70%) Meraki
7 1 (2.70%) VMware