WAN Contracts in Edinburgh

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 79 125
Rank change year-on-year +8 +46 -16
Contract jobs citing WAN 3 9 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.40% 0.91% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.26% 8.49% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 7
10th Percentile - £363 £463
25th Percentile - £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile - £544 -
90th Percentile - £565 £548
Scotland median daily rate £400 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -25.58% +7.50% +21.21%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 92 106 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.27% 10.77% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 64 77
10th Percentile £173 £133 £213
25th Percentile £229 £163 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £539 £541 £541
90th Percentile £619 £613 £658
Scotland median daily rate £415 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -17.00% +14.29% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £18.30 - £18.04
25th Percentile £27.75 £60.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £44.50 £61.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -27.05% +214.84% -15.50%
75th Percentile £60.25 £61.50 £20.29
90th Percentile £69.10 - £20.37
Scotland median hourly rate £19.00 £55.00 £18.90
% change year-on-year -65.45% +191.01% -37.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for WAN in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) NOC Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) VMware