WAN Contracts in England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 133 182
Rank change year-on-year +27 +49 -5
Contract jobs citing WAN 744 971 1,134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.02% 1.98% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.30% 16.22% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 596 738
10th Percentile £263 £250 £210
25th Percentile £350 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £438
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +5.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £545
90th Percentile £725 £681 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 44
10th Percentile £13.85 £18.60 £13.90
25th Percentile £19.23 £21.81 £19.44
Median hourly rate £24.50 £61.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.84% +134.62% +31.65%
75th Percentile £40.00 £80.25 £48.08
90th Percentile £75.24 £83.48 £55.13
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £61.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -59.84% +134.62% +31.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,862 5,986 7,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.21% 12.20% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,936 3,911 5,113
10th Percentile £207 £235 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 431 301
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.86 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.90 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in England

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in England

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in England

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in England

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WAN in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WAN in England

WAN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +1 217 £500 -4.76% 117
South East +1 167 £438 -2.78% 64
Midlands +26 156 £375 +6.99% 59
West Midlands +23 145 £375 +7.14% 44
South West +18 96 £650 +33.33% 32
North of England -8 73 £438 +16.67% 85
Yorkshire +38 37 £505 +68.33% 26
North West -36 34 £388 -3.13% 53
East of England -16 18 £525 +54.41% 30
East Midlands +7 9 £630 +93.85% 15
North East +10 2 £400 +153.97% 6
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 28 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.40%) nginx
3 3 (0.40%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.13%) Apache
5 1 (0.13%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 38 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.02%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (0.40%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.13%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.13%) RMDS
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 104 (13.98%) Azure
2 63 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (8.33%) AWS
4 40 (5.38%) Cloud Computing
5 37 (4.97%) IaaS
6 34 (4.57%) SaaS
7 33 (4.44%) PaaS
8 23 (3.09%) GCP
9 13 (1.75%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.81%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.67%) Cloudflare
11 5 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.54%) GitHub
13 3 (0.40%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.40%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.40%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 2 (0.27%) Azure Key Vault
14 2 (0.27%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 483 (64.92%) LAN
2 241 (32.39%) Firewall
3 214 (28.76%) VPN
4 186 (25.00%) MPLS
5 175 (23.52%) BGP
6 150 (20.16%) SD-WAN
7 115 (15.46%) Wi-Fi
8 108 (14.52%) Wireless
9 104 (13.98%) IPsec
10 97 (13.04%) DNS
11 81 (10.89%) OSPF
12 76 (10.22%) DHCP
13 68 (9.14%) Network Security
14 58 (7.80%) Junos
15 56 (7.53%) WLAN
16 46 (6.18%) VoIP
17 43 (5.78%) Cisco ASA
17 43 (5.78%) Cisco Nexus
18 40 (5.38%) TCP/IP
19 39 (5.24%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.55%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.67%) MySQL
3 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (0.67%) JIRA
4 2 (0.27%) Git
5 1 (0.13%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.13%) Katalon Studio
General
1 173 (23.25%) Social Skills
2 107 (14.38%) Public Sector
3 97 (13.04%) Finance
4 58 (7.80%) Telecoms
5 55 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (2.02%) Aerospace
8 14 (1.88%) Banking
9 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (1.48%) Mandarin Language
10 10 (1.34%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.21%) Legal
11 9 (1.21%) Military
12 7 (0.94%) Aeronautics
12 7 (0.94%) Back Office
12 7 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.81%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 214 (28.76%) Network Engineer
2 197 (26.48%) Architect
3 148 (19.89%) Network Architect
4 58 (7.80%) WAN Engineer
5 53 (7.12%) Senior
6 50 (6.72%) Support Engineer
7 42 (5.65%) Network Support
8 36 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 35 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 33 (4.44%) 2nd Line Support
11 31 (4.17%) 3rd Line Support
12 29 (3.90%) Analyst
12 29 (3.90%) Senior Network Engineer
13 28 (3.76%) Lead
14 24 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 23 (3.09%) Consultant
16 21 (2.82%) Cisco Engineer
16 21 (2.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
17 18 (2.42%) Project Manager
17 18 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.21%) Web Services
2 8 (1.08%) LDAP
3 7 (0.94%) EDI
3 7 (0.94%) Middleware
4 5 (0.67%) 802.1X
4 5 (0.67%) JSON
5 4 (0.54%) XML
6 3 (0.40%) XMPP
7 2 (0.27%) Jinja
7 2 (0.27%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.27%) RESTful
7 2 (0.27%) XSLT
7 2 (0.27%) YANG
8 1 (0.13%) .NET
8 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.13%) HTML
8 1 (0.13%) Kafka
8 1 (0.13%) LAMP
8 1 (0.13%) LAPP Stack
8 1 (0.13%) libvirt
Miscellaneous
1 122 (16.40%) Data Centre
2 95 (12.77%) PKI
3 28 (3.76%) Video Conferencing
4 23 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.82%) Clustering
6 20 (2.69%) Driving Licence
7 17 (2.28%) NHS
7 17 (2.28%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.02%) Operational Technology
9 13 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.48%) CCTV
11 11 (1.48%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (1.08%) CMDB
14 5 (0.67%) Replication
14 5 (0.67%) SCADA
15 4 (0.54%) AS400
15 4 (0.54%) iPhone
15 4 (0.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 154 (20.70%) Windows
2 68 (9.14%) Windows Server
3 62 (8.33%) Linux
4 29 (3.90%) Windows 10
5 25 (3.36%) Mac OS
6 16 (2.15%) Unix
6 16 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (1.61%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.34%) Android
10 8 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.81%) CentOS
11 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.40%) Debian
13 3 (0.40%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.27%) zOS
15 1 (0.13%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (11.83%) ITIL
3 84 (11.29%) Network Design
4 79 (10.62%) Network Management
5 73 (9.81%) Load Balancing
6 67 (9.01%) Migration
7 59 (7.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 53 (7.12%) Change Management
8 53 (7.12%) Project Management
9 49 (6.59%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (6.45%) Customer Service
10 48 (6.45%) Network Architecture
10 48 (6.45%) Project Delivery
11 45 (6.05%) Customer Requirements
12 41 (5.51%) Business Strategy
12 41 (5.51%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (5.24%) Zero Trust
14 36 (4.84%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (4.70%) Agile
16 31 (4.17%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 39 (5.24%) PowerShell
2 21 (2.82%) Python
3 17 (2.28%) SQL
4 6 (0.81%) Bash
5 5 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.54%) Java
7 2 (0.27%) Perl
8 1 (0.13%) Bicep
8 1 (0.13%) C
8 1 (0.13%) C#
8 1 (0.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 321 (43.15%) Security Cleared
2 141 (18.95%) Cisco Certification
3 135 (18.15%) SC Cleared
4 90 (12.10%) CCNP
5 85 (11.42%) Degree
5 85 (11.42%) DV Cleared
6 76 (10.22%) CCNA
7 31 (4.17%) CCIE
8 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.88%) JNCIA
11 9 (1.21%) CCIE Data Center
12 8 (1.08%) BC Cleared
12 8 (1.08%) HND
12 8 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.81%) CCDP
13 6 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.81%) JNCIS
14 5 (0.67%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.51%) SLA
2 21 (2.82%) QA
3 19 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.34%) ISO 9000
4 10 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (1.08%) NCSC
6 4 (0.54%) GDPR
7 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) COBIT
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.13%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.13%) NIST
9 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 97 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 78 (10.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.36%) VMware NSX
5 21 (2.82%) Virtual Servers
6 16 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (1.34%) Firmware
7 10 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.08%) VMware Workstation
8 8 (1.08%) vSphere
9 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.54%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.40%) XenApp
12 1 (0.13%) Ceph
12 1 (0.13%) iptables
12 1 (0.13%) NFS
12 1 (0.13%) Samba
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 40 (5.38%) SCCM
2 29 (3.90%) FortiGate
3 26 (3.49%) Endace
4 18 (2.42%) Terraform
5 17 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (2.02%) Ansible
7 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Clustering
7 10 (1.34%) vCenter Server
8 9 (1.21%) Kubernetes
9 8 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
9 8 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (1.08%) Nagios
9 8 (1.08%) NetBackup
9 8 (1.08%) SCOM
10 6 (0.81%) Autotask
10 6 (0.81%) VxRail
11 5 (0.67%) Nessus
11 5 (0.67%) OpenView
12 3 (0.40%) AppManager
12 3 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 361 (48.52%) Cisco
2 208 (27.96%) Juniper
3 107 (14.38%) Microsoft
4 103 (13.84%) VMware
5 92 (12.37%) Palo Alto
6 76 (10.22%) F5
7 57 (7.66%) Fortinet
8 48 (6.45%) CheckPoint
9 44 (5.91%) Aruba
10 40 (5.38%) Meraki
11 27 (3.63%) Citrix
12 23 (3.09%) HP
13 21 (2.82%) SolarWinds
13 21 (2.82%) Zscaler
14 16 (2.15%) Infoblox
15 14 (1.88%) ServiceNow
16 12 (1.61%) Nokia
16 12 (1.61%) SAP
17 11 (1.48%) Apple
17 11 (1.48%) Dell