WAN Contracts in Glasgow

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Scotland > Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 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 65 76 77
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing WAN 6 15 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.74% 1.69% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.50% 10.34% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 2
10th Percentile £228 £339 £185
25th Percentile £306 £353 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £254
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +72.41% -18.80%
75th Percentile £450 £464 £310
90th Percentile £525 £504 £338
Scotland median daily rate £550 £500 £356
% change year-on-year +10.00% +40.35% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £56.00
90th Percentile - - £57.65
Scotland median hourly rate - - £54.00
% change year-on-year - - +140.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 80 145 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 9.86% 16.31% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 77 47
10th Percentile £199 £325 £260
25th Percentile £264 £378 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £500
90th Percentile £623 £580 £545
Scotland median daily rate £423 £455 £463
% change year-on-year -7.14% -1.62% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 16 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - £10.63 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -80.31% +21.35%
75th Percentile - £18.62 £56.00
90th Percentile - £53.24 £57.65
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £47.50
% change year-on-year +71.87% -77.62% -5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Glasgow over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) LAN
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) BGP
3 2 (33.33%) MPLS
3 2 (33.33%) OSPF
3 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
4 1 (16.67%) IPsec
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Hudson
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) ICT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) CMDB
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Agile
1 1 (16.67%) Change Control
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
1 1 (16.67%) ITSM
1 1 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) CCNP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
1 1 (16.67%) Observium
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (16.67%) Apple
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Meraki
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
3 1 (16.67%) Zscaler