WAN Contracts in Hertfordshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 62 48 37
Rank change year-on-year -14 -11 +20
Contract jobs citing WAN 8 27 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.96% 3.62% 4.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.72% 15.52% 26.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 27
10th Percentile £473 - £204
25th Percentile £506 £273 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £275 £400
Median % change year-on-year +109.09% -31.25% +124.09%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £525
90th Percentile - £565 £604
East of England median daily rate £525 £339 £400
% change year-on-year +54.98% -15.31% +100.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 119 174 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 14.22% 23.36% 18.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 97 71
10th Percentile £290 £269 £231
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £520 £405
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +28.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £700 £550
90th Percentile £579 - £625
East of England median daily rate £413 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -13.16% +11.76% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 17 8
10th Percentile - £55.15 £32.34
25th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £39.55
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +177.78%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £52.50
90th Percentile - £74.05 £57.98
East of England median hourly rate £21.46 £52.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -59.12% +238.71% -15.16%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Hertfordshire

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Stevenage -22 6 £450 +63.64% 2
Hemel Hempstead +4 1 £575 +109.09%
Hatfield -10 1 £575 +4.55% 1
WAN
East of England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) LAN
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 6 (75.00%) WLAN
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Network Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Domain Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Network Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Operational Technology
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 3 (37.50%) Private Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Edge Computing
1 5 (62.50%) Knowledge Transfer
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (37.50%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (37.50%) Presales
2 3 (37.50%) Sales Enablement
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
4 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) CCSA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) Palo Alto
3 5 (62.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (12.50%) Aruba
4 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft