WAN Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 399 496
Rank change year-on-year +59 +97 -78
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 50 44 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.19% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.20% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 8
10th Percentile £244 £338 £308
25th Percentile £325 £350 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £390 £460
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -15.29% +2.31%
75th Percentile £384 £447 £500
90th Percentile £388 £488 £510
UK median daily rate £375 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -11.76% -10.53% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,948 22,031 29,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 15,391 20,383
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.16
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London

WAN Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London

WAN Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London

WAN Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for WAN Engineer in the UK excluding London

WAN Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Midlands +41 38 £350 -6.67% 3
West Midlands +32 38 £350 -17.65% 3
South East +18 6 £375 - 1
North of England +26 5 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
North West +6 2 - -
South West +11 1 - -
WAN Engineer
UK

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, WAN Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 50 (100.00%) WAN
2 41 (82.00%) Security Cleared
3 37 (74.00%) Juniper
4 33 (66.00%) IPsec
5 32 (64.00%) MPLS
6 31 (62.00%) BGP
7 29 (58.00%) PKI
8 26 (52.00%) VPN
9 24 (48.00%) Load Balancing
9 24 (48.00%) Junos
10 19 (38.00%) Cisco
11 14 (28.00%) SD-WAN
12 13 (26.00%) Public Sector
13 10 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
13 10 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
13 10 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
13 10 (20.00%) DNS
13 10 (20.00%) ISO 9000
13 10 (20.00%) Windows
13 10 (20.00%) Linux
13 10 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (18.00%) SC Cleared
15 6 (12.00%) LAN
16 5 (10.00%) CCNP
16 5 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (10.00%) Meraki
17 4 (8.00%) Fujitsu
18 3 (6.00%) Aruba
18 3 (6.00%) Brocade
18 3 (6.00%) 3Com

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (100.00%) WAN
2 33 (66.00%) IPsec
3 32 (64.00%) MPLS
4 31 (62.00%) BGP
5 26 (52.00%) VPN
6 24 (48.00%) Junos
7 14 (28.00%) SD-WAN
8 10 (20.00%) DNS
9 6 (12.00%) LAN
10 3 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (4.00%) Firewall
12 1 (2.00%) CATAPAN
12 1 (2.00%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (2.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (2.00%) OSPF
12 1 (2.00%) Unified Communications
12 1 (2.00%) VLAN
12 1 (2.00%) Wireless
12 1 (2.00%) Wireshark
General
1 13 (26.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 29 (58.00%) PKI
2 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.00%) Linux
1 10 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Load Balancing
2 10 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 10 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 10 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (6.00%) Break/Fix
3 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (4.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (4.00%) Network Design
4 2 (4.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.00%) Change Management
5 1 (2.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (2.00%) High Availability
5 1 (2.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (2.00%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (2.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (2.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 41 (82.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) CCNP
3 5 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.00%) CCNA
4 1 (2.00%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) ISO 9000
2 3 (6.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 37 (74.00%) Juniper
2 19 (38.00%) Cisco
3 5 (10.00%) Meraki
4 4 (8.00%) Fujitsu
5 3 (6.00%) 3Com
5 3 (6.00%) Aruba
5 3 (6.00%) Brocade
5 3 (6.00%) Citrix
6 1 (2.00%) F5
6 1 (2.00%) McAfee
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.00%) Splunk