WAN Contracts in the UK excluding London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 85 110
Rank change year-on-year +13 +25 +5
Contract jobs citing WAN 526 682 713
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.57% 2.92% 2.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.82% 19.47% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 431 468
10th Percentile £263 £263 £200
25th Percentile £350 £313 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +9.38% -
75th Percentile £650 £538 £518
90th Percentile £713 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £494 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.95% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 36
10th Percentile £13.55 £17.45 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.60 £21.15 £17.32
Median hourly rate £24.87 £57.33 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.62% +160.59% +12.82%
75th Percentile £40.00 £69.56 £47.43
90th Percentile £75.24 £89.00 £54.08
UK median hourly rate £24.69 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -58.86% +130.77% +30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,325 3,503 4,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.23% 14.99% 13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,900 2,204 2,624
10th Percentile £202 £209 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £449
Median % change year-on-year - +5.85% +12.19%
75th Percentile £600 £587 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 318 236
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.88
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.22 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +153.28% -15.28% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.67 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.88
% change year-on-year +116.22% -33.63% -0.45%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WAN in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WAN in the UK excluding London

WAN
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 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
South East -1 168 £425 -5.56% 66
Midlands +25 155 £375 +6.99% 59
West Midlands +21 144 £375 +7.14% 45
South West +14 96 £650 +33.33% 31
North of England -17 72 £425 +13.33% 84
Yorkshire +35 38 £503 +54.62% 25
North West -46 32 £350 -17.65% 53
East of England -12 18 £525 +54.98% 29
Scotland +24 17 £675 +35.00% 19
East Midlands +3 9 £630 +93.85% 14
North East +13 2 £400 +153.97% 6
Wales -3 2 £263 -22.22% 7
WAN
UK

WAN
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.09%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.57%) nginx
3 3 (0.57%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.38%) Confluence
4 2 (0.38%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.28%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.57%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.19%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.19%) RMDS
3 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 55 (10.46%) Azure
2 43 (8.17%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (6.08%) IaaS
3 32 (6.08%) PaaS
4 31 (5.89%) SaaS
5 30 (5.70%) Cloud Computing
6 23 (4.37%) AWS
7 5 (0.95%) Entra ID
7 5 (0.95%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.57%) GCP
8 3 (0.57%) GitHub
8 3 (0.57%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.38%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.38%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.19%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.19%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 341 (64.83%) LAN
2 148 (28.14%) MPLS
3 143 (27.19%) VPN
4 126 (23.95%) Firewall
5 116 (22.05%) BGP
6 91 (17.30%) Wi-Fi
7 80 (15.21%) IPsec
8 74 (14.07%) SD-WAN
9 59 (11.22%) DNS
10 58 (11.03%) Junos
11 53 (10.08%) Wireless
12 44 (8.37%) DHCP
13 35 (6.65%) Cisco Firepower
14 34 (6.46%) Network Security
15 32 (6.08%) WLAN
16 30 (5.70%) SAN
17 27 (5.13%) SSL
18 25 (4.75%) VoIP
19 24 (4.56%) OSPF
20 23 (4.37%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.57%) MySQL
3 1 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.33%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (0.95%) JIRA
3 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.19%) Hudson
General
1 113 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 82 (15.59%) Public Sector
3 53 (10.08%) Finance
4 46 (8.75%) Telecoms
5 33 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.85%) Aerospace
7 9 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (1.71%) Manufacturing
7 9 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.33%) Aeronautics
8 7 (1.33%) Back Office
8 7 (1.33%) Legal
8 7 (1.33%) Military
9 5 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (0.95%) Marketing
9 5 (0.95%) Retail
10 4 (0.76%) Electronics
11 3 (0.57%) Automotive
11 3 (0.57%) Local Government
11 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 180 (34.22%) Architect
2 137 (26.05%) Network Engineer
3 134 (25.48%) Network Architect
4 50 (9.51%) WAN Engineer
5 41 (7.79%) Network Support
6 36 (6.84%) Senior
7 34 (6.46%) Support Engineer
8 31 (5.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 28 (5.32%) 3rd Line Support
10 27 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
11 24 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (4.37%) Analyst
13 20 (3.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 20 (3.80%) Lead
13 20 (3.80%) Senior Network Engineer
14 18 (3.42%) Technical Architect
15 16 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (2.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 13 (2.47%) Project Manager
18 12 (2.28%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.28%) Web Services
2 8 (1.52%) Middleware
3 6 (1.14%) EDI
4 3 (0.57%) .NET
4 3 (0.57%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.57%) J2EE
4 3 (0.57%) XMPP
5 2 (0.38%) XML
5 2 (0.38%) XSLT
6 1 (0.19%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.19%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 94 (17.87%) Data Centre
2 65 (12.36%) PKI
3 19 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.04%) Clustering
5 15 (2.85%) Driving Licence
5 15 (2.85%) Operational Technology
6 14 (2.66%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.47%) Client/Server
8 10 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.90%) NHS
9 8 (1.52%) CMDB
10 7 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.14%) CCTV
12 5 (0.95%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.95%) SCADA
13 4 (0.76%) AS400
13 4 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.76%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.76%) Replication
14 3 (0.57%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 115 (21.86%) Windows
2 54 (10.27%) Linux
3 45 (8.56%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.61%) Windows 10
5 15 (2.85%) Unix
6 14 (2.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (1.90%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.90%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.14%) Android
10 5 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.76%) CentOS
12 3 (0.57%) Debian
13 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.38%) zOS
14 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (14.26%) Network Management
2 70 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (12.55%) Load Balancing
4 65 (12.36%) Network Design
5 55 (10.46%) ITIL
6 44 (8.37%) Customer Requirements
7 42 (7.98%) Business Strategy
8 41 (7.79%) Project Delivery
9 39 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
10 37 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 37 (7.03%) Migration
11 35 (6.65%) Project Management
11 35 (6.65%) Zero Trust
12 28 (5.32%) Cybersecurity
13 27 (5.13%) Open Source
14 26 (4.94%) Customer Service
14 26 (4.94%) Decision-Making
14 26 (4.94%) Network Architecture
15 25 (4.75%) Data Protection
16 23 (4.37%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.13%) PowerShell
2 9 (1.71%) SQL
3 7 (1.33%) Bash
3 7 (1.33%) Python
4 3 (0.57%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) Bicep
5 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 283 (53.80%) Security Cleared
2 109 (20.72%) SC Cleared
3 84 (15.97%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (14.26%) DV Cleared
5 56 (10.65%) Degree
6 53 (10.08%) CCNA
7 51 (9.70%) CCNP
8 13 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (2.47%) CCIE
8 13 (2.47%) JNCIA
9 9 (1.71%) CCIE Data Center
10 8 (1.52%) HND
10 8 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.14%) BC Cleared
13 5 (0.95%) CCSA
13 5 (0.95%) JNCIS
14 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.57%) ECDL
15 3 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.75%) SLA
2 17 (3.23%) QA
3 10 (1.90%) ISO 9000
4 5 (0.95%) NCSC
5 4 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 2 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.19%) COBIT
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 69 (13.12%) Active Directory
2 65 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.99%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.80%) VMware NSX
5 14 (2.66%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.09%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (1.52%) VMware Workstation
8 6 (1.14%) vSphere
9 5 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.76%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.57%) XenApp
12 2 (0.38%) Firmware
12 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.19%) Docker
13 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 37 (7.03%) SCCM
2 26 (4.94%) Endace
3 14 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (2.28%) FortiGate
5 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Clustering
5 10 (1.90%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.52%) Nagios
6 8 (1.52%) NetBackup
7 7 (1.33%) SCOM
8 6 (1.14%) Autotask
8 6 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.95%) OpenView
9 5 (0.95%) Terraform
9 5 (0.95%) VxRail
10 3 (0.57%) AppManager
10 3 (0.57%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.57%) Nessus
10 3 (0.57%) PaperCut
11 2 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 236 (44.87%) Cisco
2 180 (34.22%) Juniper
3 86 (16.35%) VMware
4 65 (12.36%) Microsoft
5 46 (8.75%) F5
6 44 (8.37%) Palo Alto
7 29 (5.51%) Aruba
8 28 (5.32%) CheckPoint
9 27 (5.13%) Fortinet
10 24 (4.56%) Meraki
11 19 (3.61%) Citrix
12 15 (2.85%) HP
13 13 (2.47%) SolarWinds
14 12 (2.28%) Zscaler
15 11 (2.09%) 3Com
15 11 (2.09%) Brocade
15 11 (2.09%) SAP
16 10 (1.90%) Apple
16 10 (1.90%) NetApp
16 10 (1.90%) Nokia