WAN Contracts in Yorkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 66 101 70
Rank change year-on-year +35 -31 -1
Contract jobs citing WAN 38 20 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.26% 0.88% 2.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.79% 9.09% 24.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 44
10th Percentile £211 £190 £233
25th Percentile £325 £228 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +54.62% -27.78% +19.21%
75th Percentile £569 £388 £523
90th Percentile £641 £495 £633
England median daily rate £500 £463 £440
% change year-on-year +8.11% +5.11% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile - £22.93 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £24.31 £16.19
Median hourly rate £24.87 £27.25 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +54.48% -11.80%
75th Percentile £25.83 £30.81 £21.25
90th Percentile - £32.58 £23.30
England 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
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 192 220 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.44% 9.72% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 142 228
10th Percentile £200 £178 £185
25th Percentile £313 £303 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +8.57% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £544
90th Percentile £638 £700 £638
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 38 12
10th Percentile £12.75 - £16.00
25th Percentile £13.87 £9.80 £16.28
Median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £18.20
Median % change year-on-year +71.87% -41.58% +3.97%
75th Percentile £25.83 - £22.75
90th Percentile - - £23.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +44 28 £425 +17.16% 12
South Yorkshire -2 4 £600 +150.00% 8
North Yorkshire -6 1 £505 +114.89% 5
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) AWS
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.26%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) SaaS
3 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
3 1 (2.63%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 32 (84.21%) LAN
2 14 (36.84%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (23.68%) Firewall
4 5 (13.16%) WLAN
5 4 (10.53%) SD-WAN
6 3 (7.89%) Network Security
7 2 (5.26%) DHCP
7 2 (5.26%) DNS
7 2 (5.26%) SAN
7 2 (5.26%) Wireless
8 1 (2.63%) Broadband
8 1 (2.63%) NetScaler
8 1 (2.63%) PSTN
8 1 (2.63%) VLAN
8 1 (2.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.89%) Retail
4 1 (2.63%) Back Office
4 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Network Technician
3 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Senior
3 4 (10.53%) Senior Network Technician
3 4 (10.53%) Senior Technician
4 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) Architect
4 3 (7.89%) LAN Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Mobile Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) WAN Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Linux Specialist
5 2 (5.26%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) XML
1 2 (5.26%) XSLT
2 1 (2.63%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Data Centre
1 5 (13.16%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.53%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.53%) NHS
3 2 (5.26%) EPoS
4 1 (2.63%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.63%) LIMS
4 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Linux
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
4 4 (10.53%) Unix
5 2 (5.26%) Debian
5 2 (5.26%) Ubuntu
5 2 (5.26%) zOS
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.95%) Break/Fix
3 7 (18.42%) Migration
4 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.89%) Network Management
7 2 (5.26%) Agile
7 2 (5.26%) Architectural Design
7 2 (5.26%) Computer Science
7 2 (5.26%) E-Commerce
7 2 (5.26%) High Availability
7 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (5.26%) Logistics
7 2 (5.26%) Network Architecture
7 2 (5.26%) Network Design
7 2 (5.26%) Parallel Processing
7 2 (5.26%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.26%) Project Management
7 2 (5.26%) SOA
7 2 (5.26%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) Java
2 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) CCNA
1 7 (18.42%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 4 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.26%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.26%) CCENT
4 2 (5.26%) MCSA
4 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.63%) vSphere
3 1 (2.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) FortiGate
1 2 (5.26%) Terraform
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) Nessus
2 1 (2.63%) Puppet
2 1 (2.63%) VxRail
2 1 (2.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) Cisco
2 14 (36.84%) Aruba
3 13 (34.21%) Juniper
3 13 (34.21%) Meraki
4 12 (31.58%) Citrix
5 11 (28.95%) 3Com
5 11 (28.95%) Brocade
6 4 (10.53%) VMware
7 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
7 2 (5.26%) Zscaler
8 1 (2.63%) Dell
8 1 (2.63%) Forcepoint
8 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.63%) Google
8 1 (2.63%) HP
8 1 (2.63%) NetApp
8 1 (2.63%) Oracle
8 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.63%) Sophos