WAN Contracts in London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 188 262
Rank change year-on-year -2 +74 -39
Contract jobs citing WAN 214 369 409
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.22% 1.45% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.82% 14.25% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 205 260
10th Percentile £203 £254 £236
25th Percentile £358 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £589
90th Percentile £743 £800 £700
England median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile - - £25.50
25th Percentile £16.00 - £26.75
Median hourly rate £17.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.85% +51.16% -13.70%
75th Percentile £20.88 - £48.45
90th Percentile £22.60 - £52.36
England median hourly rate £24.87 £57.33 £26.00
% change year-on-year -56.62% +120.50% +30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,669 2,589 3,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.53% 10.18% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,818 2,545
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.52%
75th Percentile £619 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 89
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.45
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.75 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.87% +29.35% -43.11%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.50 £44.50
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in London

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in London

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in London

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in London

WAN
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Central London +26 40 £475 -19.15% 15
East London 0 7 £585 +131.68% 6
West London +19 6 £340 +19.25% 2
South London -6 2 £450 -14.29% 3
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Apache
3 1 (0.47%) IIS
3 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 49 (22.90%) Azure
2 32 (14.95%) AWS
3 18 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.01%) GCP
5 7 (3.27%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (3.27%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.27%) IaaS
6 4 (1.87%) PaaS
7 3 (1.40%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.40%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.40%) SaaS
7 3 (1.40%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (0.93%) GitHub
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.47%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 142 (66.36%) LAN
2 110 (51.40%) Firewall
3 75 (35.05%) SD-WAN
4 60 (28.04%) VPN
5 57 (26.64%) BGP
6 55 (25.70%) OSPF
7 47 (21.96%) Wireless
8 36 (16.82%) MPLS
9 33 (15.42%) Network Security
10 32 (14.95%) DNS
11 28 (13.08%) DHCP
12 25 (11.68%) Wi-Fi
13 24 (11.21%) WLAN
14 22 (10.28%) IPsec
15 20 (9.35%) Cisco Nexus
15 20 (9.35%) TCP/IP
16 19 (8.88%) VLAN
17 18 (8.41%) Cisco ASA
17 18 (8.41%) VoIP
18 14 (6.54%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) MySQL
2 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Katalon Studio
General
1 58 (27.10%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.09%) Finance
3 25 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.14%) Mandarin Language
5 11 (5.14%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.67%) Banking
7 9 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.80%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.93%) Aviation
11 2 (0.93%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Military
12 1 (0.47%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 75 (35.05%) Network Engineer
2 20 (9.35%) Senior
3 17 (7.94%) Architect
3 17 (7.94%) Consultant
4 14 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 14 (6.54%) Network Specialist
4 14 (6.54%) Support Engineer
5 13 (6.07%) IT Engineer
6 12 (5.61%) Cisco Engineer
6 12 (5.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 11 (5.14%) IT Support
8 10 (4.67%) Network Architect
8 10 (4.67%) Security Consultant
8 10 (4.67%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (4.21%) WAN Engineer
10 8 (3.74%) Desktop Support
10 8 (3.74%) Lead
11 7 (3.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 6 (2.80%) Cloud Consultant
12 6 (2.80%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) LDAP
2 2 (0.93%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.93%) Jinja
2 2 (0.93%) JSON
2 2 (0.93%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.93%) RESTful
2 2 (0.93%) XML
2 2 (0.93%) YANG
3 1 (0.47%) EDI
3 1 (0.47%) HTML
3 1 (0.47%) LAMP
3 1 (0.47%) LAPP Stack
3 1 (0.47%) libvirt
3 1 (0.47%) Middleware
3 1 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.55%) PKI
2 27 (12.62%) Data Centre
3 20 (9.35%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (4.21%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.34%) CCTV
5 5 (2.34%) Clustering
5 5 (2.34%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (1.87%) iPhone
6 4 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.40%) NHS
7 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.93%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.93%) Replication
8 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.47%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (19.16%) Windows
2 25 (11.68%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.01%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.67%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.21%) Linux
6 5 (2.34%) Android
7 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.40%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.47%) Unix
9 1 (0.47%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (16.82%) ITIL
2 34 (15.89%) Change Management
3 28 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (12.15%) Migration
5 25 (11.68%) Cloud Security
6 22 (10.28%) Customer Service
6 22 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (8.88%) Network Architecture
9 16 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (7.01%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (7.01%) Network Design
10 15 (7.01%) Project Management
11 14 (6.54%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (6.54%) Root Cause Analysis
12 13 (6.07%) Agile
12 13 (6.07%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (6.07%) SIEM
13 12 (5.61%) Asset Management
13 12 (5.61%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.61%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.14%) Python
3 6 (2.80%) SQL
4 5 (2.34%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.47%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) C#
5 1 (0.47%) Perl
Qualifications
1 54 (25.23%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (17.76%) CCNP
3 30 (14.02%) Degree
4 29 (13.55%) Security Cleared
5 27 (12.62%) CCNA
6 17 (7.94%) SC Cleared
7 16 (7.48%) CCIE
8 9 (4.21%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.87%) CCDP
12 3 (1.40%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.93%) JNCIP
13 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.93%) PMP
13 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.47%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (6.54%) SLA
3 10 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 4 (1.87%) GDPR
4 4 (1.87%) NCSC
5 2 (0.93%) COBIT
5 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.93%) QA
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (13.55%) Active Directory
2 17 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.61%) Virtual Servers
4 9 (4.21%) Hyper-V
5 8 (3.74%) Firmware
6 5 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.93%) vSphere
10 1 (0.47%) Ceph
10 1 (0.47%) iptables
10 1 (0.47%) KVM
10 1 (0.47%) Lustre
10 1 (0.47%) NFS
10 1 (0.47%) Samba
10 1 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (5.61%) FortiGate
2 9 (4.21%) Terraform
3 7 (3.27%) SCCM
4 6 (2.80%) Ansible
5 5 (2.34%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.40%) CASB
6 3 (1.40%) Kibana
7 2 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.93%) Nessus
7 2 (0.93%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.93%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (0.93%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.47%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.47%) OPNET
8 1 (0.47%) SCOM
8 1 (0.47%) SELinux
Vendors
1 111 (51.87%) Cisco
2 50 (23.36%) Palo Alto
3 48 (22.43%) Microsoft
4 28 (13.08%) Fortinet
4 28 (13.08%) Juniper
5 25 (11.68%) F5
6 21 (9.81%) VMware
7 15 (7.01%) Aruba
8 14 (6.54%) CheckPoint
8 14 (6.54%) Meraki
9 11 (5.14%) Infoblox
10 9 (4.21%) ServiceNow
11 8 (3.74%) Dell
12 7 (3.27%) Arista
12 7 (3.27%) HP
12 7 (3.27%) SolarWinds
12 7 (3.27%) TOWER Software
13 6 (2.80%) Extreme Networks
13 6 (2.80%) Google
13 6 (2.80%) Splunk