WAN Contracts in Central London

Wide Area Network (WAN)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 130 132
Rank change year-on-year +32 +2 -16
Contract jobs citing WAN 39 47 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.61% 1.28% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.73% 12.24% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 32 42
10th Percentile £126 £201 £406
25th Percentile £252 £447 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £600 £508
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +18.17% -2.59%
75th Percentile £591 £675 £638
90th Percentile £660 £795 £700
London median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.58
25th Percentile - - £39.06
Median hourly rate - - £41.25
75th Percentile - - £43.56
90th Percentile - - £44.13
London median hourly rate £17.00 £65.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year -73.85% +57.58% -17.21%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

WAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 248 384 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.25% 10.47% 10.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 262 342
10th Percentile £202 £183 £313
25th Percentile £350 £363 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £669 £629
90th Percentile £765 £737 £725
London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 13
10th Percentile - £21.70 £21.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.92 £26.00
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% -29.49% +125.71%
75th Percentile £14.25 £31.55 £61.75
90th Percentile - £33.62 £65.10
London median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £26.75
% change year-on-year -34.87% +36.60% -43.48%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Central London

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Central London

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 12 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
City of London +35 35 £488 -18.75% 8
West End of London 0 2 £252 -59.65%
City of Westminster -2 2 - -
Lambeth - 1 £188 -
WAN
London

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.56%) Azure API Management
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.56%) GitHub
4 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.56%) IaaS
4 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (51.28%) LAN
1 20 (51.28%) SD-WAN
2 19 (48.72%) Firewall
3 8 (20.51%) Wireless
4 7 (17.95%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (15.38%) WLAN
6 4 (10.26%) Unified Communications
7 3 (7.69%) BGP
7 3 (7.69%) VPN
8 2 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (5.13%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (5.13%) DNS
8 2 (5.13%) Internet
8 2 (5.13%) MPLS
8 2 (5.13%) OSPF
8 2 (5.13%) Softphone
8 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.13%) VoIP
9 1 (2.56%) Network Security
9 1 (2.56%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) GitLab
1 1 (2.56%) Katalon Studio
General
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.26%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (15.38%) Consultant
2 6 (15.38%) IT Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Architect
4 4 (10.26%) IT Support
4 4 (10.26%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (10.26%) IT Technician
4 4 (10.26%) Network Architect
4 4 (10.26%) Security Consultant
4 4 (10.26%) Support Technician
5 3 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Desktop Support
5 3 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Desktop Support Technician
5 3 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Junior
5 3 (7.69%) Junior IT Support
5 3 (7.69%) Junior IT Technician
5 3 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) SAML
1 1 (2.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Data Centre
2 4 (10.26%) PKI
3 3 (7.69%) iPhone
4 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) CMDB
5 1 (2.56%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Linux
4 1 (2.56%) Android
4 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) Cloud Security
2 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (12.82%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (10.26%) Asset Management
4 4 (10.26%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (10.26%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 3 (7.69%) Data Encryption
5 3 (7.69%) Database Security
5 3 (7.69%) Incident Management
5 3 (7.69%) Information Security
5 3 (7.69%) Key Management
5 3 (7.69%) Logistics
5 3 (7.69%) Migration
5 3 (7.69%) Network Architecture
5 3 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (7.69%) Security Auditing
5 3 (7.69%) SIEM
5 3 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Python
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.82%) Degree
4 4 (10.26%) CCNA
4 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) CCNP
5 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.13%) CCIE
7 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.56%) PMP
7 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (5.13%) COBIT
3 2 (5.13%) GDPR
3 2 (5.13%) NCSC
3 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (5.13%) CASB
2 2 (5.13%) SCCM
2 2 (5.13%) SCOrch
3 1 (2.56%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Cisco
2 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 8 (20.51%) Palo Alto
4 5 (12.82%) Juniper
5 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (7.69%) Aruba
6 3 (7.69%) HP
7 2 (5.13%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (5.13%) Fortinet
7 2 (5.13%) Imperva
7 2 (5.13%) Meraki
7 2 (5.13%) Netskope
8 1 (2.56%) Apple
8 1 (2.56%) BT
8 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.56%) Commvault
8 1 (2.56%) Dell
8 1 (2.56%) F5
8 1 (2.56%) Kenna
8 1 (2.56%) Riverbed