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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 190 275
Rank change year-on-year +6 +85 -41
Contract jobs citing WAN 219 360 402
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.25% 1.38% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.17% 13.85% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 199 252
10th Percentile £204 £239 £291
25th Percentile £325 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £585 £650 £576
90th Percentile £743 £802 £700
England median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile - £29.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £42.50 £29.63
Median hourly rate £17.00 £65.00 £43.37
Median % change year-on-year -73.85% +49.87% -12.96%
75th Percentile £20.88 - £47.96
90th Percentile £22.60 - £50.47
England median hourly rate £24.87 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -58.55% +130.77% +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 1,663 2,599 3,675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.52% 9.99% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,115 1,823 2,551
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 54 87
10th Percentile £14.46 £19.25 £20.96
25th Percentile £16.40 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.75 £36.27 £29.12
Median % change year-on-year -37.28% +24.55% -38.47%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.00 £46.81
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +1.74%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Central London +30 39 £463 -17.04% 24
East London +3 7 £585 +131.68% 25
West London +18 5 £280 +3.32% 3
South London -5 2 £450 -10.00% 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 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Apache
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.37%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (22.83%) Azure
2 31 (14.16%) AWS
3 21 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (7.31%) GCP
5 8 (3.65%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.74%) IaaS
8 4 (1.83%) WhatsApp
9 3 (1.37%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.37%) Nutanix
9 3 (1.37%) PaaS
10 2 (0.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.91%) SaaS
10 2 (0.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.46%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.46%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.46%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 149 (68.04%) LAN
2 115 (52.51%) Firewall
3 71 (32.42%) SD-WAN
4 65 (29.68%) VPN
5 57 (26.03%) BGP
6 55 (25.11%) OSPF
7 51 (23.29%) Wireless
8 36 (16.44%) MPLS
9 34 (15.53%) DNS
10 32 (14.61%) Network Security
11 30 (13.70%) DHCP
12 28 (12.79%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (10.50%) WLAN
14 22 (10.05%) IPsec
15 20 (9.13%) Cisco ASA
15 20 (9.13%) Cisco Nexus
16 19 (8.68%) TCP/IP
16 19 (8.68%) VoIP
17 18 (8.22%) VLAN
18 15 (6.85%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.37%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.91%) MySQL
3 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.91%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Katalon Studio
General
1 62 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.00%) Finance
3 26 (11.87%) Public Sector
4 18 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.48%) Banking
6 11 (5.02%) Mandarin Language
6 11 (5.02%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.74%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.37%) Front Office
10 3 (1.37%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.91%) Aviation
11 2 (0.91%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.91%) Legal
11 2 (0.91%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 19 (8.68%) Senior
3 18 (8.22%) Architect
4 17 (7.76%) Support Engineer
5 16 (7.31%) Consultant
6 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (6.39%) Network Specialist
7 12 (5.48%) Cisco Engineer
7 12 (5.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 12 (5.48%) IT Engineer
8 11 (5.02%) IT Support
8 11 (5.02%) Network Architect
9 10 (4.57%) Security Consultant
10 9 (4.11%) Lead
10 9 (4.11%) Senior Network Engineer
11 8 (3.65%) Desktop Support
12 7 (3.20%) WAN Engineer
13 6 (2.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 6 (2.74%) Cloud Consultant
13 6 (2.74%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.83%) LDAP
2 2 (0.91%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.91%) Jinja
2 2 (0.91%) JSON
2 2 (0.91%) NETCONF
2 2 (0.91%) RESTful
2 2 (0.91%) XML
2 2 (0.91%) YANG
3 1 (0.46%) .NET
3 1 (0.46%) EDI
3 1 (0.46%) HTML
3 1 (0.46%) Kafka
3 1 (0.46%) LAMP
3 1 (0.46%) LAPP Stack
3 1 (0.46%) libvirt
3 1 (0.46%) Middleware
3 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.24%) PKI
2 27 (12.33%) Data Centre
3 20 (9.13%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (4.11%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.20%) NHS
6 5 (2.28%) CCTV
6 5 (2.28%) Clustering
6 5 (2.28%) Driving Licence
6 5 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.83%) iPhone
7 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.37%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.91%) Digital Signage
10 1 (0.46%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.46%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (21.00%) Windows
2 28 (12.79%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.85%) Mac OS
4 10 (4.57%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.11%) Linux
6 5 (2.28%) Android
7 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.37%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.46%) Unix
9 1 (0.46%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (16.44%) ITIL
2 33 (15.07%) Change Management
3 28 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (11.42%) Cloud Security
4 25 (11.42%) Migration
5 23 (10.50%) Customer Service
6 22 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (9.13%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (9.13%) Network Architecture
8 19 (8.68%) Project Management
9 17 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (6.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (6.85%) Network Design
10 15 (6.85%) Root Cause Analysis
11 13 (5.94%) Agile
11 13 (5.94%) Identity Access Management
11 13 (5.94%) SIEM
12 12 (5.48%) Asset Management
12 12 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (5.48%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.39%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.57%) Python
3 8 (3.65%) SQL
4 5 (2.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.91%) Perl
6 1 (0.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) C#
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (24.66%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (17.35%) CCNP
3 30 (13.70%) Degree
4 29 (13.24%) Security Cleared
5 26 (11.87%) CCNA
6 17 (7.76%) SC Cleared
7 15 (6.85%) CCIE
8 10 (4.57%) DV Cleared
8 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.83%) CCDP
10 4 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.37%) MCSE
12 2 (0.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.91%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.91%) PMP
12 2 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.46%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.31%) SLA
3 10 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (2.28%) QA
5 4 (1.83%) GDPR
5 4 (1.83%) NCSC
6 2 (0.91%) COBIT
6 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (13.24%) Active Directory
2 15 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.57%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (3.65%) Firmware
5 7 (3.20%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.83%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.91%) vSphere
9 1 (0.46%) Ceph
9 1 (0.46%) iptables
9 1 (0.46%) KVM
9 1 (0.46%) Lustre
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.46%) NFS
9 1 (0.46%) Samba
9 1 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (5.94%) FortiGate
2 8 (3.65%) Terraform
3 7 (3.20%) SCCM
4 6 (2.74%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.28%) Ansible
6 4 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.37%) CASB
7 3 (1.37%) Kibana
7 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.37%) TrustSec
8 2 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.91%) Nessus
8 2 (0.91%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.91%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (0.91%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.46%) NetMRI
9 1 (0.46%) OPNET
9 1 (0.46%) VxRail
Vendors
1 115 (52.51%) Cisco
2 49 (22.37%) Microsoft
3 48 (21.92%) Palo Alto
4 29 (13.24%) Fortinet
5 27 (12.33%) Juniper
6 26 (11.87%) F5
7 19 (8.68%) VMware
8 16 (7.31%) CheckPoint
8 16 (7.31%) Meraki
9 14 (6.39%) Aruba
10 11 (5.02%) Infoblox
11 9 (4.11%) ServiceNow
12 8 (3.65%) Dell
13 7 (3.20%) Arista
13 7 (3.20%) SolarWinds
13 7 (3.20%) TOWER Software
14 6 (2.74%) Extreme Networks
14 6 (2.74%) Google
14 6 (2.74%) Splunk
14 6 (2.74%) Zscaler