WAN Contracts in the South West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 73 72 89
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 +4
Contract jobs citing WAN 89 98 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.70% 2.89% 2.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.24% 17.04% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 68 51
10th Percentile £469 £285 £163
25th Percentile £544 £359 £239
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £469 £360
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% +30.21% -15.29%
75th Percentile £675 £613 £513
90th Percentile £725 £741 £540
England median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 11
10th Percentile - £43.79 £42.33
25th Percentile - £56.39 £49.86
Median hourly rate £40.00 £67.42 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.67% +24.84% +127.75%
75th Percentile - £101.25 £56.35
90th Percentile - £101.63 £60.92
England median hourly rate £24.87 £58.67 £26.00
% change year-on-year -57.61% +125.63% +30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 548 575 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.61% 16.97% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 357 306
10th Percentile £310 £219 £214
25th Percentile £463 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £725 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 113 29
10th Percentile £12.50 - £36.95
25th Percentile £15.75 - £42.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +19.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.28 £60.92
90th Percentile £74.80 £77.50 £70.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South West.

Daily rate trend for WAN in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South West 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
Wiltshire +15 38 £650 +4.00% 8
Bristol +20 25 £600 +41.18% 9
Dorset -1 10 £700 +14.10% 3
Somerset +3 9 £488 - 2
Gloucestershire -14 6 £550 +25.00% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (11.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (30.34%) Cloud Computing
1 27 (30.34%) IaaS
1 27 (30.34%) PaaS
1 27 (30.34%) SaaS
2 13 (14.61%) Azure
3 8 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.25%) AWS
5 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.12%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 68 (76.40%) LAN
2 15 (16.85%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (15.73%) Firewall
4 13 (14.61%) SAN
5 12 (13.48%) DHCP
5 12 (13.48%) DNS
5 12 (13.48%) MPLS
6 10 (11.24%) SDH
7 8 (8.99%) SD-WAN
7 8 (8.99%) WLAN
8 5 (5.62%) Unified Communications
8 5 (5.62%) VPN
9 4 (4.49%) FTP
9 4 (4.49%) Junos
9 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
9 4 (4.49%) Wireless
10 3 (3.37%) BGP
10 3 (3.37%) Network Security
10 3 (3.37%) OSPF
10 3 (3.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.12%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 32 (35.96%) Public Sector
2 16 (17.98%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.73%) Telecoms
4 13 (14.61%) Aerospace
5 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.62%) Aeronautics
6 5 (5.62%) Finance
7 4 (4.49%) Legal
8 3 (3.37%) Military
9 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (61.80%) Architect
2 42 (47.19%) Network Architect
3 12 (13.48%) Network Engineer
4 10 (11.24%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (10.11%) Analyst
6 8 (8.99%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 8 (8.99%) IT Analyst
6 8 (8.99%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (7.87%) Lead
8 5 (5.62%) Technical Architect
9 4 (4.49%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) Lead Architect
10 3 (3.37%) Field Engineer
10 3 (3.37%) Network Field Engineer
10 3 (3.37%) Technical Leader
11 2 (2.25%) Consultant
11 2 (2.25%) Principal Engineer
11 2 (2.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 2 (2.25%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (50.56%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.99%) Client/Server
2 8 (8.99%) Clustering
3 6 (6.74%) CMDB
3 6 (6.74%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.49%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.49%) Replication
5 3 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.37%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.37%) Solar Power
6 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.12%) PKI
6 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.72%) Windows
2 9 (10.11%) Linux
3 8 (8.99%) Unix
4 6 (6.74%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (47.19%) Network Management
2 32 (35.96%) Business Strategy
3 31 (34.83%) Zero Trust
4 27 (30.34%) Open Source
5 21 (23.60%) ITIL
6 15 (16.85%) Decision-Making
7 14 (15.73%) Migration
8 13 (14.61%) Data Protection
9 11 (12.36%) ArchiMate
9 11 (12.36%) Customer Requirements
9 11 (12.36%) Enterprise Architecture
9 11 (12.36%) TOGAF
10 10 (11.24%) Asset Management
11 9 (10.11%) IT Strategy
12 8 (8.99%) Application Packaging
12 8 (8.99%) Capacity Management
12 8 (8.99%) Capacity Planning
12 8 (8.99%) Data Migration
12 8 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (8.99%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (67.42%) Security Cleared
2 41 (46.07%) DV Cleared
3 22 (24.72%) SC Cleared
4 19 (21.35%) Degree
5 8 (8.99%) HND
6 4 (4.49%) CCNP
6 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (4.49%) JNCIA
6 4 (4.49%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.12%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.12%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.12%) CISM
8 1 (1.12%) CISSP
8 1 (1.12%) CLAS
8 1 (1.12%) HNC
8 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.12%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.87%) QA
2 5 (5.62%) NCSC
3 2 (2.25%) SLA
4 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.12%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.12%) NIST
4 1 (1.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (12.36%) Active Directory
1 11 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (11.24%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (8.99%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (4.49%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (4.49%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.25%) Firmware
6 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (11.24%) SCCM
2 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (8.99%) Nagios
2 8 (8.99%) NetBackup
3 4 (4.49%) vCenter Server
4 3 (3.37%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.12%) OPNET
5 1 (1.12%) SCOM
5 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (22.47%) Cisco
2 15 (16.85%) VMware
3 11 (12.36%) Microsoft
4 10 (11.24%) Palo Alto
5 9 (10.11%) Juniper
6 8 (8.99%) Hitachi
6 8 (8.99%) NetApp
7 7 (7.87%) Nokia
8 5 (5.62%) Fortinet
8 5 (5.62%) IBM
9 4 (4.49%) CheckPoint
9 4 (4.49%) Ciena
9 4 (4.49%) Veeam
10 3 (3.37%) F5
11 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds
12 1 (1.12%) Citrix
12 1 (1.12%) Databricks
12 1 (1.12%) Remedy
12 1 (1.12%) Splunk