WAN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 201 131 214
Rank change year-on-year -70 +83 +23
Contract jobs citing WAN 145 449 576
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.98% 1.88% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.47% 16.02% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 284 405
10th Percentile £360 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £482
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +3.73% +7.11%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £575
90th Percentile £750 £718 £650
UK median daily rate £481 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.32% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 19 19
10th Percentile £13.55 £13.70 £21.25
25th Percentile - £18.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.00% +11.11% +71.43%
75th Percentile £19.50 £80.25 £60.97
90th Percentile £22.05 £81.00 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £24.87 £58.67 £27.25
% change year-on-year -57.61% +115.28% +32.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,531 2,803 4,434
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.74% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 1,872 3,040
10th Percentile £300 £338 £313
25th Percentile £413 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 99 105
10th Percentile £12.53 £19.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.07 £42.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

WAN
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WAN trend for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN.

WAN daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WAN over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

WAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WAN.

WAN hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.38%) Confluence
2 2 (1.38%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.38%) Azure
2 18 (12.41%) AWS
3 6 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.45%) GCP
5 4 (2.76%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.76%) GitHub
6 3 (2.07%) IaaS
7 2 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.38%) PaaS
7 2 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.69%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.69%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.69%) SaaS
8 1 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 89 (61.38%) LAN
2 61 (42.07%) SD-WAN
3 43 (29.66%) Firewall
4 29 (20.00%) BGP
5 28 (19.31%) MPLS
6 25 (17.24%) Wireless
7 24 (16.55%) Network Security
7 24 (16.55%) OSPF
8 23 (15.86%) VPN
9 17 (11.72%) Cisco ASA
9 17 (11.72%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (11.72%) WLAN
10 16 (11.03%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (8.28%) DHCP
11 12 (8.28%) DNS
12 10 (6.90%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (6.90%) TCP/IP
13 9 (6.21%) VoIP
14 8 (5.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 8 (5.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
1 5 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.69%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 42 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.93%) Finance
3 18 (12.41%) Telecoms
4 13 (8.97%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.76%) Aeronautics
6 4 (2.76%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.07%) Banking
7 3 (2.07%) Military
8 1 (0.69%) Automotive
8 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Electronics
8 1 (0.69%) Legal
8 1 (0.69%) Local Government
8 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Retail
8 1 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (31.03%) Architect
2 43 (29.66%) Network Engineer
3 20 (13.79%) Network Architect
4 15 (10.34%) Technical Architect
5 14 (9.66%) Senior
6 11 (7.59%) Consultant
7 10 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (6.21%) Azure Architect
9 7 (4.83%) Cloud Architect
9 7 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.83%) WAN Engineer
10 6 (4.14%) Project Manager
10 6 (4.14%) Senior Network Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (3.45%) IT Engineer
11 5 (3.45%) Network Consultant
11 5 (3.45%) Presales Consultant
11 5 (3.45%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.52%) Middleware
2 4 (2.76%) Web Services
3 3 (2.07%) EDI
4 2 (1.38%) SAML
5 1 (0.69%) .NET
5 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.69%) J2EE
5 1 (0.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.24%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.59%) Public Cloud
3 5 (3.45%) Operational Technology
4 4 (2.76%) PKI
5 3 (2.07%) CCTV
5 3 (2.07%) Clustering
5 3 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.07%) SCADA
6 2 (1.38%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.38%) IoT
6 2 (1.38%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.69%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.69%) FMCG
7 1 (0.69%) NHS
7 1 (0.69%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.69%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.69%) Replication
7 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.48%) Windows
2 13 (8.97%) Linux
3 8 (5.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.69%) CentOS
5 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.69%) Unix
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (11.72%) Change Management
3 16 (11.03%) Agile
4 14 (9.66%) Analytics
5 13 (8.97%) IT Strategy
5 13 (8.97%) Network Architecture
5 13 (8.97%) Project Delivery
6 12 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (8.28%) Enterprise Architecture
6 12 (8.28%) Migration
6 12 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (8.28%) Translating Business Requirements
7 11 (7.59%) Roadmaps
7 11 (7.59%) Technology Strategy
8 10 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (6.90%) Project Management
9 9 (6.21%) ArchiMate
9 9 (6.21%) Computer Science
9 9 (6.21%) Network Design
9 9 (6.21%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.21%) Python
2 3 (2.07%) SQL
3 2 (1.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.69%) Bash
4 1 (0.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 50 (34.48%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (31.72%) CCNP
3 25 (17.24%) Security Cleared
4 21 (14.48%) CCIE
4 21 (14.48%) SC Cleared
5 12 (8.28%) Degree
6 10 (6.90%) CCNA
7 8 (5.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (5.52%) JNCIA
8 5 (3.45%) BC Cleared
8 5 (3.45%) CCDP
8 5 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.45%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.76%) HND
9 4 (2.76%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.07%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (2.07%) JNCIP
10 3 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.28%) QA
2 10 (6.90%) SLA
3 5 (3.45%) NCSC
4 4 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.69%) COBIT
6 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.69%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.69%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.69%) NIST
6 1 (0.69%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (11.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.90%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.21%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.76%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.07%) Firmware
5 3 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.38%) vSphere
6 2 (1.38%) XenApp
7 1 (0.69%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.69%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.69%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (6.21%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.52%) Ansible
3 7 (4.83%) Terraform
4 3 (2.07%) Kibana
4 3 (2.07%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.07%) Nessus
5 2 (1.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (1.38%) Grafana
5 2 (1.38%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.38%) VxRail
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.69%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (56.55%) Cisco
2 32 (22.07%) Palo Alto
3 22 (15.17%) VMware
4 20 (13.79%) Microsoft
5 17 (11.72%) Juniper
6 16 (11.03%) F5
7 15 (10.34%) Fortinet
8 12 (8.28%) Aruba
8 12 (8.28%) CheckPoint
9 9 (6.21%) Zscaler
10 8 (5.52%) Databricks
10 8 (5.52%) Meraki
10 8 (5.52%) Splunk
11 6 (4.14%) Citrix
11 6 (4.14%) Infoblox
12 5 (3.45%) HP
12 5 (3.45%) Nokia
13 4 (2.76%) Arista
13 4 (2.76%) Blue Coat
13 4 (2.76%) IBM