WAN Contracts with Work from Home Options

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 135 214
Rank change year-on-year -63 +79 +14
Contract jobs citing WAN 145 451 582
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.99% 1.88% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.47% 16.19% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 283 409
10th Percentile £350 £325 £298
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 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £481 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.32% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 19
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.70 £21.25
25th Percentile £13.44 £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 £18.13 £80.25 £60.97
90th Percentile £21.63 £81.00 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £24.87 £57.33 £27.25
% change year-on-year -56.62% +110.39% +32.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,531 2,786 4,483
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.41% 11.63% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,857 3,063
10th Percentile £300 £348 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 97 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.10 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.00 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +21.05% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £63.06
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +116.22% -28.85% +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

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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

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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 7 June 2024.

WAN daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (21.38%) Azure
2 19 (13.10%) AWS
3 6 (4.14%) GCP
3 6 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.76%) GitHub
5 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.07%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.07%) IaaS
6 2 (1.38%) PaaS
6 2 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.69%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.69%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.69%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 88 (60.69%) LAN
2 60 (41.38%) SD-WAN
3 45 (31.03%) Firewall
4 30 (20.69%) MPLS
5 28 (19.31%) BGP
6 25 (17.24%) Wireless
7 24 (16.55%) Network Security
8 23 (15.86%) OSPF
8 23 (15.86%) VPN
9 18 (12.41%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (11.72%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (11.72%) WLAN
11 16 (11.03%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (7.59%) DHCP
12 11 (7.59%) DNS
13 10 (6.90%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (6.90%) TCP/IP
14 9 (6.21%) Internet
14 9 (6.21%) VoIP
15 8 (5.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (2.76%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.38%) JIRA
4 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.93%) Finance
3 19 (13.10%) 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%) Banking
6 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
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%) Military
8 1 (0.69%) Retail
8 1 (0.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 46 (31.72%) Architect
2 43 (29.66%) Network Engineer
3 21 (14.48%) Network Architect
4 15 (10.34%) Senior
4 15 (10.34%) Technical Architect
5 10 (6.90%) Consultant
5 10 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (6.21%) Azure Architect
7 8 (5.52%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) WAN Engineer
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Architect
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) IT Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Network Consultant
10 5 (3.45%) Project Manager
11 4 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
11 4 (2.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.52%) Middleware
2 4 (2.76%) Web Services
3 3 (2.07%) EDI
4 1 (0.69%) .NET
4 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.69%) J2EE
4 1 (0.69%) JSON
4 1 (0.69%) LDAP
4 1 (0.69%) SAML
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%) IVR
7 1 (0.69%) NHS
7 1 (0.69%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.69%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.79%) 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 21 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (11.72%) Change Management
3 16 (11.03%) Agile
4 13 (8.97%) Analytics
4 13 (8.97%) Network Architecture
4 13 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (8.28%) Enterprise Architecture
5 12 (8.28%) IT Strategy
5 12 (8.28%) Translating Business Requirements
6 11 (7.59%) Migration
6 11 (7.59%) Project Delivery
6 11 (7.59%) Roadmaps
7 10 (6.90%) Computer Science
7 10 (6.90%) ITIL
7 10 (6.90%) Project Management
7 10 (6.90%) Technology Strategy
8 9 (6.21%) Business Strategy
8 9 (6.21%) Network Design
8 9 (6.21%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.52%) Python
2 3 (2.07%) SQL
3 2 (1.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.69%) Bash
4 1 (0.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 51 (35.17%) 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 11 (7.59%) CCNA
7 9 (6.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (5.52%) JNCIA
9 6 (4.14%) BC Cleared
9 6 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.45%) CCDP
11 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.76%) HND
11 4 (2.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (2.07%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.07%) CCIE Data Center
12 3 (2.07%) CCSA
12 3 (2.07%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.97%) QA
2 11 (7.59%) SLA
3 5 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.45%) NCSC
4 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.69%) COBIT
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.69%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.69%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.69%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.69%) NIST
5 1 (0.69%) RMADS
System Software
1 16 (11.03%) 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%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.69%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (6.21%) FortiGate
2 7 (4.83%) Ansible
2 7 (4.83%) Terraform
3 4 (2.76%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.07%) Kibana
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%) VxRail
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.69%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (57.93%) Cisco
2 32 (22.07%) Palo Alto
3 22 (15.17%) Microsoft
4 21 (14.48%) VMware
5 17 (11.72%) Juniper
6 16 (11.03%) F5
7 14 (9.66%) 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%) Splunk
11 7 (4.83%) Meraki
12 6 (4.14%) Citrix
13 5 (3.45%) HP
13 5 (3.45%) Infoblox
13 5 (3.45%) Nokia
14 4 (2.76%) Ciena
14 4 (2.76%) IBM
14 4 (2.76%) SolarWinds