WAN Contracts in the North of England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 117 83 86
Rank change year-on-year -34 +3 +32
Contract jobs citing WAN 68 133 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.40% 2.44% 2.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.04% 19.88% 20.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 89 132
10th Percentile £210 £222 £230
25th Percentile £313 £288 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £423
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £525 £538 £505
90th Percentile £607 £588 £550
England median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile - £23.85 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £26.63 £16.09
Median hourly rate £24.87 £32.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% +94.03% -16.25%
75th Percentile £25.83 £40.79 £18.91
90th Percentile £37.93 £45.01 £21.63
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 565 669 938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.66% 12.29% 13.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 445 658
10th Percentile £200 £206 £179
25th Percentile £313 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +2.22% +11.11%
75th Percentile £614 £568 £550
90th Percentile £775 £670 £638
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 48 23
10th Percentile £13.31 - £10.67
25th Percentile £21.19 £9.80 £16.12
Median hourly rate £25.44 £10.63 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +139.28% -39.74% +4.38%
75th Percentile £45.97 £16.67 £21.33
90th Percentile £48.75 £37.85 £51.75
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 North of England

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for WAN in the North of England

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WAN in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WAN in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the North of England 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
Yorkshire +33 35 £500 +40.35% 28
North West -50 30 £350 -17.65% 41
North East +9 3 £350 +154.55% 7
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.06%) Azure
2 9 (13.24%) AWS
3 8 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.94%) SaaS
5 1 (1.47%) Azure App Service
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) GCP
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.47%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 51 (75.00%) LAN
2 22 (32.35%) Wi-Fi
3 21 (30.88%) VPN
4 19 (27.94%) Firewall
5 14 (20.59%) Wireless
6 10 (14.71%) Ethernet
6 10 (14.71%) OSPF
6 10 (14.71%) SD-WAN
6 10 (14.71%) Wireless Security
7 8 (11.76%) Network Security
8 6 (8.82%) VLAN
8 6 (8.82%) WLAN
9 4 (5.88%) VoIP
10 2 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (2.94%) DHCP
10 2 (2.94%) DNS
10 2 (2.94%) MPLS
10 2 (2.94%) NetScaler
10 2 (2.94%) TCP/IP
11 1 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.88%) Retail
4 2 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (45.59%) Network Engineer
2 8 (11.76%) Architect
3 6 (8.82%) Analyst
3 6 (8.82%) Senior
4 5 (7.35%) Business Analyst
4 5 (7.35%) Network Technician
4 5 (7.35%) WAN Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Senior Network Technician
5 4 (5.88%) Senior Technician
5 4 (5.88%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 3 (4.41%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) LAN/WAN Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) Network Architect
6 3 (4.41%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (4.41%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.94%) XML
1 2 (2.94%) XSLT
2 1 (1.47%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.88%) Clustering
3 4 (5.88%) NHS
4 3 (4.41%) EPoS
5 2 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (29.41%) Windows
2 14 (20.59%) Linux
3 6 (8.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.88%) Mac OS
4 4 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.41%) Debian
5 3 (4.41%) Ubuntu
5 3 (4.41%) Unix
5 3 (4.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.94%) zOS
7 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (16.18%) Break/Fix
2 11 (16.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (10.29%) Customer Service
3 7 (10.29%) Migration
4 6 (8.82%) Network Design
5 5 (7.35%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (7.35%) Network Management
5 5 (7.35%) Project Delivery
5 5 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 4 (5.88%) Project Management
6 4 (5.88%) Quality Management
6 4 (5.88%) Translating Business Requirements
7 3 (4.41%) Agile
7 3 (4.41%) Architectural Design
7 3 (4.41%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (4.41%) Logistics
7 3 (4.41%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.35%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (1.47%) Bash
3 1 (1.47%) Bicep
3 1 (1.47%) Python
3 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (20.59%) CCNA
2 14 (20.59%) Security Cleared
3 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.29%) Degree
5 5 (7.35%) CCNP
6 4 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.47%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.47%) CCIE
7 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) SLA
2 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.47%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (17.65%) Hyper-V
2 11 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (13.24%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Autotask
1 4 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
1 4 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.88%) SCCM
2 3 (4.41%) Terraform
3 1 (1.47%) Ansible
3 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.47%) Puppet
3 1 (1.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 27 (39.71%) Cisco
2 18 (26.47%) Meraki
3 15 (22.06%) Juniper
4 14 (20.59%) Aruba
5 12 (17.65%) VMware
6 11 (16.18%) 3Com
6 11 (16.18%) Brocade
6 11 (16.18%) Citrix
7 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
8 4 (5.88%) Datto
9 3 (4.41%) Apple
9 3 (4.41%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.94%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.94%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.47%) Dell
11 1 (1.47%) F5
11 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.47%) Radianz
11 1 (1.47%) Sophos
11 1 (1.47%) Veeam