WAN Engineer Contracts

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
UK

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 632 817
Rank change year-on-year +102 +185 -103
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 54 65 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.12% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 30
10th Percentile £325 £345 £363
25th Percentile £334 £363 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -10.53% +15.85%
75th Percentile £559 £513 £500
90th Percentile £636 £551 £526
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £425
% change year-on-year -10.26% -8.24% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £15.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured WAN Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WAN Engineer in the UK

WAN Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN Engineer.

Daily rate trend for WAN Engineer in the UK

WAN Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for WAN Engineer in the UK

WAN Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for WAN Engineer in the UK

WAN Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN Engineer within the UK 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
England +75 52 £375 -11.76% 11
UK excluding London +24 43 £350 -10.26% 9
West Midlands +25 31 £350 -12.50% 9
Midlands +20 31 £350 -6.67% 9
London +77 9 £563 +7.14% 2
Work from Home +97 7 £450 -5.26% 3
South East +12 6 £375 -
North of England +10 5 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
North West +5 2 - -
South West +1 1 - -

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, WAN Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (100.00%) WAN
2 38 (70.37%) Security Cleared
3 32 (59.26%) MPLS
4 31 (57.41%) Juniper
5 28 (51.85%) IPsec
5 28 (51.85%) BGP
6 26 (48.15%) Cisco
7 25 (46.30%) VPN
8 23 (42.59%) PKI
8 23 (42.59%) Junos
9 22 (40.74%) Load Balancing
10 19 (35.19%) SD-WAN
11 11 (20.37%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (18.52%) Network Monitoring
12 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (18.52%) Security Monitoring
12 10 (18.52%) Proactive Monitoring
12 10 (18.52%) CCNP
12 10 (18.52%) Windows
12 10 (18.52%) Linux
12 10 (18.52%) ISO 9000
13 9 (16.67%) DNS
13 9 (16.67%) Public Sector
14 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
14 8 (14.81%) LAN
15 7 (12.96%) Firewall
16 5 (9.26%) Network Design
16 5 (9.26%) Meraki
17 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
17 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (100.00%) WAN
2 32 (59.26%) MPLS
3 28 (51.85%) BGP
3 28 (51.85%) IPsec
4 25 (46.30%) VPN
5 23 (42.59%) Junos
6 19 (35.19%) SD-WAN
7 9 (16.67%) DNS
8 8 (14.81%) LAN
9 7 (12.96%) Firewall
10 4 (7.41%) OSPF
11 3 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (5.56%) VLAN
11 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (3.70%) EIGRP
12 2 (3.70%) Network Security
12 2 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 9 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Finance
3 2 (3.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 23 (42.59%) PKI
2 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.52%) Linux
1 10 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) Load Balancing
2 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (18.52%) Network Monitoring
2 10 (18.52%) Proactive Monitoring
2 10 (18.52%) Security Monitoring
3 5 (9.26%) Network Design
4 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (5.56%) Break/Fix
6 1 (1.85%) Availability Management
6 1 (1.85%) Change Management
6 1 (1.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (1.85%) Mentoring
6 1 (1.85%) Migration
6 1 (1.85%) Network Architecture
6 1 (1.85%) Project Delivery
6 1 (1.85%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (1.85%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (1.85%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (70.37%) Security Cleared
2 11 (20.37%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (18.52%) CCNP
4 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.41%) CCIE
6 2 (3.70%) CCNA
7 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.85%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.52%) ISO 9000
2 3 (5.56%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (57.41%) Juniper
2 26 (48.15%) Cisco
3 5 (9.26%) Meraki
4 4 (7.41%) Fujitsu
5 3 (5.56%) 3Com
5 3 (5.56%) Aruba
5 3 (5.56%) Brocade
5 3 (5.56%) Citrix
6 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.85%) F5
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.85%) Splunk
7 1 (1.85%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.85%) Zscaler