WAN Contracts in the West Midlands

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 22 40 86
Rank change year-on-year +18 +46 -12
Contract jobs citing WAN 128 112 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.27% 5.06% 2.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.59% 29.87% 23.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 48 62
10th Percentile £263 £198 £225
25th Percentile £300 £268 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £338 £419
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -19.40% +15.52%
75th Percentile £475 £441 £488
90th Percentile £683 £521 £599
England median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £13.78 - -
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £21.23 £13.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.27% -35.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £14.25 -
90th Percentile - £14.70 -
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 370 375 403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.12% 16.95% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 223 279
10th Percentile £200 £253 £163
25th Percentile £300 £323 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £451 £413
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +9.21% -0.60%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £545
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 11
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.63 £13.63
Median hourly rate £19.95 £22.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +28.06% +16.67%
75th Percentile £23.75 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £37.58 - -
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the West Midlands

WAN
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the West Midlands 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
Solihull -1 58 £375 +7.14% 13
Birmingham +7 47 £400 +23.08% 9
Warwickshire +7 14 £750 +87.50% 5
Shropshire -4 4 £300 -31.43%
Worcestershire - 1 £400 - 1
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.91%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.47%) Azure
2 4 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.78%) AWS
3 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 83 (64.84%) MPLS
2 65 (50.78%) BGP
2 65 (50.78%) IPsec
3 57 (44.53%) VPN
4 53 (41.41%) LAN
5 46 (35.94%) Junos
6 18 (14.06%) DNS
7 16 (12.50%) Firewall
8 15 (11.72%) SD-WAN
9 14 (10.94%) DHCP
10 12 (9.38%) VoIP
11 10 (7.81%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (7.81%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (7.81%) WLAN
12 9 (7.03%) Ethernet
12 9 (7.03%) Internet
12 9 (7.03%) PBX
13 7 (5.47%) Wireless
14 6 (4.69%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (4.69%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 2 (1.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (14.06%) Social Skills
1 18 (14.06%) Telecoms
2 9 (7.03%) Public Sector
3 8 (6.25%) Finance
4 4 (3.13%) Back Office
5 3 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Aeronautics
7 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.78%) Automotive
7 1 (0.78%) Legal
7 1 (0.78%) Local Government
7 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (29.69%) Network Support
2 35 (27.34%) Network Engineer
3 31 (24.22%) WAN Engineer
4 24 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
5 23 (17.97%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 21 (16.41%) Architect
6 21 (16.41%) Support Engineer
7 18 (14.06%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (9.38%) Network Architect
9 11 (8.59%) Network Support Engineer
10 9 (7.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (6.25%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 7 (5.47%) Administrator
13 5 (3.91%) Analyst
13 5 (3.91%) Enterprise Architect
14 4 (3.13%) Server Administrator
14 4 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
14 4 (3.13%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.03%) Web Services
2 2 (1.56%) Middleware
3 1 (0.78%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 53 (41.41%) PKI
2 20 (15.63%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.34%) Clustering
4 3 (2.34%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.56%) AS400
5 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.78%) CMDB
6 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.84%) Windows
2 12 (9.38%) Linux
3 7 (5.47%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.13%) CentOS
4 4 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.13%) Ubuntu
5 3 (2.34%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.28%) Load Balancing
2 24 (18.75%) Network Design
3 12 (9.38%) ITIL
3 12 (9.38%) Network Architecture
4 11 (8.59%) Analytics
5 10 (7.81%) Architectural Design
5 10 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (7.81%) Incident Management
5 10 (7.81%) Project Delivery
6 9 (7.03%) Data Analytics
6 9 (7.03%) Performance Management
6 9 (7.03%) Programme Management
6 9 (7.03%) SOA
6 9 (7.03%) Storage Management
7 8 (6.25%) Change Control
7 8 (6.25%) Mentoring
7 8 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (5.47%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (5.47%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (4.69%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.47%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 78 (60.94%) Security Cleared
2 29 (22.66%) SC Cleared
3 25 (19.53%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (10.94%) CCNP
5 13 (10.16%) CCNA
6 10 (7.81%) Degree
7 9 (7.03%) CCIE
7 9 (7.03%) CCIE Data Center
8 5 (3.91%) JNCIS
9 3 (2.34%) BC Cleared
9 3 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.78%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) QA
1 6 (4.69%) SLA
2 5 (3.91%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 11 (8.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (7.03%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.69%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.91%) VMware NSX
5 4 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.13%) VMware Server
5 4 (3.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.69%) FortiGate
2 5 (3.91%) OpenView
3 4 (3.13%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.34%) Autotask
4 3 (2.34%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.34%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.34%) SCCM
5 1 (0.78%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.78%) VxRail
Vendors
1 69 (53.91%) Juniper
2 43 (33.59%) Cisco
3 13 (10.16%) VMware
4 12 (9.38%) Microsoft
5 7 (5.47%) F5
6 6 (4.69%) Aruba
7 5 (3.91%) CheckPoint
7 5 (3.91%) Infoblox
7 5 (3.91%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.91%) Symantec
7 5 (3.91%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.13%) SAP
9 3 (2.34%) Apple
9 3 (2.34%) Datto
9 3 (2.34%) Fujitsu
10 2 (1.56%) BT
10 2 (1.56%) Databricks
10 2 (1.56%) Openreach
11 1 (0.78%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.78%) IBM