WAN Contracts in Yorkshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 72 105 75
Rank change year-on-year +33 -30 +1
Contract jobs citing WAN 35 16 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.02% 0.75% 2.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.04% 7.37% 22.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 46
10th Percentile £203 £190 £235
25th Percentile £425 £201 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £356 £450
Median % change year-on-year +40.35% -20.83% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £425 £547
90th Percentile £633 £475 £616
England median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile - £22.93 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £24.31 £16.09
Median hourly rate £24.87 £27.25 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +62.69% -16.25%
75th Percentile £25.83 £30.81 £18.91
90th Percentile - £32.58 £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
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 194 217 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.20% 10.12% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 138 255
10th Percentile £193 £152 £185
25th Percentile £275 £240 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £588 £620 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £675
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 38 9
10th Percentile £12.75 - £16.00
25th Percentile £13.87 £9.80 £16.38
Median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year +71.87% -39.74% +0.80%
75th Percentile £25.83 - £19.50
90th Percentile - £14.04 £22.88
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 Yorkshire

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Yorkshire

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +43 25 £463 +23.33% 15
South Yorkshire -6 4 £535 +181.58% 9
North Yorkshire -7 1 - - 4
WAN
England

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (5.71%) SaaS
2 1 (2.86%) AWS
2 1 (2.86%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) GCP
2 1 (2.86%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 27 (77.14%) LAN
2 14 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (17.14%) Firewall
4 5 (14.29%) WLAN
5 4 (11.43%) SD-WAN
6 3 (8.57%) Network Security
7 2 (5.71%) Wireless
8 1 (2.86%) Broadband
8 1 (2.86%) Internet
8 1 (2.86%) MPLS
8 1 (2.86%) NGN
8 1 (2.86%) PSTN
8 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.86%) Unified Communications
8 1 (2.86%) VLAN
8 1 (2.86%) VPN
General
1 11 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
2 3 (8.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Analyst
2 5 (14.29%) Network Technician
3 4 (11.43%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Senior
3 4 (11.43%) Senior Network Technician
3 4 (11.43%) Senior Technician
4 3 (8.57%) LAN Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) LAN/WAN Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Mobile Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) WAN Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Linux Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Network Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Support
6 1 (2.86%) Lead
6 1 (2.86%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) XML
1 2 (5.71%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 5 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (11.43%) Driving Licence
2 4 (11.43%) NHS
3 2 (5.71%) EPoS
3 2 (5.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Windows
2 6 (17.14%) Linux
3 3 (8.57%) Unix
4 2 (5.71%) Debian
4 2 (5.71%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.71%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (31.43%) Break/Fix
3 5 (14.29%) Migration
4 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
4 4 (11.43%) Project Management
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.43%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (8.57%) Network Management
6 2 (5.71%) Agile
6 2 (5.71%) Architectural Design
6 2 (5.71%) Computer Science
6 2 (5.71%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (5.71%) Logistics
6 2 (5.71%) Network Architecture
6 2 (5.71%) Network Design
6 2 (5.71%) Parallel Processing
6 2 (5.71%) SOA
7 1 (2.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (2.86%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) CCNA
1 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.43%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Terraform
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.86%) Puppet
2 1 (2.86%) VxRail
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Cisco
2 13 (37.14%) Aruba
2 13 (37.14%) Juniper
2 13 (37.14%) Meraki
3 11 (31.43%) 3Com
3 11 (31.43%) Brocade
3 11 (31.43%) Citrix
4 2 (5.71%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.86%) Dell
5 1 (2.86%) F5
5 1 (2.86%) Google
5 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto