WAN Engineer Contracts in England

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
UK > England

The median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in England is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 582 743
Rank change year-on-year +104 +161 -118
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 53 58 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.12% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.13% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 24
10th Percentile £293 £343 £363
25th Percentile £325 £353 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -10.53% +17.28%
75th Percentile £388 £488 £500
90th Percentile £555 £552 £523
UK median daily rate £375 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -11.76% -10.53% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £15.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,787 45,579 67,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.59% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,417 32,381 47,891
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,334 1,845
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN Engineer in England

WAN Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for WAN Engineer in England

WAN Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN Engineer in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN Engineer in England

WAN Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN Engineer in England

WAN Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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 Midlands +35 34 £350 -17.65% 7
Midlands +31 34 £350 -6.67% 7
London +93 7 £450 -18.18% 2
South East +33 6 £375 - 3
North of England +25 5 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
North West +10 2 - -
South West +6 1 - -
WAN Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 across the England region featuring WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 53 (100.00%) WAN
2 39 (73.58%) Security Cleared
3 34 (64.15%) Juniper
4 33 (62.26%) MPLS
5 31 (58.49%) BGP
5 31 (58.49%) IPsec
6 26 (49.06%) PKI
6 26 (49.06%) VPN
7 24 (45.28%) Junos
8 23 (43.40%) Load Balancing
8 23 (43.40%) Cisco
9 17 (32.08%) SD-WAN
10 11 (20.75%) Public Sector
11 10 (18.87%) Security Monitoring
11 10 (18.87%) Proactive Monitoring
11 10 (18.87%) Network Monitoring
11 10 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (18.87%) DNS
11 10 (18.87%) Windows
11 10 (18.87%) Linux
11 10 (18.87%) ISO 9000
12 9 (16.98%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (15.09%) CCNP
13 8 (15.09%) LAN
13 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
14 6 (11.32%) Firewall
15 5 (9.43%) Meraki
16 4 (7.55%) Fujitsu
16 4 (7.55%) OSPF
16 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 53 (100.00%) WAN
2 33 (62.26%) MPLS
3 31 (58.49%) BGP
3 31 (58.49%) IPsec
4 26 (49.06%) VPN
5 24 (45.28%) Junos
6 17 (32.08%) SD-WAN
7 10 (18.87%) DNS
8 8 (15.09%) LAN
9 6 (11.32%) Firewall
10 4 (7.55%) OSPF
11 3 (5.66%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (5.66%) VLAN
11 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (3.77%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (3.77%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (3.77%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (3.77%) EIGRP
12 2 (3.77%) Network Security
12 2 (3.77%) Wireless
General
1 11 (20.75%) Public Sector
2 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Finance
3 2 (3.77%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 26 (49.06%) PKI
2 3 (5.66%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Linux
1 10 (18.87%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Load Balancing
2 10 (18.87%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (18.87%) Network Monitoring
2 10 (18.87%) Proactive Monitoring
2 10 (18.87%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (5.66%) Break/Fix
4 3 (5.66%) Network Design
5 1 (1.89%) Availability Management
5 1 (1.89%) Change Management
5 1 (1.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (1.89%) Mentoring
5 1 (1.89%) Migration
5 1 (1.89%) Network Architecture
5 1 (1.89%) Project Delivery
5 1 (1.89%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (1.89%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (1.89%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 39 (73.58%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.98%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (15.09%) CCNP
3 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) CCIE
4 2 (3.77%) CCNA
5 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) ISO 9000
2 3 (5.66%) SLA
Vendors
1 34 (64.15%) Juniper
2 23 (43.40%) Cisco
3 5 (9.43%) Meraki
4 4 (7.55%) Fujitsu
5 3 (5.66%) 3Com
5 3 (5.66%) Aruba
5 3 (5.66%) Brocade
5 3 (5.66%) Citrix
6 2 (3.77%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.89%) F5
7 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.89%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.89%) Splunk
7 1 (1.89%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.89%) Zscaler