WAN Contracts in the South West

Wide Area Network (WAN)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 84 90
Rank change year-on-year +20 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing WAN 93 92 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.96% 2.65% 2.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.24% 15.36% 18.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 68 53
10th Percentile £448 £325 £192
25th Percentile £525 £398 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £488 £370
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +31.76% -1.33%
75th Percentile £675 £613 £500
90th Percentile £716 £741 £540
England median daily rate £488 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +5.41% +2.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 9
10th Percentile - £43.79 £42.21
25th Percentile - £56.39 £48.95
Median hourly rate £40.00 £67.42 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.67% +24.84% +140.86%
75th Percentile - £101.25 £56.70
90th Percentile £90.50 £101.63 £60.92
England median hourly rate £24.69 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -58.86% +130.77% +30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 510 599 479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.21% 17.23% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 385 291
10th Percentile £293 £208 £218
25th Percentile £463 £400 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +15.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £550
90th Percentile £700 £719 £619
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 118 31
10th Percentile £12.55 - £41.43
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.48
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +9.18%
75th Percentile £68.46 £59.67 £64.62
90th Percentile £83.60 £76.44 £69.05
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -2.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WAN in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for WAN in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Wiltshire +21 40 £650 - 7
Bristol +31 27 £600 +41.18% 9
Somerset +5 9 £488 - 3
Dorset -1 9 £656 +7.63% 1
Gloucestershire -8 6 £550 +25.00% 2
Devon -7 1 £600 +71.43% 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 27 (29.03%) Cloud Computing
1 27 (29.03%) IaaS
1 27 (29.03%) PaaS
1 27 (29.03%) SaaS
2 13 (13.98%) Azure
3 10 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.15%) AWS
4 2 (2.15%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.15%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 69 (74.19%) LAN
2 18 (19.35%) Firewall
3 15 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (15.05%) DNS
5 13 (13.98%) DHCP
5 13 (13.98%) SAN
6 12 (12.90%) MPLS
7 11 (11.83%) SD-WAN
8 10 (10.75%) SDH
9 8 (8.60%) WLAN
10 6 (6.45%) VPN
11 5 (5.38%) TCP/IP
11 5 (5.38%) Unified Communications
11 5 (5.38%) Wireless
12 4 (4.30%) FTP
12 4 (4.30%) Internet
12 4 (4.30%) Junos
12 4 (4.30%) Network Security
12 4 (4.30%) Skype
13 3 (3.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 34 (36.56%) Public Sector
2 17 (18.28%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.28%) Telecoms
3 13 (13.98%) Aerospace
4 8 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.38%) Aeronautics
5 5 (5.38%) Finance
6 4 (4.30%) Legal
6 4 (4.30%) Military
7 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Electronics
8 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (60.22%) Architect
2 43 (46.24%) Network Architect
3 14 (15.05%) Network Engineer
4 10 (10.75%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (9.68%) Analyst
6 8 (8.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 8 (8.60%) IT Analyst
6 8 (8.60%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 7 (7.53%) Lead
8 4 (4.30%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Lead Architect
8 4 (4.30%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.23%) Field Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Network Field Engineer
9 3 (3.23%) Technical Leader
10 2 (2.15%) IT Engineer
10 2 (2.15%) IT Support
10 2 (2.15%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 2 (2.15%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (50.54%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.60%) Client/Server
2 8 (8.60%) Clustering
3 6 (6.45%) CMDB
4 5 (5.38%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.30%) Operational Technology
5 4 (4.30%) Replication
6 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.23%) Solar Power
7 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.15%) PKI
7 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.08%) NHS
8 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (24.73%) Windows
2 8 (8.60%) Linux
2 8 (8.60%) Unix
3 7 (7.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.16%) Network Management
2 31 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 31 (33.33%) Zero Trust
3 27 (29.03%) Open Source
4 24 (25.81%) ITIL
5 16 (17.20%) Decision-Making
6 14 (15.05%) Migration
7 13 (13.98%) Data Protection
8 11 (11.83%) ArchiMate
8 11 (11.83%) Customer Requirements
8 11 (11.83%) Enterprise Architecture
8 11 (11.83%) TOGAF
9 10 (10.75%) Asset Management
9 10 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.60%) Business Transformation
10 8 (8.60%) Capacity Management
10 8 (8.60%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (8.60%) Data Migration
10 8 (8.60%) IT Strategy
10 8 (8.60%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.75%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (68.82%) Security Cleared
2 41 (44.09%) DV Cleared
3 26 (27.96%) SC Cleared
4 19 (20.43%) Degree
5 8 (8.60%) HND
6 7 (7.53%) CCNP
6 7 (7.53%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (4.30%) JNCIA
7 4 (4.30%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.23%) CCNA
9 2 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.15%) MCP
10 1 (1.08%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.08%) CISM
10 1 (1.08%) CISSP
10 1 (1.08%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.45%) QA
2 5 (5.38%) NCSC
3 4 (4.30%) SLA
4 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.08%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.08%) NIST
4 1 (1.08%) RMADS
System Software
1 13 (13.98%) Active Directory
1 13 (13.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (11.83%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (8.60%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (4.30%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (4.30%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.15%) Firmware
5 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (12.90%) SCCM
2 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (8.60%) Nagios
2 8 (8.60%) NetBackup
3 4 (4.30%) vCenter Server
4 3 (3.23%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.15%) OPNET
5 2 (2.15%) SCOM
6 1 (1.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (25.81%) Cisco
2 17 (18.28%) VMware
3 13 (13.98%) Microsoft
4 10 (10.75%) Palo Alto
5 9 (9.68%) Juniper
6 8 (8.60%) Hitachi
6 8 (8.60%) NetApp
7 7 (7.53%) Nokia
8 6 (6.45%) Fortinet
9 5 (5.38%) IBM
10 4 (4.30%) CheckPoint
10 4 (4.30%) Ciena
10 4 (4.30%) SolarWinds
10 4 (4.30%) Veeam
11 3 (3.23%) F5
12 2 (2.15%) Citrix
12 2 (2.15%) Remedy
13 1 (1.08%) SAP
13 1 (1.08%) Splunk