WAN Contracts in Hampshire

Wide Area Network (WAN)
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 34 69
Rank change year-on-year -4 +35 -28
Contract jobs citing WAN 63 79 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 3.91% 5.62% 2.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.00% 25.73% 17.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 47 46
10th Percentile £375 £274 -
25th Percentile £397 £384 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £450 £433
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% +4.05% +1.76%
75th Percentile £579 £550 £620
90th Percentile £650 £593 £675
South East median daily rate £458 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +1.67% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £32.49 £26.25
25th Percentile - £47.81 £33.75
Median hourly rate £67.02 £61.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.87% +28.42% +6.97%
75th Percentile - £63.00 £49.76
90th Percentile - - £50.37
South East median hourly rate £67.02 £62.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year +8.10% +249.30% -22.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 450 307 357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 27.95% 21.85% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 162 194
10th Percentile £266 £228 £272
25th Percentile £425 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +1.44% +9.53%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £601
90th Percentile £650 £694 £688
South East median daily rate £490 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.77% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 38 41
10th Percentile £17.69 £18.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £51.06 £42.44 £20.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +166.67% -30.77%
75th Percentile £61.30 £69.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £60.00
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -37.68%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Hampshire

WAN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for WAN in Hampshire

WAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WAN in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WAN in Hampshire

WAN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Hampshire

WAN
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Basingstoke -3 23 £575 +15.00% 4
Southampton +5 8 £425 +174.19% 3
Portsmouth -27 8 £548 +31.14%
Farnborough -2 2 £350 -30.00% 4
Havant +9 1 £715 +58.89%
Eastleigh - 1 £350 - 1
Winchester - 1 - - 1
WAN
South East

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.17%) AWS
1 2 (3.17%) Azure
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.59%) Cloudflare
2 1 (1.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (55.56%) LAN
2 27 (42.86%) VPN
3 24 (38.10%) BGP
3 24 (38.10%) Cisco Firepower
3 24 (38.10%) MPLS
4 23 (36.51%) SSL
4 23 (36.51%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (12.70%) Wireless
6 7 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (11.11%) Network Security
7 6 (9.52%) Firewall
8 2 (3.17%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (3.17%) DHCP
8 2 (3.17%) Internet
8 2 (3.17%) Junos
8 2 (3.17%) NX-OS
8 2 (3.17%) SAN
8 2 (3.17%) Skype
8 2 (3.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Rational DOORS
General
1 24 (38.10%) Finance
2 8 (12.70%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.17%) Automotive
5 2 (3.17%) French Language
5 2 (3.17%) Law
5 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.17%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (3.17%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.59%) Advertising
6 1 (1.59%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.59%) Local Government
6 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (66.67%) Architect
2 41 (65.08%) Network Architect
3 7 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 7 (11.11%) Senior
4 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (7.94%) Senior Architect
5 5 (7.94%) Senior Network Architect
6 4 (6.35%) Consultant
7 3 (4.76%) Juniper Architect
7 3 (4.76%) Network Consultant
8 2 (3.17%) Cisco Architect
8 2 (3.17%) IT Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) IT Support
8 2 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Network Security Consultant
8 2 (3.17%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (3.17%) Systems Support Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Windows Administrator
8 2 (3.17%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.17%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.59%) CMDB
3 1 (1.59%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Windows
2 2 (3.17%) Android
2 2 (3.17%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.17%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Unix
2 2 (3.17%) Windows 10
2 2 (3.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.68%) Network Design
2 24 (38.10%) Technical Leadership
3 23 (36.51%) Customer Requirements
3 23 (36.51%) Network Management
4 18 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 18 (28.57%) Project Management
5 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (12.70%) Service Management
7 5 (7.94%) Incident Management
8 3 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (3.17%) Analytics
9 2 (3.17%) Computer Science
9 2 (3.17%) Data Protection
9 2 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (3.17%) Inventory Management
9 2 (3.17%) ITIL
9 2 (3.17%) Logistics
9 2 (3.17%) Release Management
9 2 (3.17%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (3.17%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.59%) C
2 1 (1.59%) Java
2 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (92.06%) Security Cleared
2 21 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 10 (15.87%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (14.29%) CCNP
5 8 (12.70%) DV Cleared
6 6 (9.52%) JNCIA
7 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (6.35%) CCNA
7 4 (6.35%) CCSA
8 2 (3.17%) Degree
9 1 (1.59%) CCIE
9 1 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) GDPR
2 2 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (36.51%) Endace
2 2 (3.17%) SCCM
2 2 (3.17%) SCOM
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
3 1 (1.59%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (85.71%) Cisco
2 49 (77.78%) Juniper
3 25 (39.68%) F5
4 8 (12.70%) Palo Alto
5 7 (11.11%) CheckPoint
6 6 (9.52%) VMware
7 5 (7.94%) Blue Coat
8 2 (3.17%) Apple
8 2 (3.17%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.59%) Aruba
9 1 (1.59%) Citrix
9 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.59%) IBM
9 1 (1.59%) Nokia
9 1 (1.59%) QinetiQ
9 1 (1.59%) Sitecore
9 1 (1.59%) Veeam
9 1 (1.59%) Zscaler