WAN Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 31 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 +10
Contract jobs citing WAN 9 5 22
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 2.87% 2.62% 8.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.89% 9.09% 19.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £487 - -
25th Percentile - £406 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £650
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -36.54% -3.70%
75th Percentile - £538 £675
90th Percentile £550 £624 -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.00
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
75th Percentile - - £45.00
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - +81.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 91 55 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 28.98% 28.80% 45.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 48 9
10th Percentile - £404 £375
25th Percentile £500 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £550
90th Percentile £650 £649 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £510 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -2.86% +16.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - £14.85
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £45.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £56.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +18.18%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

WAN job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing WAN

WAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing WAN

WAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) CATAPAN
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (11.11%) IPv4
3 1 (11.11%) IPv6
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Network Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Installations Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Architect
4 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (22.22%) Network Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Network Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Network Design
2 3 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 3 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (22.22%) Cost Management
3 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) Order Management
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Network Management
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) PMP
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) JNCIA
4 1 (11.11%) JNCIS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) KVM
1 1 (11.11%) RHEV
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (11.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Endace
2 1 (11.11%) Nagios
2 1 (11.11%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Juniper
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) F5
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
3 1 (11.11%) VMware