LAN Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 45 34
Rank change year-on-year -28 -11 +8
Contract jobs citing LAN 20 26 61
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.51% 2.99% 4.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.90% 15.20% 18.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 19 27
10th Percentile £498 £343 £382
25th Percentile £500 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -8.33% -1.53%
75th Percentile £588 £544 £561
90th Percentile £600 £599 £636
South East median daily rate £475 £413 £250
% change year-on-year +15.15% +65.00% -45.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £19.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +156.42% -69.84% +173.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

LAN 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 168 171 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.70% 19.68% 25.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 110 94
10th Percentile £432 £363 £205
25th Percentile - £450 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £556
90th Percentile £679 £676 £646
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -7.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 32
10th Percentile £47.09 - £27.50
25th Percentile £50.43 £35.00 £51.38
Median hourly rate £56.00 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% +2.50% +21.49%
75th Percentile £64.50 £62.81 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.60 £68.13 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £71.08 £59.00 £62.25
% change year-on-year +20.47% -5.22% +38.33%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

LAN job vacancy trend in Hampshire

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Hampshire

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing LAN

LAN
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 LAN within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 -5 13 £575 +39.39% 1
Portsmouth -5 3 £450 +4.05% 3
Farnborough -19 1 £500 +42.86% 3
LAN
South East

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) VPN
1 10 (50.00%) WAN
2 8 (40.00%) Firewall
3 7 (35.00%) BGP
4 5 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (25.00%) IPsec
4 5 (25.00%) MPLS
5 4 (20.00%) Junos
5 4 (20.00%) Network Security
6 3 (15.00%) OSPF
7 2 (10.00%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (5.00%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (5.00%) DHCP
8 1 (5.00%) DNS
8 1 (5.00%) IPv4
8 1 (5.00%) IPv6
8 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
8 1 (5.00%) SNMP
8 1 (5.00%) VoIP
8 1 (5.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Military
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Network Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Design Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Network Design Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Network Architect
5 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Network Design
2 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (10.00%) Agile
3 2 (10.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (10.00%) High Availability
3 2 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (10.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 2 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (10.00%) Requirements Management
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (5.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.00%) ITIL
4 1 (5.00%) Network Management
4 1 (5.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (5.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (40.00%) CCNP
3 8 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (25.00%) CCNA
5 5 (25.00%) JNCIS
6 1 (5.00%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Firmware
2 1 (5.00%) KVM
2 1 (5.00%) RHEV
2 1 (5.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (5.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Ansible
1 2 (10.00%) Endace
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (5.00%) Nagios
2 1 (5.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (5.00%) Proxmox
2 1 (5.00%) SCOM
2 1 (5.00%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (5.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 14 (70.00%) Juniper
3 3 (15.00%) VMware
4 2 (10.00%) F5
4 2 (10.00%) Mellanox
4 2 (10.00%) NVIDIA
5 1 (5.00%) Acronis
5 1 (5.00%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (5.00%) McAfee
5 1 (5.00%) Meraki
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.00%) Symantec