SONET Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring SONET skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SONET 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.061% - 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.51% - 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £600 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.50
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £30.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

SONET 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 195 158 453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.96% 21.88% 29.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 115 157
10th Percentile £351 £338 £263
25th Percentile £500 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.19%
75th Percentile £669 £618 £634
90th Percentile £759 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £498 £475
% change year-on-year +0.50% +4.74% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 69
10th Percentile £44.86 £35.00 £17.35
25th Percentile £47.19 £48.03 £51.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.98% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57.13 £64.38 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.90 £73.50 £62.75
South East median hourly rate £42.71 £35.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +22.01% -38.97% +27.44%

SONET
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

SONET job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SONET
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SONET

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SONET

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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 SONET within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 7 April 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
Havant - 1 £600 -
SONET
South East

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning