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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 38 80
Rank change year-on-year -1 +42 -37
Contract jobs citing WAN 68 75 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 4.16% 5.62% 2.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.08% 26.13% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 45 44
10th Percentile £378 £273 -
25th Percentile £400 £375 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £412
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +9.36% -3.18%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £610
90th Percentile £643 £595 £680
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -2.30%
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 £70.26 £62.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year +13.32% +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 451 287 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 27.57% 21.50% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 150 193
10th Percentile £273 £228 £261
25th Percentile £425 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £601
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £488 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 37 45
10th Percentile £17.69 £17.15 -
25th Percentile £51.06 £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +179.07% -34.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £70.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £63.25 £75.00 £61.95
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -36.30%

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 10 May 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 10 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
Basingstoke -5 23 £575 +15.00% 1
Southampton +3 8 £425 +174.19% 3
Portsmouth -26 7 £548 +32.73%
Farnborough +2 4 £350 -30.00% 3
Havant +8 1 £715 +58.89%
Winchester - 1 - -
Eastleigh - 1 £350 - 2
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 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.94%) AWS
1 2 (2.94%) Azure
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.47%) Cloudflare
2 1 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (50.00%) LAN
2 30 (44.12%) VPN
3 25 (36.76%) BGP
3 25 (36.76%) Cisco Firepower
3 25 (36.76%) MPLS
4 24 (35.29%) SSL
5 23 (33.82%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (11.76%) Firewall
7 7 (10.29%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (10.29%) Cisco ISE
7 7 (10.29%) Network Security
7 7 (10.29%) Wireless
8 4 (5.88%) SD-WAN
9 2 (2.94%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.94%) DHCP
9 2 (2.94%) DNS
9 2 (2.94%) Internet
9 2 (2.94%) Junos
9 2 (2.94%) NX-OS
9 2 (2.94%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
1 1 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 25 (36.76%) Finance
2 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.94%) Automotive
5 2 (2.94%) French Language
5 2 (2.94%) Law
5 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.94%) Portuguese Language
5 2 (2.94%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.47%) Advertising
6 1 (1.47%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.47%) Local Government
6 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (63.24%) Architect
2 42 (61.76%) Network Architect
3 7 (10.29%) Senior
4 6 (8.82%) Network Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) Senior Architect
5 5 (7.35%) Senior Network Architect
6 4 (5.88%) Consultant
7 3 (4.41%) Juniper Architect
7 3 (4.41%) Network Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) Administrator
8 2 (2.94%) IT Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) IT Support
8 2 (2.94%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Security Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Systems Support
8 2 (2.94%) Virtualisation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (2.94%) Public Cloud
1 2 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.47%) CMDB
2 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.82%) Windows
2 5 (7.35%) Linux
3 2 (2.94%) Android
3 2 (2.94%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.94%) Unix
3 2 (2.94%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (38.24%) Network Design
2 24 (35.29%) Customer Requirements
2 24 (35.29%) Network Management
2 24 (35.29%) Technical Leadership
3 18 (26.47%) Project Delivery
3 18 (26.47%) Project Management
4 9 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (10.29%) Service Management
6 5 (7.35%) Analytics
6 5 (7.35%) Incident Management
7 4 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (4.41%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (4.41%) Converged Infrastructure
8 3 (4.41%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.41%) High Availability
8 3 (4.41%) Network Virtualisation
9 2 (2.94%) Computer Science
9 2 (2.94%) Data Protection
9 2 (2.94%) ITIL
9 2 (2.94%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.47%) C
2 1 (1.47%) Java
2 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 62 (91.18%) Security Cleared
2 20 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 12 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 10 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (13.24%) CCNP
6 6 (8.82%) JNCIA
7 4 (5.88%) CCNA
7 4 (5.88%) CCSA
8 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.94%) Degree
10 1 (1.47%) CCIE
10 1 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.35%) SLA
2 2 (2.94%) GDPR
2 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.35%) VMware NSX
3 4 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (35.29%) Endace
2 2 (2.94%) SCCM
2 2 (2.94%) SCOM
3 1 (1.47%) Ansible
3 1 (1.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 54 (79.41%) Cisco
2 50 (73.53%) Juniper
3 29 (42.65%) F5
4 10 (14.71%) VMware
5 8 (11.76%) Palo Alto
6 7 (10.29%) CheckPoint
7 5 (7.35%) Blue Coat
8 2 (2.94%) Apple
8 2 (2.94%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.47%) Aruba
9 1 (1.47%) Citrix
9 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.47%) IBM
9 1 (1.47%) Nokia
9 1 (1.47%) QinetiQ
9 1 (1.47%) Sitecore
9 1 (1.47%) Veeam
9 1 (1.47%) Zscaler