Wi-Fi Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 69 82
Rank change year-on-year -17 +13 -24
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 27 3 23
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.46% 0.33% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.16% 1.53% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £279 £286 -
25th Percentile £359 £322 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £388 £413
Median % change year-on-year +32.26% -6.06% +71.88%
75th Percentile £659 £431 £456
90th Percentile £736 £454 £479
South East median daily rate £407 £381 £405
% change year-on-year +6.75% -5.86% -4.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

Wi-Fi 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 242 196 453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.05% 21.63% 26.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 139 191
10th Percentile £300 £320 £406
25th Percentile £500 £490 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +27.78%
75th Percentile £625 £602 £638
90th Percentile £745 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £491 £500
% change year-on-year +6.92% -1.80% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 72
10th Percentile £47.21 £50.00 £17.69
25th Percentile £48.64 £51.78 £51.06
Median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -1.46%
75th Percentile £56.21 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £56.99 £62.50 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.18% -4.10% -0.26%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in Hampshire over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Wi-Fi in Hampshire

Wi-Fi
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Wi-Fi.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Portsmouth -1 9 £250 -24.53%
Eastleigh - 4 - -
Southampton -4 1 - - 1
Winchester - 1 - -
Farnborough - 1 £775 - 2
Wi-Fi
South East

Wi-Fi
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 17 (62.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.70%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (44.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) BGP
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (3.70%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) OSPF
1 1 (3.70%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (3.70%) VXLAN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Retail
2 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) IT Support
2 12 (44.44%) Analyst
2 12 (44.44%) IT Analyst
2 12 (44.44%) IT Support Analyst
2 12 (44.44%) Support Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) ICT Officer
3 8 (29.63%) ICT Support
3 8 (29.63%) ICT Support Officer
3 8 (29.63%) Procurement Officer
3 8 (29.63%) Support Officer
4 5 (18.52%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (3.70%) IT Support Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Mac Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Network Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Network Support
5 1 (3.70%) Network Support Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Digital Signage
2 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) ITIL
2 12 (44.44%) Customer Service
2 12 (44.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (3.70%) Change Management
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.70%) Content Management
3 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.70%) Incident Response
3 1 (3.70%) Mentoring
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (3.70%) Roadmaps
3 1 (3.70%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (3.70%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (3.70%) WFM
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) CCNP
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (3.70%) Degree
1 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) GDPR
1 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) Meraki
2 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
3 12 (44.44%) Avaya
3 12 (44.44%) Mitel
4 2 (7.41%) VMware
5 1 (3.70%) Apple
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco
5 1 (3.70%) Dell
5 1 (3.70%) F5
5 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto