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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 70 64
Rank change year-on-year -14 -6 -11
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 17 1 33
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.04% 0.14% 2.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.50% 0.64% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £485 - £313
25th Percentile £531 £456 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £616 £463 £413
Median % change year-on-year +33.24% +12.12% +73.68%
75th Percentile £706 £469 £494
90th Percentile £755 - -
South East median daily rate £275 £388 £405
% change year-on-year -29.03% -4.32% -0.31%

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 200 157 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.28% 21.66% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 116 158
10th Percentile £308 £340 £263
25th Percentile £500 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £618 £634
90th Percentile £760 £650 £641
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £485
% change year-on-year +2.04% +1.14% -0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 74
10th Percentile £44.86 £51.64 £17.69
25th Percentile £48.13 £55.81 £51.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.98% +1.50%
75th Percentile £56.75 £64.38 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.90 £73.50 £62.50
South East median hourly rate £48.11 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -12.53% -4.10% +27.44%

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 11 April 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 11 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
Portsmouth - 5 - - 2
Farnborough - 2 £616 - 3
Eastleigh - 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 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (47.06%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) BGP
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (5.88%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) OSPF
1 1 (5.88%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (5.88%) VXLAN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
1 8 (47.06%) IT Analyst
1 8 (47.06%) IT Support
1 8 (47.06%) IT Support Analyst
1 8 (47.06%) Support Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) ICT Officer
2 5 (29.41%) ICT Support
2 5 (29.41%) ICT Support Officer
2 5 (29.41%) Procurement Officer
2 5 (29.41%) Support Officer
3 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Customer Service
1 8 (47.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 8 (47.06%) ITIL
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (5.88%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
2 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
2 1 (5.88%) Project Management
2 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
2 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (5.88%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CCNP
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Meraki
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 8 (47.06%) Avaya
3 8 (47.06%) Mitel
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco
4 1 (5.88%) Dell
4 1 (5.88%) F5
4 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.88%) VMware