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 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 82 68
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -3
Contract jobs citing Wi-Fi 6 4 36
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.60% 0.32% 2.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.06% 1.59% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 13
10th Percentile £225 £526 £240
25th Percentile £286 £545 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £376 £594 £271
Median % change year-on-year -36.63% +119.50% -18.03%
75th Percentile £453 £645 £450
90th Percentile £473 £667 £544
South East median daily rate £268 £405 £475
% change year-on-year -33.95% -14.79% +15.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £60.30
25th Percentile - - £60.75
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
75th Percentile - - £63.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +275.76%

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 196 251 344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.56% 19.94% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 126 136
10th Percentile £275 £400 £235
25th Percentile £476 £463 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £430
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +33.58% -12.67%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £549
90th Percentile £650 £688 £606
South East median daily rate £478 £500 £453
% change year-on-year -4.50% +10.50% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 32 43
10th Percentile £48.20 £36.61 £15.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.40 £37.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.68 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% +10.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +33.33%

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 3 October 2025.

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 3 October 2025. 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 - 2 £331 -
Farnborough - 2 £465 - 2
Basingstoke +3 1 £200 -66.32% 1
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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
1 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Back Office
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Support Officer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Digital Signage
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
1 2 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (16.67%) AirWatch
2 1 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Aruba
1 2 (33.33%) Dell
1 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 2 (33.33%) Meraki
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco