WAN Contracts in Southampton

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton requiring WAN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAN over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing WAN 1 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 0.93% 4.73% 2.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.35% 23.53% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £155
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +174.19% -51.56%
75th Percentile £469 £494 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £488 £494 £450
% change year-on-year -1.27% +9.72% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
Hampshire median hourly rate - £67.02 £61.00
% change year-on-year - +9.87% +28.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

WAN 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 23 34 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 21.30% 20.12% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 15
10th Percentile £435 £200 £225
25th Percentile £440 £205 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -15.00% +56.25%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £525
90th Percentile £611 £634 £599
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
Hampshire median hourly rate £59.13 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% -4.42% +166.67%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAN in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for WAN in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WAN in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for WAN in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto