WAN Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Wide Area Network (WAN)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring WAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing WAN 2 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.14% 1.80% 4.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.76% 8.70% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - £467 -
25th Percentile - £483 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £519 £456
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% +13.70% +64.41%
75th Percentile - £558 £494
90th Percentile - £576 -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £463 £488
% change year-on-year +8.11% -5.13% +6.67%

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 17 23 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 9.66% 20.72% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 16
10th Percentile £503 £435 -
25th Percentile £525 £440 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £481 £302
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +59.11% -39.51%
75th Percentile £669 £597 £494
90th Percentile £726 £603 £500
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £538 £515
% change year-on-year -2.33% +4.37% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +122.22%
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.50 £62.50 £58.25
% change year-on-year -11.20% +7.30% +12.02%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

WAN job vacancy trend in Southampton

WAN
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing WAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing WAN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing WAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing WAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Aruba
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto