Firewall Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Firewall
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 33 18
Rank change year-on-year -12 -15 +8
Contract jobs citing Firewall 57 39 108
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 3.50% 5.41% 6.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.50% 25.00% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 31 31
10th Percentile £368 £325 £400
25th Percentile £500 £475 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £563
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -8.44% +7.14%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £634
90th Percentile £688 £660 £650
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £506
% change year-on-year +3.00% -1.23% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £14.20 £83.77
% change year-on-year +294.37% -83.05% +33.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

Firewall 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 200 156 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.28% 21.64% 29.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 115 157
10th Percentile £308 £338 £263
25th Percentile £500 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £675 £618 £634
90th Percentile £760 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% +4.11% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 72
10th Percentile £44.86 £51.49 £17.69
25th Percentile £48.13 £55.59 £51.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.98% +3.33%
75th Percentile £56.75 £64.69 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.90 £73.88 £62.50
South East median hourly rate £48.11 £54.94 £57.35
% change year-on-year -12.43% -4.21% +27.44%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Hampshire over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Hampshire

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Firewall

Firewall
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 Firewall within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Basingstoke -1 21 £525 -8.70% 3
Portsmouth +4 11 £525 +10.53% 5
Farnborough -13 11 £550 +12.24% 8
Southampton -13 6 £525 -12.50% 4
Tadley - 2 £42 - 1
Fleet - 2 £354 -
Eastleigh -4 1 £600 +20.00% 1
Hook - 1 £500 -
Firewall
South East

Firewall
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 2 (3.51%) Apache Pulsar
2 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.77%) AWS
2 4 (7.02%) Azure
3 3 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (3.51%) Apigee
4 2 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.51%) AWS KMS
4 2 (3.51%) Azure AKS
4 2 (3.51%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.51%) GCP
4 2 (3.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 2 (3.51%) Kong
4 2 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (33.33%) VPN
1 19 (33.33%) WAN
2 17 (29.82%) LAN
3 12 (21.05%) BGP
3 12 (21.05%) OSPF
4 9 (15.79%) Network Security
4 9 (15.79%) VLAN
5 8 (14.04%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (12.28%) TCP/IP
7 6 (10.53%) MPLS
8 5 (8.77%) Wireless
9 4 (7.02%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (7.02%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (7.02%) DNS
9 4 (7.02%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (7.02%) IPv4
9 4 (7.02%) IPv6
9 4 (7.02%) Junos
9 4 (7.02%) NX-OS
10 3 (5.26%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (7.02%) Military
3 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.51%) Aviation
4 2 (3.51%) Finance
4 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.75%) Banking
5 1 (1.75%) Legal
5 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Network Engineer
2 15 (26.32%) Architect
3 10 (17.54%) Senior
4 7 (12.28%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Network Architect
5 5 (8.77%) Senior Architect
5 5 (8.77%) Senior Network Architect
6 4 (7.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Administrator
7 3 (5.26%) Designer
7 3 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IP Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IP Network Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Network Designer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Designer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Network Designer
7 3 (5.26%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.51%) Kafka
2 2 (3.51%) OAuth
2 2 (3.51%) OAuth2
2 2 (3.51%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (3.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.07%) Data Centre
2 11 (19.30%) PKI
3 7 (12.28%) Fat Client
3 7 (12.28%) Thin Client
4 4 (7.02%) BYOD
5 3 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.51%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.51%) Replication
6 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.75%) Chip and PIN
7 1 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.75%) EMV
7 1 (1.75%) Mobile Computing
7 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Linux
2 7 (12.28%) Windows 7
3 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.54%) Agile
1 10 (17.54%) High Availability
2 8 (14.04%) Validation
3 7 (12.28%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (12.28%) Integration Testing
3 7 (12.28%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (12.28%) Open Source
3 7 (12.28%) Performance Testing
3 7 (12.28%) Prototyping
4 6 (10.53%) Mentoring
4 6 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (8.77%) ITIL
5 5 (8.77%) Network Design
5 5 (8.77%) Observability
5 5 (8.77%) Requirements Management
5 5 (8.77%) Test Automation
6 4 (7.02%) Containerisation
6 4 (7.02%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.32%) Python
2 4 (7.02%) Bash
3 2 (3.51%) Bicep
3 2 (3.51%) C++
4 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (75.44%) Security Cleared
2 25 (43.86%) DV Cleared
3 17 (29.82%) SC Cleared
4 15 (26.32%) CCNP
4 15 (26.32%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (12.28%) CCNA
6 4 (7.02%) JNCIS
7 3 (5.26%) Degree
8 2 (3.51%) BC Cleared
8 2 (3.51%) CCIE
8 2 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.51%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.75%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) JSP 440
2 3 (5.26%) NCSC
2 3 (5.26%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.51%) GRC
4 1 (1.75%) GDPR
4 1 (1.75%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.75%) ISO 8583
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (1.75%) NIST
4 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 10 (17.54%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (14.04%) VMware NSX
4 4 (7.02%) Firmware
5 1 (1.75%) KVM
5 1 (1.75%) RHEV
5 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.75%) vSphere
5 1 (1.75%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (21.05%) Ansible
2 7 (12.28%) WMI
3 6 (10.53%) Terraform
4 5 (8.77%) Endace
4 5 (8.77%) Nagios
5 4 (7.02%) vCenter Server
6 2 (3.51%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (3.51%) Grafana
6 2 (3.51%) Iperf
6 2 (3.51%) Istio
6 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
6 2 (3.51%) linkerd
6 2 (3.51%) Nmap
6 2 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 2 (3.51%) WSUS
7 1 (1.75%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.75%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.75%) SCOM
7 1 (1.75%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 29 (50.88%) Cisco
2 17 (29.82%) VMware
3 14 (24.56%) Juniper
4 11 (19.30%) SolarWinds
5 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
5 10 (17.54%) Palo Alto
6 9 (15.79%) F5
7 5 (8.77%) Aruba
8 4 (7.02%) Broadcom
8 4 (7.02%) Splunk
9 3 (5.26%) Fortinet
9 3 (5.26%) Mellanox
9 3 (5.26%) Nokia
9 3 (5.26%) NVIDIA
10 2 (3.51%) CheckPoint
10 2 (3.51%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (3.51%) Meraki
10 2 (3.51%) Tufin
11 1 (1.75%) Acronis
11 1 (1.75%) Zerto