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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 28 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 -11 +9
Contract jobs citing Firewall 53 62 113
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.49% 5.78% 8.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.89% 28.84% 31.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 39 50
10th Percentile £414 £410 £261
25th Percentile £452 £450 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £508 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +12.78% -11.11%
75th Percentile £642 £638 £538
90th Percentile £668 £639 £572
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -31.25% -27.78%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £45.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £24.95 £75.67
% change year-on-year +236.67% -67.03% +167.86%

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 190 215 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.10% 20.06% 26.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 121 121
10th Percentile £432 £363 £239
25th Percentile £500 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £550
90th Percentile £650 £675 £613
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -1.60% +7.53% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 27 32
10th Percentile £45.20 £33.50 £16.23
25th Percentile £51.50 £44.81 £38.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +21.74% +19.79%
75th Percentile £59.50 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.60 £75.00 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £62.58 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -7.29% +12.50% +33.33%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 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
Basingstoke +1 13 £600 +26.32% 12
Farnborough -10 13 £465 -25.60% 7
Southampton +5 11 £588 +17.50% 7
Portsmouth -8 4 £700 +55.56% 7
Fleet -13 3 £447 -
Winchester +2 2 £603 -3.98%
Andover - 1 £213 -
Hook - 1 £500 - 1
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 1 (1.89%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.89%) Confluence
1 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.87%) Azure
2 7 (13.21%) AWS
3 4 (7.55%) GCP
4 2 (3.77%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.75%) VPN
2 10 (18.87%) BGP
2 10 (18.87%) OSPF
3 9 (16.98%) VLAN
4 7 (13.21%) MPLS
5 6 (11.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (9.43%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (7.55%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (7.55%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (7.55%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (7.55%) Network Security
7 4 (7.55%) NX-OS
8 3 (5.66%) DNS
8 3 (5.66%) Junos
8 3 (5.66%) Multicast
8 3 (5.66%) SAN
8 3 (5.66%) Wireless
8 3 (5.66%) Wireshark
9 2 (3.77%) DHCP
9 2 (3.77%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.89%) Git
1 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.89%) Maven
General
1 20 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (11.32%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (37.74%) Network Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Architect
3 6 (11.32%) Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (11.32%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Consultant
5 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) IP Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) IP Network Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Security Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Senior
6 3 (5.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.89%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.89%) MUnit
2 1 (1.89%) RAML
2 1 (1.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) PKI
2 8 (15.09%) Fat Client
2 8 (15.09%) Thin Client
3 6 (11.32%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.66%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.77%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.77%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (3.77%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.77%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.77%) Replication
5 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.89%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.98%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Windows 7
3 7 (13.21%) Linux
4 3 (5.66%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.77%) CentOS
5 2 (3.77%) Unix
6 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.87%) Agile
2 8 (15.09%) Cloud Security
2 8 (15.09%) Collaborative Working
2 8 (15.09%) Open Source
2 8 (15.09%) Prototyping
3 6 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (11.32%) ISMS
3 6 (11.32%) ITIL
4 5 (9.43%) Data Protection
4 5 (9.43%) Information Security
4 5 (9.43%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (9.43%) Risk Management
4 5 (9.43%) Test Scripting
4 5 (9.43%) Validation
4 5 (9.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (7.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (7.55%) Incident Response
5 4 (7.55%) Operational Stability
5 4 (7.55%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 17 (32.08%) Python
2 5 (9.43%) Bash
3 2 (3.77%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (71.70%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.85%) DV Cleared
3 14 (26.42%) SC Cleared
4 10 (18.87%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (13.21%) CCNP
6 6 (11.32%) CISMP
6 6 (11.32%) GSEC
7 3 (5.66%) CCIE
8 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (3.77%) CCNA
8 2 (3.77%) CEH
8 2 (3.77%) CISM
8 2 (3.77%) CISSP
8 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.77%) Degree
8 2 (3.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (3.77%) RHCE
8 2 (3.77%) RHCSA
9 1 (1.89%) MCSE
9 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (18.87%) GDPR
2 5 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.55%) NIST
4 3 (5.66%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.77%) QA
6 1 (1.89%) GRC
6 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.89%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.89%) NCSC
6 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.55%) Firmware
3 4 (7.55%) VMware NSX
4 3 (5.66%) Docker
5 2 (3.77%) KVM
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) Ansible
2 8 (15.09%) WMI
3 5 (9.43%) FortiGate
3 5 (9.43%) vCenter Server
4 3 (5.66%) Iperf
4 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.66%) Nmap
5 2 (3.77%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (3.77%) Progress Chef
5 2 (3.77%) Puppet
6 1 (1.89%) CloudHub
6 1 (1.89%) Rsyslog
6 1 (1.89%) SCOM
6 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (39.62%) Cisco
2 16 (30.19%) VMware
3 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
4 12 (22.64%) Palo Alto
5 9 (16.98%) Fortinet
6 8 (15.09%) Juniper
7 6 (11.32%) SolarWinds
8 5 (9.43%) CheckPoint
9 4 (7.55%) Nokia
10 3 (5.66%) Broadcom
10 3 (5.66%) F5
10 3 (5.66%) Red Hat
11 2 (3.77%) Aruba
11 2 (3.77%) Dell
11 2 (3.77%) NetApp
12 1 (1.89%) Blue Coat
12 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
12 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
12 1 (1.89%) Splunk