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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 31 24
Rank change year-on-year -43 -7 -9
Contract jobs citing Firewall 44 55 99
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.25% 5.68% 6.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.03% 27.09% 24.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 46
10th Percentile £313 £413 £406
25th Percentile £461 £500 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +27.78%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £634
90th Percentile £775 £631 £638
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £44.86 - -
25th Percentile £47.65 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £56.00 - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £57.37 £23.49 £80.25
% change year-on-year +144.27% -70.73% +21.58%

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 244 203 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.50% 20.97% 26.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 154 186
10th Percentile £251 £325 £413
25th Percentile £513 £490 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £581
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -5.38% +29.17%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £638
90th Percentile £750 £650 £680
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 9 66
10th Percentile £46.25 £48.20 £26.25
25th Percentile £48.64 £51.06 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -1.46%
75th Percentile £56.21 £58.69 £63.14
90th Percentile £58.50 £58.75 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £54.94 £57.35
% change year-on-year -11.32% -4.21% -0.26%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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
Portsmouth -1 15 £436 -30.32% 3
Basingstoke -15 10 £600 +4.35% 2
Southampton -18 5 £525 -6.67% 10
Farnborough -23 5 £600 +26.32% 18
Andover - 3 £450 -
Tadley - 2 £42 -
Eastleigh -10 1 £600 +20.00%
Havant - 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 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.82%) Apache
2 3 (6.82%) IIS
2 3 (6.82%) nginx
2 3 (6.82%) Tomcat
3 2 (4.55%) CMS
3 2 (4.55%) Confluence
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.55%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) Cloudflare
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.55%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.27%) DNS
2 11 (25.00%) WAN
3 8 (18.18%) LAN
3 8 (18.18%) VLAN
4 7 (15.91%) DHCP
4 7 (15.91%) VPN
5 6 (13.64%) Wireless
6 4 (9.09%) BGP
6 4 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (6.82%) Network Security
7 3 (6.82%) OSPF
7 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
8 2 (4.55%) BIG-IP
8 2 (4.55%) Junos
8 2 (4.55%) NAS
8 2 (4.55%) SAN
8 2 (4.55%) SD-WAN
8 2 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (2.27%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (2.27%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
1 2 (4.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Military
3 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Finance
4 2 (4.55%) Legal
4 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Network Engineer
2 9 (20.45%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Administrator
4 5 (11.36%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) Security Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Network Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) Network Specialist
6 3 (6.82%) Senior
7 2 (4.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Firewall Specialist
7 2 (4.55%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (4.55%) IT Systems Administrator
7 2 (4.55%) Junior Network Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) 802.1X
1 5 (11.36%) YAML
2 4 (9.09%) ModSecurity
3 3 (6.82%) LAMP
3 3 (6.82%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) BYOD
1 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.82%) PKI
3 2 (4.55%) CMDB
3 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.55%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Linux
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 6 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.82%) CentOS
3 3 (6.82%) Ubuntu
4 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (11.36%) High Availability
2 5 (11.36%) ITIL
2 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
2 5 (11.36%) Security Architecture
3 4 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (9.09%) Load Balancing
3 4 (9.09%) Observability
4 3 (6.82%) Identity Management
4 3 (6.82%) Integration Testing
4 3 (6.82%) Key Management
4 3 (6.82%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (6.82%) Network Segmentation
4 3 (6.82%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (6.82%) SABSA
4 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (6.82%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (6.82%) TOGAF
4 3 (6.82%) Virtual Environments
4 3 (6.82%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Python
2 5 (11.36%) Bash
3 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.55%) C++
Qualifications
1 28 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 18 (40.91%) SC Cleared
3 11 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (11.36%) CCNP
6 4 (9.09%) CCNA
7 3 (6.82%) CISSP
8 2 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (4.55%) Degree
9 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) JSP 440
2 5 (11.36%) NCSC
3 2 (4.55%) NIST
3 2 (4.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
1 9 (20.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.82%) Dovecot
2 3 (6.82%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.82%) Postfix
2 3 (6.82%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Ansible
2 4 (9.09%) Terraform
3 3 (6.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (6.82%) HAProxy
4 2 (4.55%) Endace
4 2 (4.55%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (36.36%) Cisco
2 12 (27.27%) VMware
3 8 (18.18%) Juniper
4 7 (15.91%) F5
4 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
5 5 (11.36%) Fortinet
5 5 (11.36%) Palo Alto
6 4 (9.09%) Aruba
7 3 (6.82%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.55%) Meraki
8 2 (4.55%) SolarWinds
8 2 (4.55%) Splunk
9 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.27%) Dell
9 1 (2.27%) Zerto