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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 40 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 -23 +17
Contract jobs citing Firewall 60 33 94
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.50% 4.14% 7.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.71% 21.15% 27.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 26 35
10th Percentile £447 £374 £275
25th Percentile £496 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +7.99% -11.81%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £570
90th Percentile £678 £670 £655
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £45.97 - -
25th Percentile £47.65 - -
Median hourly rate £52.36 - £60.00
75th Percentile £55.15 - -
90th Percentile £55.66 - -
South East median hourly rate £84.00 £19.00 £76.53
% change year-on-year +342.11% -75.17% +232.74%

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 168 156 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.59% 19.55% 25.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 102 87
10th Percentile £446 £363 £205
25th Percentile - £443 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £569
90th Percentile £694 £681 £650
South East median daily rate £478 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -4.50% +11.11% -7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 36
10th Percentile £47.99 - £27.50
25th Percentile £52.69 £35.00 £54.11
Median hourly rate £56.80 £60.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% -2.42% +29.17%
75th Percentile £60.90 £62.50 £67.77
90th Percentile £68.16 £67.50 £74.00
South East median hourly rate £56.80 £57.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year -1.65% -7.60% +38.89%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +5 25 £550 +15.79% 4
Farnborough -2 13 £500 -20.00% 5
Portsmouth -3 8 £700 +55.56% 2
Southampton -1 3 £650 +30.00% 6
Fleet -10 3 £447 - 2
Andover -12 1 £213 +6.25%
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 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.00%) AWS
1 6 (10.00%) Azure
2 4 (6.67%) GCP
3 1 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 19 (31.67%) VPN
2 13 (21.67%) BGP
2 13 (21.67%) OSPF
2 13 (21.67%) VLAN
3 10 (16.67%) Network Security
3 10 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 10 (16.67%) WAN
4 9 (15.00%) LAN
5 8 (13.33%) MPLS
6 5 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (6.67%) DNS
7 4 (6.67%) IPv4
7 4 (6.67%) IPv6
7 4 (6.67%) Junos
7 4 (6.67%) NX-OS
8 3 (5.00%) DHCP
8 3 (5.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.00%) Military
3 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (38.33%) Network Engineer
2 18 (30.00%) Architect
3 8 (13.33%) Senior
4 7 (11.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 4 (6.67%) Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (5.00%) IP Network Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Network Architect
7 3 (5.00%) Network Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) Senior Network Architect
7 3 (5.00%) Senior Network Designer
7 3 (5.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.67%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.00%) PKI
2 14 (23.33%) Data Centre
3 11 (18.33%) Fat Client
3 11 (18.33%) Thin Client
4 2 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.33%) Replication
4 2 (3.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.67%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.67%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.67%) Windows
2 11 (18.33%) Windows 7
3 8 (13.33%) Linux
4 2 (3.33%) CentOS
4 2 (3.33%) Ubuntu
4 2 (3.33%) Unix
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Agile
2 11 (18.33%) Collaborative Working
2 11 (18.33%) Open Source
2 11 (18.33%) Prototyping
3 6 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (8.33%) Change Management
4 5 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 5 (8.33%) High Availability
4 5 (8.33%) Network Design
4 5 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (8.33%) Validation
4 5 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (6.67%) Change Control
5 4 (6.67%) ITSM
5 4 (6.67%) Performance Testing
5 4 (6.67%) Risk Management
5 4 (6.67%) Security Architecture
5 4 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 19 (31.67%) Python
2 5 (8.33%) Bash
3 2 (3.33%) Perl
4 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (81.67%) Security Cleared
2 29 (48.33%) DV Cleared
3 15 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 14 (23.33%) CCNP
4 14 (23.33%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (6.67%) CCNA
5 4 (6.67%) JNCIS
6 2 (3.33%) CCIE
6 2 (3.33%) CEH
6 2 (3.33%) CISM
6 2 (3.33%) CISSP
6 2 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (3.33%) RHCE
6 2 (3.33%) RHCSA
7 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.67%) Degree
7 1 (1.67%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) GDPR
1 4 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.67%) NIST
2 3 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (3.33%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.67%) GRC
4 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (1.67%) NCSC
4 1 (1.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.33%) Firmware
3 5 (8.33%) VMware NSX
4 3 (5.00%) KVM
5 2 (3.33%) Docker
6 1 (1.67%) RHEV
6 1 (1.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 11 (18.33%) WMI
2 10 (16.67%) Ansible
3 6 (10.00%) vCenter Server
4 5 (8.33%) Nagios
5 4 (6.67%) FortiGate
6 3 (5.00%) Endace
6 3 (5.00%) Iperf
6 3 (5.00%) Nmap
7 2 (3.33%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (3.33%) Kubernetes
7 2 (3.33%) Progress Chef
7 2 (3.33%) Puppet
7 2 (3.33%) Terraform
8 1 (1.67%) Backup Exec
8 1 (1.67%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (1.67%) Proxmox
8 1 (1.67%) SCOM
8 1 (1.67%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (1.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (46.67%) Cisco
2 21 (35.00%) VMware
3 16 (26.67%) Juniper
4 15 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 13 (21.67%) Palo Alto
6 11 (18.33%) SolarWinds
7 9 (15.00%) Fortinet
8 8 (13.33%) F5
9 5 (8.33%) CheckPoint
10 4 (6.67%) Broadcom
10 4 (6.67%) Nokia
11 2 (3.33%) Aruba
11 2 (3.33%) Dell
11 2 (3.33%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (3.33%) Mellanox
11 2 (3.33%) NetApp
11 2 (3.33%) NVIDIA
11 2 (3.33%) Red Hat
12 1 (1.67%) McAfee
12 1 (1.67%) Symantec