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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 32 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 -11 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 58 47 95
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.41% 5.19% 7.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.53% 25.54% 28.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 34 34
10th Percentile £446 £390 £257
25th Percentile £458 £450 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +11.94% -18.18%
75th Percentile £650 £634 £563
90th Percentile £681 £638 £584
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £45.97 - -
25th Percentile £47.65 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £52.36 - £40.00
75th Percentile £55.15 - £52.50
90th Percentile £55.66 - £57.00
South East median hourly rate £80.50 £19.00 £75.67
% change year-on-year +323.68% -74.89% +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 173 184 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.16% 20.31% 26.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 117 98
10th Percentile £436 £363 £205
25th Percentile £500 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +20.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £566
90th Percentile £655 £675 £641
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 32
10th Percentile £47.09 £35.00 £23.23
25th Percentile £50.43 £40.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £56.00 £62.50 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +7.30% +21.35%
75th Percentile £64.50 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.60 £72.00 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +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 20 December 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 20 December 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 +4 20 £575 +21.05% 5
Farnborough -10 13 £483 -22.80% 1
Portsmouth -8 8 £700 +55.56% 5
Southampton +5 6 £650 +30.00% 8
Fleet -10 3 £447 -
Andover -9 1 £213 +6.25%
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 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) Azure
2 7 (12.07%) AWS
3 4 (6.90%) GCP
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (25.86%) VPN
2 13 (22.41%) BGP
2 13 (22.41%) OSPF
3 11 (18.97%) VLAN
4 8 (13.79%) MPLS
4 8 (13.79%) Network Security
4 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
4 8 (13.79%) WAN
5 7 (12.07%) LAN
6 5 (8.62%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (8.62%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (8.62%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (6.90%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (6.90%) DNS
7 4 (6.90%) Junos
7 4 (6.90%) NX-OS
8 3 (5.17%) DHCP
8 3 (5.17%) Multicast
8 3 (5.17%) SAN
8 3 (5.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.17%) Military
3 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.45%) Finance
5 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (39.66%) Network Engineer
2 15 (25.86%) Architect
3 7 (12.07%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (8.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) Consultant
5 4 (6.90%) Senior
6 3 (5.17%) Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) IP Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) IP Network Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Security Consultant
6 3 (5.17%) Tester
7 2 (3.45%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.72%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) PKI
2 10 (17.24%) Fat Client
2 10 (17.24%) Thin Client
3 9 (15.52%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.17%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.45%) Replication
5 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.72%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.69%) Windows
2 10 (17.24%) Windows 7
3 9 (15.52%) Linux
4 3 (5.17%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.45%) CentOS
5 2 (3.45%) Unix
6 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) Agile
2 10 (17.24%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (17.24%) Open Source
2 10 (17.24%) Prototyping
3 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (8.62%) Change Management
4 5 (8.62%) Data Protection
4 5 (8.62%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (8.62%) Risk Management
4 5 (8.62%) Validation
4 5 (8.62%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (6.90%) Change Control
5 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (6.90%) ITIL
5 4 (6.90%) ITSM
5 4 (6.90%) Security Architecture
5 4 (6.90%) SIEM
5 4 (6.90%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.03%) Python
2 5 (8.62%) Bash
3 2 (3.45%) Perl
4 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (75.86%) Security Cleared
2 24 (41.38%) DV Cleared
3 15 (25.86%) SC Cleared
4 13 (22.41%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (20.69%) CCNP
6 3 (5.17%) CCNA
7 2 (3.45%) CCIE
7 2 (3.45%) CEH
7 2 (3.45%) CISM
7 2 (3.45%) CISMP
7 2 (3.45%) CISSP
7 2 (3.45%) Degree
7 2 (3.45%) GSEC
7 2 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (3.45%) JNCIS
7 2 (3.45%) RHCE
7 2 (3.45%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.72%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.34%) GDPR
2 5 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.90%) NIST
4 3 (5.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.45%) JSP 440
6 1 (1.72%) GRC
6 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.72%) NCSC
6 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.72%) QA
6 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (22.41%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.62%) Firmware
3 5 (8.62%) VMware NSX
4 3 (5.17%) Docker
4 3 (5.17%) KVM
5 1 (1.72%) RHEV
5 1 (1.72%) Xen
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) Ansible
2 10 (17.24%) WMI
3 6 (10.34%) vCenter Server
4 4 (6.90%) FortiGate
5 3 (5.17%) Iperf
5 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
5 3 (5.17%) Nagios
5 3 (5.17%) Nmap
5 3 (5.17%) Terraform
6 2 (3.45%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (3.45%) Progress Chef
6 2 (3.45%) Puppet
6 2 (3.45%) SCOM
7 1 (1.72%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.72%) Endace
7 1 (1.72%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.72%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.72%) Rsyslog
7 1 (1.72%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (1.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (41.38%) Cisco
2 20 (34.48%) VMware
3 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
4 13 (22.41%) Palo Alto
5 12 (20.69%) Juniper
6 9 (15.52%) Fortinet
6 9 (15.52%) SolarWinds
7 6 (10.34%) F5
8 5 (8.62%) CheckPoint
9 4 (6.90%) Broadcom
9 4 (6.90%) Nokia
10 3 (5.17%) Red Hat
11 2 (3.45%) Aruba
11 2 (3.45%) Dell
11 2 (3.45%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (3.45%) Mellanox
11 2 (3.45%) NetApp
11 2 (3.45%) NVIDIA
11 2 (3.45%) Splunk
12 1 (1.72%) Meraki