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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 25 16
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 +9
Contract jobs citing Firewall 48 71 114
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.56% 6.08% 8.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.26% 29.96% 33.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 57
10th Percentile £405 £411 £263
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £508 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +12.78% -12.20%
75th Percentile £627 £628 £538
90th Percentile £673 £638 £570
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 £89.63 £27.50 £75.67
% change year-on-year +225.93% -63.66% +332.40%

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 190 237 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 18.04% 20.31% 25.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 123 122
10th Percentile £381 £364 £239
25th Percentile £500 £463 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £550
90th Percentile £650 £675 £613
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £461
% change year-on-year -2.50% +8.42% +0.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 33
10th Percentile £44.60 £33.88 £15.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £49.72 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +24.11% +25.33%
75th Percentile - £70.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.80 £75.00 £76.40
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -21.43% +20.71% +28.87%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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
Southampton +6 11 £588 +17.50% 3
Farnborough -5 11 £465 -25.60% 1
Basingstoke +3 8 £600 +26.32% 4
Portsmouth -4 5 £700 +55.56% 1
Fleet -13 3 £447 -
Winchester +4 2 £603 -3.98% 1
Eastleigh - 2 £500 -
Andover - 1 £213 -
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 (2.08%) Anypoint
1 1 (2.08%) Confluence
1 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) AWS
3 4 (8.33%) GCP
4 2 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.00%) VPN
2 9 (18.75%) BGP
2 9 (18.75%) OSPF
2 9 (18.75%) VLAN
3 6 (12.50%) MPLS
3 6 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 5 (10.42%) Wireless
5 4 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (8.33%) WAN
6 3 (6.25%) DNS
6 3 (6.25%) LAN
6 3 (6.25%) Multicast
6 3 (6.25%) Network Security
6 3 (6.25%) Wireshark
7 2 (4.17%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (4.17%) DHCP
7 2 (4.17%) SAN
7 2 (4.17%) SSL
7 2 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.08%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.08%) Git
1 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.08%) Maven
General
1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.17%) Military
6 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.75%) Architect
3 6 (12.50%) Analyst
3 6 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Security Consultant
6 3 (6.25%) Senior
6 3 (6.25%) Tester
7 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (4.17%) IP Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Junior Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Tester
7 2 (4.17%) Test Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) RFC 2544
2 1 (2.08%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.08%) MUnit
2 1 (2.08%) RAML
2 1 (2.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) PKI
2 6 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.50%) Fat Client
2 6 (12.50%) Thin Client
3 3 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.17%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.08%) Replication
5 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
2 7 (14.58%) Linux
3 6 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 3 (6.25%) Ubuntu
5 2 (4.17%) CentOS
5 2 (4.17%) Unix
6 1 (2.08%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.08%) Solaris
6 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.58%) Agile
1 7 (14.58%) Cloud Security
1 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (12.50%) ISMS
2 6 (12.50%) ITIL
2 6 (12.50%) Open Source
2 6 (12.50%) Prototyping
3 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (10.42%) Data Protection
3 5 (10.42%) Information Security
3 5 (10.42%) Test Scripting
3 5 (10.42%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (8.33%) Change Control
4 4 (8.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (8.33%) Incident Response
4 4 (8.33%) Logistics
4 4 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (8.33%) SIEM
4 4 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.17%) Python
2 5 (10.42%) Bash
3 2 (4.17%) Perl
4 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (64.58%) Security Cleared
2 14 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 12 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 9 (18.75%) CCNP
5 6 (12.50%) CISMP
5 6 (12.50%) GSEC
6 4 (8.33%) CCNA
7 3 (6.25%) CCIE
8 2 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (4.17%) CEH
8 2 (4.17%) CISM
8 2 (4.17%) CISSP
8 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (4.17%) Degree
8 2 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (4.17%) RHCE
8 2 (4.17%) RHCSA
9 1 (2.08%) MCSE
9 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.75%) GDPR
2 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (6.25%) NIST
4 2 (4.17%) QA
5 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 6 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.25%) Docker
4 2 (4.17%) KVM
5 1 (2.08%) Firmware
5 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (18.75%) Ansible
2 6 (12.50%) WMI
3 5 (10.42%) FortiGate
4 3 (6.25%) Iperf
4 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 3 (6.25%) Nmap
5 2 (4.17%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (4.17%) Progress Chef
5 2 (4.17%) Puppet
5 2 (4.17%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.08%) CloudHub
6 1 (2.08%) Rsyslog
6 1 (2.08%) SCOM
6 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (39.58%) Cisco
2 14 (29.17%) VMware
3 12 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (22.92%) Palo Alto
5 9 (18.75%) Fortinet
6 7 (14.58%) Juniper
7 5 (10.42%) CheckPoint
8 4 (8.33%) Red Hat
9 3 (6.25%) F5
9 3 (6.25%) Nokia
9 3 (6.25%) SolarWinds
10 2 (4.17%) Aruba
10 2 (4.17%) Dell
11 1 (2.08%) Blue Coat
11 1 (2.08%) MuleSoft
11 1 (2.08%) NetApp
11 1 (2.08%) Oracle
11 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
11 1 (2.08%) Splunk