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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 49 14
Rank change year-on-year +11 -35 +16
Contract jobs citing Firewall 58 21 116
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.19% 2.77% 7.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.37% 14.79% 29.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 17 34
10th Percentile £387 £376 £380
25th Percentile £458 £463 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £469
Median % change year-on-year - +6.61% -14.73%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £570
90th Percentile £661 £722 £655
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
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 £65.50 £19.00 £76.53
% change year-on-year +244.74% -75.17% +22.35%

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 164 142 400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.84% 18.71% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 89 107
10th Percentile £362 £350 £200
25th Percentile £491 £440 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -14.69%
75th Percentile £605 £625 £553
90th Percentile £694 £664 £614
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -5.00% +8.05% -7.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 45
10th Percentile £48.78 £35.00 £7.43
25th Percentile £52.69 £37.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £56.40 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +2.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £60.90 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £66.95 £66.88 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £55.50 £59.13 £58.50
% change year-on-year -6.13% +1.08% +29.99%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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 +8 24 £550 +15.79% 5
Farnborough -5 11 £500 -20.00% 7
Portsmouth +3 7 £575 +21.05% 4
Fleet -10 5 £445 - 1
Southampton -1 4 £663 +32.50% 4
Andover -13 1 £213 +6.25%
Hook - 1 £500 - 2
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 2 (3.45%) Apache Pulsar
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.79%) AWS
1 8 (13.79%) Azure
2 6 (10.34%) GCP
3 3 (5.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (3.45%) Apigee
4 2 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.45%) AWS KMS
4 2 (3.45%) Azure AKS
4 2 (3.45%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 2 (3.45%) Kong
4 2 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.03%) VPN
2 12 (20.69%) BGP
2 12 (20.69%) OSPF
3 11 (18.97%) TCP/IP
3 11 (18.97%) VLAN
3 11 (18.97%) WAN
4 10 (17.24%) LAN
5 9 (15.52%) Network Security
6 8 (13.79%) MPLS
7 5 (8.62%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (8.62%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (8.62%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (8.62%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (6.90%) DNS
8 4 (6.90%) IPv4
8 4 (6.90%) IPv6
8 4 (6.90%) Junos
8 4 (6.90%) Multicast
8 4 (6.90%) NX-OS
8 4 (6.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.62%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.90%) Finance
5 3 (5.17%) Military
6 2 (3.45%) Aviation
6 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.72%) Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Architect
1 18 (31.03%) Network Engineer
2 9 (15.52%) Senior
3 7 (12.07%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 4 (6.90%) Consultant
5 3 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (5.17%) IP Network Engineer
5 3 (5.17%) Network Architect
5 3 (5.17%) Network Designer
5 3 (5.17%) Security Consultant
5 3 (5.17%) Senior Network Architect
5 3 (5.17%) Senior Network Designer
5 3 (5.17%) Senior Tester
5 3 (5.17%) Tester
5 3 (5.17%) Validation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Kafka
1 2 (3.45%) OAuth
1 2 (3.45%) OAuth2
1 2 (3.45%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (1.72%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.72%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) PKI
2 13 (22.41%) Data Centre
3 11 (18.97%) Fat Client
3 11 (18.97%) Thin Client
4 3 (5.17%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.45%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.45%) Replication
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.72%) EMV
6 1 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.72%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.86%) Windows
2 11 (18.97%) Windows 7
3 8 (13.79%) Linux
4 2 (3.45%) CentOS
4 2 (3.45%) Ubuntu
4 2 (3.45%) Unix
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Agile
2 11 (18.97%) Collaborative Working
2 11 (18.97%) Open Source
2 11 (18.97%) Prototyping
3 9 (15.52%) Validation
4 8 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.07%) Performance Testing
5 7 (12.07%) Test Automation
6 6 (10.34%) Cloud Security
6 6 (10.34%) Network Design
6 6 (10.34%) Network Virtualisation
7 5 (8.62%) Change Management
7 5 (8.62%) Containerisation
7 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (8.62%) High Availability
7 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.62%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (8.62%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 4 (6.90%) Security Architecture
8 4 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 20 (34.48%) Python
2 6 (10.34%) Bash
3 2 (3.45%) Bicep
3 2 (3.45%) Perl
4 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (79.31%) Security Cleared
2 28 (48.28%) DV Cleared
3 13 (22.41%) CCNP
3 13 (22.41%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (22.41%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.90%) CCIE
4 4 (6.90%) CCNA
4 4 (6.90%) JNCIS
5 2 (3.45%) BC Cleared
5 2 (3.45%) CEH
5 2 (3.45%) CISM
5 2 (3.45%) CISSP
5 2 (3.45%) Degree
5 2 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (3.45%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.45%) RHCE
5 2 (3.45%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) GDPR
1 4 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.90%) NIST
2 3 (5.17%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (5.17%) NCSC
2 3 (5.17%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.45%) GRC
3 2 (3.45%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.72%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.72%) ISO 8583
4 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.62%) Firmware
3 5 (8.62%) VMware NSX
4 3 (5.17%) KVM
5 2 (3.45%) Docker
6 1 (1.72%) RHEV
6 1 (1.72%) Xen
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) Ansible
1 11 (18.97%) WMI
2 6 (10.34%) vCenter Server
3 5 (8.62%) Nagios
4 4 (6.90%) Iperf
4 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
4 4 (6.90%) Nmap
4 4 (6.90%) Terraform
5 3 (5.17%) Endace
6 2 (3.45%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (3.45%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (3.45%) FortiGate
6 2 (3.45%) Grafana
6 2 (3.45%) Istio
6 2 (3.45%) linkerd
6 2 (3.45%) Progress Chef
6 2 (3.45%) Prometheus
6 2 (3.45%) Puppet
7 1 (1.72%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.72%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 25 (43.10%) Cisco
2 21 (36.21%) VMware
3 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
4 14 (24.14%) Juniper
5 12 (20.69%) SolarWinds
6 11 (18.97%) Palo Alto
7 7 (12.07%) Fortinet
8 6 (10.34%) F5
9 5 (8.62%) CheckPoint
10 4 (6.90%) Broadcom
10 4 (6.90%) Nokia
11 3 (5.17%) Aruba
11 3 (5.17%) Splunk
12 2 (3.45%) Dell
12 2 (3.45%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (3.45%) Mellanox
12 2 (3.45%) NetApp
12 2 (3.45%) NVIDIA
12 2 (3.45%) Red Hat
12 2 (3.45%) Tufin