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 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 31 24
Rank change year-on-year -18 -7 -4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 52 44 105
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 3.16% 5.85% 6.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.53% 26.51% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 36 28
10th Percentile £331 £391 £407
25th Percentile £444 £490 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £520 £590
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% -11.79% +17.90%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £634
90th Percentile £644 £602 £672
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £481
% change year-on-year - +3.90% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £50.43 - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate £56.00 - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £44.38
90th Percentile - - £53.75
South East median hourly rate £56.00 £14.20 £83.77
% change year-on-year +294.37% -83.05% +31.34%

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 221 166 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.43% 22.07% 27.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 122 176
10th Percentile £313 £289 £322
25th Percentile £500 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.89%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £735 £659 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +9.47% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 77
10th Percentile £48.40 £50.32 £17.69
25th Percentile £48.64 £53.13 £51.06
Median hourly rate £55.00 £56.25 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -1.92% -4.42%
75th Percentile £56.53 £61.91 £61.30
90th Percentile £60.09 £63.38 £68.21
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -15.50% -12.82% -1.46%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +9 16 £436 -18.98% 6
Basingstoke -11 11 £550 -4.35% 6
Farnborough -11 8 £538 +9.69% 11
Southampton -11 6 £525 -12.50% 6
Andover -9 3 £450 +125.00% 1
Fleet - 2 £354 -
Tadley - 2 £42 - 1
Eastleigh -9 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 3 (5.77%) Apache
1 3 (5.77%) IIS
1 3 (5.77%) nginx
1 3 (5.77%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.85%) Apache Pulsar
2 2 (3.85%) CMS
2 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.85%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.38%) Azure
2 6 (11.54%) AWS
3 3 (5.77%) Cloudflare
4 2 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (3.85%) Apigee
4 2 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.85%) AWS KMS
4 2 (3.85%) Azure AKS
4 2 (3.85%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.85%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 2 (3.85%) Kong
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (34.62%) WAN
2 15 (28.85%) LAN
2 15 (28.85%) VPN
3 9 (17.31%) BGP
3 9 (17.31%) OSPF
3 9 (17.31%) VLAN
4 8 (15.38%) Network Security
5 7 (13.46%) TCP/IP
6 6 (11.54%) DNS
7 4 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (7.69%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (7.69%) IPv4
7 4 (7.69%) IPv6
7 4 (7.69%) Wireless
8 2 (3.85%) DHCP
8 2 (3.85%) MPLS
8 2 (3.85%) Multicast
8 2 (3.85%) SAN
8 2 (3.85%) SD-WAN
8 2 (3.85%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.77%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Military
3 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.85%) Aviation
6 2 (3.85%) Finance
6 2 (3.85%) Legal
6 2 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.92%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Network Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Senior
3 9 (17.31%) Architect
4 5 (9.62%) Integration Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) Network Architect
4 5 (9.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) Senior Architect
4 5 (9.62%) Senior Network Architect
5 3 (5.77%) Administrator
5 3 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (5.77%) Designer
5 3 (5.77%) Network Designer
5 3 (5.77%) Network Specialist
5 3 (5.77%) Senior Designer
5 3 (5.77%) Senior Network Designer
5 3 (5.77%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (3.85%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (3.85%) Developer
6 2 (3.85%) Junior
6 2 (3.85%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) 802.1X
1 5 (9.62%) YAML
2 3 (5.77%) LAMP
2 3 (5.77%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (3.85%) Kafka
3 2 (3.85%) OAuth
3 2 (3.85%) OAuth2
3 2 (3.85%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.69%) BYOD
3 3 (5.77%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.77%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.85%) Fat Client
4 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.85%) PKI
4 2 (3.85%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.85%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.92%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (1.92%) EMV
5 1 (1.92%) Replication
5 1 (1.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.31%) Linux
1 9 (17.31%) Windows
2 3 (5.77%) CentOS
2 3 (5.77%) Ubuntu
2 3 (5.77%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.85%) Windows 7
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.23%) High Availability
2 7 (13.46%) Performance Testing
3 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (11.54%) Mentoring
3 6 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (9.62%) Network Design
4 5 (9.62%) Observability
4 5 (9.62%) Requirements Management
4 5 (9.62%) Test Automation
4 5 (9.62%) Validation
5 4 (7.69%) Agile
5 4 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (7.69%) Integration Testing
5 4 (7.69%) ITIL
5 4 (7.69%) Migration
6 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (5.77%) Network Architecture
6 3 (5.77%) Network Virtualisation
6 3 (5.77%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.23%) Python
2 7 (13.46%) Bash
3 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.85%) Bicep
4 2 (3.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 37 (71.15%) Security Cleared
2 26 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 16 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (28.85%) CCNP
5 10 (19.23%) DV Cleared
6 8 (15.38%) CCNA
7 4 (7.69%) JNCIS
8 3 (5.77%) Degree
9 2 (3.85%) BC Cleared
9 2 (3.85%) CCIE
9 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (3.85%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.92%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.92%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) JSP 440
2 2 (3.85%) NCSC
2 2 (3.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.92%) GRC
3 1 (1.92%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.92%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Active Directory
1 7 (13.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.69%) VMware NSX
3 3 (5.77%) Dovecot
3 3 (5.77%) Postfix
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.92%) KVM
5 1 (1.92%) RHEV
5 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.92%) vSphere
5 1 (1.92%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (23.08%) Ansible
2 9 (17.31%) Terraform
3 5 (9.62%) Endace
4 4 (7.69%) Nagios
5 3 (5.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (5.77%) HAProxy
6 2 (3.85%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (3.85%) Grafana
6 2 (3.85%) Iperf
6 2 (3.85%) Istio
6 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
6 2 (3.85%) linkerd
6 2 (3.85%) Nmap
6 2 (3.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (3.85%) WMI
7 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.92%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (48.08%) Cisco
2 13 (25.00%) VMware
3 12 (23.08%) Juniper
4 11 (21.15%) F5
5 7 (13.46%) Fortinet
5 7 (13.46%) Palo Alto
5 7 (13.46%) SolarWinds
6 5 (9.62%) Aruba
6 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
7 3 (5.77%) CheckPoint
7 3 (5.77%) Mellanox
7 3 (5.77%) NVIDIA
7 3 (5.77%) Red Hat
7 3 (5.77%) Splunk
8 2 (3.85%) Meraki
8 2 (3.85%) Tufin
9 1 (1.92%) Dell
9 1 (1.92%) Zerto