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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 33 23
Rank change year-on-year -47 -10 -7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 32 50 74
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.68% 4.95% 5.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 25.13% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 38 40
10th Percentile £333 £432 £411
25th Percentile £394 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £516
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.96% +16.34%
75th Percentile £725 £618 £635
90th Percentile £775 £658 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £21.08 - -
25th Percentile £27.03 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £52.36 - £27.50
75th Percentile £56.00 - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £58.74 £89.63 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.47% +225.93% -62.96%

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 192 199 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 10.08% 19.68% 19.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 158 126
10th Percentile £330 £277 £400
25th Percentile £507 £490 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +31.67%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £735 £650 £688
South East median daily rate £513 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +7.33% -4.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 9 29
10th Percentile £46.73 £48.20 £35.00
25th Percentile £48.64 £52.50 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -21.43% +19.15%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 -
90th Percentile £89.45 £61.60 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £56.25 £67.02
% change year-on-year -6.80% -16.07% +11.70%

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 7 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in Hampshire over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in Hampshire

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 7 October 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 11 £375 -40.00% 7
Basingstoke -18 8 £700 +19.15% 2
Andover -14 3 £450 +111.76%
Farnborough -18 2 £775 +66.67% 15
Fareham - 2 £413 - 7
Gosport - 2 - - 3
Southampton -14 1 £550 -6.38% 7
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 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.38%) Apache
2 3 (9.38%) IIS
2 3 (9.38%) nginx
2 3 (9.38%) Tomcat
3 2 (6.25%) CMS
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.25%) Umbraco
4 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (34.38%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) AWS
3 3 (9.38%) Cloudflare
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) DNS
2 8 (25.00%) DHCP
2 8 (25.00%) VLAN
3 7 (21.88%) VPN
4 6 (18.75%) WAN
5 5 (15.63%) LAN
5 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
6 4 (12.50%) Wireless
7 3 (9.38%) BGP
7 3 (9.38%) Network Security
8 2 (6.25%) BIG-IP
8 2 (6.25%) Junos
8 2 (6.25%) OSPF
9 1 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (3.13%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (3.13%) NAS
9 1 (3.13%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (3.13%) VXLAN
9 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.38%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Military
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Network Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Architect
2 5 (15.63%) Cloud Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Security Architect
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Administrator
4 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Desktop Technician
5 2 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Junior
5 2 (6.25%) Junior Network Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Network Administrator
5 2 (6.25%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Network Security Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) ModSecurity
2 3 (9.38%) LAMP
2 3 (9.38%) LEMP Stack
2 3 (9.38%) Terraform
2 3 (9.38%) YAML
3 1 (3.13%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) PKI
2 2 (6.25%) CMDB
2 2 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.25%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Windows
2 8 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (15.63%) Linux
4 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (9.38%) CentOS
5 3 (9.38%) Ubuntu
6 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (15.63%) Security Architecture
2 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 3 (9.38%) ITIL
3 3 (9.38%) Key Management
3 3 (9.38%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (9.38%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (9.38%) Risk Management
3 3 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (9.38%) SABSA
3 3 (9.38%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (9.38%) TOGAF
4 2 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (6.25%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (6.25%) Privileged Identity Management
4 2 (6.25%) RBAC
4 2 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.38%) Bash
2 3 (9.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 8 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (9.38%) CISSP
5 2 (6.25%) CCNP
5 2 (6.25%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (6.25%) Degree
6 1 (3.13%) CCNA
6 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) JSP 440
2 5 (15.63%) NCSC
3 2 (6.25%) NIST
3 2 (6.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (21.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.38%) Dovecot
3 3 (9.38%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.38%) Postfix
3 3 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (9.38%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (9.38%) vSphere
4 2 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (3.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (9.38%) Ansible
1 3 (9.38%) HAProxy
1 3 (9.38%) vCenter Server
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) VMware
2 8 (25.00%) Cisco
2 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.75%) Juniper
4 4 (12.50%) F5
4 4 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 3 (9.38%) Red Hat
6 2 (6.25%) Meraki
6 2 (6.25%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.13%) Dell
7 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.13%) Splunk