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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 29 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 -11 +7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 57 56 107
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 4.48% 5.67% 8.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.48% 28.57% 30.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 38 42
10th Percentile £446 £396 £263
25th Percentile £458 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £564
90th Percentile £684 £638 £599
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £40.00
75th Percentile £52.58 - £45.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £80.50 £19.00 £75.67
% change year-on-year +323.68% -74.89% +125.88%

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 187 196 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.70% 19.84% 26.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 115 108
10th Percentile £409 £363 £206
25th Percentile £500 £450 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £457
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +15.01% -11.14%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £570
90th Percentile £650 £673 £636
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 25 33
10th Percentile £47.47 £35.00 £16.95
25th Percentile £51.40 £54.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.36 £62.50 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +5.93% +19.47%
75th Percentile £67.90 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.96 £75.00 £76.40
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 6 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 6 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 +6 16 £600 +26.32% 10
Farnborough -10 12 £465 -25.60% 4
Southampton +7 10 £650 +30.00% 10
Portsmouth -5 7 £700 +55.56% 7
Fleet -10 3 £447 -
Winchester -1 2 £603 -3.98%
Andover - 1 £213 -
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 (1.75%) Anypoint
1 1 (1.75%) Confluence
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.79%) Azure
2 7 (12.28%) AWS
3 4 (7.02%) GCP
4 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.30%) BGP
1 11 (19.30%) OSPF
1 11 (19.30%) VPN
2 9 (15.79%) VLAN
3 8 (14.04%) MPLS
4 6 (10.53%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
5 5 (8.77%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (8.77%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (7.02%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (7.02%) DNS
6 4 (7.02%) Junos
6 4 (7.02%) Network Security
6 4 (7.02%) NX-OS
6 4 (7.02%) WAN
7 3 (5.26%) DHCP
7 3 (5.26%) LAN
7 3 (5.26%) Multicast
7 3 (5.26%) SAN
7 3 (5.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.75%) Git
1 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.75%) Maven
General
1 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Finance
3 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.51%) Military
6 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (38.60%) Network Engineer
2 13 (22.81%) Architect
3 7 (12.28%) Analyst
3 7 (12.28%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IP Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IP Network Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Senior
7 3 (5.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.75%) MUnit
1 1 (1.75%) RAML
1 1 (1.75%) REST
1 1 (1.75%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) PKI
2 9 (15.79%) Fat Client
2 9 (15.79%) Thin Client
3 5 (8.77%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.51%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.51%) Replication
5 2 (3.51%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.75%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.30%) Windows
2 9 (15.79%) Windows 7
3 7 (12.28%) Linux
4 3 (5.26%) Ubuntu
5 2 (3.51%) CentOS
5 2 (3.51%) Unix
6 1 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (19.30%) Agile
2 9 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (15.79%) Open Source
2 9 (15.79%) Prototyping
3 8 (14.04%) Cloud Security
4 7 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (12.28%) ITIL
5 6 (10.53%) ISMS
6 5 (8.77%) Change Management
6 5 (8.77%) Data Protection
6 5 (8.77%) Information Security
6 5 (8.77%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (8.77%) Risk Management
6 5 (8.77%) Validation
6 5 (8.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (7.02%) ITSM
7 4 (7.02%) Logistics
7 4 (7.02%) SIEM
7 4 (7.02%) Test Automation
7 4 (7.02%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) Python
2 5 (8.77%) Bash
3 2 (3.51%) Perl
4 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (70.18%) Security Cleared
2 22 (38.60%) DV Cleared
3 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
4 10 (17.54%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (14.04%) CCNP
6 6 (10.53%) CISMP
6 6 (10.53%) GSEC
7 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.51%) CCIE
7 2 (3.51%) CCNA
7 2 (3.51%) CEH
7 2 (3.51%) CISM
7 2 (3.51%) CISSP
7 2 (3.51%) Degree
7 2 (3.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (3.51%) RHCE
7 2 (3.51%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.75%) MCSE
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.54%) GDPR
2 5 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.02%) NIST
4 3 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.51%) JSP 440
5 2 (3.51%) QA
6 1 (1.75%) GRC
6 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.75%) NCSC
6 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.77%) Firmware
3 5 (8.77%) VMware NSX
4 3 (5.26%) Docker
5 2 (3.51%) KVM
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Ansible
1 9 (15.79%) WMI
2 6 (10.53%) vCenter Server
3 5 (8.77%) FortiGate
4 3 (5.26%) Iperf
4 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.26%) Nmap
5 2 (3.51%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (3.51%) Progress Chef
5 2 (3.51%) Puppet
5 2 (3.51%) SCOM
6 1 (1.75%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.75%) CloudHub
6 1 (1.75%) Nagios
6 1 (1.75%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (1.75%) Rsyslog
6 1 (1.75%) Terraform
6 1 (1.75%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) Cisco
2 18 (31.58%) VMware
3 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
4 13 (22.81%) Palo Alto
5 10 (17.54%) Juniper
6 9 (15.79%) Fortinet
7 7 (12.28%) SolarWinds
8 5 (8.77%) CheckPoint
9 4 (7.02%) Broadcom
9 4 (7.02%) F5
9 4 (7.02%) Nokia
10 3 (5.26%) Red Hat
11 2 (3.51%) Aruba
11 2 (3.51%) Dell
11 2 (3.51%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (3.51%) NetApp
11 2 (3.51%) Splunk
12 1 (1.75%) Blue Coat
12 1 (1.75%) Meraki
12 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft