Firewall Contracts in Hampshire

Firewall
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 26 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 -10 +11
Contract jobs citing Firewall 56 98 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 5.86% 6.38% 9.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.59% 25.00% 41.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 45 83
10th Percentile £425 £405 £273
25th Percentile £500 £450 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +27.78% -16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £544
90th Percentile £627 £638 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - - £35.00
25th Percentile - £26.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate - £27.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year - -54.92% +24.15%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £63.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £23.49 £80.25 £62.55
% change year-on-year -70.73% +28.29% +212.75%

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 203 392 292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 21.26% 25.52% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 184 150
10th Percentile £325 £416 £240
25th Percentile £495 £463 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £581 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +29.17% -8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £555
90th Percentile £650 £678 £639
South East median daily rate £498 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 66 30
10th Percentile £49.10 £23.13 £15.50
25th Percentile £51.42 £53.40 £24.67
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -1.46% +29.34%
75th Percentile £58.73 £63.14 £67.21
90th Percentile £60.38 £70.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% -0.26% +76.92%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Hampshire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Hampshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Hampshire over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Hampshire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend 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 2 August 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 +11 20 £600 +1.78% 8
Farnborough -4 14 £475 -24.00% 11
Basingstoke +5 9 £575 +21.05% 12
Eastleigh - 5 £500 -
Portsmouth -1 4 £625 +38.89% 7
Winchester +5 2 £603 -3.60%
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) Azure
2 13 (23.21%) AWS
3 9 (16.07%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (14.29%) GCP
4 8 (14.29%) IaaS
4 8 (14.29%) OpenShift
4 8 (14.29%) PaaS
5 7 (12.50%) Power Platform
6 4 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 29 (51.79%) VPN
2 15 (26.79%) Network Security
3 8 (14.29%) DHCP
3 8 (14.29%) DNS
3 8 (14.29%) SMTP
4 7 (12.50%) Internet
5 5 (8.93%) Wireless
6 4 (7.14%) WAN
7 3 (5.36%) BGP
7 3 (5.36%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (5.36%) LAN
7 3 (5.36%) OSPF
7 3 (5.36%) VLAN
8 2 (3.57%) NGFW
9 1 (1.79%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (1.79%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.79%) MPLS
9 1 (1.79%) NX-OS
9 1 (1.79%) VoIP
9 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (14.29%) Big Data
1 8 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (12.50%) Power BI
3 2 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.79%) Git
1 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.79%) Maven
General
1 18 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Military
5 4 (7.14%) Finance
6 3 (5.36%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 24 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 8 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 8 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 8 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 8 (14.29%) IT Services Manager
2 8 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 8 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 7 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (12.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
3 7 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 7 (12.50%) Senior
4 6 (10.71%) Analyst
4 6 (10.71%) Senior IT Manager
4 6 (10.71%) Senior Manager
4 6 (10.71%) Senior Service Manager
4 6 (10.71%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) MUnit
1 1 (1.79%) RAML
1 1 (1.79%) REST
1 1 (1.79%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 10 (17.86%) PKI
3 8 (14.29%) Clustering
3 8 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (5.36%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.57%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.57%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.79%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.64%) Linux
2 10 (17.86%) Windows
2 10 (17.86%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (3.57%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (3.57%) Solaris
4 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (23.21%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (19.64%) DevOps
4 9 (16.07%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (14.29%) Case Management
5 8 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 8 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 8 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
5 8 (14.29%) Software Deployment
6 7 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (12.50%) Contract Management
6 7 (12.50%) Migration
6 7 (12.50%) Network Architecture
6 7 (12.50%) Validation
7 6 (10.71%) Cloud Security
7 6 (10.71%) ISMS
7 6 (10.71%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.57%) SQL
3 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (66.07%) Security Cleared
2 24 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 18 (32.14%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (30.36%) Degree
5 15 (26.79%) CCNP
6 13 (23.21%) CCNA
7 11 (19.64%) DV Cleared
8 9 (16.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (10.71%) CISMP
9 6 (10.71%) GSEC
10 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
10 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (3.57%) CCIE
10 2 (3.57%) CISSP
11 1 (1.79%) MCSE
11 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.29%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) HIPAA
2 2 (3.57%) QA
3 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (17.86%) Hyper-V
2 9 (16.07%) Docker
3 8 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 8 (14.29%) BitLocker
3 8 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
3 8 (14.29%) Terminal Services
3 8 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (17.86%) Ansible
2 9 (16.07%) Kubernetes
3 8 (14.29%) Nagios
3 8 (14.29%) Puppet
3 8 (14.29%) vCenter Server
3 8 (14.29%) vMotion
4 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (5.36%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.79%) CloudHub
6 1 (1.79%) Rsyslog
6 1 (1.79%) SCOM
6 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.79%) Cisco
3 10 (17.86%) VMware
4 8 (14.29%) Citrix
4 8 (14.29%) Google
4 8 (14.29%) HP
4 8 (14.29%) Symantec
5 6 (10.71%) Juniper
5 6 (10.71%) Palo Alto
6 4 (7.14%) CheckPoint
7 3 (5.36%) F5
7 3 (5.36%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.36%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.57%) Oracle
9 1 (1.79%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.79%) Splunk