Forcepoint Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Forcepoint
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring knowledge or experience of Forcepoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Forcepoint over the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Forcepoint, LLC (formerly Websense).

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 67 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing Forcepoint 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.073% 0.40% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.18% 0.78% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £625 £519 -
90th Percentile - £530 -
South East median daily rate £600 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% +164.71%

All Vendors
Hampshire

Forcepoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 543 386 755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 39.64% 51.26% 50.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 266 350
10th Percentile £362 £360 £363
25th Percentile £463 £436 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £629 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 57
10th Percentile £12.25 £19.82 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.72 £30.31 £20.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £61.50 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year -67.48% +9.04% +133.42%
75th Percentile £29.88 £64.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £75.75 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £36.46 £47.50
% change year-on-year -38.28% -23.25% +26.67%

Forcepoint
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Forcepoint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Forcepoint job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Forcepoint
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Forcepoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Forcepoint

Forcepoint
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Forcepoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Forcepoint

Forcepoint
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 Forcepoint within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 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 -13 1 £600 +14.29% 1
Forcepoint
South East

Forcepoint
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) VMware