Firewall Contracts in Southampton

Firewall
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Firewall 12 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 11.11% 4.14% 6.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 52.17% 20.59% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 8
10th Percentile £514 £481 -
25th Percentile - £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £590 £513
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% +15.02% +60.16%
75th Percentile £605 £634 £541
90th Percentile £638 - £593
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £570 £525
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 23 34 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 21.30% 20.12% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 15
10th Percentile £435 £200 £225
25th Percentile £440 £205 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -15.00% +56.25%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £525
90th Percentile £611 £634 £599
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £21.22
Hampshire median hourly rate £59.13 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% -4.42% +166.67%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Southampton

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Southampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Internet
1 7 (58.33%) VPN
2 6 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) NGFW
4 1 (8.33%) WAN
4 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Military
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) IT Manager
1 8 (66.67%) IT Services Manager
1 8 (66.67%) Service Manager
2 6 (50.00%) Senior
2 6 (50.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 6 (50.00%) Senior Service Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Network Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Network Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Network Services Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Network Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Service Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (58.33%) Case Management
3 7 (58.33%) Contract Management
4 6 (50.00%) Analytics
5 5 (41.67%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (41.67%) Server Management
5 5 (41.67%) Storage Management
6 2 (16.67%) Design for Test
6 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (16.67%) Runbook
7 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CCIE
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco