Firewall Job Trends in Hampshire

Firewall
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 32 41
Rank change year-on-year -21 +9 +22
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 73 172 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 2.94% 6.51% 5.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.96% 31.79% 34.24%
Number of salaries quoted 60 131 81
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £45,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +32.50% -12.57%
75th Percentile £65,500 £62,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £71,750 £64,000
South East median annual salary £46,000 £53,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -13.21% +7.07% +10.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 318 541 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.80% 20.46% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 252 355 248
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,063 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Firewall
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Hampshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Hampshire

Firewall
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke -3 27 £55,000 +3.77% 5
Southampton -9 13 £75,000 +25.00% 6
Farnborough +2 6 £54,000 - 5
Winchester +3 4 - - 2
Gosport +7 3 £33,750 -48.08%
Fareham -1 3 £45,000 +55.17% 2
Portsmouth -14 2 £49,750 +28.39% 2
Fleet -11 1 £50,500 - 2
Hook - 1 - - 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 1 (1.37%) IIS
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 23 (31.51%) Azure
2 13 (17.81%) AWS
3 8 (10.96%) GCP
4 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (58.90%) VPN
2 22 (30.14%) Network Security
3 21 (28.77%) LAN
3 21 (28.77%) WAN
4 20 (27.40%) BGP
5 13 (17.81%) OSPF
6 11 (15.07%) Cisco Firepower
6 11 (15.07%) Cisco ISE
7 10 (13.70%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (13.70%) MPLS
7 10 (13.70%) Wireless
8 9 (12.33%) Cisco IOS
8 9 (12.33%) Junos
8 9 (12.33%) NX-OS
9 7 (9.59%) SD-WAN
9 7 (9.59%) VLAN
9 7 (9.59%) VXLAN
10 6 (8.22%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (8.22%) TCP/IP
11 5 (6.85%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (26.03%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.70%) Finance
3 8 (10.96%) Legal
4 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.48%) Banking
6 4 (5.48%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.48%) Marketing
6 4 (5.48%) Retail
7 2 (2.74%) Military
8 1 (1.37%) Advertising
8 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (38.36%) Network Engineer
2 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (16.44%) Cloud Engineer
3 12 (16.44%) Senior
4 10 (13.70%) Security Engineer
5 9 (12.33%) Consultant
6 8 (10.96%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (9.59%) Cisco Consultant
7 7 (9.59%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 7 (9.59%) Network Consultant
7 7 (9.59%) WAN Consultant
8 6 (8.22%) Analyst
8 6 (8.22%) Architect
8 6 (8.22%) Design Engineer
8 6 (8.22%) Network Design Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) IT Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) Network Architect
9 5 (6.85%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.59%) REST
2 2 (2.74%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (32.88%) Data Centre
2 12 (16.44%) PKI
3 9 (12.33%) Security Posture
4 4 (5.48%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.48%) Life Science
4 4 (5.48%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (4.11%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.74%) Blog
6 2 (2.74%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.74%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.37%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.37%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.70%) Windows
2 8 (10.96%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.59%) Linux
4 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.37%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.37%) Unix
5 1 (1.37%) VMS
5 1 (1.37%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (21.92%) Incident Response
3 13 (17.81%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (17.81%) Security Operations
3 13 (17.81%) SIEM
4 12 (16.44%) Threat Intelligence
5 11 (15.07%) Customer Requirements
5 11 (15.07%) Network Design
5 11 (15.07%) Situational Awareness
6 10 (13.70%) Information Security
7 9 (12.33%) Change Management
7 9 (12.33%) High Availability
7 9 (12.33%) ITSM
7 9 (12.33%) Network Management
8 8 (10.96%) Business Continuity
8 8 (10.96%) Cloud Security
8 8 (10.96%) Data Protection
8 8 (10.96%) ITIL
8 8 (10.96%) Network Segmentation
8 8 (10.96%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.70%) Python
2 7 (9.59%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.11%) Bash
4 2 (2.74%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 30 (41.10%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.51%) DV Cleared
3 17 (23.29%) SC Cleared
4 16 (21.92%) CCNP
4 16 (21.92%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (10.96%) CCNA
6 6 (8.22%) Azure Certification
6 6 (8.22%) JNCIS
7 3 (4.11%) AWS Certification
7 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.74%) CEH
8 2 (2.74%) CISMP
8 2 (2.74%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.74%) Degree
8 2 (2.74%) GCIH
8 2 (2.74%) GSEC
8 2 (2.74%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.37%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (6.85%) NIST
2 4 (5.48%) GDPR
3 2 (2.74%) GRC
3 2 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.74%) JSP 440
3 2 (2.74%) NCSC
3 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) VMware NSX
2 9 (12.33%) Firmware
3 8 (10.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (8.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (2.74%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.74%) KVM
5 2 (2.74%) RHEV
5 2 (2.74%) Xen
6 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (15.07%) FortiGate
2 9 (12.33%) vCenter Server
3 8 (10.96%) Ansible
4 5 (6.85%) Endace
5 3 (4.11%) Nessus
5 3 (4.11%) Terraform
5 3 (4.11%) WSUS
6 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.74%) Nagios
6 2 (2.74%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.37%) AirWatch
7 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.37%) SCCM
7 1 (1.37%) SCOM
7 1 (1.37%) WMI
Vendors
1 40 (54.79%) Cisco
2 24 (32.88%) Juniper
3 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
4 12 (16.44%) Fortinet
4 12 (16.44%) SolarWinds
5 9 (12.33%) Broadcom
5 9 (12.33%) VMware
6 8 (10.96%) CheckPoint
6 8 (10.96%) Meraki
7 6 (8.22%) F5
8 4 (5.48%) Palo Alto
8 4 (5.48%) Sage
8 4 (5.48%) Zscaler
9 3 (4.11%) Aruba
10 2 (2.74%) Citrix
10 2 (2.74%) HP
10 2 (2.74%) New Relic
10 2 (2.74%) Veeam
11 1 (1.37%) Commvault
11 1 (1.37%) Veritas