NGFW Job Trends in Hampshire

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.039% - 0.077%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% - 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91,250 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - £57,500
75th Percentile £93,750 - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £74,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% - +4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

NGFW 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 302 519 427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.91% 20.97% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 252 334 382
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,900 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +12.24% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,300
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +2.15%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in Hampshire

NGFW
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing NGFW

NGFW
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Farnborough - 1 £92,500 -
NGFW
South East

NGFW
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%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Mellanox
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA