Firewall Contracts in England

Firewall
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 57 84
Rank change year-on-year +7 +27 -1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1,432 1,951 2,086
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.85% 3.87% 2.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% 31.68% 26.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 896 1,389 1,443
10th Percentile £311 £310 £305
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £610
90th Percentile £775 £715 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 50 37
10th Percentile £16.00 £20.98 £12.70
25th Percentile £23.92 £36.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +117.54% +18.75%
75th Percentile £85.65 £69.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £81.00 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +39.33% +93.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,012 6,158 7,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.48% 12.21% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,022 4,045 5,187
10th Percentile £206 £231 £220
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.42%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 439 303
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -21.29% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.73
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.15
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% -0.88%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
London +7 567 £525 -12.50% 197
South East +11 312 £495 -1.00% 167
North of England -3 172 £520 +9.49% 151
South West +13 166 £500 - 85
Midlands -4 125 £495 -1.00% 131
North West -1 111 £650 +44.44% 87
West Midlands +8 101 £500 +11.11% 82
East of England -10 58 £475 +5.56% 61
Yorkshire -10 50 £483 -3.50% 45
East Midlands -16 22 £490 -7.51% 49
North East +24 11 £375 +30.43% 21
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 108 (7.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 69 (4.82%) SharePoint
3 59 (4.12%) Confluence
4 35 (2.44%) SharePoint Server
5 17 (1.19%) nginx
6 11 (0.77%) Apache
6 11 (0.77%) IIS
7 6 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.42%) JBoss
7 6 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.35%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.35%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.28%) MQSeries
10 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.21%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.14%) CMS
12 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.070%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 39 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.070%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.42%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.28%) Shopify
3 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.070%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.070%) Endur
5 1 (0.070%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
5 1 (0.070%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 377 (26.33%) Azure
2 174 (12.15%) AWS
3 154 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 92 (6.42%) Entra ID
5 59 (4.12%) GCP
6 57 (3.98%) IaaS
7 44 (3.07%) SaaS
8 39 (2.72%) PaaS
9 35 (2.44%) Azure Stack
9 35 (2.44%) GitHub
10 30 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
12 25 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
13 24 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (1.54%) OCI
15 21 (1.47%) Power Platform
16 20 (1.40%) Mimecast
17 19 (1.33%) Serverless
18 18 (1.26%) Azure Storage
19 15 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 344 (24.02%) VPN
2 257 (17.95%) WAN
3 239 (16.69%) LAN
4 238 (16.62%) DNS
5 217 (15.15%) Network Security
6 184 (12.85%) BGP
7 145 (10.13%) DHCP
8 128 (8.94%) OSPF
9 123 (8.59%) Cisco ASA
10 116 (8.10%) Wireless
11 100 (6.98%) TCP/IP
12 99 (6.91%) MPLS
13 90 (6.28%) IPsec
13 90 (6.28%) Wi-Fi
14 84 (5.87%) Cisco Nexus
14 84 (5.87%) SD-WAN
15 72 (5.03%) SAN
16 71 (4.96%) Cisco ISE
16 71 (4.96%) VLAN
17 56 (3.91%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (0.77%) Power BI
4 10 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.70%) MySQL
4 10 (0.70%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.56%) RDBMS
5 8 (0.56%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.35%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.21%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 76 (5.31%) JIRA
2 51 (3.56%) Git
3 39 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.12%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.98%) GitLab
6 13 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (0.63%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.42%) CircleCI
8 6 (0.42%) Travis CI
9 4 (0.28%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.14%) Postman
11 2 (0.14%) Subversion
11 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.070%) IDA Disassembler
12 1 (0.070%) Katalon Studio
12 1 (0.070%) Maven
12 1 (0.070%) MSI
General
1 289 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 191 (13.34%) Finance
3 138 (9.64%) Public Sector
4 87 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (5.31%) Banking
6 52 (3.63%) Telecoms
7 36 (2.51%) Manufacturing
8 32 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (2.09%) Legal
11 28 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.26%) Marketing
13 15 (1.05%) Investment Banking
13 15 (1.05%) Retail
14 13 (0.91%) Electronics
15 11 (0.77%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (0.63%) Military
17 8 (0.56%) German Language
17 8 (0.56%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 475 (33.17%) Network Engineer
2 237 (16.55%) Architect
3 151 (10.54%) Senior
4 121 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 90 (6.28%) Analyst
6 80 (5.59%) Security Architect
7 79 (5.52%) Security Engineer
8 70 (4.89%) Support Engineer
9 69 (4.82%) Senior Network Engineer
10 68 (4.75%) Lead
11 62 (4.33%) Cisco Engineer
12 61 (4.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 59 (4.12%) Technical Architect
14 52 (3.63%) Network Architect
15 41 (2.86%) Consultant
16 40 (2.79%) Network Security Engineer
16 40 (2.79%) Network Specialist
17 39 (2.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
18 38 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
19 37 (2.58%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.05%) Node.js
2 33 (2.30%) LDAP
3 31 (2.16%) JSON
4 23 (1.61%) XML
5 22 (1.54%) ARM Templates
6 19 (1.33%) YAML
7 18 (1.26%) React
8 17 (1.19%) HTML
9 16 (1.12%) 802.1X
9 16 (1.12%) SAML
10 15 (1.05%) CSS
10 15 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
11 14 (0.98%) Jinja
12 12 (0.84%) Middleware
12 12 (0.84%) Web Services
13 11 (0.77%) NETCONF
13 11 (0.77%) YANG
14 10 (0.70%) RESTful
15 7 (0.49%) .NET
15 7 (0.49%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 182 (12.71%) Data Centre
2 105 (7.33%) PKI
3 59 (4.12%) Private Cloud
4 52 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (3.07%) Public Cloud
6 42 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 32 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
8 31 (2.16%) Security Posture
9 26 (1.82%) Clustering
10 22 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 22 (1.54%) Product Ownership
11 20 (1.40%) Replication
11 20 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
11 20 (1.40%) Virtual Team
12 18 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
13 17 (1.19%) NHS
14 15 (1.05%) Onboarding
14 15 (1.05%) Operational Technology
15 13 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 400 (27.93%) Windows
2 229 (15.99%) Windows Server
3 176 (12.29%) Linux
4 75 (5.24%) Windows 10
5 64 (4.47%) Unix
6 63 (4.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 57 (3.98%) Windows Server 2012
8 54 (3.77%) Android
8 54 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 52 (3.63%) Apple iOS
10 25 (1.75%) Mac OS
11 22 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 17 (1.19%) VMS
12 17 (1.19%) Windows XP
13 15 (1.05%) Windows Server 2008
14 12 (0.84%) Mac OS X
15 11 (0.77%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.70%) Solaris
16 10 (0.70%) Windows 7
17 8 (0.56%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (14.53%) DevOps
2 186 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
3 172 (12.01%) ITIL
4 164 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
4 164 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 149 (10.41%) Agile
6 140 (9.78%) CI/CD
7 129 (9.01%) Migration
8 113 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 113 (7.89%) Security Architecture
9 112 (7.82%) SIEM
10 99 (6.91%) Load Balancing
11 94 (6.56%) Cloud Security
12 92 (6.42%) Change Management
13 90 (6.28%) Disaster Recovery
14 88 (6.15%) Network Design
15 84 (5.87%) Risk Management
16 82 (5.73%) Service Management
17 79 (5.52%) High Availability
18 77 (5.38%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (9.92%) PowerShell
2 124 (8.66%) Python
3 56 (3.91%) SQL
4 35 (2.44%) Bash
5 33 (2.30%) Java
6 25 (1.75%) VBScript
7 24 (1.68%) C#
8 21 (1.47%) Bicep
9 18 (1.26%) Go
9 18 (1.26%) Perl
10 17 (1.19%) JavaScript
11 16 (1.12%) VB
12 15 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 12 (0.84%) Tcl
14 9 (0.63%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.42%) Ruby
16 4 (0.28%) C
16 4 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
17 3 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 506 (35.34%) Security Cleared
2 261 (18.23%) SC Cleared
3 225 (15.71%) DV Cleared
4 215 (15.01%) Cisco Certification
5 170 (11.87%) CCNP
6 130 (9.08%) Degree
7 118 (8.24%) CCNA
8 38 (2.65%) CCIE
9 32 (2.23%) CISSP
10 28 (1.96%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 19 (1.33%) CISM
14 16 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 14 (0.98%) AWS Certification
16 13 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (0.70%) GIAC
17 10 (0.70%) JNCIA
18 9 (0.63%) JNCIS
18 9 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (3.35%) NIST
3 44 (3.07%) GDPR
4 38 (2.65%) SLA
5 35 (2.44%) Government Security Classifications
6 23 (1.61%) QA
7 19 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 15 (1.05%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.84%) NCSC
11 10 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 10 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.28%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.21%) GPG13
15 2 (0.14%) COBIT
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 1 (0.070%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 236 (16.48%) Active Directory
2 152 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (3.98%) Hyper-V
3 57 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
4 46 (3.21%) VMware NSX
5 42 (2.93%) Docker
6 37 (2.58%) VMware ESXi
7 36 (2.51%) vSphere
8 29 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (1.96%) Firmware
10 19 (1.33%) XenApp
11 13 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.35%) Samba
13 4 (0.28%) ProxySG
13 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 3 (0.21%) Ceph
14 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 3 (0.21%) NFS
Systems Management
1 107 (7.47%) Ansible
1 107 (7.47%) Terraform
2 106 (7.40%) SCCM
3 75 (5.24%) FortiGate
4 69 (4.82%) Kubernetes
5 68 (4.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 59 (4.12%) SCOM
7 42 (2.93%) vCenter Server
8 37 (2.58%) WSUS
9 23 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 21 (1.47%) EMC NetWorker
11 19 (1.33%) Nessus
12 18 (1.26%) Puppet
13 17 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
14 16 (1.12%) Grafana
15 15 (1.05%) NetBackup
16 13 (0.91%) Progress Chef
16 13 (0.91%) Tivoli
17 11 (0.77%) Kibana
17 11 (0.77%) Netcool
Vendors
1 531 (37.08%) Cisco
2 313 (21.86%) Microsoft
3 233 (16.27%) Palo Alto
4 210 (14.66%) VMware
5 167 (11.66%) Fortinet
6 164 (11.45%) Juniper
7 153 (10.68%) F5
8 121 (8.45%) CheckPoint
9 90 (6.28%) SolarWinds
10 76 (5.31%) Dell
11 70 (4.89%) Citrix
12 48 (3.35%) HP
13 47 (3.28%) Oracle
14 41 (2.86%) Splunk
15 38 (2.65%) EMC
16 37 (2.58%) Atlassian
16 37 (2.58%) CA
16 37 (2.58%) Meraki
17 35 (2.44%) Aruba
17 35 (2.44%) ServiceNow