Firewall Contracts in Kent

Firewall
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 31 14
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 16 4 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 8.00% 1.83% 9.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 57.14% 14.29% 39.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 26
10th Percentile £345 - £274
25th Percentile £413 £345 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £381 £313
Median % change year-on-year +18.03% +22.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £530 £527 £438
90th Percentile £540 £721 £572
South East median daily rate £495 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -1.00% +2.56% +8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 28 28 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 14.00% 12.79% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 23 63
10th Percentile £203 £303 £143
25th Percentile £294 £345 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £425 £313
Median % change year-on-year -0.59% +36.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £496 £768 £413
90th Percentile £538 £838 £588
South East median daily rate £490 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.51% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.31
25th Percentile £50.75 - £19.11
Median hourly rate £51.50 - £22.10
75th Percentile £52.25 - £32.80
90th Percentile - - £39.22
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -37.68%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Kent

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Kent

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Kent

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Kent

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Malling +4 6 £508 +23.03%
Maidstone +3 1 £450 +28.57% 5
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (37.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 2 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Network Security
2 5 (31.25%) Wireless
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (25.00%) LAN
3 4 (25.00%) VPN
4 3 (18.75%) WAN
4 3 (18.75%) WLAN
5 2 (12.50%) NetScaler
6 1 (6.25%) BGP
6 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (6.25%) IPsec
6 1 (6.25%) MPLS
6 1 (6.25%) OSPF
6 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Electronics
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Information Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Information Security Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Security Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Security Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Information Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Change Management
1 6 (37.50%) Cloud Security
1 6 (37.50%) Information Security
1 6 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
1 6 (37.50%) Security Architecture
2 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
3 3 (18.75%) Information Security Management
3 3 (18.75%) Load Balancing
3 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 3 (18.75%) Security Management
3 3 (18.75%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (12.50%) Budget Responsibility
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) High Availability
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 2 (12.50%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CCNA
2 1 (6.25%) CCNP
2 1 (6.25%) CISM
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) CRISC
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco
3 4 (25.00%) Meraki
3 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 4 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix
4 2 (12.50%) F5
4 2 (12.50%) Google
4 2 (12.50%) SAP
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 1 (6.25%) Aruba
5 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (6.25%) Forcepoint
5 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.25%) Sophos