Firewall Contracts in the North of England

Firewall
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 44 62
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 +12
Contract jobs citing Firewall 167 245 269
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.59% 4.38% 3.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.04% 36.84% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 167 187
10th Percentile £256 £270 £312
25th Percentile £363 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £813 £538 £550
90th Percentile £850 £630 £638
England median daily rate £508 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -4.25% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile - £35.87 £22.88
25th Percentile £23.92 £42.81 £30.73
Median hourly rate £24.87 £52.13 £43.82
Median % change year-on-year -52.29% +18.96% +36.94%
75th Percentile £25.83 - £56.91
90th Percentile - - £64.76
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +39.33% +78.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 556 665 894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.96% 11.89% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 444 628
10th Percentile £200 £200 £180
25th Percentile £316 £325 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £612 £566 £550
90th Percentile £775 £668 £638
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 49 23
10th Percentile £13.31 - £11.95
25th Percentile £18.89 £9.80 £16.12
Median hourly rate £24.87 £10.63 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.96% -40.94% +2.86%
75th Percentile £45.88 £15.72 £23.10
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.00 £55.44
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
North West +1 105 £750 +66.67% 79
Yorkshire -13 52 £491 -1.75% 60
North East +18 10 £375 +44.93% 14
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.99%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.39%) Confluence
4 4 (2.40%) nginx
5 3 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.80%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.60%) Apache
6 1 (0.60%) JBoss
6 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.60%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 34 (20.36%) Azure
2 22 (13.17%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (12.57%) AWS
4 17 (10.18%) GCP
5 10 (5.99%) GitHub
6 9 (5.39%) Kong
7 8 (4.79%) Cloudflare
8 7 (4.19%) Akamai
8 7 (4.19%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.59%) Apigee
10 3 (1.80%) CloudBees
10 3 (1.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.60%) Azure App Service
12 1 (0.60%) IaaS
12 1 (0.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 71 (42.51%) VPN
2 26 (15.57%) Wi-Fi
3 25 (14.97%) LAN
4 21 (12.57%) WAN
5 20 (11.98%) DNS
6 19 (11.38%) Cisco ASA
7 17 (10.18%) Cisco Firepower
8 16 (9.58%) BGP
8 16 (9.58%) NetScaler
9 15 (8.98%) Cisco ISE
9 15 (8.98%) EIGRP
9 15 (8.98%) OSPF
10 14 (8.38%) IPsec
11 13 (7.78%) HSRP
12 12 (7.19%) Network Security
12 12 (7.19%) SNMP
12 12 (7.19%) Spanning Tree
13 11 (6.59%) TCP/IP
14 9 (5.39%) HTTP
15 8 (4.79%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.39%) Elasticsearch
1 9 (5.39%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.80%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (1.80%) ClickHouse
2 3 (1.80%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.80%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.60%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (7.78%) Jenkins
2 12 (7.19%) JIRA
3 10 (5.99%) GitLab
4 9 (5.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 9 (5.39%) CircleCI
4 9 (5.39%) Git
4 9 (5.39%) Travis CI
5 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.60%) Maven
General
1 46 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (7.19%) Public Sector
3 7 (4.19%) Finance
3 7 (4.19%) Legal
4 5 (2.99%) Banking
4 5 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (2.99%) Retail
5 2 (1.20%) German Language
5 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.60%) Back Office
6 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.60%) Military
6 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (36.53%) Architect
2 43 (25.75%) Network Engineer
3 40 (23.95%) Technical Architect
4 30 (17.96%) Lead
4 30 (17.96%) Lead Architect
4 30 (17.96%) Technical Leader
5 18 (10.78%) Support Engineer
6 16 (9.58%) Senior
7 14 (8.38%) Security Architect
8 12 (7.19%) IT Support
9 10 (5.99%) Senior Network Engineer
10 9 (5.39%) 3rd Line Support
11 8 (4.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 8 (4.79%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (4.79%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (4.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.79%) Network Support
11 8 (4.79%) Network Support Engineer
12 7 (4.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 7 (4.19%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (23.95%) Node.js
2 12 (7.19%) Jinja
2 12 (7.19%) JSON
3 11 (6.59%) XML
4 9 (5.39%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (5.39%) YAML
5 3 (1.80%) Apache Beam
5 3 (1.80%) Kafka
5 3 (1.80%) Keycloak
6 2 (1.20%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (1.20%) Middleware
6 2 (1.20%) Web Services
6 2 (1.20%) XSLT
7 1 (0.60%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.60%) LDAP
7 1 (0.60%) OAuth
7 1 (0.60%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 31 (18.56%) Public Cloud
2 10 (5.99%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.39%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.39%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.59%) Clustering
5 5 (2.99%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.40%) NHS
7 3 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.80%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.80%) PKI
8 2 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.60%) IoT
9 1 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.60%) LIMS
9 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (46.71%) Windows
2 66 (39.52%) Windows Server
3 43 (25.75%) Android
3 43 (25.75%) Apple iOS
4 12 (7.19%) Linux
5 6 (3.59%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.80%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.80%) Unix
9 2 (1.20%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (35.33%) DevOps
2 54 (32.34%) CI/CD
3 48 (28.74%) Agile
4 47 (28.14%) Risk Management
5 46 (27.54%) Mobile Device Management
6 45 (26.95%) Security Architecture
7 41 (24.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 41 (24.55%) Threat Intelligence
8 40 (23.95%) Zero Trust
9 31 (18.56%) Design Patterns
10 25 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (11.38%) Change Management
11 19 (11.38%) Customer Service
12 17 (10.18%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (10.18%) ITIL
13 16 (9.58%) Containerisation
13 16 (9.58%) Network Management
14 14 (8.38%) ITSM
15 13 (7.78%) Continuous Integration
15 13 (7.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 29 (17.37%) Python
2 16 (9.58%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.19%) Bash
3 12 (7.19%) Perl
3 12 (7.19%) Tcl
4 7 (4.19%) SQL
5 5 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.40%) ActionScript
6 4 (2.40%) Java
7 3 (1.80%) Go
7 3 (1.80%) Groovy
7 3 (1.80%) Ruby
7 3 (1.80%) Scala
8 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (25.75%) Security Cleared
2 39 (23.35%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (23.35%) SC Cleared
3 33 (19.76%) CCNP
4 30 (17.96%) CCNA
5 7 (4.19%) CCIE
5 7 (4.19%) Degree
6 4 (2.40%) CCIE Security
6 4 (2.40%) CISSP
6 4 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.80%) JNCIA
7 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.20%) CCSA
8 2 (1.20%) CCSE
8 2 (1.20%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.39%) QA
2 8 (4.79%) SLA
3 3 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.80%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.20%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (12.57%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.18%) Docker
3 16 (9.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (7.78%) Firmware
5 11 (6.59%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.80%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.60%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.60%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.60%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (16.77%) Ansible
2 18 (10.78%) Terraform
3 13 (7.78%) Grafana
4 10 (5.99%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.99%) Progress Chef
4 10 (5.99%) Prometheus
4 10 (5.99%) Puppet
5 9 (5.39%) Docker Swarm
5 9 (5.39%) Kibana
5 9 (5.39%) logstash
6 5 (2.99%) SCCM
7 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.40%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.80%) Autotask
8 3 (1.80%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.60%) vMotion
9 1 (0.60%) VxRail
Vendors
1 49 (29.34%) Cisco
2 35 (20.96%) Microsoft
3 19 (11.38%) VMware
4 16 (9.58%) Citrix
4 16 (9.58%) Palo Alto
5 15 (8.98%) SolarWinds
6 11 (6.59%) F5
7 10 (5.99%) Splunk
8 8 (4.79%) Apple
8 8 (4.79%) Google
8 8 (4.79%) Juniper
9 6 (3.59%) Fortinet
9 6 (3.59%) Meraki
9 6 (3.59%) Veeam
10 4 (2.40%) HP
11 3 (1.80%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.80%) Datto
11 3 (1.80%) Oracle
12 2 (1.20%) Symantec
12 2 (1.20%) Zscaler