Firewall Contracts in Surrey

Firewall
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 28 46
Rank change year-on-year +4 +18 -13
Contract jobs citing Firewall 33 42 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 5.69% 6.19% 3.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.26% 34.71% 32.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 31
10th Percentile £184 £217 £237
25th Percentile £198 £280 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £310 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.94% -31.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £465 £353 £550
90th Percentile £483 £500 £625
South East median daily rate £498 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -0.50% +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 £62.55 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.16 -
90th Percentile - £64.27 -
South East median hourly rate £83.77 £62.55 £20.00
% change year-on-year +33.92% +212.75% -10.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 91 121 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 15.69% 17.85% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 73 90
10th Percentile £189 £196 £185
25th Percentile £350 £228 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £525
90th Percentile £654 £700 £619
South East median daily rate £488 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 21 4
10th Percentile - - £41.57
25th Percentile £16.25 £42.50 £42.17
Median hourly rate £17.50 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.11% - +38.46%
75th Percentile £43.13 £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £57.75 £62.55 -
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Surrey

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Surrey

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Surrey over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Surrey

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Surrey

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 28 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
Woking +14 8 - - 1
Redhill - 7 £198 - 3
Guildford +5 4 £363 -30.95% 1
Camberley +7 1 £513 +7.89% 2
Dorking - 1 - -
Reigate - 1 £380 - 2
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 19 (57.58%) VPN
2 15 (45.45%) Wireless
3 12 (36.36%) DHCP
3 12 (36.36%) DNS
4 10 (30.30%) Cisco Nexus
4 10 (30.30%) TCP/IP
5 9 (27.27%) VLAN
6 8 (24.24%) DMZ
7 6 (18.18%) SAN
8 5 (15.15%) SSL
9 4 (12.12%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (12.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (12.12%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (12.12%) iSCSI
9 4 (12.12%) LAN
9 4 (12.12%) WAN
10 3 (9.09%) MPLS
10 3 (9.09%) NAS
10 3 (9.09%) VoIP
11 2 (6.06%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 8 (24.24%) Banking
1 8 (24.24%) Investment Banking
1 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Electronics
4 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Marketing
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Cisco Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 8 (24.24%) Blue Coat Engineer
3 8 (24.24%) Juniper Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) IT Support
4 5 (15.15%) IT Support Specialist
4 5 (15.15%) Network Specialist
4 5 (15.15%) Network Support
4 5 (15.15%) Network Support Specialist
4 5 (15.15%) Support Specialist
5 4 (12.12%) Field Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.06%) PKI
3 1 (3.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Windows
2 6 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 5 (15.15%) Linux
3 5 (15.15%) Unix
3 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Change Control
1 9 (27.27%) High Availability
2 8 (24.24%) Architectural Patterns
2 8 (24.24%) Design Patterns
2 8 (24.24%) ITSM
3 5 (15.15%) Business Case
3 5 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (15.15%) Problem Management
4 4 (12.12%) Migration
4 4 (12.12%) Time Management
5 3 (9.09%) Change Management
5 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (9.09%) Load Balancing
5 3 (9.09%) Security Management
5 3 (9.09%) Storage Management
5 3 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 2 (6.06%) Adaptive Security
6 2 (6.06%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (21.21%) Degree
2 4 (12.12%) CCNA
2 4 (12.12%) DBS Check
2 4 (12.12%) MCSE
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.03%) CCIE
4 1 (3.03%) CCNP
4 1 (3.03%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (21.21%) Active Directory
3 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
3 4 (12.12%) ProxySG
3 4 (12.12%) vSphere
4 3 (9.09%) Firmware
5 1 (3.03%) Terminal Services
5 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (6.06%) SCCM
1 2 (6.06%) SolarWinds Orion
1 2 (6.06%) WSUS
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Nessus
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Cisco
2 12 (36.36%) Blue Coat
2 12 (36.36%) CheckPoint
3 10 (30.30%) Fortinet
3 10 (30.30%) Juniper
3 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 10 (30.30%) VMware
4 9 (27.27%) F5
5 3 (9.09%) SolarWinds
6 2 (6.06%) Apple
6 2 (6.06%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (6.06%) Forcepoint
6 2 (6.06%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.03%) Avaya
7 1 (3.03%) Citrix
7 1 (3.03%) Dell
7 1 (3.03%) Qualys
7 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.03%) SAP