Firewall Contracts in the Thames Valley

Firewall
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 52 54
Rank change year-on-year +24 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 156 109 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.93% 3.84% 3.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.71% 23.96% 20.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 71 82
10th Percentile £335 £363 £278
25th Percentile £403 £475 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £550 £518
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +6.18% +22.17%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £623
90th Percentile £713 £725 £650
South East median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +0.10% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 9
10th Percentile £72.27 £42.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £81.78 £66.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.38 £72.25 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +455.77% +0.15%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.63 -
South East median hourly rate £83.77 £62.55 £16.50
% change year-on-year +33.92% +279.09% -26.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 563 455 616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.39% 16.02% 17.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 278 348
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £343 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £467
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +4.48% +16.65%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £552
90th Percentile £638 £650 £642
South East median daily rate £484 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +0.72% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 15 20
10th Percentile £17.36 £18.90 £12.23
25th Percentile £23.36 £22.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -40.87%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.48 £81.22 £30.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -37.68%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Berkshire +18 129 £605 +5.22% 27
Buckinghamshire +26 18 £700 +34.62% 8
Oxfordshire +13 9 £445 -11.00% 12
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.28%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (29.49%) Azure
2 20 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (10.90%) Azure Monitor
3 17 (10.90%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.26%) Azure Storage
5 14 (8.97%) OCI
6 6 (3.85%) IaaS
7 5 (3.21%) AWS
8 3 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.92%) PaaS
9 2 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.28%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.28%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.28%) SaaS
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (25.00%) DNS
2 35 (22.44%) WAN
3 34 (21.79%) DHCP
4 33 (21.15%) Intrusion Detection
5 28 (17.95%) LAN
6 24 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
7 23 (14.74%) VPN
8 21 (13.46%) Cisco Nexus
9 16 (10.26%) Network Security
9 16 (10.26%) SAN
10 11 (7.05%) BGP
10 11 (7.05%) Cisco ISE
10 11 (7.05%) MPLS
11 10 (6.41%) DMZ
12 6 (3.85%) SD-WAN
12 6 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (3.85%) Wireless
13 5 (3.21%) EIGRP
13 5 (3.21%) IPsec
13 5 (3.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.56%) MySQL
2 4 (2.56%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.56%) Oracle Database 11g
3 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.28%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 51 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.18%) Public Sector
3 12 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 10 (6.41%) Banking
4 10 (6.41%) Investment Banking
4 10 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.21%) Finance
8 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.92%) Military
10 2 (1.28%) Automotive
10 2 (1.28%) Electronics
10 2 (1.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 40 (25.64%) Architect
3 34 (21.79%) Security Architect
4 27 (17.31%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 20 (12.82%) Senior
6 19 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (10.26%) Active Directory Support
8 14 (8.97%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (8.97%) Azure Specialist
8 14 (8.97%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (8.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (8.97%) Juniper Engineer
8 14 (8.97%) Support Specialist
9 13 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (6.41%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 10 (6.41%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (5.77%) Analyst
12 7 (4.49%) Consultant
12 7 (4.49%) Network Security Analyst
12 7 (4.49%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.54%) ARM Templates
2 5 (3.21%) EDI
3 2 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.28%) YAML
4 1 (0.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.59%) Data Centre
2 19 (12.18%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (10.26%) PKI
4 6 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.21%) CCTV
5 5 (3.21%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.92%) SCADA
7 2 (1.28%) CSOC
7 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.64%) IoT
8 1 (0.64%) iPad
8 1 (0.64%) Life Science
8 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (30.13%) Windows
2 39 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 34 (21.79%) Linux
4 32 (20.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 30 (19.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (10.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (8.97%) Windows 10
7 14 (8.97%) Windows XP
8 6 (3.85%) Unix
9 2 (1.28%) Android
9 2 (1.28%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.28%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (32.69%) DevOps
2 35 (22.44%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (22.44%) ITIL
3 30 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (13.46%) Security Architecture
5 20 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (12.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (12.18%) Project Management
7 18 (11.54%) Analytics
7 18 (11.54%) High Availability
8 17 (10.90%) Agile
8 17 (10.90%) CI/CD
8 17 (10.90%) Identity Management
8 17 (10.90%) Log Analytics
8 17 (10.90%) RBAC
8 17 (10.90%) Release Management
8 17 (10.90%) Service Management
9 16 (10.26%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 16 (10.26%) Privileged Identity Management
9 16 (10.26%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.79%) PowerShell
2 17 (10.90%) Bicep
3 16 (10.26%) C#
3 16 (10.26%) VB
3 16 (10.26%) VBScript
4 7 (4.49%) SQL
5 4 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 90 (57.69%) Security Cleared
2 82 (52.56%) DV Cleared
3 40 (25.64%) Degree
4 39 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 36 (23.08%) CCNP
6 25 (16.03%) CCNA
7 16 (10.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (3.85%) CISM
9 4 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.56%) JNCIS
9 4 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.92%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.28%) CCDP
12 1 (0.64%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.64%) CCIE
12 1 (0.64%) CCIP
12 1 (0.64%) HP ASE
12 1 (0.64%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.92%) QA
2 2 (1.28%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (26.28%) Active Directory
2 25 (16.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (12.18%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (10.26%) Hyper-V
4 16 (10.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (10.26%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.92%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (21.79%) SCCM
2 33 (21.15%) WSUS
3 30 (19.23%) SCOM
4 21 (13.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (10.90%) Kubernetes
5 17 (10.90%) vCenter Server
6 16 (10.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 14 (8.97%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (8.97%) NetBackup
8 11 (7.05%) Nessus
9 7 (4.49%) Terraform
10 6 (3.85%) Ansible
11 3 (1.92%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.92%) Netcool
12 2 (1.28%) Grafana
12 2 (1.28%) Graylog
12 2 (1.28%) Nagios
12 2 (1.28%) PaperCut
12 2 (1.28%) RSA Archer
12 2 (1.28%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 82 (52.56%) Cisco
2 63 (40.38%) Juniper
3 44 (28.21%) Microsoft
4 31 (19.87%) Palo Alto
5 29 (18.59%) VMware
6 19 (12.18%) CheckPoint
7 18 (11.54%) HP
7 18 (11.54%) Oracle
8 16 (10.26%) Veeam
9 14 (8.97%) 3PAR
9 14 (8.97%) Dell
9 14 (8.97%) EMC
9 14 (8.97%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (8.97%) Symantec
10 12 (7.69%) Fortinet
11 10 (6.41%) Blue Coat
11 10 (6.41%) ScienceLogic
12 4 (2.56%) Aruba
12 4 (2.56%) Informatica
12 4 (2.56%) Splunk