Firewall Contracts in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 43 59
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 +4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 869 1,126 1,153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.23% 4.79% 3.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.03% 32.17% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 803 816
10th Percentile £275 £282 £275
25th Percentile £413 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £453
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +7.56% +6.65%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £575
90th Percentile £775 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 37 34
10th Percentile £23.37 £17.60 £13.00
25th Percentile £49.79 £43.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £83.77 £62.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +35.10% +178.65% +7.23%
75th Percentile £87.46 £65.00 £53.25
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.55 £60.93
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,339 3,500 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.27% 14.89% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,213 2,635
10th Percentile £200 £213 £185
25th Percentile £343 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £544
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 323 238
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.38% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +8 311 £500 - 145
North of England 0 165 £515 +14.49% 141
South West +10 155 £500 -4.76% 89
Midlands -8 123 £490 -2.10% 124
North West +3 104 £700 +55.56% 76
West Midlands +3 96 £475 +3.83% 68
East of England -15 55 £475 +11.76% 51
Scotland +4 52 £525 +10.53% 34
Yorkshire -6 50 £483 -3.50% 49
East Midlands -13 25 £500 -5.53% 56
Wales -14 15 £364 -27.25% 14
North East +22 11 £375 +64.84% 18
Northern Ireland +6 1 - - 5
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 72 (8.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (6.56%) SharePoint
3 46 (5.29%) Confluence
4 35 (4.03%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.81%) nginx
6 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.35%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.35%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.35%) Shopify
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.12%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.12%) RMDS
3 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 201 (23.13%) Azure
2 99 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (7.48%) AWS
4 47 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 35 (4.03%) Azure Stack
6 19 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (2.07%) GCP
7 18 (2.07%) OCI
8 16 (1.84%) Azure Storage
9 15 (1.73%) GitHub
10 13 (1.50%) Power Platform
11 12 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 10 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.15%) IaaS
12 10 (1.15%) OpenShift
13 9 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (1.04%) Cloudflare
13 9 (1.04%) OneDrive
13 9 (1.04%) PaaS
14 8 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 216 (24.86%) VPN
2 130 (14.96%) DNS
3 126 (14.50%) WAN
4 124 (14.27%) LAN
5 114 (13.12%) Network Security
6 91 (10.47%) DHCP
7 88 (10.13%) BGP
8 81 (9.32%) Cisco ASA
9 58 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
10 57 (6.56%) TCP/IP
11 55 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
12 52 (5.98%) SAN
13 51 (5.87%) Cisco Nexus
14 47 (5.41%) OSPF
15 44 (5.06%) Intrusion Detection
16 42 (4.83%) SD-WAN
17 40 (4.60%) Wireless
18 36 (4.14%) VLAN
19 33 (3.80%) IPsec
20 32 (3.68%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.15%) MySQL
3 9 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.81%) Power BI
6 6 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.58%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.58%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.58%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database 11g
9 3 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.35%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.35%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.35%) Tableau
10 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 55 (6.33%) JIRA
2 20 (2.30%) Git
3 17 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.15%) GitLab
5 7 (0.81%) Maven
6 6 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (0.69%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.69%) Gradle
6 6 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (0.69%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.12%) Subversion
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 208 (23.94%) Social Skills
2 87 (10.01%) Public Sector
3 48 (5.52%) Finance
4 45 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 32 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 31 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (2.76%) Legal
9 20 (2.30%) Banking
10 17 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.38%) Marketing
13 10 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.04%) Retail
15 8 (0.92%) Electronics
16 7 (0.81%) Military
17 5 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.58%) Law
18 4 (0.46%) German Language
18 4 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 291 (33.49%) Network Engineer
2 153 (17.61%) Architect
3 95 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 67 (7.71%) Senior
5 63 (7.25%) Analyst
6 51 (5.87%) Security Architect
7 48 (5.52%) Technical Architect
8 44 (5.06%) Lead
9 36 (4.14%) Cisco Engineer
9 36 (4.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 33 (3.80%) Support Engineer
11 32 (3.68%) Network Architect
12 31 (3.57%) Lead Architect
12 31 (3.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 31 (3.57%) Security Engineer
13 30 (3.45%) Technical Leader
14 29 (3.34%) Senior Network Engineer
15 28 (3.22%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 24 (2.76%) Microsoft Engineer
16 24 (2.76%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.83%) Node.js
2 18 (2.07%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.61%) CSS
3 14 (1.61%) HTML
3 14 (1.61%) JSON
3 14 (1.61%) React
4 13 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
5 12 (1.38%) Jinja
5 12 (1.38%) YAML
6 10 (1.15%) XML
7 9 (1.04%) LDAP
8 8 (0.92%) 802.1X
8 8 (0.92%) Web Services
9 6 (0.69%) EDI
10 4 (0.46%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.46%) OpenAPI
10 4 (0.46%) RAML
10 4 (0.46%) REST
10 4 (0.46%) RESTful
10 4 (0.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 107 (12.31%) Data Centre
2 59 (6.79%) PKI
2 59 (6.79%) Private Cloud
3 46 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (4.83%) Public Cloud
5 20 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.07%) Operational Technology
7 17 (1.96%) Security Posture
8 16 (1.84%) Clustering
8 16 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 12 (1.38%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.15%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.04%) NHS
12 8 (0.92%) Replication
13 6 (0.69%) CCTV
13 6 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.69%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.69%) Driving Licence
13 6 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 278 (31.99%) Windows
2 170 (19.56%) Windows Server
3 123 (14.15%) Linux
4 56 (6.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 52 (5.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 46 (5.29%) Android
7 44 (5.06%) Apple iOS
8 42 (4.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 37 (4.26%) Windows 10
10 34 (3.91%) Unix
11 17 (1.96%) Windows XP
12 15 (1.73%) VMS
13 14 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (1.27%) Mac OS
15 10 (1.15%) Mac OS X
16 9 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 6 (0.69%) Ubuntu
18 5 (0.58%) Windows 7
19 3 (0.35%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (16.46%) ITIL
2 140 (16.11%) DevOps
3 136 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
4 118 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 109 (12.54%) Agile
6 106 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
7 98 (11.28%) CI/CD
8 86 (9.90%) Security Architecture
9 73 (8.40%) Service Management
10 67 (7.71%) Migration
11 65 (7.48%) Risk Management
12 62 (7.13%) ITSM
13 61 (7.02%) Network Management
14 60 (6.90%) Change Management
14 60 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
15 54 (6.21%) Network Design
16 53 (6.10%) Load Balancing
17 49 (5.64%) SIEM
18 48 (5.52%) Project Management
19 47 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 86 (9.90%) PowerShell
2 46 (5.29%) Python
3 31 (3.57%) SQL
4 21 (2.42%) Java
4 21 (2.42%) VBScript
5 20 (2.30%) C#
6 18 (2.07%) Bash
6 18 (2.07%) Bicep
7 16 (1.84%) VB
8 13 (1.50%) Perl
9 12 (1.38%) Tcl
9 12 (1.38%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.15%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.04%) Groovy
11 9 (1.04%) Ruby
12 7 (0.81%) JavaScript
13 5 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.35%) Go
14 3 (0.35%) Scala
15 2 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 366 (42.12%) Security Cleared
2 192 (22.09%) SC Cleared
3 164 (18.87%) DV Cleared
4 144 (16.57%) Cisco Certification
5 110 (12.66%) CCNP
6 96 (11.05%) CCNA
6 96 (11.05%) Degree
7 20 (2.30%) CCIE
8 16 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 14 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.27%) CISSP
12 9 (1.04%) JNCIA
13 8 (0.92%) CISM
13 8 (0.92%) MCSE
13 8 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.03%) Government Security Classifications
2 22 (2.53%) GDPR
2 22 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (2.53%) SLA
3 20 (2.30%) NIST
4 17 (1.96%) QA
5 15 (1.73%) HIPAA
6 10 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.35%) NCSC
11 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.12%) GRC
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 147 (16.92%) Active Directory
2 121 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (6.33%) Hyper-V
4 42 (4.83%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (4.37%) Virtual Machines
6 36 (4.14%) vSphere
7 33 (3.80%) VMware NSX
8 24 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 22 (2.53%) Docker
10 17 (1.96%) Firmware
11 14 (1.61%) XenApp
12 9 (1.04%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.69%) BitLocker
13 6 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.46%) ProxySG
15 3 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
16 2 (0.23%) Ceph
16 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (7.59%) SCCM
2 63 (7.25%) Ansible
3 57 (6.56%) SCOM
4 52 (5.98%) Terraform
5 47 (5.41%) vCenter Server
6 42 (4.83%) Kubernetes
7 41 (4.72%) Microsoft Intune
8 37 (4.26%) WSUS
9 32 (3.68%) FortiGate
10 21 (2.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (2.07%) Grafana
12 15 (1.73%) Nessus
13 14 (1.61%) EMC NetWorker
13 14 (1.61%) NetBackup
14 12 (1.38%) Prometheus
15 11 (1.27%) Nagios
16 9 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
17 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
17 8 (0.92%) Puppet
18 7 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 334 (38.43%) Cisco
2 204 (23.48%) Microsoft
3 160 (18.41%) VMware
4 118 (13.58%) Palo Alto
5 112 (12.89%) Juniper
6 90 (10.36%) Fortinet
7 70 (8.06%) F5
8 62 (7.13%) CheckPoint
8 62 (7.13%) SolarWinds
9 48 (5.52%) Citrix
10 36 (4.14%) Dell
11 35 (4.03%) Atlassian
12 33 (3.80%) Oracle
13 31 (3.57%) Veeam
14 29 (3.34%) Splunk
15 28 (3.22%) HP
16 27 (3.11%) Symantec
17 25 (2.88%) CA
18 20 (2.30%) Meraki
19 18 (2.07%) Aruba