Firewall Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Firewall
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Firewall 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 10.53% - 6.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% - 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +2.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Aberdeen

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 36.84% - 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £226 - -
25th Percentile £286 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.62%
75th Percentile £453 - £425
90th Percentile £468 - -
Scotland median daily rate £431 £400 £488
% change year-on-year +7.81% -17.95% +9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.62
25th Percentile - - £16.81
Median hourly rate - - £17.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.03%
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.70
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £16.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +233.33% -70.00% +191.01%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
1 3 (75.00%) OSPF
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (25.00%) TACACS
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Compliance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Minimum Viable Product
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Riverbed
2 1 (25.00%) Rockwell
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds