Firewall Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Firewall
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 16.22% 10.00% 6.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile - £363 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -
75th Percentile - £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £575 £330 £534
% change year-on-year +74.24% -38.20% -0.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Basildon

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 Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 16.22% 10.00% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile - £363 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £600
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -
75th Percentile - £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £195 £300 £479
% change year-on-year -35.00% -37.37% +186.40%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Basildon

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon 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 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (16.67%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) React Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
1 5 (83.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
2 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft