Firewall Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Firewall
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 4.00% - 6.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £438 £525 £325
% change year-on-year -16.67% +61.54% -13.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedford

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 Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 16.00% 10.53% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £85 - -
25th Percentile £150 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £258 £180 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.46% - -
75th Percentile £367 - -
90th Percentile £432 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £388 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -22.50% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £41.45 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.17% - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £30.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +166.67% -42.86% +237.40%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Bedford

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) VMware