Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring NGFW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NGFW over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NGFW | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | - | - | 0.58% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 6.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £550 |
| East of England median daily rate | - | - | £550 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire
NGFW 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 Bedfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 13 | 35 | 16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 8.28% | 14.40% | 9.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 22 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £260 | £144 |
| 25th Percentile | £250 | £300 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £325 | £305 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +61.54% | +6.56% | -23.75% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £497 | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | £570 | £573 | £583 |
| East of England median daily rate | £490 | £420 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -11.58% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £28.47 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36.94 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.75 | £15.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +356.45% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £86.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | - | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £53.75 | £21.46 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +150.47% | -57.08% | +222.58% |
NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
NGFW
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NGFW in Bedfordshire.