Firewall Contracts in Berkshire

Firewall
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 24 44
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 +9
Contract jobs citing Firewall 38 128 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.24% 6.45% 4.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 26.02% 23.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 63 54
10th Percentile £302 £339 £336
25th Percentile £385 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £564
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +7.32% +7.38%
75th Percentile £525 £608 £688
90th Percentile £590 £612 £734
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 22 7
10th Percentile £25.40 £72.27 £27.05
25th Percentile £35.75 £81.78 £49.38
Median hourly rate £54.50 £85.38 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.17% +29.37% -
75th Percentile £74.25 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £85.20 £87.53 £80.55
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £83.77 £62.55
% change year-on-year -83.05% +33.92% +212.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 209 492 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.82% 24.80% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 217 184
10th Percentile £270 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £310 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £590 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Berkshire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Berkshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Berkshire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Berkshire

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in Berkshire

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading -25 13 £450 -25.62% 29
Wokingham - 5 £450 - 3
Slough - 2 £400 - 14
Bracknell +12 1 - - 8
Windsor - 1 - - 1
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (18.42%) AWS
1 7 (18.42%) Azure
2 4 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (7.89%) GCP
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Storage
5 1 (2.63%) GitHub
5 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) Network Security
2 13 (34.21%) VPN
3 10 (26.32%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (21.05%) BGP
4 8 (21.05%) TCP/IP
5 7 (18.42%) OSPF
6 6 (15.79%) WAN
7 5 (13.16%) DNS
7 5 (13.16%) VLAN
8 4 (10.53%) LAN
8 4 (10.53%) SD-WAN
8 4 (10.53%) Wireless
9 3 (7.89%) EIGRP
9 3 (7.89%) IPsec
9 3 (7.89%) MPLS
10 2 (5.26%) Ethernet
10 2 (5.26%) Internet
10 2 (5.26%) RIP
10 2 (5.26%) SSL
10 2 (5.26%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Military
5 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Senior
2 6 (15.79%) Network Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Architect
3 5 (13.16%) Lead
4 4 (10.53%) Security Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Security Advisor
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Test Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (13.16%) JBoss Seam
3 3 (7.89%) RFC 2544
4 1 (2.63%) 802.1X
4 1 (2.63%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.63%) LDAP
4 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Management Information System
2 6 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.89%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.26%) PKI
4 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.63%) CESG
5 1 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.63%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.63%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) IoT
5 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Replication
5 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Linux
3 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.63%) VMS
4 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (26.32%) SIEM
3 9 (23.68%) DevOps
3 9 (23.68%) Security Architecture
4 8 (21.05%) Risk Management
5 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (15.79%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
7 5 (13.16%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (13.16%) Security Operations
7 5 (13.16%) Zero Trust
8 4 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (10.53%) Migration
8 4 (10.53%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (7.89%) Information Security
9 3 (7.89%) Test Management
9 3 (7.89%) Test Scripting
9 3 (7.89%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) Python
2 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.26%) Bash
3 2 (5.26%) Bicep
4 1 (2.63%) C#
4 1 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.63%) VB
4 1 (2.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.68%) CCNP
2 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (21.05%) DV Cleared
4 7 (18.42%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.53%) CCSA
5 4 (10.53%) CCSE
5 4 (10.53%) CEH
5 4 (10.53%) Check Point Certification
5 4 (10.53%) CISSP
6 3 (7.89%) CISM
7 2 (5.26%) CCIE
7 2 (5.26%) CCNA
7 2 (5.26%) Degree
8 1 (2.63%) BC Cleared
8 1 (2.63%) CCDP
8 1 (2.63%) CCIP
8 1 (2.63%) CCSP
8 1 (2.63%) GIAC
8 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) NIST
2 3 (7.89%) QA
3 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.63%) GDPR
4 1 (2.63%) GRC
4 1 (2.63%) NCSC
4 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (10.53%) VMware NSX
2 3 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.26%) vSphere
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) Ansible
2 3 (7.89%) Puppet
2 3 (7.89%) Terraform
3 2 (5.26%) CASB
3 2 (5.26%) Progress Chef
3 2 (5.26%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.63%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.63%) HP ALM
4 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.63%) SCCM
4 1 (2.63%) SCOM
4 1 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (36.84%) Cisco
2 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 7 (18.42%) Palo Alto
4 6 (15.79%) CheckPoint
4 6 (15.79%) Darktrace
5 5 (13.16%) VMware
6 3 (7.89%) Juniper
7 2 (5.26%) Aruba
7 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
7 2 (5.26%) Google
7 2 (5.26%) Splunk
8 1 (2.63%) ADVA
8 1 (2.63%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (2.63%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.63%) CyberArk
8 1 (2.63%) F5
8 1 (2.63%) Proofpoint
8 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.63%) Tufin
8 1 (2.63%) Zscaler