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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 33 31
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +29
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Firewall 58 91 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.94% 5.38% 6.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.21% 30.43% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 46 66
10th Percentile £290 £350 £400
25th Percentile £298 £422 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £589
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +2.80% +15.39%
75th Percentile £593 £608 £615
90th Percentile £600 - £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 12
10th Percentile - £71.75 £23.25
25th Percentile £87.50 £74.37 £66.00
Median hourly rate £90.00 £83.77 £74.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% +12.81% +237.50%
75th Percentile £92.50 £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile - - £76.86
South East median hourly rate £23.49 £75.24 £66.00
% change year-on-year -68.79% +14.00% +230.00%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 192 299 396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.37% 17.66% 22.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 123 214
10th Percentile £293 £267 £205
25th Percentile £363 £369 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £608 £589
90th Percentile £600 £648 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £459
% change year-on-year - +8.93% -0.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 17
10th Percentile £58.25 £56.25 £16.70
25th Percentile £63.13 £71.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £83.50 £72.84
Median % change year-on-year -13.17% +14.64% +231.07%
75th Percentile £83.13 £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile £88.75 - £76.46
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £58.20
% change year-on-year -4.10% -1.46% +29.34%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Berkshire

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Firewall

Firewall
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -19 17 £450 -25.62% 22
Bracknell - 9 £600 -
Wokingham -7 6 £400 +150.00% 3
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 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) AWS
1 5 (8.62%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
2 4 (6.90%) GCP
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.72%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 15 (25.86%) Network Security
2 13 (22.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (20.69%) VPN
4 10 (17.24%) TCP/IP
5 7 (12.07%) BGP
5 7 (12.07%) OSPF
5 7 (12.07%) VLAN
5 7 (12.07%) WAN
6 5 (8.62%) LAN
7 4 (6.90%) DNS
8 3 (5.17%) Internet
8 3 (5.17%) Intranet
8 3 (5.17%) IPv6
9 2 (3.45%) Ethernet
9 2 (3.45%) VSAN
10 1 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.72%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.72%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (1.72%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Telecoms
3 7 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Finance
6 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Architect
2 11 (18.97%) Test Engineer
3 10 (17.24%) Network Architect
3 10 (17.24%) Network Engineer
3 10 (17.24%) Senior
4 6 (10.34%) Lead
5 4 (6.90%) Analyst
5 4 (6.90%) Cisco Architect
5 4 (6.90%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (6.90%) Cisco Network Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Network Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Security Advisor
6 3 (5.17%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.17%) Test Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) RFC 2544
2 9 (15.52%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (13.79%) JBoss Seam
4 1 (1.72%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 12 (20.69%) Fibre Optics
3 11 (18.97%) Management Information System
4 5 (8.62%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.17%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (5.17%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (5.17%) Public Cloud
5 3 (5.17%) SCADA
6 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.72%) CESG
7 1 (1.72%) Clustering
7 1 (1.72%) PKI
7 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
1 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.72%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (29.31%) SIEM
3 13 (22.41%) Security Architecture
4 12 (20.69%) Test Scripting
5 11 (18.97%) Service Management
6 10 (17.24%) Case Management
6 10 (17.24%) Defect Management
6 10 (17.24%) DevOps
6 10 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (17.24%) Migration
6 10 (17.24%) Risk Management
7 9 (15.52%) Network Design
7 9 (15.52%) Security Operations
7 9 (15.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 8 (13.79%) Decision-Making
8 8 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (13.79%) Risk Assessment
9 7 (12.07%) Security Monitoring
10 6 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 6 (10.34%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) Python
2 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Bicep
3 1 (1.72%) C#
3 1 (1.72%) SQL
3 1 (1.72%) VB
3 1 (1.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (29.31%) DV Cleared
3 14 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (20.69%) SC Cleared
5 10 (17.24%) CCNP
6 6 (10.34%) CCSA
6 6 (10.34%) CCSE
6 6 (10.34%) Check Point Certification
6 6 (10.34%) CISSP
7 3 (5.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (5.17%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.17%) CCNA
7 3 (5.17%) CCSP
7 3 (5.17%) CEH
8 2 (3.45%) CISM
9 1 (1.72%) CCIE
9 1 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.72%) Degree
9 1 (1.72%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) GDPR
1 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (5.17%) NIST
1 3 (5.17%) PCI DSS
1 3 (5.17%) PSD2
2 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.72%) NCSC
2 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) Docker
2 2 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.45%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.45%) vSphere
3 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Ansible
2 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.45%) HP ALM
3 2 (3.45%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.72%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.72%) SCCM
4 1 (1.72%) SCOM
4 1 (1.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (53.45%) Cisco
2 9 (15.52%) Darktrace
3 6 (10.34%) CheckPoint
3 6 (10.34%) Palo Alto
4 5 (8.62%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.17%) HP
5 3 (5.17%) Proofpoint
6 2 (3.45%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.45%) Juniper
6 2 (3.45%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.45%) Splunk
6 2 (3.45%) VMware
7 1 (1.72%) Aruba
7 1 (1.72%) F5
7 1 (1.72%) FireEye
7 1 (1.72%) Google
7 1 (1.72%) Tanium
7 1 (1.72%) WatchGuard