Firewall Contracts in Birmingham

Firewall
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 33 54
Rank change year-on-year +13 +21 -25
Contract jobs citing Firewall 51 46 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.67% 5.09% 3.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.00% 32.17% 25.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 21 28
10th Percentile £198 £313 £169
25th Percentile £310 £320 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +3.03%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £589
90th Percentile £695 £700 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £450 £426
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.63% +13.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +11.11%
West Midlands median hourly rate - £15.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - -25.00% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 150 143 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 19.61% 15.82% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 66 104
10th Percentile £205 £313 £163
25th Percentile £290 £400 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £506 £406
Median % change year-on-year -30.86% +24.62% -9.72%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £500
90th Percentile £600 £731 £593
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £498 £400
% change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.22
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £14.49
Median hourly rate £19.95 £15.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.00% -17.81% +15.98%
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £20.21 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Birmingham over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (3.92%) IIS
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) Azure
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (3.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) LAN
1 9 (17.65%) VPN
1 9 (17.65%) WAN
2 8 (15.69%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (7.84%) DNS
3 4 (7.84%) VLAN
3 4 (7.84%) VoIP
4 3 (5.88%) Network Security
5 2 (3.92%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (3.92%) DHCP
5 2 (3.92%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.92%) iSCSI
5 2 (3.92%) NAS
5 2 (3.92%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (3.92%) SAN
5 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.92%) Wireless
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 10 (19.61%) Legal
2 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 7 (13.73%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.92%) German Language
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (43.14%) Analyst
2 19 (37.25%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (19.61%) Network Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) 1st Line Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 5 (9.80%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (9.80%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) LAMP
1 2 (3.92%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.96%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) PKI
2 6 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.84%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.88%) Clustering
4 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.92%) Replication
5 2 (3.92%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.53%) Linux
2 10 (19.61%) Mac OS X
3 8 (15.69%) Windows
4 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
4 7 (13.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (9.80%) Windows 10
5 5 (9.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.92%) Ubuntu
8 2 (3.92%) VMS
8 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (29.41%) SIEM
2 12 (23.53%) Incident Management
2 12 (23.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 10 (19.61%) Computer Forensics
3 10 (19.61%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 10 (19.61%) Purple Team
3 10 (19.61%) Reverse Engineering
3 10 (19.61%) Risk Management
3 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (19.61%) Threat Analysis
3 10 (19.61%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (13.73%) Load Balancing
4 7 (13.73%) Security Operations
4 7 (13.73%) Threat Detection
5 6 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (9.80%) Line Management
6 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 23 (45.10%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.76%) Degree
4 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.92%) BC Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) CASP
4 2 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.92%) GCED
4 2 (3.92%) GIAC
4 2 (3.92%) GSEC
5 1 (1.96%) CCNA
5 1 (1.96%) CCNP
5 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (23.53%) NIST
2 10 (19.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 10 (19.61%) GDPR
2 10 (19.61%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) Active Directory
1 5 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.92%) Terminal Services
3 2 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) SCCM
2 5 (9.80%) FortiGate
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.88%) Autotask
3 3 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.96%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Cisco
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
1 8 (15.69%) VMware
2 7 (13.73%) Aruba
3 6 (11.76%) CA
3 6 (11.76%) F5
4 4 (7.84%) Palo Alto
5 3 (5.88%) Apple
5 3 (5.88%) Datto
5 3 (5.88%) Juniper
6 2 (3.92%) Citrix
6 2 (3.92%) LogRhythm
6 2 (3.92%) ProCurve
6 2 (3.92%) Rapid7
6 2 (3.92%) Sophos
6 2 (3.92%) Synology
6 2 (3.92%) TippingPoint
6 2 (3.92%) Trend Micro
6 2 (3.92%) Veeam
6 2 (3.92%) Zerto