Firewall Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Firewall
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 17 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 11 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 8.66% 1.79% 10.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 64.71% 16.67% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £249 - £374
25th Percentile £369 - £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £429
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.04%
75th Percentile - - £462
90th Percentile - - £476
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £490 £508
% change year-on-year -2.96% -3.55% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £28.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 17 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 13.39% 10.71% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 7
10th Percentile £262 - £296
25th Percentile £463 - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £435 £408
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% +6.75% +16.43%
75th Percentile - £555 £444
90th Percentile £588 £627 £481
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 - -
75th Percentile £28.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £13.87

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Bradford

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Bradford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Bradford over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Bradford

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (27.27%) Cloudflare
4 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) VPN
2 7 (63.64%) LAN
2 7 (63.64%) TCP/IP
2 7 (63.64%) Wireless
3 6 (54.55%) DHCP
3 6 (54.55%) DNS
3 6 (54.55%) VLAN
3 6 (54.55%) VoIP
3 6 (54.55%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (45.45%) BGP
4 5 (45.45%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (45.45%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (45.45%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (45.45%) IPsec
4 5 (45.45%) OSPF
4 5 (45.45%) WLAN
5 4 (36.36%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (36.36%) Network Security
5 4 (36.36%) WAN
6 1 (9.09%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Network Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) Senior
2 6 (54.55%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
4 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Data Centre
2 5 (45.45%) PKI
2 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
4 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Network Management
2 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Time Management
4 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
4 1 (9.09%) ITSM
4 1 (9.09%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (9.09%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (45.45%) CCNP
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) CEH
4 2 (18.18%) CISSP
4 2 (18.18%) GIAC
5 1 (9.09%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware
1 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
2 5 (45.45%) CheckPoint
2 5 (45.45%) Palo Alto
3 3 (27.27%) F5
3 3 (27.27%) ForeScout
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) Adobe
5 1 (9.09%) BMC
5 1 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (9.09%) Remedy
5 1 (9.09%) Samsung
5 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds