Firewall Contracts in Bristol

Firewall
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 24 38 63
Rank change year-on-year +14 +25 +2
Contract jobs citing Firewall 32 36 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 5.96% 3.41% 3.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.36% 23.68% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 28
10th Percentile £300 £333 £343
25th Percentile £319 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% - -
75th Percentile £508 £536 £678
90th Percentile £579 £659 £699
South West median daily rate £546 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +9.20% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £73.75
25th Percentile - - £77.50
Median hourly rate - £46.39 £92.50
Median % change year-on-year - -49.85% -
75th Percentile - - £101.25
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £46.39 £62.89
% change year-on-year - -26.24% +24.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 88 152 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 16.39% 14.38% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 76 97
10th Percentile £235 £230 £200
25th Percentile £250 £355 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £640 £600
90th Percentile £588 £688 £680
South West median daily rate £548 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +1.95% +7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 87
10th Percentile £68.00 £12.57 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £38.26 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +563.27% -44.00%
75th Percentile - £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £87.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +87.50% +308.16% -80.62%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Bristol

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Bristol

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Azure App Service
3 2 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Storage
4 1 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (3.13%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 15 (46.88%) Network Security
2 11 (34.38%) LAN
2 11 (34.38%) WAN
3 7 (21.88%) Wireless
4 5 (15.63%) DNS
5 3 (9.38%) BGP
5 3 (9.38%) OSPF
6 2 (6.25%) 5G
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (6.25%) DHCP
6 2 (6.25%) LTE
6 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (6.25%) VPN
7 1 (3.13%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (3.13%) EIGRP
7 1 (3.13%) HSRP
7 1 (3.13%) VRRP
7 1 (3.13%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 3 (9.38%) Finance
1 3 (9.38%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.25%) Electronics
2 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.25%) Marketing
2 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.13%) Italian Language
3 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Architect
2 9 (28.13%) Network Architect
2 9 (28.13%) Network Technical Architect
2 9 (28.13%) Technical Architect
3 8 (25.00%) Network Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Security Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Administrator
5 3 (9.38%) DevOps Administrator
5 3 (9.38%) Linux Administrator
5 3 (9.38%) Linux DevOps Administrator
5 3 (9.38%) Linux/Unix DevOps
6 2 (6.25%) Azure Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Core Network Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Mobile Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Network Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Network Manager
6 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.13%) LDAP
2 1 (3.13%) OAuth
2 1 (3.13%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.13%) OpenID
2 1 (3.13%) SAML
2 1 (3.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (6.25%) Replication
4 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) PKI
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Linux
2 3 (9.38%) Windows
3 1 (3.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Network Architecture
2 9 (28.13%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure as Code
3 5 (15.63%) Security Hardening
4 4 (12.50%) DevOps
4 4 (12.50%) High Availability
5 3 (9.38%) CI/CD
5 3 (9.38%) Containerisation
5 3 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (9.38%) GitOps
5 3 (9.38%) RBAC
5 3 (9.38%) Task Automation
5 3 (9.38%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (6.25%) Problem Management
6 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.25%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.25%) Validation
6 2 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Bash
1 3 (9.38%) Perl
1 3 (9.38%) PowerShell
1 3 (9.38%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (65.63%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) CCNP
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.25%) CCIE
4 2 (6.25%) CCNA
5 1 (3.13%) CCSA
5 1 (3.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.13%) NCSC
1 1 (3.13%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Terraform
2 4 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (9.38%) Ansible
3 3 (9.38%) Grafana
3 3 (9.38%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Aruba
1 4 (12.50%) CheckPoint
1 4 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
1 4 (12.50%) F5
1 4 (12.50%) Infoblox
1 4 (12.50%) Ruckus Wireless
1 4 (12.50%) Zscaler
2 3 (9.38%) Cisco
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) VMware
3 2 (6.25%) Meraki
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) Sophos
4 1 (3.13%) Citrix
4 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds