Firewall Contracts in Bristol

Firewall
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 63 65
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 -26
Contract jobs citing Firewall 36 38 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.42% 3.03% 2.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.84% 17.84% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 28 23
10th Percentile £333 £343 £409
25th Percentile £401 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.88%
75th Percentile £536 £678 £538
90th Percentile £659 £699 £620
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £46.39 £92.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.85% - -
South West median hourly rate £46.39 £62.89 £50.50
% change year-on-year -26.24% +24.53% +8.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 151 213 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 14.33% 16.97% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 97 104
10th Percentile £230 £200 £225
25th Percentile £355 £320 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £640 £600 £538
90th Percentile £688 £680 £600
South West median daily rate £535 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 87 1
10th Percentile £12.57 - -
25th Percentile £38.26 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £9.80 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +563.27% -44.00% -65.35%
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile £87.50 £65.00 -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
% change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +7.57%

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 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Bristol

Firewall
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

Firewall
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 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 18 (50.00%) Azure
2 9 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 9 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (19.44%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (13.89%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.78%) AWS
6 1 (2.78%) OCI
6 1 (2.78%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (36.11%) WAN
2 11 (30.56%) LAN
3 9 (25.00%) VPN
4 7 (19.44%) Network Security
5 6 (16.67%) FTP
5 6 (16.67%) SAN
6 5 (13.89%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (8.33%) DNS
7 3 (8.33%) Skype
7 3 (8.33%) Wireless
8 2 (5.56%) BGP
8 2 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (5.56%) DHCP
8 2 (5.56%) OSPF
8 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
8 2 (5.56%) SNMP
8 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.78%) 4G
9 1 (2.78%) IPsec
9 1 (2.78%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (13.89%) Power BI
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle APEX
General
1 8 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 7 (19.44%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Electronics
4 5 (13.89%) Finance
4 5 (13.89%) Marketing
4 5 (13.89%) Telecoms
5 4 (11.11%) Legal
5 4 (11.11%) Local Government
6 3 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Automation Test Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) IT Support
4 3 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Test Leader
5 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Test Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Test Automation Manager
5 2 (5.56%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 6 (16.67%) Replication
2 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.33%) NHS
2 3 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.78%) PKI
4 1 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Windows
2 10 (27.78%) VMS
3 7 (19.44%) Linux
3 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.33%) Unix
4 3 (8.33%) Windows 2000
4 3 (8.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) ITIL
2 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (19.44%) Containerisation
3 7 (19.44%) Migration
4 6 (16.67%) Change Management
5 5 (13.89%) Digital Marketing
5 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
6 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 3 (8.33%) Customer Service
7 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (8.33%) ITSM
7 3 (8.33%) Log Correlation
7 3 (8.33%) Security Architecture
7 3 (8.33%) Service Management
7 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.33%) Time Management
7 3 (8.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
2 4 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (8.33%) MCP
4 2 (5.56%) CCNP
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 9 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (16.67%) VMware NSX
4 2 (5.56%) vSphere
5 1 (2.78%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) vCenter Server
2 6 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (13.89%) Ansible
4 3 (8.33%) FortiGate
4 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (8.33%) SCCM
4 3 (8.33%) Terraform
5 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (52.78%) Cisco
2 13 (36.11%) VMware
3 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (19.44%) Palo Alto
5 6 (16.67%) CA
5 6 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 6 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 6 (16.67%) Veeam
6 5 (13.89%) Juniper
6 5 (13.89%) SAP
6 5 (13.89%) SolarWinds
7 4 (11.11%) Citrix
7 4 (11.11%) F5
8 2 (5.56%) Dell
9 1 (2.78%) Oracle
9 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow