NGFW Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring NGFW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NGFW 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.097% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.79% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £488 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -2.50% -16.67% +23.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

NGFW 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 56 71 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 5.44% 12.63% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 83
10th Percentile £278 £150 £260
25th Percentile £453 £333 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £488 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.10% -18.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile £572 £565 £684
90th Percentile £575 £591 £709
South West median daily rate £540 £535 £540
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.93% +9.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 11
10th Percentile £15.62 - £58.75
25th Percentile £34.84 - £68.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £75.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +665.31%
75th Percentile - - £82.00
90th Percentile - - £90.00
South West median hourly rate £41.52 £75.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -44.64% +32.77% +476.43%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in Bristol

NGFW
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing NGFW.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing NGFW

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto