Firewall Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 32 38
Rank change year-on-year +21 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 34 18 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 11.11% 4.25% 4.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 73.91% 30.51% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 23
10th Percentile £375 £368 £426
25th Percentile £438 £433 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% -3.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £653
90th Percentile £542 - £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.46% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.20 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.49 £83.77 £62.55
% change year-on-year -71.96% +33.92% +212.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 46 59 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 15.03% 13.92% 13.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 46 89
10th Percentile £375 £338 £410
25th Percentile £475 £412 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £518 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -0.38% -0.38%
75th Percentile £540 £550 £588
90th Percentile £564 £588 £650
South East median daily rate £495 £500 £468
% change year-on-year -1.00% +6.84% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £14.20 £20.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.88% +6.58% +46.15%
75th Percentile - £22.52 £19.50
90th Percentile - £22.55 -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% -0.26% +76.92%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +1 12 £553 +2.31% 8
Newport Pagnell - 8 - -
Iver - 5 £508 -
Marlow - 2 £400 - 1
Aylesbury - 1 £450 -
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 17 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (47.06%) IBM Domino
3 1 (2.94%) WinCC
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (14.71%) Google Workspace
3 2 (5.88%) Azure
4 1 (2.94%) AWS
4 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.94%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (23.53%) Internet
3 7 (20.59%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (17.65%) VLAN
4 6 (17.65%) Wireless
5 3 (8.82%) MPLS
5 3 (8.82%) Network Security
6 1 (2.94%) DNS
6 1 (2.94%) Modbus
6 1 (2.94%) NAS
6 1 (2.94%) Profibus
6 1 (2.94%) SAN
General
1 16 (47.06%) Games
2 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) Platform Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Help Desk Agent
2 6 (17.65%) Help Desk Support
3 5 (14.71%) IT Support
3 5 (14.71%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Siemens Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (70.59%) Windows
2 16 (47.06%) Android
2 16 (47.06%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.94%) Linux
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) E-Commerce
2 6 (17.65%) Network Segmentation
2 6 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
2 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.65%) Time Management
3 5 (14.71%) Content Management
3 5 (14.71%) Customer Service
3 5 (14.71%) Post-Production
3 5 (14.71%) Workflow
4 3 (8.82%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (8.82%) Project Delivery
5 2 (5.88%) Change Management
5 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (5.88%) Migration
5 2 (5.88%) Network Architecture
5 2 (5.88%) Security Operations
5 2 (5.88%) Validation
6 1 (2.94%) High Availability
6 1 (2.94%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (2.94%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
1 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
1 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 18 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (50.00%) SCCM
2 16 (47.06%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 19 (55.88%) Cisco
3 16 (47.06%) Meraki
3 16 (47.06%) Splunk
4 5 (14.71%) Google
5 3 (8.82%) VMware
6 2 (5.88%) Aruba
6 2 (5.88%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.94%) Citrix
7 1 (2.94%) Dell
7 1 (2.94%) F5
7 1 (2.94%) Isilon
7 1 (2.94%) NetApp
7 1 (2.94%) Rockwell
7 1 (2.94%) Siemens
7 1 (2.94%) Veeam