Firewall Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Firewall
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire citing Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 25 31
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 5 18 7
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.23% 4.80% 1.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 31.58% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 6
10th Percentile - £443 £414
25th Percentile - £490 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year - +2.13% +6.82%
75th Percentile - £713 £609
90th Percentile - £785 £688
East of England median daily rate £600 £483 £525
% change year-on-year +24.35% -8.10% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.63 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £14.89 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% - -
75th Percentile £15.16 £31.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £68.13 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +127.08% +50.00% -72.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in Cambridgeshire.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 45 57 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 11.08% 15.20% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 17
10th Percentile £410 £406 £268
25th Percentile £449 £443 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -8.70% +21.05%
75th Percentile £533 £625 £600
90th Percentile £721 £700 £648
East of England median daily rate £495 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +6.57% -2.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 5
10th Percentile £14.74 - -
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 -
Median hourly rate £26.44 £30.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% +39.79% +7.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £72.63 £78.75 £47.58
East of England median hourly rate £67.50 £49.75 £51.25
% change year-on-year +35.68% -2.93% -21.15%

Firewall Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Firewall Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Firewall

Firewall Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Firewall

Firewall Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough 0 3 - - 4
Cambridge -1 1 - - 5
Firewall
East of England

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Broadband40.0%2
1DHCP40.0%2
1DNS40.0%2
1Network Security40.0%2
1Softphone40.0%2
1VLAN40.0%2
1VoIP40.0%2
1Wi-Fi40.0%2