Firewall Contracts in Cardiff

Firewall
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 20 24 29
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 +12
Contract jobs citing Firewall 10 11 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.25% 5.19% 5.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 45.45% 47.83% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 16
10th Percentile £330 £205 £344
25th Percentile £363 £220 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +35.29% -5.78%
75th Percentile £466 £667 £500
90th Percentile £475 £671 £606
South Wales median daily rate £365 £365 £475
% change year-on-year - -23.16% +4.63%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 23 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 13.75% 10.85% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 26
10th Percentile £206 £182 £188
25th Percentile £213 £199 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £220 £431
Median % change year-on-year +93.18% -48.99% +1.47%
75th Percentile £458 £588 £575
90th Percentile £475 £667 £625
South Wales median daily rate £313 £220 £513
% change year-on-year +42.05% -57.07% +13.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

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

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (40.00%) Wireless
4 3 (30.00%) BGP
4 3 (30.00%) DHCP
4 3 (30.00%) DNS
4 3 (30.00%) OSPF
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) IPv4
6 1 (10.00%) Network Security
6 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (10.00%) VLAN
6 1 (10.00%) VoIP
6 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 5 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Firewall Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) NHS
2 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) CCNP
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (50.00%) CCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Ekahau
2 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (20.00%) Sophos
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Aerohive Networks
4 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (10.00%) Splunk