The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham 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
10
33
30
Rank change year-on-year
+23
-3
-10
Contract jobs citing Firewall
13
1
5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham
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 Cheltenham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
22
24
12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham
35.48%
12.90%
7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted
20
15
7
10th Percentile
£524
£367
£335
25th Percentile
£547
£475
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£548
£550
£650
Median % change year-on-year
-0.36%
-15.38%
+15.56%
75th Percentile
£623
£575
£700
90th Percentile
-
£725
-
Gloucestershire median daily rate
£548
£575
£460
% change year-on-year
-4.70%
+25.00%
+2.22%
Firewall Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Firewall Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Cheltenham.
Firewall Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Firewall Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Cheltenham.
Firewall Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region with a requirement for Firewall.
Firewall Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:
