Firewall
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 44 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +32 | -13 | -10 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Firewall | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 7.89% | 0.78% | 0.56% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 40.00% | 9.09% | 11.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £376 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £488 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £545 | £525 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.81% | +31.25% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £563 | £425 |
| 90th Percentile | £596 | - | - |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £545 | £625 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.80% | +42.05% | -7.37% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 15 | 22 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 19.74% | 8.56% | 5.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 12 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £467 | £409 | £331 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £511 | £359 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | +11.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £575 | £709 |
| 90th Percentile | £639 | - | £726 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +15.79% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £22.73 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £23.06 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £25.75 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £28.06 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £28.18 |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | - | £16.50 | £26.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -37.74% | -47.54% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Firewall.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Firewall.
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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: