Firewall Contracts in Dorset

Firewall
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 10 20
Rank change year-on-year -15 +10 -4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 3 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 1.83% 11.79% 7.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 48.08% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 4
10th Percentile £408 £450 £236
25th Percentile £420 £453 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +15.63% -
75th Percentile £483 £538 £417
90th Percentile £489 - £429
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 7
10th Percentile - £51.37 £42.65
25th Percentile - £59.34 £44.98
Median hourly rate - £62.28 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year - +28.46% -
75th Percentile - £63.23 £56.19
90th Percentile - £67.06 £60.92
South West median hourly rate £46.39 £62.89 £50.50
% change year-on-year -26.24% +24.53% +8.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 52 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 14.63% 24.53% 15.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 29 14
10th Percentile £486 £242 £176
25th Percentile £525 £450 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +15.15% -2.94%
75th Percentile £769 £575 £494
90th Percentile - £617 £619
South West median daily rate £538 £518 £450
% change year-on-year +3.86% +15.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 13
10th Percentile - £19.36 £42.51
25th Percentile £56.49 £51.37 £46.71
Median hourly rate £63.58 £57.33 £50.20
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% +14.20% +151.00%
75th Percentile £70.66 £62.00 £55.65
90th Percentile - £63.23 £60.08
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.67
% change year-on-year +308.16% -80.66% +8.96%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Dorset

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Dorset

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (33.33%) MQSeries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
1 1 (33.33%) 5G
1 1 (33.33%) FTP
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) HTTPS
1 1 (33.33%) IPsec
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) tcpdump
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Communications Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) System Verification Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Unix Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Unix Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Samba
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Check_MK
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) Sophos
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk