Firewall Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Firewall
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 38 64
Rank change year-on-year -7 +26 -28
Contract jobs citing Firewall 72 52 50
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.23% 4.97% 2.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.38% 20.88% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 27 33
10th Percentile £354 £308 £203
25th Percentile £454 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +9.47% +2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £596 £680 £596
England median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £61.88 - £16.01
25th Percentile £62.81 £29.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £21.63
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% +38.73% -70.17%
75th Percentile £66.56 £52.38 £25.72
90th Percentile £67.13 £65.20 £27.54
England median hourly rate £56.00 £30.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +86.67% -50.00% -4.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 263 249 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 11.79% 23.80% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 133 134
10th Percentile £201 £225 £200
25th Percentile £356 £363 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £551
90th Percentile £600 £613 £575
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.92% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 57 104
10th Percentile £16.33 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.75 £16.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £61.76 £62.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £68.75 £81.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £88.00 -
England median hourly rate £29.52 £40.50 £45.44
% change year-on-year -27.11% -10.87% +142.80%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in the East of England

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the East of England

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Firewall

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Suffolk +5 15 £525 +28.05% 2
Essex -8 14 £505 +53.03% 6
Hertfordshire -21 14 £563 +7.14% 19
Cambridgeshire +6 13 £478 -13.18% 7
Norfolk - 8 £400 - 5
Bedfordshire -10 7 £475 -12.24% 5
East Anglia - 1 £470 - 3
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.17%) Apache
1 3 (4.17%) IIS
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.56%) Azure
2 13 (18.06%) AWS
3 12 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 10 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (11.11%) GCP
6 6 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (5.56%) SaaS
8 3 (4.17%) Azure AKS
8 3 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (4.17%) Route 53
8 3 (4.17%) Serverless
9 2 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (2.78%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.78%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (2.78%) Datadog
9 2 (2.78%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (36.11%) VPN
2 22 (30.56%) Network Security
3 20 (27.78%) WAN
4 18 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (23.61%) LAN
6 14 (19.44%) IPsec
7 8 (11.11%) DNS
8 7 (9.72%) Broadband
9 6 (8.33%) Wireless
10 5 (6.94%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (6.94%) MPLS
10 5 (6.94%) VLAN
11 4 (5.56%) BGP
12 3 (4.17%) 4G
12 3 (4.17%) SSL
12 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
12 3 (4.17%) WLAN
13 2 (2.78%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 2 (2.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 2 (2.78%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JIRA
2 3 (4.17%) GitLab
2 3 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.78%) Git
General
1 18 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (8.33%) Finance
2 6 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 4 (5.56%) Banking
4 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.39%) Automotive
5 1 (1.39%) Back Office
5 1 (1.39%) Electronics
5 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (29.17%) Network Engineer
2 10 (13.89%) IT Support
3 9 (12.50%) Designer
3 9 (12.50%) Network Designer
4 8 (11.11%) Architect
5 7 (9.72%) Senior
6 6 (8.33%) AWS Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Consultant
7 5 (6.94%) Developer
7 5 (6.94%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Backend Developer
8 4 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Java Developer
8 4 (5.56%) Java Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Java Software Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Network Architect
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.78%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.78%) CSS
2 2 (2.78%) HTML
2 2 (2.78%) React
3 1 (1.39%) LDAP
3 1 (1.39%) OAuth
3 1 (1.39%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.39%) OpenID
3 1 (1.39%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) SAML
3 1 (1.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) IoT
1 8 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 7 (9.72%) Driving Licence
3 6 (8.33%) SCADA
4 4 (5.56%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (4.17%) PKI
5 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.39%) Clustering
7 1 (1.39%) CSOC
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.39%) Cybercrime
7 1 (1.39%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.39%) NHS
7 1 (1.39%) PMI
7 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (23.61%) Windows
2 16 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 12 (16.67%) Linux
4 3 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.78%) Check Point GAiA
5 2 (2.78%) Unix
6 1 (1.39%) Android
6 1 (1.39%) CentOS
6 1 (1.39%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (1.39%) Rocky
6 1 (1.39%) VMS
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.17%) DevOps
2 18 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 13 (18.06%) Agile
3 13 (18.06%) CI/CD
3 13 (18.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (16.67%) ITIL
5 10 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (11.11%) Customer Experience
6 8 (11.11%) SIEM
7 7 (9.72%) Customer Requirements
7 7 (9.72%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (9.72%) Identity Management
7 7 (9.72%) Migration
7 7 (9.72%) Proactive Monitoring
7 7 (9.72%) Software Engineering
8 6 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (8.33%) Incident Response
9 5 (6.94%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (6.94%) Zero Trust
10 4 (5.56%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.94%) Java
2 5 (6.94%) Python
3 3 (4.17%) Bash
4 2 (2.78%) Groovy
4 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.28%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.72%) CCNP
5 6 (8.33%) CCNA
6 4 (5.56%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.17%) CCSP
7 3 (4.17%) CISSP
7 3 (4.17%) Degree
7 3 (4.17%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.78%) CISM
9 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.39%) CCIE
9 1 (1.39%) CCSE
9 1 (1.39%) MCSE
9 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.94%) GDPR
3 4 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (4.17%) ISA99
4 3 (4.17%) NIST
4 3 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.78%) NCSC
5 2 (2.78%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.39%) GxP
6 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 12 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.78%) Squid
3 2 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (2.78%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.78%) vSphere
4 1 (1.39%) Docker
4 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (8.33%) Ansible
2 5 (6.94%) Terraform
3 4 (5.56%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.39%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.39%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.39%) Packer
5 1 (1.39%) Puppet
5 1 (1.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (30.56%) Cisco
2 21 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 14 (19.44%) VMware
4 10 (13.89%) Palo Alto
5 7 (9.72%) ServiceNow
6 5 (6.94%) CheckPoint
7 4 (5.56%) Google
7 4 (5.56%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.17%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (4.17%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.17%) Qualys
8 3 (4.17%) Rockwell
9 2 (2.78%) F5
9 2 (2.78%) NetApp
9 2 (2.78%) PagerDuty
9 2 (2.78%) Trend Micro
9 2 (2.78%) Veeam
10 1 (1.39%) Apple
10 1 (1.39%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.39%) Siemens