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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 44 58
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -24
Contract jobs citing Firewall 76 55 46
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.47% 4.33% 2.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.76% 21.40% 18.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 29 27
10th Percentile £458 £310 £197
25th Percentile £501 £363 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £574
90th Percentile - £705 £584
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
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 £68.25 £25.72
90th Percentile £67.13 £90.60 £27.54
England median hourly rate £65.57 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +118.57% +9.09% -58.32%

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 284 257 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.96% 20.22% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 115 120
10th Percentile £303 £225 £206
25th Percentile £405 £363 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +31.25% -14.21%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £678 £581
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 71 76
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.32
25th Percentile £16.50 £32.74 £16.30
Median hourly rate £61.76 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% +85.71% -46.15%
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £88.00 -
England median hourly rate £27.94 £44.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.50% -20.00% +7.52%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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
Hertfordshire -10 25 £600 +9.09% 10
Essex -4 19 £530 +60.61% 4
Suffolk +2 15 £525 +28.05% 2
Cambridgeshire -1 8 £535 -2.73% 8
Bedfordshire 0 6 £518 +7.25% 4
Norfolk - 2 £425 - 1
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 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.32%) Confluence
2 1 (1.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.26%) Azure
2 14 (18.42%) Entra ID
2 14 (18.42%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (17.11%) GCP
4 11 (14.47%) AWS
5 6 (7.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (6.58%) Mimecast
7 4 (5.26%) SaaS
8 3 (3.95%) Azure AKS
8 3 (3.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.95%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (3.95%) Serverless
9 2 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.63%) Amazon S3
9 2 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (2.63%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (2.63%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (2.63%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 30 (39.47%) VPN
2 23 (30.26%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (26.32%) Network Security
4 17 (22.37%) WAN
5 14 (18.42%) IPsec
6 13 (17.11%) LAN
7 12 (15.79%) DNS
8 9 (11.84%) VLAN
9 7 (9.21%) Broadband
10 5 (6.58%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (6.58%) MPLS
10 5 (6.58%) NAS
10 5 (6.58%) SAN
10 5 (6.58%) Wireless
11 4 (5.26%) BGP
11 4 (5.26%) TCP/IP
12 3 (3.95%) 4G
12 3 (3.95%) DHCP
12 3 (3.95%) SSL
13 2 (2.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.16%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.32%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) JIRA
2 3 (3.95%) Git
2 3 (3.95%) GitLab
2 3 (3.95%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.16%) Finance
3 9 (11.84%) Manufacturing
4 8 (10.53%) Banking
5 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Automotive
6 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Electronics
7 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.32%) Retail
7 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (17.11%) Network Engineer
1 13 (17.11%) Senior
2 10 (13.16%) Software Engineer
3 9 (11.84%) Designer
3 9 (11.84%) Network Designer
4 8 (10.53%) Developer
4 8 (10.53%) IT Support
4 8 (10.53%) Java Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Java Software Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Backend Developer
5 7 (9.21%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Java Developer
5 7 (9.21%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 7 (9.21%) Software Developer
6 6 (7.89%) Architect
6 6 (7.89%) AWS Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) IAM Developer
6 6 (7.89%) Java Software Developer
7 5 (6.58%) Backup Specialist
7 5 (6.58%) Senior Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.63%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.63%) CSS
2 2 (2.63%) HTML
2 2 (2.63%) OAuth
2 2 (2.63%) React
3 1 (1.32%) LDAP
3 1 (1.32%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.32%) OpenID
3 1 (1.32%) REST
3 1 (1.32%) SAML
3 1 (1.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Operational Technology
2 8 (10.53%) IoT
3 7 (9.21%) Driving Licence
4 6 (7.89%) SCADA
5 5 (6.58%) Replication
6 3 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (3.95%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.95%) PKI
6 3 (3.95%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.32%) Clustering
8 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.32%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.32%) PMI
8 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (31.58%) Windows
2 18 (23.68%) Windows Server
3 16 (21.05%) Linux
4 8 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (7.89%) CentOS
5 6 (7.89%) Rocky
6 5 (6.58%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.63%) Check Point GAiA
7 2 (2.63%) Unix
8 1 (1.32%) Android
8 1 (1.32%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (1.32%) VMS
8 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (34.21%) DevOps
2 24 (31.58%) Load Balancing
3 18 (23.68%) CI/CD
4 16 (21.05%) Agile
4 16 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (17.11%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (15.79%) Identity Management
6 12 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (15.79%) Software Engineering
7 10 (13.16%) ITIL
8 8 (10.53%) Customer Experience
8 8 (10.53%) SIEM
8 8 (10.53%) Web Development
9 7 (9.21%) Customer Requirements
9 7 (9.21%) Migration
9 7 (9.21%) Proactive Monitoring
10 6 (7.89%) Incident Response
11 5 (6.58%) Antivirus Management
11 5 (6.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.74%) PowerShell
2 10 (13.16%) Java
3 6 (7.89%) Python
4 4 (5.26%) Bash
5 2 (2.63%) Groovy
5 2 (2.63%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.47%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (13.16%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.21%) CCNP
5 6 (7.89%) CCNA
6 4 (5.26%) Degree
7 3 (3.95%) CCSP
7 3 (3.95%) CISSP
7 3 (3.95%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.63%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.63%) CISM
8 2 (2.63%) MCSE
8 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.32%) CCIE
9 1 (1.32%) CRISC
9 1 (1.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.58%) GDPR
3 3 (3.95%) ISA99
3 3 (3.95%) NCSC
3 3 (3.95%) NIST
3 3 (3.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.63%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.32%) GxP
5 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (35.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.63%) Squid
3 2 (2.63%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.63%) vSphere
4 1 (1.32%) Docker
4 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) Ansible
2 6 (7.89%) NetBackup
3 5 (6.58%) Terraform
4 3 (3.95%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.32%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.32%) Packer
6 1 (1.32%) Puppet
6 1 (1.32%) SCCM
6 1 (1.32%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 15 (19.74%) Cisco
3 12 (15.79%) VMware
4 7 (9.21%) NetApp
5 6 (7.89%) Veeam
6 5 (6.58%) Adobe
6 5 (6.58%) Google
6 5 (6.58%) Meraki
6 5 (6.58%) Palo Alto
6 5 (6.58%) ServiceNow
6 5 (6.58%) Sophos
6 5 (6.58%) Synology
6 5 (6.58%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (5.26%) CheckPoint
8 3 (3.95%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.95%) Qualys
8 3 (3.95%) Rockwell
9 2 (2.63%) F5
9 2 (2.63%) PagerDuty
9 2 (2.63%) Trend Micro