Firewall Contracts in the East of England

Firewall
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 42 64
Rank change year-on-year -15 +22 -4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 56 88 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.94% 4.33% 3.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.51% 24.24% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 58 62
10th Percentile £220 £233 £281
25th Percentile £363 £331 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £438
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £540
90th Percentile £600 £700 £587
England median daily rate £514 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -3.07% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £14.54 £14.21 -
25th Percentile £14.59 £14.53 £51.25
Median hourly rate £15.38 £15.57 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% -70.35% -
75th Percentile £16.34 £16.10 £53.75
90th Percentile £16.51 £16.12 -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £62.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -0.81% +117.54% +18.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 287 363 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.07% 17.86% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 203 269
10th Percentile £197 £206 £193
25th Percentile £258 £325 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% +22.74%
75th Percentile £494 £650 £500
90th Percentile £578 £700 £609
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 43 50
10th Percentile £14.16 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £52.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.12% +238.71% -15.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £20.63
90th Percentile - £74.35 £52.63
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the East of England

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the East of England

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 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the East of England

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 4 May 2024. 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
Essex +11 15 £534 +15.46% 6
Hertfordshire -37 14 £400 -15.79% 19
Suffolk +16 10 £475 -32.14% 1
Bedfordshire -2 10 £550 +12.82% 3
Cambridgeshire +5 4 £260 -32.47% 26
Norfolk +2 3 £193 +15.22% 3
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (3.57%) Confluence
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.29%) AWS
2 6 (10.71%) GitHub
3 4 (7.14%) Azure
4 2 (3.57%) Route 53
4 2 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.79%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 28 (50.00%) VPN
2 12 (21.43%) Network Security
3 10 (17.86%) 4G
3 10 (17.86%) 5G
3 10 (17.86%) Cisco ASA
3 10 (17.86%) LAN
4 8 (14.29%) WAN
5 7 (12.50%) SD-WAN
6 6 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (8.93%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (8.93%) WLAN
8 4 (7.14%) OSPF
9 3 (5.36%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (5.36%) TCP/IP
10 2 (3.57%) BGP
10 2 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (3.57%) DNS
10 2 (3.57%) Spanning Tree
10 2 (3.57%) VLAN
11 1 (1.79%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
1 2 (3.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.93%) Finance
3 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Automotive
4 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.79%) Digital Health
5 1 (1.79%) Marketing
5 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (26.79%) Network Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Architect
3 11 (19.64%) Senior
4 9 (16.07%) Full Stack Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) Java Engineer
6 7 (12.50%) Network Architect
7 6 (10.71%) Analyst
7 6 (10.71%) Senior Java Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Core Network Specialist
8 5 (8.93%) Design Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Developer
8 5 (8.93%) IP Design Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) IP Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) IP Network Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Mobile Specialist
8 5 (8.93%) Network Design Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Network Design Specialist
8 5 (8.93%) Network Specialist
8 5 (8.93%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.00%) CSS
1 14 (25.00%) HTML
1 14 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Operational Technology
2 3 (5.36%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.36%) Private Cloud
3 2 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.79%) NHS
4 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) Load Balancing
2 18 (32.14%) CI/CD
3 16 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (26.79%) DevOps
5 14 (25.00%) Agile
6 12 (21.43%) Full Stack Development
6 12 (21.43%) Identity Management
6 12 (21.43%) Software Engineering
7 10 (17.86%) Network Design
7 10 (17.86%) Network Virtualisation
8 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (8.93%) Edge Computing
10 5 (8.93%) Knowledge Transfer
11 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
11 4 (7.14%) Roadmaps
11 4 (7.14%) SIEM
11 4 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
12 3 (5.36%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (23.21%) Java
2 12 (21.43%) TypeScript
3 4 (7.14%) Python
4 1 (1.79%) Bicep
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.14%) AWS Certification
2 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) CCNA
3 3 (5.36%) CCNP
3 3 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.57%) Degree
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.79%) CISSP
5 1 (1.79%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.79%) GDPR
1 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.79%) NIST
1 1 (1.79%) QA
1 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Terraform
2 2 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.57%) SCCM
3 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.79%) Nessus
3 1 (1.79%) Nmap
3 1 (1.79%) QRadar
3 1 (1.79%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (57.14%) Cisco
2 15 (26.79%) Palo Alto
3 10 (17.86%) Juniper
4 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 6 (10.71%) Fortinet
5 6 (10.71%) Splunk
6 4 (7.14%) F5
7 3 (5.36%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.57%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.79%) Citrix
9 1 (1.79%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.79%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.79%) LogRhythm
9 1 (1.79%) VMware