Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
England > East of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring NGFW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NGFW over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 122 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NGFW | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England | - | - | 0.050% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £550 |
| England median daily rate | £490 | £425 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.29% | -17.07% | -5.09% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England
NGFW 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 | 242 | 275 | 358 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England | 24.67% | 14.53% | 18.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 143 | 127 | 203 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £199 | £210 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £261 | £330 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £490 | £420 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -11.58% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £544 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £613 | £580 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £495 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.01% | -5.71% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 103 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.16 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £15.66 | £16.30 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.75 | £21.46 | £51.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +150.47% | -58.13% | +228.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80.76 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.55 | - | £66.88 |
| England median hourly rate | £28.00 | £40.00 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +122.22% | -24.72% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NGFW 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 NGFW in the East of England.