Firewall Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Firewall
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 42 50
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 +30
Contract jobs citing Firewall 26 39 36
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.28% 4.79% 3.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 45.61% 41.49% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 20 20
10th Percentile £413 £348 £334
25th Percentile £422 £409 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £513 £569 £551
90th Percentile £634 £622 £689
Scotland median daily rate £500 £500 £528
% change year-on-year - -5.21% +2.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 57 94 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 9.38% 11.55% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 54 70
10th Percentile £376 £179 £137
25th Percentile £416 £213 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £281 £400
Median % change year-on-year +66.68% -29.70% -16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £531 £538
90th Percentile £554 £619 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.00 -
Median hourly rate £17.30 £14.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.31% - -
75th Percentile - £31.13 -
90th Percentile £51.92 £57.45 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.30 £16.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +4.85% -70.00% +162.84%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Edinburgh

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (15.38%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 11 (42.31%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) AWS
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (15.38%) GCP
4 4 (15.38%) OCI
5 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) VPN
2 7 (26.92%) Network Security
3 6 (23.08%) Unified Communications
4 4 (15.38%) LAN
5 3 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (11.54%) IPsec
5 3 (11.54%) SD-WAN
5 3 (11.54%) VoIP
5 3 (11.54%) WAN
5 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (3.85%) DHCP
7 1 (3.85%) DNS
7 1 (3.85%) IP Telephony
7 1 (3.85%) SSL
7 1 (3.85%) VLAN
7 1 (3.85%) Wireless
7 1 (3.85%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
2 6 (23.08%) Legal
2 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Banking
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
4 4 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Retail
5 3 (11.54%) Retail Banking
6 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Local Government
7 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Implementation Specialist
4 3 (11.54%) Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Field Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Implementation Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Implementation Project Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Lead
4 3 (11.54%) Network Field Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Project Implementation Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Network Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.85%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) PKI
2 4 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
4 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (3.85%) PropTech
5 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 8 (30.77%) Linux
3 6 (23.08%) Unix
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (34.62%) Incident Response
3 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 7 (26.92%) SIEM
4 6 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 6 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (23.08%) ITIL
4 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
5 5 (19.23%) Incident Management
5 5 (19.23%) Migration
5 5 (19.23%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (19.23%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (15.38%) Dependency Management
6 4 (15.38%) High Availability
6 4 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (15.38%) Platform Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (23.08%) CCNA
3 5 (19.23%) CISSP
3 5 (19.23%) Degree
4 4 (15.38%) CCNP
5 3 (11.54%) AWS Certification
5 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
5 3 (11.54%) CCIE
5 3 (11.54%) CCIE Collaboration
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.69%) CISM
7 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.85%) CRISC
7 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.85%) MCSE
7 1 (3.85%) RHCE
7 1 (3.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) COBIT
2 4 (15.38%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Docker
2 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Ansible
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (15.38%) Terraform
2 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (3.85%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) F5
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 5 (19.23%) Oracle
4 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
4 4 (15.38%) Dell
4 4 (15.38%) Dynatrace
4 4 (15.38%) HP
5 3 (11.54%) Palo Alto
6 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.85%) Citrix
7 1 (3.85%) McAfee
7 1 (3.85%) Qualys
7 1 (3.85%) SAP
7 1 (3.85%) Veeam
7 1 (3.85%) VMware