NGFW Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring NGFW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NGFW 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.15% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 70 66 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.46% 10.71% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 32 43
10th Percentile £233 £193 £178
25th Percentile £408 £248 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £486 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.43% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £551 £646
90th Percentile £686 £599 £750
Scotland median daily rate £425 £425 £525
% change year-on-year - -19.05% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 14
10th Percentile - £17.30 £16.25
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.69
Median hourly rate £75.00 £22.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +240.91% +20.42% -50.12%
75th Percentile - £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile - £41.43 -
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £22.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year +240.91% -16.98% +76.67%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

NGFW
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing NGFW

NGFW
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCDP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler