Firewall Specialist Contracts in England

Firewall Specialist
UK > England

The median Firewall Specialist daily rate in England is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 655 776
Rank change year-on-year +113 +121 -174
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Specialist 1 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.003% 0.006% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.006% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £506 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £538 £363
Median % change year-on-year +67.44% +48.28% -14.71%
75th Percentile - £569 £394
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £900 £538 £363
% change year-on-year +67.44% +48.28% -14.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Firewall Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Firewall Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall Specialist in England

Firewall Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Firewall Specialist in England

Firewall Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall Specialist in England.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall Specialist in England

Firewall Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
London - 1 £900 -
Firewall Specialist
UK

Firewall Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Firewall Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Firewall Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code

Firewall Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto