Firewall Contracts in England

Firewall
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 50 57 86
Rank change year-on-year +7 +29 -1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1,408 1,954 2,102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.82% 3.91% 2.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.68% 31.92% 26.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 880 1,393 1,453
10th Percentile £300 £310 £306
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £613
90th Percentile £775 £715 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 49 37
10th Percentile £16.00 £20.70 £12.70
25th Percentile £23.92 £40.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% +117.54% +18.75%
75th Percentile £85.99 £70.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £87.51 £81.00 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -0.81% +39.33% +93.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,910 6,122 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 12.24% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,964 4,025 5,192
10th Percentile £206 £240 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 435 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £16.93 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
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 within the 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
London +6 559 £525 -12.50% 194
South East +12 312 £500 - 152
North of England -3 167 £515 +12.61% 143
South West +8 161 £500 - 95
Midlands -1 125 £490 -2.10% 121
North West -3 106 £700 +55.56% 77
West Midlands +3 98 £475 +3.83% 67
East of England -15 56 £475 +8.57% 58
Yorkshire -15 50 £483 -3.50% 50
East Midlands -9 25 £500 -5.53% 54
North East +22 11 £375 +30.43% 18
Firewall
UK

Firewall
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:

Application Platforms
1 107 (7.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 59 (4.19%) Confluence
4 35 (2.49%) SharePoint Server
5 17 (1.21%) nginx
6 11 (0.78%) Apache
7 10 (0.71%) IIS
8 6 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.43%) JBoss
8 6 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.28%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.21%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
11 3 (0.21%) WordPress
12 2 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.14%) CMS
13 1 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.071%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 38 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.071%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
1 6 (0.43%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.28%) Shopify
3 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.071%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.071%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.071%) Endur
5 1 (0.071%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
5 1 (0.071%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 367 (26.07%) Azure
2 171 (12.14%) AWS
3 150 (10.65%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (6.39%) Entra ID
5 58 (4.12%) GCP
6 56 (3.98%) IaaS
7 43 (3.05%) SaaS
8 39 (2.77%) PaaS
9 35 (2.49%) Azure Stack
10 33 (2.34%) GitHub
11 28 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
12 26 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
13 23 (1.63%) OCI
14 22 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.49%) Power Platform
16 19 (1.35%) Azure Storage
16 19 (1.35%) Mimecast
16 19 (1.35%) Serverless
17 15 (1.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 335 (23.79%) VPN
2 248 (17.61%) WAN
3 240 (17.05%) DNS
4 234 (16.62%) LAN
5 209 (14.84%) Network Security
6 184 (13.07%) BGP
7 146 (10.37%) DHCP
8 128 (9.09%) OSPF
9 122 (8.66%) Cisco ASA
10 113 (8.03%) Wireless
11 101 (7.17%) MPLS
12 99 (7.03%) TCP/IP
13 91 (6.46%) IPsec
14 90 (6.39%) Wi-Fi
15 86 (6.11%) Cisco Nexus
16 84 (5.97%) SD-WAN
17 73 (5.18%) SAN
18 71 (5.04%) Cisco ISE
19 68 (4.83%) VLAN
20 58 (4.12%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.55%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (0.78%) Power BI
4 10 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (0.71%) MySQL
4 10 (0.71%) NoSQL
5 8 (0.57%) RDBMS
5 8 (0.57%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Database 11g
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.21%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.21%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (5.18%) JIRA
2 51 (3.62%) Git
3 39 (2.77%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.14%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.99%) GitLab
5 14 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (0.64%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.43%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.43%) Travis CI
8 4 (0.28%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.21%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.14%) Postman
10 2 (0.14%) Subversion
10 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.071%) IDA Disassembler
11 1 (0.071%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.071%) Maven
11 1 (0.071%) MSI
General
1 285 (20.24%) Social Skills
2 188 (13.35%) Finance
3 136 (9.66%) Public Sector
4 84 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (5.40%) Banking
6 49 (3.48%) Telecoms
7 34 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 32 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (2.20%) Legal
9 31 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (1.14%) Investment Banking
11 16 (1.14%) Marketing
11 16 (1.14%) Retail
12 12 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 11 (0.78%) Electronics
14 10 (0.71%) Military
15 9 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (0.57%) German Language
16 8 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 467 (33.17%) Network Engineer
2 235 (16.69%) Architect
3 147 (10.44%) Senior
4 121 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 89 (6.32%) Analyst
6 78 (5.54%) Security Architect
7 74 (5.26%) Security Engineer
8 68 (4.83%) Senior Network Engineer
8 68 (4.83%) Support Engineer
9 66 (4.69%) Lead
10 60 (4.26%) Cisco Engineer
10 60 (4.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 60 (4.26%) Technical Architect
11 48 (3.41%) Network Architect
12 39 (2.77%) Azure Engineer
12 39 (2.77%) Consultant
12 39 (2.77%) Network Specialist
13 38 (2.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 37 (2.63%) Network Security Engineer
14 37 (2.63%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.12%) Node.js
2 33 (2.34%) LDAP
3 31 (2.20%) JSON
4 23 (1.63%) ARM Templates
4 23 (1.63%) XML
5 19 (1.35%) YAML
6 18 (1.28%) React
7 17 (1.21%) HTML
8 16 (1.14%) 802.1X
8 16 (1.14%) SAML
9 15 (1.07%) CSS
9 15 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (0.99%) Jinja
11 13 (0.92%) Web Services
12 11 (0.78%) Middleware
12 11 (0.78%) NETCONF
12 11 (0.78%) YANG
13 10 (0.71%) RESTful
14 8 (0.57%) .NET
15 7 (0.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 179 (12.71%) Data Centre
2 102 (7.24%) PKI
3 60 (4.26%) Private Cloud
4 52 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (3.13%) Public Cloud
6 40 (2.84%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
8 30 (2.13%) Security Posture
9 26 (1.85%) Clustering
10 22 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 22 (1.56%) Product Ownership
11 20 (1.42%) Replication
11 20 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 19 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (1.07%) NHS
14 15 (1.07%) Onboarding
14 15 (1.07%) Operational Technology
15 13 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 395 (28.05%) Windows
2 230 (16.34%) Windows Server
3 177 (12.57%) Linux
4 73 (5.18%) Windows 10
5 65 (4.62%) Unix
5 65 (4.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 58 (4.12%) Windows Server 2012
7 56 (3.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 54 (3.84%) Android
9 52 (3.69%) Apple iOS
10 24 (1.70%) Mac OS
11 21 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 18 (1.28%) Windows XP
13 17 (1.21%) VMS
14 15 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (0.92%) Mac OS X
16 10 (0.71%) Solaris
16 10 (0.71%) Ubuntu
16 10 (0.71%) Windows 7
17 8 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (14.77%) DevOps
2 182 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (12.29%) ITIL
4 165 (11.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 163 (11.58%) Cybersecurity
6 148 (10.51%) Agile
7 139 (9.87%) CI/CD
8 128 (9.09%) Migration
9 111 (7.88%) Security Architecture
10 110 (7.81%) Infrastructure as Code
11 108 (7.67%) SIEM
12 97 (6.89%) Load Balancing
13 93 (6.61%) Change Management
14 89 (6.32%) Network Design
15 87 (6.18%) Cloud Security
16 86 (6.11%) Disaster Recovery
17 81 (5.75%) Risk Management
17 81 (5.75%) Service Management
18 75 (5.33%) Mobile Device Management
18 75 (5.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 143 (10.16%) PowerShell
2 123 (8.74%) Python
3 55 (3.91%) SQL
4 34 (2.41%) Bash
5 33 (2.34%) Java
6 26 (1.85%) VBScript
7 25 (1.78%) C#
8 22 (1.56%) Bicep
9 18 (1.28%) Go
9 18 (1.28%) Perl
10 17 (1.21%) JavaScript
10 17 (1.21%) VB
11 15 (1.07%) TypeScript
12 14 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.85%) Tcl
14 9 (0.64%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.43%) Ruby
16 4 (0.28%) C
16 4 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
17 3 (0.21%) Scala
Qualifications
1 496 (35.23%) Security Cleared
2 254 (18.04%) SC Cleared
3 228 (16.19%) DV Cleared
4 212 (15.06%) Cisco Certification
5 170 (12.07%) CCNP
6 130 (9.23%) Degree
7 118 (8.38%) CCNA
8 38 (2.70%) CCIE
9 30 (2.13%) CISSP
10 26 (1.85%) Azure Certification
10 26 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.35%) CISM
13 17 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 16 (1.14%) AWS Certification
15 12 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.71%) JNCIA
17 9 (0.64%) GIAC
17 9 (0.64%) Network+ Certification
18 8 (0.57%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (3.41%) NIST
3 45 (3.20%) GDPR
4 37 (2.63%) SLA
5 35 (2.49%) Government Security Classifications
6 23 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.63%) QA
7 19 (1.35%) HIPAA
8 16 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 12 (0.85%) NCSC
10 11 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 10 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 9 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.21%) GPG13
13 3 (0.21%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.14%) COBIT
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 1 (0.071%) Data Quality
System Software
1 234 (16.62%) Active Directory
2 152 (10.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (4.12%) Hyper-V
4 57 (4.05%) Virtual Machines
5 46 (3.27%) VMware NSX
6 42 (2.98%) Docker
7 38 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
8 37 (2.63%) vSphere
9 29 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
10 28 (1.99%) Firmware
11 18 (1.28%) XenApp
12 13 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.36%) Samba
14 4 (0.28%) ProxySG
14 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 3 (0.21%) Ceph
15 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.21%) NFS
Systems Management
1 104 (7.39%) Ansible
1 104 (7.39%) SCCM
2 102 (7.24%) Terraform
3 74 (5.26%) FortiGate
4 70 (4.97%) Kubernetes
5 67 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 61 (4.33%) SCOM
7 43 (3.05%) vCenter Server
8 39 (2.77%) WSUS
9 24 (1.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
11 19 (1.35%) Nessus
11 19 (1.35%) Puppet
12 17 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
13 16 (1.14%) Grafana
13 16 (1.14%) NetBackup
14 13 (0.92%) Progress Chef
14 13 (0.92%) Tivoli
15 11 (0.78%) Kibana
15 11 (0.78%) Netcool
Vendors
1 519 (36.86%) Cisco
2 305 (21.66%) Microsoft
3 231 (16.41%) Palo Alto
4 210 (14.91%) VMware
5 162 (11.51%) Fortinet
6 161 (11.43%) Juniper
7 150 (10.65%) F5
8 120 (8.52%) CheckPoint
9 88 (6.25%) SolarWinds
10 77 (5.47%) Dell
11 68 (4.83%) Citrix
12 50 (3.55%) HP
13 48 (3.41%) Oracle
14 41 (2.91%) Splunk
15 39 (2.77%) EMC
16 37 (2.63%) Atlassian
16 37 (2.63%) Meraki
17 36 (2.56%) CA
17 36 (2.56%) ServiceNow
18 35 (2.49%) Aruba