Firewall Architect Contract Job Trends in Essex

Firewall Architect
East of England > Essex

The median Firewall Architect daily rate in Essex is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 320 100 124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 86.96% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 51 60
10th Percentile £294 £175 £210
25th Percentile £350 £225 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £388
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +3.23% -22.50%
75th Percentile £550 £487 £505
90th Percentile £600 £525 £578
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 20 35
10th Percentile £15.99 £13.25 £16.65
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.44 £29.00
Median hourly rate £17.73 £31.33 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.42% -47.35% +36.37%
75th Percentile £28.75 £72.38 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £79.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £41.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% +69.64%

Firewall Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Firewall Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Firewall Architect job vacancy trend in Essex

Firewall Architect
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Architect within the Essex region over the 6 months to 23 August 2026. 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
Harlow - 2 £550 -
Firewall Architect
East of England

Firewall Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 23 August 2026, Firewall Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Essex region featuring Firewall Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Deep Packet Inspection
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) NGFW
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VPN

Firewall Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Deep Packet Inspection
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Forcepoint