Firewall Engineer Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Firewall Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Firewall Engineer daily rate in Gloucestershire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
South West median daily rate £550 - £535
% change year-on-year - - +8.35%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 291 256 382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.61% 93.43% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 201 245
10th Percentile £227 £178 £300
25th Percentile £380 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £688
90th Percentile £677 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 12 47
10th Percentile £12.43 £26.66 £15.65
25th Percentile £31.50 £47.43 £21.00
Median hourly rate £33.17 £66.25 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -49.93% +35.98% -30.40%
75th Percentile £53.30 £69.06 £68.75
90th Percentile £71.32 £74.50 £74.25
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.29
% change year-on-year -11.54% +34.60% -25.71%

Firewall Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Firewall Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Firewall Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Gloucester - 1 £550 -
Firewall Engineer
South West

Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Firewall Engineer 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Firewall Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable