Firewall Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Firewall
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 11.11% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 60.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £270 - -
25th Percentile £291 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £406 - -
90th Percentile £425 - -
Surrey median daily rate £488 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +27.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Guildford

Firewall 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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 18.52% 28.00% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile £217 - £188
25th Percentile £242 £70 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £150 £200
Median % change year-on-year +104.17% -25.00% -38.41%
75th Percentile £391 £373 £225
90th Percentile £419 £597 £240
Surrey median daily rate £261 £444 £340
% change year-on-year -41.13% +30.51% +6.25%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Guildford

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Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Firewall

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Daily Rate Histogram in Guildford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Guildford over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Guildford

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Firewall

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Network Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Network Services Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Aruba
1 2 (66.67%) Mitel
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk