Firewall Architect Contract Job Trends in Harlow

Firewall Architect
Essex > Harlow

The median Firewall Architect daily rate in Harlow 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 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Harlow 9.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Harlow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Harlow. 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 Harlow with a recognized job title 21 3 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £238 - -
25th Percentile £288 £325 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £330 £725
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -54.48% +31.82%
75th Percentile £550 £335 £738
90th Percentile £613 - -
Essex median daily rate £450 £400 £388
% change year-on-year +12.50% +3.23% -22.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.73 £31.33 £59.50
% change year-on-year -43.42% -47.35% +36.37%

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

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 Harlow 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 Harlow 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