Firewall Contracts in Hertfordshire

Firewall
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 25 42
Rank change year-on-year -32 +17 0
Contract jobs citing Firewall 13 54 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.51% 7.02% 3.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.30% 30.34% 20.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 34 22
10th Percentile £164 £252 -
25th Percentile £190 £273 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £434 £438
Median % change year-on-year -48.13% -0.86% -27.08%
75th Percentile £338 £580 £547
90th Percentile £475 £676 £623
East of England median daily rate £460 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -8.10% +14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £15.75 £44.32 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.46% -15.59% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 115 178 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 13.37% 23.15% 18.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 102 75
10th Percentile £232 £264 £220
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £510 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +27.50% -4.19%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £550
90th Percentile - £711 £620
East of England median daily rate £400 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 17 9
10th Percentile - £54.40 £39.55
25th Percentile £61.25 £60.00 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +177.78%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £70.75
90th Percentile - £73.75 -
East of England median hourly rate £21.46 £57.00 £15.63
% change year-on-year -62.35% +264.80% -13.84%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Hertfordshire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
Stevenage -36 5 - - 3
Hatfield -8 3 £180 -67.27%
Hemel Hempstead +9 2 £488 -24.27%
St Albans - 1 £250 -
Borehamwood - 1 £200 - 1
Firewall
East of England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) WAN
2 5 (38.46%) LAN
2 5 (38.46%) SD-WAN
2 5 (38.46%) WLAN
3 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (7.69%) DNS
4 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications
4 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
1 1 (7.69%) Marketing
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Network Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Domain Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Support
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Operational Technology
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 3 (23.08%) Private Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Edge Computing
2 5 (38.46%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (23.08%) Network Management
3 3 (23.08%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (23.08%) Presales
3 3 (23.08%) Sales Enablement
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Information Assurance
5 1 (7.69%) IT Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) User Experience
5 1 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
1 1 (7.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Cisco
2 6 (46.15%) Fortinet
2 6 (46.15%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Aruba
3 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) F5
3 1 (7.69%) Juniper
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) VMware