Firewall Contracts in Lancashire

Firewall
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 31 26
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 +13
Contract jobs citing Firewall 4 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.29% 0.51% 3.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 12.50% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £479
25th Percentile - £435 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £440 £513
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -14.15% +57.69%
75th Percentile - £445 £534
90th Percentile - - £536
North West median daily rate £475 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -26.92% +44.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £45.60
25th Percentile - - £49.80
Median hourly rate - - £52.13
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £52.13
% change year-on-year - - +217.87%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 8 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 13.71% 4.10% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 18
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile £153 - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £200 £425
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -52.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £323 £536
90th Percentile £538 £396 £683
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £20.00 £32.14 £45.60
25th Percentile £21.12 £40.97 £49.80
Median hourly rate £24.59 £45.88 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year -46.41% -11.99% +31.23%
75th Percentile £25.47 - -
90th Percentile £25.90 - -
North West median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
% change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Lancashire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Lancashire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Lancashire

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Burnley - 2 - -
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto