NGFW Contracts in Leeds

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring NGFW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NGFW over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing NGFW 6 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.27% - 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.57% - 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £460 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £500 - £525
90th Percentile £502 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £485 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

NGFW 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 70 67 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 14.86% 8.50% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 54 65
10th Percentile £220 £286 £315
25th Percentile £235 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -4.76% +3.70%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £700
90th Percentile - £646 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.87 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £13.87 £32.50
% change year-on-year - -57.32% +103.13%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for NGFW in Leeds

NGFW
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NGFW in Leeds.

Daily rate trend for NGFW in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) Network Security
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco ISE
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) JNCIP
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Aruba
2 1 (16.67%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Zscaler