Firewall Contracts in Leicester

Firewall
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 7 12 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 12 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 15.58% 7.08% 6.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 66.67% 47.06% 58.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £430 £460 £207
25th Percentile £560 £513 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £375
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +60.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £651 £631 £388
90th Percentile £715 £653 £418
Leicestershire median daily rate £650 £600 £375
% change year-on-year +8.33% +60.00% -34.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 17 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 23.38% 15.04% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 9
10th Percentile £438 £475 £208
25th Percentile £530 £519 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £600 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% +60.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £657 £638 £388
90th Percentile £711 £659 £438
Leicestershire median daily rate £618 £555 £313
% change year-on-year +11.26% +77.60% -18.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Leicester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Leicester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Leicester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Leicester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Leicester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 5 (41.67%) DNS
1 5 (41.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 5 (41.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 5 (41.67%) IPsec
2 4 (33.33%) HSRP
2 4 (33.33%) OSPF
2 4 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 4 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Architect
1 9 (75.00%) Network Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Configuration Management
2 4 (33.33%) Biometrics
2 4 (33.33%) Use Case
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) CCNP
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) F5
1 10 (83.33%) SolarWinds
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco
3 5 (41.67%) Juniper
4 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto