Firewall Contract Job Trends in Livingston

Firewall
West Lothian > Livingston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Livingston requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Livingston 5.56% - 3.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £600
75th Percentile £538 - £613
90th Percentile - - -
West Lothian median daily rate £525 - £600

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Livingston

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 Livingston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3 1 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Livingston 16.67% 5.56% 25.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 11
10th Percentile - - £108
25th Percentile £513 - £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £130 £520
Median % change year-on-year +303.85% -75.00% +316.00%
75th Percentile £538 - £589
90th Percentile - - £590
West Lothian median daily rate £525 £130 £520
% change year-on-year +303.85% -75.00% +316.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.25
Median hourly rate - - £26.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +65.63%
75th Percentile - - £30.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Lothian median hourly rate - - £26.50
% change year-on-year - - +65.63%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Livingston.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Livingston

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Livingston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Livingston citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Livingston citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Livingston 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds