Firewall Contract Job Trends in Luton

Firewall
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 14 36
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -14
Contract jobs citing Firewall 5 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 3.65% 9.41% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.71% 66.67% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £187 - -
25th Percentile £324 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £555 £450
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% +23.33% -
75th Percentile £519 £581 £475
90th Percentile £733 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £438 £525 £325
% change year-on-year -16.67% +61.54% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - -
75th Percentile £105.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £103.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 10.22% 14.12% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 9
10th Percentile £63 £500 £322
25th Percentile £110 £513 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +8.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £400 £578 £550
90th Percentile £695 £581 £602
Bedfordshire median daily rate £388 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -22.50% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £82.05 - -
25th Percentile £85.13 - -
Median hourly rate £91.50 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.00% - -
75th Percentile £99.13 - -
90th Percentile £102.95 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £80.00 £30.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +166.67% -42.86% +237.40%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Luton

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Luton over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Luton

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) DHCP
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) MPLS
4 1 (20.00%) SSL
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (60.00%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) SIEM
2 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCIE
1 2 (40.00%) CCIE Security
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
1 2 (40.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Zscaler
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Aruba
3 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat