Firewall Contracts in Macclesfield

Firewall
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield 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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 2.27% - 2.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £700
75th Percentile £388 - £725
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.83% +3.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 9.09% 3.77% 8.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £397 - £551
25th Percentile £448 - £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 - £560
75th Percentile £754 - £645
90th Percentile £784 - £693
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Macclesfield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Macclesfield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA CyberOps
1 1 (100.00%) CCSA
1 1 (100.00%) CCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Check Point Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler