Firewall Contracts in Manchester

Firewall
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 54 68
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 72 67 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.70% 3.53% 3.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.62% 28.27% 27.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 53 50
10th Percentile £343 £291 £320
25th Percentile £602 £350 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +11.11% +19.21%
75th Percentile £850 £550 £608
90th Percentile - £588 £675
North West median daily rate £650 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +44.44% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.32
25th Percentile - - £25.26
Median hourly rate - - £40.35
75th Percentile - - £55.26
90th Percentile - - £64.11
North West median hourly rate - £52.13 £16.40
% change year-on-year - +217.87% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 208 237 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 13.57% 12.49% 11.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 180 202
10th Percentile £268 £313 £173
25th Percentile £350 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +7.93% +24.36%
75th Percentile £750 £575 £619
90th Percentile £850 £675 £638
North West median daily rate £490 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% +21.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £14.29 £15.00 £11.05
25th Percentile - £18.50 £15.01
Median hourly rate £17.72 £20.71 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +16.65% -62.63%
75th Percentile £100.00 £28.75 £20.32
90th Percentile £102.40 £32.50 £37.47
North West median hourly rate £26.00 £31.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year -16.80% +68.92% -61.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Manchester

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Manchester

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Manchester

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.50%) Azure
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.17%) AWS
4 2 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.78%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.39%) GCP
5 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (65.28%) VPN
2 7 (9.72%) LAN
2 7 (9.72%) Network Security
3 6 (8.33%) WAN
4 5 (6.94%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.17%) VLAN
6 3 (4.17%) VoIP
6 3 (4.17%) Wireless
7 2 (2.78%) DHCP
7 2 (2.78%) DNS
8 1 (1.39%) BGP
8 1 (1.39%) Broadband
8 1 (1.39%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.39%) DMZ
8 1 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.39%) MPLS
8 1 (1.39%) NAS
8 1 (1.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 8 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.72%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.33%) Legal
4 3 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.17%) Finance
5 2 (2.78%) Banking
5 2 (2.78%) German Language
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.39%) Military
6 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (69.44%) Architect
2 39 (54.17%) Technical Architect
3 31 (43.06%) Lead
4 30 (41.67%) Lead Architect
4 30 (41.67%) Technical Leader
5 10 (13.89%) Network Engineer
6 8 (11.11%) Support Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (6.94%) Digital Architect
8 5 (6.94%) Digital Technical Architect
8 5 (6.94%) Security Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Cisco Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Cisco Network Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Cisco Security Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Network Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Network Security Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Network Support
9 4 (5.56%) Network Support Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (4.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (55.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (41.67%) Public Cloud
2 9 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.94%) Clustering
3 5 (6.94%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.39%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 50 (69.44%) Windows
2 47 (65.28%) Windows Server
3 43 (59.72%) Android
3 43 (59.72%) Apple iOS
4 5 (6.94%) Mac OS
4 5 (6.94%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.39%) Linux
8 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (63.89%) Mobile Device Management
2 44 (61.11%) Risk Management
3 41 (56.94%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 41 (56.94%) Security Architecture
3 41 (56.94%) Threat Intelligence
4 40 (55.56%) CI/CD
4 40 (55.56%) Zero Trust
5 34 (47.22%) Agile
6 31 (43.06%) DevOps
7 27 (37.50%) Design Patterns
8 13 (18.06%) Roadmaps
9 12 (16.67%) Microservices
9 12 (16.67%) Product Strategy
9 12 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (13.89%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (9.72%) Product Roadmap
11 7 (9.72%) User Experience
12 5 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (5.56%) Containerisation
13 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) SQL
2 3 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (31.94%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (12.50%) CCNP
5 6 (8.33%) CCIE
6 5 (6.94%) CCNA
6 5 (6.94%) Degree
7 4 (5.56%) CCIE Security
7 4 (5.56%) CISSP
8 2 (2.78%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.39%) CCSA
9 1 (1.39%) CCSE
9 1 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.39%) SSCP
9 1 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.17%) NIST
2 1 (1.39%) GDPR
2 1 (1.39%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (1.39%) NCSC
2 1 (1.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.17%) Autotask
2 3 (4.17%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.17%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.17%) SCCM
3 2 (2.78%) Ansible
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.39%) Terraform
4 1 (1.39%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) Cisco
2 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.11%) Apple
4 5 (6.94%) Google
4 5 (6.94%) VMware
5 3 (4.17%) Datto
6 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.78%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.78%) Juniper
6 2 (2.78%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.78%) Sophos
7 1 (1.39%) Brocade
7 1 (1.39%) Citrix
7 1 (1.39%) Dell
7 1 (1.39%) EMC
7 1 (1.39%) HP
7 1 (1.39%) Meraki
7 1 (1.39%) Radianz
7 1 (1.39%) Tufin
7 1 (1.39%) Veeam