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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 57 69
Rank change year-on-year +29 +12 -1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 69 55 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.76% 3.02% 3.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.13% 24.66% 27.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 44 51
10th Percentile £413 £288 £320
25th Percentile £601 £325 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% - +19.21%
75th Percentile £850 £538 £605
90th Percentile - £588 £675
North West median daily rate £700 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +55.56% - +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 £40.35
% change year-on-year - +29.19% -

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 191 223 291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 13.16% 12.25% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 163 203
10th Percentile £212 £308 £171
25th Percentile £350 £375 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +8.11% +23.33%
75th Percentile £775 £575 £625
90th Percentile £850 £650 £638
North West median daily rate £495 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 7
10th Percentile £27.20 £15.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £50.00 £18.50 £13.79
Median hourly rate £96.00 £20.71 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +363.66% +15.03% -67.27%
75th Percentile £102.00 £28.75 £21.39
90th Percentile £103.20 £32.50 £42.12
North West median hourly rate £34.37 £31.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year +9.97% +56.25% -57.83%

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 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Manchester

Firewall
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
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wigan - 1 £450 - 3
Firewall
North West

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 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.04%) Azure
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.35%) AWS
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.45%) GCP
5 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (69.57%) VPN
2 7 (10.14%) LAN
2 7 (10.14%) WAN
3 6 (8.70%) Network Security
3 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (5.80%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (4.35%) VLAN
5 3 (4.35%) VoIP
6 2 (2.90%) DHCP
6 2 (2.90%) DNS
6 2 (2.90%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.45%) BGP
7 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.45%) DMZ
7 1 (1.45%) IPsec
7 1 (1.45%) MPLS
7 1 (1.45%) NAS
7 1 (1.45%) SAN
7 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.70%) Legal
4 3 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.90%) German Language
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Banking
6 1 (1.45%) Finance
6 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.45%) Military
6 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (72.46%) Architect
2 39 (56.52%) Technical Architect
3 31 (44.93%) Lead
4 30 (43.48%) Lead Architect
4 30 (43.48%) Technical Leader
5 9 (13.04%) Network Engineer
6 8 (11.59%) Support Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (7.25%) Digital Architect
8 5 (7.25%) Digital Technical Architect
8 5 (7.25%) Security Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Cisco Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Cisco Network Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Cisco Security Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Network Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Network Security Architect
9 4 (5.80%) Network Support
9 4 (5.80%) Network Support Engineer
10 3 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (57.97%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (43.48%) Public Cloud
2 9 (13.04%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.25%) Clustering
3 5 (7.25%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.45%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (69.57%) Windows
2 47 (68.12%) Windows Server
3 43 (62.32%) Android
3 43 (62.32%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (4.35%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.45%) Linux
7 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 44 (63.77%) Risk Management
3 41 (59.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 41 (59.42%) Security Architecture
3 41 (59.42%) Threat Intelligence
4 40 (57.97%) CI/CD
4 40 (57.97%) Zero Trust
5 34 (49.28%) Agile
6 31 (44.93%) DevOps
7 27 (39.13%) Design Patterns
8 13 (18.84%) Roadmaps
9 12 (17.39%) Microservices
9 12 (17.39%) Product Strategy
9 12 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
10 10 (14.49%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (10.14%) Product Roadmap
11 7 (10.14%) User Experience
12 5 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
13 4 (5.80%) Containerisation
13 4 (5.80%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) SQL
2 3 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 23 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.94%) CCNP
3 11 (15.94%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (8.70%) CCIE
4 6 (8.70%) CCNA
5 5 (7.25%) Degree
6 4 (5.80%) CCIE Security
6 4 (5.80%) CISSP
7 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.45%) CCSA
8 1 (1.45%) CCSE
8 1 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.45%) SSCP
8 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.35%) NIST
2 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.45%) GDPR
3 1 (1.45%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.80%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.35%) Autotask
2 3 (4.35%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.35%) SCCM
3 2 (2.90%) Ansible
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (1.45%) Terraform
4 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Cisco
2 8 (11.59%) Apple
3 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.25%) Google
4 5 (7.25%) VMware
5 3 (4.35%) Datto
6 2 (2.90%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.90%) Sophos
7 1 (1.45%) Brocade
7 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.45%) Citrix
7 1 (1.45%) Dell
7 1 (1.45%) EMC
7 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.45%) HP
7 1 (1.45%) Juniper
7 1 (1.45%) Radianz
7 1 (1.45%) Splunk
7 1 (1.45%) Tufin
7 1 (1.45%) Veeam