Firewall Contracts in Newport

Firewall
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 23 5
Rank change year-on-year +18 -18 +10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 12 2 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 21.43% 2.17% 24.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 28.57% 60.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 22
10th Percentile - £155 £273
25th Percentile £358 £189 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £250 £525
Median % change year-on-year +55.50% -52.38% -3.89%
75th Percentile £463 £314 £550
90th Percentile £521 £349 £575
South Wales median daily rate £365 £365 £475
% change year-on-year - -23.16% +4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £29.25 - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile £43.50 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 24 7 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 42.86% 7.61% 40.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 38
10th Percentile £151 £148 £273
25th Percentile £179 £172 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £278 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -47.14% -8.70%
75th Percentile £387 £389 £550
90th Percentile £437 £418 £650
South Wales median daily rate £313 £220 £513
% change year-on-year +42.05% -57.07% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £30.00 - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 -
Median % change year-on-year +161.14% - -
75th Percentile £44.06 - -
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 -
% change year-on-year +161.14% - -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Newport

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Newport

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Newport over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Newport

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Newport

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Newport

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in Newport over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in Newport

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Network Security
1 2 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
2 1 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (8.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (33.33%) Support Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Research Scientist
4 1 (8.33%) Security Researcher
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (16.67%) Blog
4 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 7 (58.33%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Application Packaging
4 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 4 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Data Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
7 1 (8.33%) Agile
7 1 (8.33%) Change Management
7 1 (8.33%) ITSM
7 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) A+ Certification
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (41.67%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (33.33%) CCNA
3 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 4 (33.33%) PhD
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (8.33%) CCNP
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (16.67%) VMware