Firewall Contracts in the North of England

Firewall
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 42 49 46
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +17
Contract jobs citing Firewall 159 172 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.83% 3.61% 4.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.80% 28.71% 37.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 124 174
10th Percentile £258 £252 £263
25th Percentile £370 £363 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +9.49% +5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £781 £550
90th Percentile £638 £850 £630
England median daily rate £518 £513 £530
% change year-on-year +1.11% -3.30% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - - £35.87
25th Percentile £40.50 £23.92 £42.81
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.87 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year +64.86% -52.29% +206.29%
75th Percentile £41.50 £25.83 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.20 £60.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -76.33% -3.23% +117.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 599 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.75% 12.56% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 419 467
10th Percentile £181 £200 £200
25th Percentile £246 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £538 £612 £570
90th Percentile £638 £750 £675
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 28 48
10th Percentile £20.74 £13.53 -
25th Percentile £22.98 £17.72 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.76 £24.87 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +133.96% -40.35%
75th Percentile £41.50 £45.88 £15.15
90th Percentile - £48.75 £34.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the North of England

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North West +12 114 £475 -26.92% 114
Yorkshire -1 41 £450 -6.74% 84
North East -8 3 £550 +46.67% 30
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 22 (13.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 39 (24.53%) Azure
2 26 (16.35%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (15.09%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.18%) IaaS
5 8 (5.03%) AWS
6 5 (3.14%) GCP
7 3 (1.89%) PaaS
8 2 (1.26%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.26%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.63%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (25.79%) Network Security
2 38 (23.90%) WAN
3 35 (22.01%) Wi-Fi
4 32 (20.13%) Cisco ASA
5 31 (19.50%) VPN
6 30 (18.87%) BGP
6 30 (18.87%) Cisco Firepower
7 28 (17.61%) OSPF
8 26 (16.35%) Wireless
9 25 (15.72%) EIGRP
10 23 (14.47%) IPsec
11 21 (13.21%) HSRP
12 20 (12.58%) Cisco ISE
13 18 (11.32%) NetScaler
14 16 (10.06%) LAN
15 13 (8.18%) Cisco Nexus
16 12 (7.55%) Cisco Wireless
17 11 (6.92%) DNS
17 11 (6.92%) Intrusion Detection
18 10 (6.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) MySQL
2 1 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.77%) GitLab
1 6 (3.77%) JIRA
2 3 (1.89%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.26%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
General
1 22 (13.84%) Finance
2 21 (13.21%) Social Skills
3 11 (6.92%) Telecoms
4 9 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.03%) Banking
6 7 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.77%) Legal
8 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.89%) Local Government
8 3 (1.89%) Retail
9 2 (1.26%) Aviation
9 2 (1.26%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.26%) Police
9 2 (1.26%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.26%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.63%) Advertising
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Law
10 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (47.17%) Network Engineer
2 28 (17.61%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 11 (6.92%) Firewall Engineer
3 11 (6.92%) Senior
4 10 (6.29%) IT Engineer
5 9 (5.66%) Architect
6 8 (5.03%) Security Engineer
7 7 (4.40%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 7 (4.40%) Support Engineer
8 6 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (3.77%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (3.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.77%) Senior Network Engineer
9 5 (3.14%) Analyst
9 5 (3.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (3.14%) Network Architect
9 5 (3.14%) Windows Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) IT Support
10 4 (2.52%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.32%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.52%) LDAP
3 3 (1.89%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.63%) Kafka
4 1 (0.63%) OAuth
4 1 (0.63%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.63%) OpenID
4 1 (0.63%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.21%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (1.89%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.89%) IVR
3 3 (1.89%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.26%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.26%) Robotics
5 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.63%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.63%) NHS
5 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.63%) PKI
5 1 (0.63%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.63%) SCADA
5 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (20.13%) Windows
2 19 (11.95%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.92%) Linux
4 4 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.89%) Android
5 3 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.26%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.26%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.63%) AIX
7 1 (0.63%) CentOS
7 1 (0.63%) Solaris
7 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (23.27%) Network Management
2 29 (18.24%) Network Design
3 28 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (15.72%) Network Architecture
5 24 (15.09%) Load Balancing
6 16 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (9.43%) Migration
8 14 (8.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (8.81%) High Availability
8 14 (8.81%) Impact Assessments
8 14 (8.81%) ITIL
9 13 (8.18%) Change Management
9 13 (8.18%) Information Security
9 13 (8.18%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 12 (7.55%) Agile
10 12 (7.55%) Business Continuity
10 12 (7.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (7.55%) Project Delivery
11 11 (6.92%) BCP
12 10 (6.29%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.69%) PowerShell
2 11 (6.92%) Python
3 6 (3.77%) Bash
4 3 (1.89%) C++
5 2 (1.26%) Bicep
5 2 (1.26%) Perl
6 1 (0.63%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.63%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.63%) Go
6 1 (0.63%) Java
6 1 (0.63%) Korn
6 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (34.59%) SC Cleared
1 55 (34.59%) Security Cleared
2 27 (16.98%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (14.47%) CCNA
4 16 (10.06%) CCNP
5 15 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (7.55%) Azure Certification
7 8 (5.03%) Degree
8 5 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.52%) APMP
9 4 (2.52%) CCIE
10 2 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.26%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.26%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.26%) JNCIS
10 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.52%) NIST
1 4 (2.52%) SLA
2 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.89%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.26%) GDPR
4 1 (0.63%) NCSC
4 1 (0.63%) QA
4 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (18.87%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.81%) vSphere
3 10 (6.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.89%) Docker
5 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.18%) Ansible
3 9 (5.66%) Terraform
4 8 (5.03%) FortiGate
5 7 (4.40%) SCCM
6 6 (3.77%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.89%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.89%) Grafana
7 3 (1.89%) SELinux
8 2 (1.26%) WSUS
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.63%) Nagios
9 1 (0.63%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.63%) Puppet
9 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (61.64%) Cisco
2 61 (38.36%) Palo Alto
3 41 (25.79%) Microsoft
4 40 (25.16%) CheckPoint
5 28 (17.61%) Meraki
6 17 (10.69%) Fortinet
7 16 (10.06%) VMware
8 10 (6.29%) SolarWinds
9 8 (5.03%) Aruba
10 6 (3.77%) Red Hat
10 6 (3.77%) Splunk
11 5 (3.14%) Infoblox
12 4 (2.52%) CyberArk
12 4 (2.52%) Dell
12 4 (2.52%) F5
12 4 (2.52%) HP
12 4 (2.52%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.89%) Apple
13 3 (1.89%) Arista
13 3 (1.89%) Veeam