Firewall Contracts in Northampton

Firewall
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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 18 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Firewall 7 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 5.69% 3.15% 2.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 53.85% 66.67% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - £489 -
25th Percentile £425 £490 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% - -
75th Percentile £613 £501 -
90th Percentile £620 £507 -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £550 £490 £375
% change year-on-year +12.24% +30.67% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13 6 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 10.57% 4.72% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 22
10th Percentile £260 £473 £165
25th Percentile £375 £489 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £285
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +71.93% -29.63%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £455
90th Percentile £613 £507 £500
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £490 £320
% change year-on-year -8.16% +53.13% -27.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Northampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Northampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

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

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Northampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Northampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) DHCP
1 6 (85.71%) DNS
2 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) CentOS
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Rocky
1 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CCNA
1 5 (71.43%) CCNP
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft