NGFW Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring NGFW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NGFW 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 0.52% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £475 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northampton

NGFW 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 10 23 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton 5.24% 9.75% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 10
10th Percentile - £340 £461
25th Percentile £425 £368 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £484 £492 £559
90th Percentile £536 £590 £589
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +52.67%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NGFW relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

NGFW job vacancy trend in Northampton

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Event Correlation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE Security
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet