NGFW Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 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 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NGFW 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.41% - -
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 - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £475 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 24 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 4.15% 9.41% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 12
10th Percentile - £340 £451
25th Percentile £425 £368 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +52.67%
75th Percentile £484 £492 £538
90th Percentile £536 £590 £586
East Midlands median daily rate £436 £430 £500
% change year-on-year +1.45% -14.00% +12.36%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

NGFW
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 21 June 2026. 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
Northampton - 1 £475 -
NGFW
East Midlands

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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