Firewall Contracts in Northern Ireland

Firewall
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 31 26
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.68% 1.00% 2.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% 5.13% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £161 -
25th Percentile - £161 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £165 £305
Median % change year-on-year - -45.90% -2.40%
75th Percentile - £171 £434
90th Percentile - £174 £504
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.14% +5.00% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 39 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.14% 19.40% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 12
10th Percentile £516 £156 £172
25th Percentile £531 £158 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £215 £338
Median % change year-on-year +161.63% -36.30% -15.63%
75th Percentile £569 £400 £449
90th Percentile - - £540
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £16.72 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +4.05%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Northern Ireland

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Northern Ireland

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Northern Ireland

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
County Antrim +2 1 - - 6
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet