Firewall Contracts in Northern Ireland

Firewall
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 27 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +3
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Firewall 11 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 4.55% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.93% 6.67% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -58.33% +63.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 29 15 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 11.98% 9.62% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 15
10th Percentile £152 £146 £205
25th Percentile £185 £147 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £153 £400
Median % change year-on-year +129.51% -61.88% -15.75%
75th Percentile £403 £269 -
90th Percentile £548 £462 -
UK median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £15.33 £37.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.12% +108.33% +38.46%
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £49.00 £55.91
% change year-on-year -8.16% -12.35% +59.73%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Firewall

Firewall
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim 0 11 £475 - 4
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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Internet
2 4 (36.36%) HTTP
2 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) Intranet
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) MPLS
3 1 (9.09%) VoIP
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) DB2
1 4 (36.36%) MySQL
1 4 (36.36%) Relational Database
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) IT Support
1 5 (45.45%) Support Officer
2 3 (27.27%) Account Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Account Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
2 4 (36.36%) Security Posture
3 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (36.36%) Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Patch Management
2 4 (36.36%) Application Security
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Change Control
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Fault Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) IT Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) Network Management
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Perl
1 4 (36.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) HND
2 1 (9.09%) CCNA
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Aruba
3 1 (9.09%) Avaya
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Citrix
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet