Firewall Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Firewall
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 6.25% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £438 £413 £525
% change year-on-year +6.06% -21.43% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 21.88% 6.67% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 7
10th Percentile £196 £403 £151
25th Percentile £400 £444 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £195
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +162.82% -50.00%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £286
90th Percentile £610 £623 £468
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £419 £340
% change year-on-year +1.49% +23.16% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £74.73 - -
25th Percentile £80.32 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £89.63 - -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Oxford

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Service Support Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) ITSM
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Service Management
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) VMware