Firewall Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Firewall
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 -16
Contract jobs citing Firewall 6 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 4.03% 4.76% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 42.86% 30.43% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% +5.88%
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £523
% change year-on-year - -4.31% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £89.63 £27.50 £75.67
% change year-on-year +225.93% -63.66% +332.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 14 23 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 9.40% 15.65% 10.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 21
10th Percentile £378 £155 £180
25th Percentile £403 £350 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £340
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +21.32% -18.81%
75th Percentile £559 £563 £450
90th Percentile £600 £645 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -4.00% +7.97% +0.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +33.33%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxford - 4 £400 - 3
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
1 4 (66.67%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Automotive
4 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Support Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Mac OS
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) ITSM
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Service Management
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) A+ Certification
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) QNX
2 1 (16.67%) VMware