Firewall Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Firewall
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Plymouth requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 2.17% - 3.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
Devon median daily rate £388 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -6.06% -8.33% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Plymouth 10.87% 6.78% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £492 £218 -
25th Percentile £495 £267 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £358 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% - -
75th Percentile £638 £452 -
90th Percentile £720 £503 -
Devon median daily rate £388 £413 £425
% change year-on-year -6.06% -2.94% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £11.91 -
Devon median hourly rate - £11.91 -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Plymouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware