Firewall Contract Job Trends in Preston

Firewall
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.86% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £335 £444 £375
% change year-on-year -24.51% +18.33% +0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £41.94 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £41.94 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 12.86% 4.35% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £530 - -
25th Percentile £660 £513 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +40.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £694 £538 £388
90th Percentile £700 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £670 £488 £375
% change year-on-year +37.44% +30.00% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.76 - -
25th Percentile £49.00 - -
Median hourly rate £56.05 - -
75th Percentile £63.11 - -
90th Percentile £67.34 - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £56.05 £49.00 £47.83
% change year-on-year +14.39% +2.45% +17.88%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Preston

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) BCP
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) SOAR
1 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds