Firewall Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Firewall
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.61% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £420 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £523 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £430 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -9.58% -9.52% +36.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 2.19% 3.40% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 6
10th Percentile £316 - £117
25th Percentile £447 £325 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £388 £299
Median % change year-on-year +17.29% +29.82% -40.60%
75th Percentile £493 £463 £300
90th Percentile £529 £485 £300
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. 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
Telford - 1 £538 - 1
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 4 (80.00%) Softphone
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 3 (60.00%) VoIP
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Legal
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Network Design
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Aruba
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (60.00%) Mitel