Firewall
West Midlands > Solihull
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Solihull requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 15 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | -7 | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing Firewall | 2 | 17 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull | 5.88% | 13.60% | 13.56% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 15.38% | 19.10% | 27.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £470 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £489 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £275 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -47.12% | +73.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +11.11% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £15.00 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £36.65 | - | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -25.00% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Solihull
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 Solihull.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 13 | 89 | 29 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull | 38.24% | 71.20% | 49.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 36 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £211 | £235 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £275 | £300 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £375 | £465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -19.35% | +22.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | £388 | £520 |
| 90th Percentile | £513 | - | £542 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £463 | £400 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.63% | -20.00% | +25.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £15.00 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £16.23 | £19.95 | £16.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.67% | +19.10% | +1.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull
Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Solihull.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Solihull
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Solihull.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Solihull.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: