Firewall Contracts in the South East

Firewall
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 31 41
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 138 311 278
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.64% 5.67% 4.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.95% 25.81% 29.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 165 186
10th Percentile £325 £333 £303
25th Percentile £431 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +0.10%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £603 £650 £688
England median daily rate £513 £513 £530
% change year-on-year - -3.30% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 23 15
10th Percentile - £71.75 £50.25
25th Percentile - £79.94 £61.00
Median hourly rate £14.20 £83.77 £62.55
Median % change year-on-year -83.05% +33.92% +279.09%
75th Percentile £15.53 £87.46 £66.00
90th Percentile £41.40 £87.53 £80.25
England median hourly rate £14.73 £66.75 £62.00
% change year-on-year -77.94% +7.66% +39.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 512 1,205 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.22% 21.98% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 595 558
10th Percentile £206 £205 £241
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £484 £483
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +0.25% +7.28%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £495 £524
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.49% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 129 73
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.00
Median hourly rate £52.44 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.24% +144.19%
75th Percentile £61.75 £63.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -30.00% +116.22% -22.63%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Thames Valley -17 64 £475 -21.49% 78
Hampshire -9 44 £515 -10.04% 49
Berkshire -25 43 £450 -25.62% 39
Buckinghamshire +14 20 £508 -27.50% 22
Surrey -9 10 £475 +26.67% 29
Kent -2 9 £569 +28.11% 24
West Sussex +7 7 £388 -13.89% 18
East Sussex -5 2 £344 -27.63% 1
Oxfordshire -5 1 - - 28
Sussex - 1 - - 4
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England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (7.97%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.45%) Apache
3 2 (1.45%) IIS
3 2 (1.45%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.72%) WinCC
Applications
1 8 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 40 (28.99%) Azure
2 28 (20.29%) AWS
3 15 (10.87%) IaaS
3 15 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (9.42%) PaaS
5 11 (7.97%) GCP
6 8 (5.80%) OpenShift
7 7 (5.07%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.62%) Google Workspace
9 4 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.17%) Akamai
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.45%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.72%) Azure Storage
12 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.72%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (35.51%) VPN
2 35 (25.36%) Network Security
3 27 (19.57%) WAN
4 26 (18.84%) DNS
5 25 (18.12%) Wireless
6 20 (14.49%) LAN
7 19 (13.77%) DHCP
7 19 (13.77%) TCP/IP
8 18 (13.04%) Internet
9 16 (11.59%) VLAN
10 15 (10.87%) BGP
11 14 (10.14%) OSPF
11 14 (10.14%) SD-WAN
12 12 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
13 11 (7.97%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (7.25%) MPLS
15 8 (5.80%) SMTP
16 7 (5.07%) Cisco ASA
16 7 (5.07%) SAN
17 6 (4.35%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.80%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (5.80%) Big Data
1 8 (5.80%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (5.07%) Power BI
3 2 (1.45%) MySQL
3 2 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Git
1 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.45%) Subversion
2 1 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.32%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.52%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.35%) Military
7 3 (2.17%) Finance
8 2 (1.45%) Electronics
8 2 (1.45%) Korean Language
8 2 (1.45%) Marketing
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Legal
9 1 (0.72%) Local Government
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (27.54%) Network Engineer
2 18 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (11.59%) Support Engineer
4 15 (10.87%) Architect
5 14 (10.14%) Senior
6 13 (9.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 11 (7.97%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (7.97%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (7.97%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (7.25%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8 10 (7.25%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (7.25%) Infrastructure Support
8 10 (7.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 10 (7.25%) Lead
9 9 (6.52%) IT Manager
9 9 (6.52%) IT Support
9 9 (6.52%) Network Architect
10 8 (5.80%) Analyst
10 8 (5.80%) Security Engineer
10 8 (5.80%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (3.62%) JBoss Seam
3 4 (2.90%) RFC 2544
4 2 (1.45%) .NET
4 2 (1.45%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.45%) LAMP
5 1 (0.72%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.72%) LDAP
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.32%) Data Centre
2 14 (10.14%) PKI
3 9 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.80%) Clustering
4 8 (5.80%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.62%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.90%) NHS
6 4 (2.90%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.45%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.45%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.72%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.72%) IoT
9 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (25.36%) Windows
2 18 (13.04%) Linux
3 17 (12.32%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (2.90%) Solaris
6 3 (2.17%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.45%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.45%) Unix
7 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.72%) Android
8 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (25.36%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (19.57%) DevOps
4 20 (14.49%) Migration
5 19 (13.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (12.32%) SIEM
7 15 (10.87%) Security Monitoring
8 14 (10.14%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (8.70%) Risk Management
9 12 (8.70%) Security Operations
10 11 (7.97%) ITIL
10 11 (7.97%) Proactive Monitoring
11 10 (7.25%) Computer Science
11 10 (7.25%) Network Architecture
11 10 (7.25%) Security Architecture
12 9 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (6.52%) Penetration Testing
13 8 (5.80%) Change Management
13 8 (5.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 14 (10.14%) Python
3 7 (5.07%) SQL
4 4 (2.90%) Bash
5 2 (1.45%) Bicep
5 2 (1.45%) Perl
5 2 (1.45%) PHP
6 1 (0.72%) C#
6 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.72%) VB
6 1 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 55 (39.86%) Security Cleared
2 32 (23.19%) SC Cleared
3 30 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (19.57%) CCNP
5 24 (17.39%) Degree
6 22 (15.94%) DV Cleared
7 17 (12.32%) CCNA
8 9 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (5.07%) CISSP
10 6 (4.35%) CCSA
10 6 (4.35%) CCSE
10 6 (4.35%) Check Point Certification
11 5 (3.62%) CEH
12 4 (2.90%) CCIE
12 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (2.17%) Azure Certification
13 3 (2.17%) CISM
13 3 (2.17%) MCSE
14 2 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.07%) SLA
2 6 (4.35%) GDPR
2 6 (4.35%) NIST
3 5 (3.62%) QA
4 4 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.17%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.17%) NCSC
6 1 (0.72%) GRC
6 1 (0.72%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (18.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (15.94%) Active Directory
3 13 (9.42%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.42%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (7.97%) vSphere
5 10 (7.25%) Docker
6 8 (5.80%) BitLocker
6 8 (5.80%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (5.80%) Terminal Services
6 8 (5.80%) VMware NSX
7 6 (4.35%) DFS Replication
8 3 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (14.49%) Ansible
2 11 (7.97%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.97%) Puppet
3 10 (7.25%) vCenter Server
4 8 (5.80%) Nagios
4 8 (5.80%) vMotion
5 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.90%) Terraform
7 3 (2.17%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.45%) CASB
8 2 (1.45%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (1.45%) HP ALM
8 2 (1.45%) Iperf
8 2 (1.45%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.45%) QRadar
8 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.45%) SCCM
8 2 (1.45%) SELinux
9 1 (0.72%) SCOM
9 1 (0.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 52 (37.68%) Microsoft
2 47 (34.06%) Cisco
3 30 (21.74%) VMware
4 29 (21.01%) Palo Alto
5 15 (10.87%) Google
6 14 (10.14%) CheckPoint
7 11 (7.97%) HP
8 10 (7.25%) SolarWinds
8 10 (7.25%) Symantec
9 9 (6.52%) Citrix
9 9 (6.52%) Juniper
10 6 (4.35%) Aruba
10 6 (4.35%) Darktrace
11 5 (3.62%) Splunk
12 4 (2.90%) Red Hat
13 3 (2.17%) F5
13 3 (2.17%) Oracle
14 2 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
14 2 (1.45%) Imperva
14 2 (1.45%) Meraki