Firewall Contracts in South Wales

Firewall
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 22 14
Rank change year-on-year +15 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 28 15 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 11.97% 4.87% 10.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 44.12% 56.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 44
10th Percentile £245 £149 £273
25th Percentile £300 £218 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £313 £513
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -39.02% +12.89%
75th Percentile £443 £607 £556
90th Percentile £475 £667 £600
Wales median daily rate £350 £313 £513
% change year-on-year +12.00% -39.02% +13.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £29.25 - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile £43.50 - -
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 34 93
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 23.93% 11.04% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 23 77
10th Percentile £160 £173 £250
25th Percentile £213 £199 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £263 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -50.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £438 £494 £575
90th Percentile £467 £651 £638
Wales median daily rate £325 £263 £500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -47.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £30.00 - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £14.36 -
Median % change year-on-year +161.14% - -
75th Percentile £44.06 - -
90th Percentile £51.25 - -
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 £16.77 -
% change year-on-year +123.68% - -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in South Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in South Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in South Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in South Wales

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Hourly Rate Histogram in South Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in South Wales

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
Newport +13 10 £476 +90.50% 26
Cardiff +1 10 £425 +17.24% 28
Bridgend +4 4 £313 +19.05% 3
Glamorgan - 3 £200 - 9
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Wales

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) GitHub
4 1 (3.57%) Linode
4 1 (3.57%) PaaS
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (32.14%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (21.43%) VPN
3 5 (17.86%) DNS
4 4 (14.29%) DHCP
4 4 (14.29%) Network Security
5 3 (10.71%) BGP
5 3 (10.71%) LAN
5 3 (10.71%) OSPF
5 3 (10.71%) WAN
5 3 (10.71%) Wireless
6 2 (7.14%) IPv4
7 1 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (3.57%) SSL
7 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.57%) VLAN
7 1 (3.57%) VoIP
7 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Senior
3 5 (17.86%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Support Specialist
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) 3rd Line Technical Support
6 2 (7.14%) Firewall Specialist
6 2 (7.14%) IT Support
6 2 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 5 (17.86%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (14.29%) Cyberattack
4 2 (7.14%) Blog
4 2 (7.14%) NHS
5 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
5 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Mac OS
2 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.57%) Android
3 1 (3.57%) CentOS
3 1 (3.57%) Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 7 (25.00%) Migration
4 6 (21.43%) ITIL
4 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (17.86%) Cloud Security
5 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
6 4 (14.29%) Application Packaging
6 4 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 3 (10.71%) Analytics
7 3 (10.71%) Data Analytics
7 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
8 2 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (7.14%) ITSM
8 2 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (7.14%) Machine Learning
8 2 (7.14%) Problem Management
8 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
9 1 (3.57%) Change Management
9 1 (3.57%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Rust
3 1 (3.57%) Bash
3 1 (3.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (32.14%) CCNP
3 8 (28.57%) Degree
4 5 (17.86%) A+ Certification
4 5 (17.86%) CCIE
4 5 (17.86%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (14.29%) CCNA
5 4 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 4 (14.29%) PhD
6 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) GDPR
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (17.86%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (10.71%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Cisco
2 8 (28.57%) Sophos
3 6 (21.43%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.71%) Palo Alto
5 2 (7.14%) Ekahau
5 2 (7.14%) VMware
6 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.57%) Meraki
6 1 (3.57%) Red Hat
6 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.57%) Splunk