Firewall Contract Job Trends in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 61 42
Rank change year-on-year -4 -19 +31
Contract jobs citing Firewall 62 78 137
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.99% 3.19% 4.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.22% 22.16% 29.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 55 73
10th Percentile £282 £394 £253
25th Percentile £393 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +11.70%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £600
90th Percentile £703 £672 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £63.20
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £17.79 - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £76.25
England median hourly rate £32.77 £27.50 £67.27
% change year-on-year +19.16% -59.12% +80.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 267 352 471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 12.87% 14.41% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 211 267
10th Percentile £225 £330 £217
25th Percentile £308 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £650
90th Percentile £714 £675 £727
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 69
10th Percentile £29.67 £11.75 £45.17
25th Percentile £47.50 £50.94 £48.32
Median hourly rate £63.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.81 £65.98
90th Percentile £66.70 £75.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £34.00 £56.13 £56.49
% change year-on-year -39.42% -0.65% +36.12%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in the South West

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South West over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Firewall

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
Wiltshire +4 24 £558 +1.36% 15
Gloucestershire +11 9 £500 -9.09% 12
Bristol -8 9 £450 -28.00% 10
Dorset -5 7 £540 +16.76% 4
Somerset +4 6 £350 -22.22% 6
Devon -2 3 £350 -16.67% 5
Avon - 2 £275 - 6
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) IIS
3 1 (1.61%) nginx
3 1 (1.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.19%) Azure
2 11 (17.74%) AWS
3 9 (14.52%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.06%) GCP
5 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.23%) Amazon ELB
6 2 (3.23%) Amazon S3
6 2 (3.23%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.61%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (22.58%) DNS
2 10 (16.13%) WAN
3 8 (12.90%) VPN
4 7 (11.29%) Network Security
5 6 (9.68%) LAN
6 5 (8.06%) 5G
6 5 (8.06%) TCP/IP
7 4 (6.45%) BGP
7 4 (6.45%) OSPF
8 3 (4.84%) 4G
8 3 (4.84%) SD-WAN
8 3 (4.84%) VoIP
8 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (3.23%) HSRP
9 2 (3.23%) LTE
9 2 (3.23%) Skype
9 2 (3.23%) SSL
9 2 (3.23%) VSAN
9 2 (3.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Git
1 2 (3.23%) GitLab
1 2 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 24 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.45%) Military
6 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Finance
8 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (19.35%) Architect
2 8 (12.90%) Administrator
3 7 (11.29%) Network Administrator
4 6 (9.68%) Security Engineer
4 6 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (8.06%) Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) IT Engineer
5 5 (8.06%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) IT Support
6 4 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Network Architect
6 4 (6.45%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Engineering Specialist
7 3 (4.84%) Mobile Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Senior
7 3 (4.84%) Technical Support
7 3 (4.84%) Test Specialist
8 2 (3.23%) Azure Security Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Mobile Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.52%) OAuth
1 9 (14.52%) OAuth2
1 9 (14.52%) OpenID
1 9 (14.52%) SAML
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (3.23%) ModSecurity
4 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) PKI
2 6 (9.68%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.68%) Private Cloud
2 6 (9.68%) Replication
3 5 (8.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.84%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.84%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.84%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.84%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.23%) CMDB
6 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (38.71%) Windows
2 19 (30.65%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.68%) Android
3 6 (9.68%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.45%) Linux
5 3 (4.84%) Apple iOS
5 3 (4.84%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.61%) Solaris
7 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.97%) Service Management
2 12 (19.35%) Change Management
2 12 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.74%) Load Balancing
3 11 (17.74%) RBAC
4 10 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (12.90%) Customer Service
5 8 (12.90%) Incident Response
5 8 (12.90%) ITIL
6 7 (11.29%) Identity Access Management
6 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (11.29%) Mentoring
6 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (9.68%) High Availability
7 6 (9.68%) Identity Management
7 6 (9.68%) Service Delivery
7 6 (9.68%) SIEM
7 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.06%) DevOps
8 5 (8.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.19%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.29%) Python
3 4 (6.45%) Java
3 4 (6.45%) SQL
4 3 (4.84%) Bash
4 3 (4.84%) Perl
5 2 (3.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (62.90%) Security Cleared
2 23 (37.10%) DV Cleared
3 16 (25.81%) SC Cleared
4 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) CCNP
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.61%) CCIE
6 1 (1.61%) CCNA
6 1 (1.61%) CEH
6 1 (1.61%) CISM
6 1 (1.61%) CISSP
6 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.61%) JNCIE
6 1 (1.61%) JNCIP
6 1 (1.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) NCSC
2 5 (8.06%) NIST
3 4 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.84%) SLA
5 2 (3.23%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.61%) PMO
6 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 19 (30.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.23%) Docker
4 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (17.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 9 (14.52%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (6.45%) Ansible
3 4 (6.45%) Terraform
4 3 (4.84%) Check_MK
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (3.23%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.23%) OPNET
5 2 (3.23%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (37.10%) Microsoft
2 16 (25.81%) Cisco
3 13 (20.97%) Juniper
4 11 (17.74%) VMware
5 7 (11.29%) Fortinet
6 5 (8.06%) Palo Alto
7 4 (6.45%) F5
7 4 (6.45%) SolarWinds
7 4 (6.45%) Splunk
8 3 (4.84%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.23%) Meraki
9 2 (3.23%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.61%) Google
10 1 (1.61%) Infoblox
10 1 (1.61%) NetScout
10 1 (1.61%) Oracle
10 1 (1.61%) Qualys
10 1 (1.61%) Remedy
10 1 (1.61%) Tenable