Firewall Contracts in Staffordshire

Firewall
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +9
Contract jobs citing Firewall 6 3 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 9.52% 2.44% 6.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 40.00% 33.33% 40.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £278 -
25th Percentile - £300 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £275
Median % change year-on-year - +27.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile - £400 £306
90th Percentile - £423 £464
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £500 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £23.25
25th Percentile £29.00 - £24.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £27.50
75th Percentile £31.00 - £28.75
90th Percentile £37.13 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 - £26.25
% change year-on-year - - +31.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 9 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 23.81% 7.32% 15.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 19
10th Percentile - £180 £163
25th Percentile - £195 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £313 £275
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% +34.15%
75th Percentile £375 £394 £500
90th Percentile £390 £449 £606
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 5
10th Percentile £13.78 - £22.45
25th Percentile £26.61 - £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +96.43%
75th Percentile £34.13 - £28.75
90th Percentile £37.50 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £22.41
% change year-on-year +114.29% -37.53% +19.52%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Staffordshire

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Stafford +3 6 - - 2
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 6 (100.00%) DHCP
1 6 (100.00%) DNS
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
1 6 (100.00%) WLAN
2 5 (83.33%) PuTTY
2 5 (83.33%) Wireless
General
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Change Management
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) Process Improvement
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNA
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CCNP
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Peregrine
2 5 (83.33%) Remedy