Firewall Contracts in Stevenage

Firewall
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 22 53 17
Rank change year-on-year +31 -36 +10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 6 5 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 4.80% 1.09% 11.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.95% 7.14% 34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 22
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile - - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.73%
75th Percentile - - £513
90th Percentile - - £676
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £72.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 43 70 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 34.40% 15.28% 34.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 41
10th Percentile £450 £290 £273
25th Percentile £503 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £625 £480 £550
90th Percentile - £575 £672
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +26.47% -19.05% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 41 20
10th Percentile £54.25 - £55.98
25th Percentile £63.13 £61.25 £64.06
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - +64.35%
75th Percentile £81.73 - £73.94
90th Percentile £87.50 - £74.65
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +118.30%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Stevenage

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 Excel
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Operational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Apple iOS
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Coaching
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Security
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
1 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) VMware