Firewall Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Firewall
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 12 27
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +23
Contract jobs citing Firewall 17 48 51
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 4.23% 10.48% 7.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.29% 48.98% 38.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 29
10th Percentile £314 £262 £219
25th Percentile £391 £305 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -9.09% +27.17%
75th Percentile £514 £536 £615
90th Percentile £549 £551 £680
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £58.50
25th Percentile - - £62.63
Median hourly rate £32.77 - £76.53
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £80.50 £19.00 £75.67
% change year-on-year +323.68% -74.89% +125.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 73 98 131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 18.16% 21.40% 19.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 70 91
10th Percentile - £203 £206
25th Percentile £204 £262 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £261 £444 £340
Median % change year-on-year -41.13% +30.51% +6.25%
75th Percentile £491 £538 £555
90th Percentile £520 £564 £645
South East median daily rate £486 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.75% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile £22.15 - £39.80
25th Percentile £28.98 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £51.47 - £76.53
Median % change year-on-year - - +70.07%
75th Percentile £70.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Surrey

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Surrey

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Firewall

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Leatherhead +2 6 £488 -4.88%
Redhill +4 3 £500 - 2
Guildford - 3 £350 - 3
Chertsey - 1 £325 -
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 1 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) AWS
3 2 (11.76%) SaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Akamai
4 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.88%) IaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) NGFW
2 4 (23.53%) VPN
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security
3 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
3 3 (17.65%) VLAN
3 3 (17.65%) Wireless
4 2 (11.76%) BGP
4 2 (11.76%) DNS
4 2 (11.76%) IPsec
4 2 (11.76%) OSPF
4 2 (11.76%) SSL
4 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (5.88%) DHCP
5 1 (5.88%) LAN
5 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Burp Suite
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Advertising
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Security Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) IT Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Network Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Network Support
4 1 (5.88%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) CMDB
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) PKI
1 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.88%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (35.29%) Incident Management
2 6 (35.29%) Runbook
2 6 (35.29%) Zero Trust
3 5 (29.41%) Incident Response
3 5 (29.41%) Network Load Balancing
4 3 (17.65%) Change Control
4 3 (17.65%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.76%) High Availability
5 2 (11.76%) Network Management
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) Security Management
5 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) SIEM
5 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (11.76%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Bash
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CCNA
2 1 (5.88%) CHECK Team Member
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CREST Certified
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Scheme
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) MCSE
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
1 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.88%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.88%) CSIRT
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Nmap
2 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (5.88%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Palo Alto
2 6 (35.29%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (29.41%) F5
4 3 (17.65%) Fortinet
5 2 (11.76%) Aruba
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.76%) Mitel
5 2 (11.76%) Qualys
5 2 (11.76%) Splunk
6 1 (5.88%) Cisco
6 1 (5.88%) Citrix
6 1 (5.88%) CyberArk
6 1 (5.88%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (5.88%) Imperva
6 1 (5.88%) Okta
6 1 (5.88%) Proofpoint
6 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
6 1 (5.88%) Tenable
6 1 (5.88%) VMware
6 1 (5.88%) Zscaler