Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
South East > Surrey
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey requiring NGFW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NGFW over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | 57 | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | +15 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing NGFW | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey | 1.58% | 0.52% | 0.55% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 8.62% | 2.70% | 2.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £469 | £475 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £506 | £525 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | -4.76% | -22.79% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey
NGFW 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 | 58 | 111 | 150 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey | 18.35% | 19.20% | 20.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 81 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £204 | £203 | £206 |
| 25th Percentile | £259 | £260 | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £405 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.28% | -14.74% | +62.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £506 | £531 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | £663 | £838 |
| South East median daily rate | £498 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.50% | +5.26% | +3.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £28.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.00 | £57.50 | £39.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.39 | £60.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -49.36% | +33.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.81 | £62.50 | £55.03 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.16 | - | £62.55 |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | £57.35 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.10% | -0.26% | +76.92% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey
Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NGFW in Surrey.
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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 NGFW within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 2 August 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 | - | 5 | £488 | - | 1 |
| NGFW South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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: