Firewall Contracts in the Thames Valley

Firewall
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 43 28 51
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 +4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 60 156 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.97% 5.81% 3.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.81% 25.79% 23.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 87 74
10th Percentile £301 £335 £372
25th Percentile £375 £406 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +10.00% +6.18%
75th Percentile £536 £608 £669
90th Percentile £590 £710 £725
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 22 7
10th Percentile - £72.27 £27.05
25th Percentile - £81.78 £49.38
Median hourly rate £14.20 £85.38 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -83.37% +29.37% +407.69%
75th Percentile £15.53 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £41.40 £87.53 £80.55
South East median hourly rate £14.20 £83.77 £62.55
% change year-on-year -83.05% +33.92% +212.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire -31 38 £450 -25.62% 56
Buckinghamshire +16 21 £508 -24.25% 36
Oxfordshire -2 1 - - 34
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) WinCC
Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.33%) AWS
1 11 (18.33%) Azure
2 5 (8.33%) Google Workspace
2 5 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.00%) GCP
5 2 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.67%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.67%) GitHub
6 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (30.00%) Network Security
1 18 (30.00%) VPN
2 14 (23.33%) Wireless
3 13 (21.67%) VLAN
4 12 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 12 (20.00%) WAN
5 11 (18.33%) BGP
5 11 (18.33%) Internet
5 11 (18.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (16.67%) OSPF
6 10 (16.67%) SD-WAN
7 9 (15.00%) MPLS
8 8 (13.33%) DNS
8 8 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (11.67%) LAN
10 4 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (6.67%) NGFW
10 4 (6.67%) VSAN
11 3 (5.00%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.67%) Legal
6 1 (1.67%) Military
6 1 (1.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (16.67%) Lead
1 10 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 8 (13.33%) Architect
2 8 (13.33%) Senior
3 6 (10.00%) Help Desk Agent
3 6 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
3 6 (10.00%) IT Support
4 5 (8.33%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Security Advisor
6 3 (5.00%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Desktop Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Network Architect
7 2 (3.33%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.33%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (8.33%) JBoss Seam
3 3 (5.00%) RFC 2544
4 1 (1.67%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.67%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.67%) LDAP
4 1 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.67%) PKI
4 3 (5.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.33%) CMDB
5 2 (3.33%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.67%) CESG
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.67%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.67%) IoT
6 1 (1.67%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.67%) Replication
6 1 (1.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 15 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.67%) Linux
4 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.67%) VMS
5 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (16.67%) SIEM
4 9 (15.00%) DevOps
4 9 (15.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 9 (15.00%) Security Architecture
5 8 (13.33%) Migration
5 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 7 (11.67%) Network Segmentation
6 7 (11.67%) Security Operations
7 6 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (10.00%) Time Management
7 6 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (8.33%) Content Management
8 5 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
8 5 (8.33%) ITIL
8 5 (8.33%) Post-Production
8 5 (8.33%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.00%) Python
2 6 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.33%) Bash
3 2 (3.33%) Bicep
4 1 (1.67%) C#
4 1 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.67%) SQL
4 1 (1.67%) VB
4 1 (1.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (28.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.67%) CCNP
2 10 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (15.00%) DV Cleared
3 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.67%) CCSA
4 4 (6.67%) CCSE
4 4 (6.67%) CEH
4 4 (6.67%) Check Point Certification
4 4 (6.67%) CISSP
5 3 (5.00%) CISM
5 3 (5.00%) Degree
5 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.33%) CCIE
6 2 (3.33%) CCNA
6 2 (3.33%) MCSE
6 2 (3.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.67%) CCSP
7 1 (1.67%) GIAC
7 1 (1.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) NIST
2 3 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.00%) NCSC
2 3 (5.00%) QA
3 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.67%) GDPR
4 1 (1.67%) GRC
4 1 (1.67%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (11.67%) VMware NSX
3 4 (6.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (5.00%) vSphere
5 2 (3.33%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (11.67%) Ansible
2 3 (5.00%) Puppet
2 3 (5.00%) Terraform
3 2 (3.33%) CASB
3 2 (3.33%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.33%) Progress Chef
3 2 (3.33%) SCCM
3 2 (3.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.67%) HP ALM
4 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.67%) SCOM
4 1 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (35.00%) Cisco
2 18 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (21.67%) Palo Alto
4 10 (16.67%) VMware
5 7 (11.67%) CheckPoint
5 7 (11.67%) Google
6 6 (10.00%) Darktrace
7 4 (6.67%) Aruba
8 3 (5.00%) Juniper
9 2 (3.33%) F5
9 2 (3.33%) Fortinet
9 2 (3.33%) Splunk
10 1 (1.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 1 (1.67%) CyberArk
10 1 (1.67%) HP
10 1 (1.67%) Proofpoint
10 1 (1.67%) Rockwell
10 1 (1.67%) Siemens
10 1 (1.67%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.67%) Tufin