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 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 43 52
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 -7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 158 140 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.89% 4.87% 4.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.81% 27.56% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 83 100
10th Percentile £363 £409 £300
25th Percentile £413 £478 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £590 £524
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +12.65% +28.13%
75th Percentile £608 £688 £638
90th Percentile £680 £723 £650
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £489
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.30% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 9
10th Percentile £72.27 £18.50 £12.85
25th Percentile £81.78 £66.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.38 £75.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.84% +476.92% +0.15%
75th Percentile £87.46 £78.62 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 -
South East median hourly rate £83.77 £63.78 £16.50
% change year-on-year +31.34% +286.52% -28.26%

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 530 508 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.76% 17.66% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 300 373
10th Percentile £206 £267 £231
25th Percentile £363 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £550
90th Percentile £638 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 20 21
10th Percentile £16.73 £18.05 £12.25
25th Percentile £22.58 £19.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £69.42 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +308.34% -47.69%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £81.04 £25.00
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
% change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

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 14 June 2024.

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 14 June 2024. 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 +12 131 £605 +0.83% 31
Buckinghamshire +16 19 £550 - 13
Oxfordshire +9 8 £375 -16.67% 13
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 22 (13.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (29.11%) Azure
2 24 (15.19%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (14.56%) Entra ID
4 22 (13.92%) Azure Monitor
5 21 (13.29%) Azure Storage
6 14 (8.86%) OCI
7 6 (3.80%) AWS
8 3 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.90%) GCP
8 3 (1.90%) IaaS
8 3 (1.90%) PaaS
9 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.27%) SaaS
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.63%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 40 (25.32%) DNS
2 35 (22.15%) DHCP
3 34 (21.52%) Intrusion Detection
3 34 (21.52%) WAN
4 27 (17.09%) LAN
5 26 (16.46%) VPN
6 23 (14.56%) Cisco ASA
7 19 (12.03%) Cisco Nexus
8 18 (11.39%) Network Security
9 14 (8.86%) SAN
10 12 (7.59%) MPLS
11 11 (6.96%) BGP
11 11 (6.96%) Cisco ISE
11 11 (6.96%) DMZ
12 8 (5.06%) IPsec
13 7 (4.43%) SD-WAN
13 7 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (3.80%) EIGRP
15 5 (3.16%) Internet
15 5 (3.16%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.63%) MySQL
3 1 (0.63%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Git
1 2 (1.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 52 (32.91%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.56%) Public Sector
3 11 (6.96%) Banking
3 11 (6.96%) Investment Banking
3 11 (6.96%) Telecoms
4 8 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.16%) Finance
7 4 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.90%) Military
9 2 (1.27%) Automotive
9 2 (1.27%) Electronics
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) French Language
Job Titles
1 43 (27.22%) Network Engineer
2 40 (25.32%) Architect
3 34 (21.52%) Security Architect
4 27 (17.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 21 (13.29%) Active Directory Support
6 17 (10.76%) Senior
7 16 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (9.49%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (9.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (9.49%) Juniper Engineer
9 14 (8.86%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (8.86%) Azure Specialist
9 14 (8.86%) Support Specialist
10 13 (8.23%) Senior Network Engineer
11 11 (6.96%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 10 (6.33%) Storage Engineer
13 9 (5.70%) Analyst
13 9 (5.70%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (5.06%) Consultant
14 8 (5.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.56%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.90%) EDI
3 2 (1.27%) YAML
4 1 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.63%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.35%) Data Centre
2 21 (13.29%) PKI
2 21 (13.29%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.80%) Operational Technology
3 6 (3.80%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.90%) CCTV
5 3 (1.90%) SCADA
6 2 (1.27%) CSOC
6 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.63%) IoT
7 1 (0.63%) iPad
7 1 (0.63%) Life Science
7 1 (0.63%) LIMS
7 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 47 (29.75%) Windows
2 41 (25.95%) Linux
2 41 (25.95%) Windows Server
3 35 (22.15%) Windows Server 2016
3 35 (22.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (8.86%) Windows 10
4 14 (8.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (8.86%) Windows XP
5 6 (3.80%) Unix
6 4 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.44%) DevOps
2 40 (25.32%) ITIL
3 36 (22.78%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (15.19%) Agile
5 24 (15.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (13.92%) Analytics
6 22 (13.92%) CI/CD
6 22 (13.92%) Identity Management
6 22 (13.92%) Log Analytics
6 22 (13.92%) RBAC
6 22 (13.92%) Release Management
6 22 (13.92%) Service Management
7 21 (13.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 21 (13.29%) Privileged Identity Management
7 21 (13.29%) Security Architecture
8 17 (10.76%) High Availability
8 17 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 17 (10.76%) Performance Tuning
8 17 (10.76%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.68%) PowerShell
2 22 (13.92%) Bicep
3 21 (13.29%) C#
3 21 (13.29%) VB
3 21 (13.29%) VBScript
4 4 (2.53%) Python
4 4 (2.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 97 (61.39%) Security Cleared
2 86 (54.43%) DV Cleared
3 47 (29.75%) SC Cleared
4 45 (28.48%) Degree
5 36 (22.78%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (22.15%) CCNP
7 23 (14.56%) CCNA
8 21 (13.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (3.16%) CISM
10 4 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.27%) CCIE
12 1 (0.63%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.63%) CCDP
12 1 (0.63%) CCIP
12 1 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.63%) HP ASE
12 1 (0.63%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.63%) JNCIE
12 1 (0.63%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.90%) QA
2 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 41 (25.95%) Active Directory
2 22 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (13.29%) Virtual Desktop
3 21 (13.29%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (10.13%) Hyper-V
4 16 (10.13%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.90%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.27%) XenApp
7 1 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 37 (23.42%) SCCM
2 35 (22.15%) SCOM
2 35 (22.15%) WSUS
3 26 (16.46%) Kubernetes
4 21 (13.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 21 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (8.86%) EMC NetWorker
5 14 (8.86%) NetBackup
5 14 (8.86%) vCenter Server
6 10 (6.33%) Nessus
7 6 (3.80%) Terraform
8 5 (3.16%) Ansible
9 4 (2.53%) SELinux
9 4 (2.53%) yum
10 3 (1.90%) Netcool
11 2 (1.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (1.27%) FortiGate
11 2 (1.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (1.27%) RSA Archer
11 2 (1.27%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 78 (49.37%) Cisco
2 61 (38.61%) Juniper
3 49 (31.01%) Microsoft
4 33 (20.89%) Palo Alto
5 24 (15.19%) VMware
6 21 (13.29%) CheckPoint
7 18 (11.39%) Oracle
8 16 (10.13%) HP
9 14 (8.86%) 3PAR
9 14 (8.86%) Dell
9 14 (8.86%) EMC
9 14 (8.86%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (8.86%) Fortinet
9 14 (8.86%) Symantec
9 14 (8.86%) Veeam
10 13 (8.23%) Blue Coat
11 9 (5.70%) ScienceLogic
12 5 (3.16%) Aruba
13 4 (2.53%) Informatica
14 3 (1.90%) Nokia