WatchGuard Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

WatchGuard
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of WatchGuard products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WatchGuard over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WatchGuard 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.048% - 0.080%
As % of the Vendors category 0.083% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £525
75th Percentile £538 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £163 £525
% change year-on-year +223.08% -69.05% -

All Vendors
Thames Valley

WatchGuard falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,199 1,002 1,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 57.89% 49.90% 53.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 653 863
10th Percentile £263 £300 £205
25th Percentile £413 £415 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £663 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 22 60
10th Percentile £14.54 £18.53 £16.39
25th Percentile £17.36 £22.75 £24.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.08 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -25.84% -32.31% +190.46%
75th Percentile £68.50 £59.37 £63.29
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.31 £70.20
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £35.58 £54.78
% change year-on-year -41.57% -35.04% +128.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WatchGuard relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

WatchGuard job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WatchGuard.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WatchGuard

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WatchGuard.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WatchGuard

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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 WatchGuard within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire - 1 £525 -
WatchGuard
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper