Firewall Contracts in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 40 57
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 870 1,154 1,159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.25% 4.91% 3.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.16% 32.67% 28.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 812 824
10th Percentile £275 £275 £280
25th Percentile £413 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +5.41% +8.82%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £575
90th Percentile £756 £690 £639
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +4.95% +11.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 38 35
10th Percentile £23.37 £17.83 £13.00
25th Percentile £49.79 £43.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £83.77 £62.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.10% +175.56% -3.23%
75th Percentile £87.46 £64.56 £53.75
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.48 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £66.75 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +7.66% +39.33% +85.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,326 3,532 4,093
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.24% 15.03% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,900 2,223 2,634
10th Percentile £202 £206 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 320 237
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.63
Median hourly rate £46.14 £18.47 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +149.85% -14.12% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% -

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
South East +10 314 £500 - 145
North of England -6 167 £525 +16.67% 142
South West +9 154 £500 -2.44% 71
Midlands -9 123 £489 -2.20% 117
North West +1 105 £700 +55.56% 79
West Midlands +1 95 £475 +3.83% 65
East of England -21 53 £475 +0.80% 47
Yorkshire -8 52 £500 - 49
Scotland +2 51 £513 +7.89% 35
East Midlands -8 26 £495 -8.33% 52
Wales -13 15 £364 -30.71% 15
North East +19 10 £375 +63.04% 14
Northern Ireland +5 1 - - 6
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 71 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (6.55%) SharePoint
3 48 (5.52%) Confluence
4 35 (4.02%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.80%) nginx
6 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.34%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.34%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.34%) Sage X3
2 3 (0.34%) Shopify
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.11%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.11%) RMDS
3 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 202 (23.22%) Azure
2 98 (11.26%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (7.93%) AWS
4 47 (5.40%) Entra ID
5 35 (4.02%) Azure Stack
6 20 (2.30%) GCP
7 19 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (2.07%) OCI
9 17 (1.95%) GitHub
10 16 (1.84%) Azure Storage
11 13 (1.49%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.15%) IaaS
13 10 (1.15%) OpenShift
14 9 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.03%) Cloudflare
14 9 (1.03%) OneDrive
14 9 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 220 (25.29%) VPN
2 131 (15.06%) DNS
3 126 (14.48%) WAN
4 123 (14.14%) LAN
5 112 (12.87%) Network Security
6 92 (10.57%) DHCP
7 87 (10.00%) BGP
8 81 (9.31%) Cisco ASA
9 58 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
9 58 (6.67%) TCP/IP
10 55 (6.32%) Wi-Fi
11 52 (5.98%) Cisco Nexus
11 52 (5.98%) SAN
12 46 (5.29%) OSPF
13 44 (5.06%) Intrusion Detection
14 42 (4.83%) SD-WAN
14 42 (4.83%) Wireless
15 34 (3.91%) VLAN
16 33 (3.79%) IPsec
17 32 (3.68%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.10%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.15%) MySQL
3 9 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.80%) Power BI
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
6 5 (0.57%) RDBMS
6 5 (0.57%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.34%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.34%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
9 2 (0.23%) Tableau
10 1 (0.11%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 57 (6.55%) JIRA
2 22 (2.53%) Git
3 19 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.38%) GitLab
5 8 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (0.92%) CircleCI
5 8 (0.92%) Travis CI
6 7 (0.80%) Maven
7 6 (0.69%) Gradle
7 6 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.11%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.11%) Subversion
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 212 (24.37%) Social Skills
2 87 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 47 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (5.40%) Finance
4 36 (4.14%) Telecoms
5 31 (3.56%) Manufacturing
5 31 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (2.76%) Legal
7 21 (2.41%) Banking
8 17 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (1.38%) Marketing
11 11 (1.26%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.03%) Retail
13 8 (0.92%) Electronics
14 7 (0.80%) Military
15 5 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.57%) Law
16 4 (0.46%) Automotive
16 4 (0.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 293 (33.68%) Network Engineer
2 153 (17.59%) Architect
3 93 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 67 (7.70%) Senior
5 63 (7.24%) Analyst
6 51 (5.86%) Security Architect
7 48 (5.52%) Technical Architect
8 45 (5.17%) Lead
9 37 (4.25%) Cisco Engineer
9 37 (4.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 35 (4.02%) Support Engineer
11 32 (3.68%) Network Architect
11 32 (3.68%) Security Engineer
12 31 (3.56%) Lead Architect
12 31 (3.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 30 (3.45%) Technical Leader
14 29 (3.33%) Senior Network Engineer
15 28 (3.22%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 24 (2.76%) Microsoft Engineer
16 24 (2.76%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.83%) Node.js
2 18 (2.07%) ARM Templates
3 15 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (1.72%) JSON
4 14 (1.61%) CSS
4 14 (1.61%) HTML
4 14 (1.61%) React
4 14 (1.61%) YAML
5 12 (1.38%) Jinja
6 11 (1.26%) XML
7 9 (1.03%) LDAP
8 8 (0.92%) 802.1X
9 7 (0.80%) Web Services
10 6 (0.69%) EDI
11 4 (0.46%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.46%) OpenAPI
11 4 (0.46%) RAML
11 4 (0.46%) REST
11 4 (0.46%) RESTful
11 4 (0.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 108 (12.41%) Data Centre
2 59 (6.78%) Private Cloud
3 58 (6.67%) PKI
4 46 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (4.83%) Public Cloud
6 20 (2.30%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.07%) Operational Technology
8 17 (1.95%) Security Posture
9 16 (1.84%) Clustering
9 16 (1.84%) Security Operations Centre
10 12 (1.38%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.15%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.03%) NHS
13 8 (0.92%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.92%) Replication
14 6 (0.69%) CCTV
14 6 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.69%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 277 (31.84%) Windows
2 170 (19.54%) Windows Server
3 123 (14.14%) Linux
4 56 (6.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 52 (5.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 46 (5.29%) Android
7 44 (5.06%) Apple iOS
8 42 (4.83%) Windows Server 2012
9 38 (4.37%) Windows 10
10 34 (3.91%) Unix
11 17 (1.95%) Windows XP
12 15 (1.72%) VMS
13 14 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (1.26%) Mac OS
15 10 (1.15%) Mac OS X
16 9 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
17 6 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 6 (0.69%) Ubuntu
18 5 (0.57%) Windows 7
19 3 (0.34%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (16.44%) DevOps
2 142 (16.32%) ITIL
3 137 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 111 (12.76%) Agile
6 106 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
7 101 (11.61%) CI/CD
8 86 (9.89%) Security Architecture
9 72 (8.28%) Service Management
10 67 (7.70%) Migration
11 65 (7.47%) Risk Management
12 63 (7.24%) ITSM
13 61 (7.01%) Change Management
14 60 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
14 60 (6.90%) Network Management
15 53 (6.09%) Network Design
16 52 (5.98%) Load Balancing
17 49 (5.63%) Project Management
17 49 (5.63%) SIEM
17 49 (5.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (10.11%) PowerShell
2 47 (5.40%) Python
3 30 (3.45%) SQL
4 21 (2.41%) Java
4 21 (2.41%) VBScript
5 20 (2.30%) Bash
5 20 (2.30%) C#
6 18 (2.07%) Bicep
7 16 (1.84%) VB
8 13 (1.49%) Perl
9 12 (1.38%) Tcl
9 12 (1.38%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.15%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.03%) Groovy
11 9 (1.03%) Ruby
12 6 (0.69%) JavaScript
13 5 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.34%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.34%) Go
14 3 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 363 (41.72%) Security Cleared
2 191 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 163 (18.74%) DV Cleared
4 144 (16.55%) Cisco Certification
5 110 (12.64%) CCNP
6 96 (11.03%) CCNA
7 95 (10.92%) Degree
8 20 (2.30%) CCIE
9 16 (1.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 14 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.26%) Azure Certification
12 11 (1.26%) CISSP
13 9 (1.03%) JNCIA
14 8 (0.92%) CISM
14 8 (0.92%) MCSE
14 8 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.02%) Government Security Classifications
2 23 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.53%) GDPR
3 22 (2.53%) SLA
4 20 (2.30%) NIST
5 19 (2.18%) QA
6 15 (1.72%) HIPAA
7 10 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 9 (1.03%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.69%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.34%) NCSC
12 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.11%) GRC
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 146 (16.78%) Active Directory
2 122 (14.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (6.32%) Hyper-V
4 41 (4.71%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (4.37%) Virtual Machines
6 35 (4.02%) vSphere
7 34 (3.91%) VMware NSX
8 24 (2.76%) Docker
8 24 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (2.07%) Firmware
10 15 (1.72%) XenApp
11 9 (1.03%) Terminal Services
12 6 (0.69%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.46%) ProxySG
14 3 (0.34%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 2 (0.23%) Ceph
15 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 66 (7.59%) SCCM
2 64 (7.36%) Ansible
3 57 (6.55%) SCOM
4 55 (6.32%) Terraform
5 47 (5.40%) vCenter Server
6 44 (5.06%) Kubernetes
7 41 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
8 38 (4.37%) WSUS
9 32 (3.68%) FortiGate
10 20 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 19 (2.18%) Grafana
12 15 (1.72%) Nessus
13 14 (1.61%) EMC NetWorker
13 14 (1.61%) NetBackup
13 14 (1.61%) Prometheus
14 11 (1.26%) Nagios
15 10 (1.15%) Progress Chef
15 10 (1.15%) Puppet
16 9 (1.03%) Kibana
16 9 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 334 (38.39%) Cisco
2 201 (23.10%) Microsoft
3 160 (18.39%) VMware
4 117 (13.45%) Palo Alto
5 112 (12.87%) Juniper
6 91 (10.46%) Fortinet
7 73 (8.39%) F5
8 63 (7.24%) CheckPoint
9 61 (7.01%) SolarWinds
10 48 (5.52%) Citrix
11 36 (4.14%) Dell
12 35 (4.02%) Atlassian
13 33 (3.79%) Oracle
14 31 (3.56%) Splunk
14 31 (3.56%) Veeam
15 28 (3.22%) HP
16 27 (3.10%) Symantec
17 25 (2.87%) CA
18 20 (2.30%) Meraki
19 18 (2.07%) Aruba