Firewall Contracts in Uxbridge

Firewall
Hillingdon > Uxbridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Uxbridge 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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 5 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Firewall 12 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Uxbridge 63.16% 17.86% 2.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 100.00% 83.33% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 1
10th Percentile £365 £421 -
25th Percentile £397 £509 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £165
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +218.18% -
75th Percentile £450 £538 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £425 £525 £240
% change year-on-year -19.05% +118.75% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Uxbridge

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 Uxbridge.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Uxbridge 63.16% 21.43% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 5
10th Percentile £365 £288 £146
25th Percentile £397 £399 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £521 £165
Median % change year-on-year -18.47% +215.91% -61.40%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £178
90th Percentile - - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £425 £338 £700
% change year-on-year +25.93% -51.79% +63.74%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Uxbridge

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Uxbridge.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Uxbridge

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Uxbridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Uxbridge citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Uxbridge citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Uxbridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Uxbridge over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Uxbridge

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Uxbridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Uxbridge citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Uxbridge citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Uxbridge 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) LAN
2 11 (91.67%) SD-WAN
3 10 (83.33%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (58.33%) WAN
6 5 (41.67%) VPN
7 2 (16.67%) WLAN
8 1 (8.33%) BGP
8 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (8.33%) DHCP
8 1 (8.33%) DNS
8 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (8.33%) Network Security
8 1 (8.33%) OSPF
8 1 (8.33%) SSL
8 1 (8.33%) VLAN
8 1 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Architect
1 8 (66.67%) Network Architect
2 7 (58.33%) Network Design Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Network Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Network Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Network Design
2 1 (8.33%) Agile
2 1 (8.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (8.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CCIE
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) CCSA
3 1 (8.33%) MCITP
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 9 (75.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) F5
3 1 (8.33%) Meraki
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds