Firewall Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Firewall
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 8 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing Firewall 9 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 10.23% 10.20% 4.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 47.37% 35.71% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile £413 £463 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -2.56% +19.63%
75th Percentile £438 £506 £497
90th Percentile - £518 £499
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £505 £593
% change year-on-year -5.94% -14.88% +12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - -
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £66.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 14 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 21.59% 28.57% 23.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 14
10th Percentile £208 £331 £188
25th Percentile £277 £388 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £360
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +25.00% -15.29%
75th Percentile £398 £488 £497
90th Percentile £422 £520 £532
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £41.88 - -
90th Percentile £67.25 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 - £17.72
% change year-on-year - - -5.84%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Warrington

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Firewall

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Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Firewall

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (33.33%) AWS
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
1 3 (33.33%) WLAN
2 2 (22.22%) BGP
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (22.22%) NX-OS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Japanese Language
3 2 (22.22%) Military
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Log Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) SIEM
3 3 (33.33%) SOAR
3 3 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 3 (33.33%) Use Case
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
2 3 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) CCDP
3 2 (22.22%) CCNP
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) F5
2 3 (33.33%) LogRhythm
2 3 (33.33%) Meraki
2 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds