Firewall Contracts in Warwickshire

Firewall
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 31 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 9 14 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 2.91% 4.14% 4.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.13% 25.45% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 16
10th Percentile £450 £319 £293
25th Percentile £540 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.92% +4.17% +146.15%
75th Percentile £788 £775 £738
90th Percentile - - £781
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.32 - -
Median hourly rate £36.65 - -
75th Percentile £41.97 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £36.65 - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 32 55 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 10.36% 16.27% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 32
10th Percentile £405 £215 £407
25th Percentile £463 £416 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £613 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +13.95% +26.47%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £749
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31.32 £13.50 -
Median hourly rate £36.65 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +62.87% - -
75th Percentile £41.97 £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
% change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Warwickshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Warwickshire.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Warwickshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Warwickshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Warwickshire.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Warwickshire

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Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Warwick -11 5 £775 +3.33% 6
Rugby - 1 - -
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) NX-OS
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 2 (22.22%) Virtual Team
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Unix
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (44.44%) SIEM
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Data Security
3 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
3 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Register
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Security Hardening
3 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (22.22%) CCSP
2 2 (22.22%) CEH
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CISM
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) CASB
2 1 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
2 2 (22.22%) Infoblox
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Proofpoint
2 2 (22.22%) TOWER Software
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Broadcom
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 1 (11.11%) Dell