Firewall Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Firewall
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 42 18
Rank change year-on-year +17 -24 +6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 31 14 31
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 5.93% 3.18% 8.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 39.24% 19.44% 47.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 22
10th Percentile £305 £490 £313
25th Percentile £351 £500 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £543 £650
Median % change year-on-year -29.95% -16.54% +18.18%
75th Percentile £441 £550 £747
90th Percentile £623 £755 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -5.00% +25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £17.10 - -
25th Percentile £20.06 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile £33.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% -46.15% +225.00%

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 79 72 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 15.11% 16.36% 17.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 48 46
10th Percentile £197 £500 £245
25th Percentile £363 £522 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £583 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +16.60% -
75th Percentile £582 £661 £738
90th Percentile £793 £675 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £17.10 - -
25th Percentile £20.06 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £30.00 - -
90th Percentile £33.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +50.68%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Warwickshire

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in Warwickshire

Firewall
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 19 October 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 +9 17 £380 -40.86% 5
Leamington Spa +3 5 £550 -
Rugby +1 3 - -
Gaydon - 1 - -
Firewall
West Midlands

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) AWS
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 18 (58.06%) Wireless
2 14 (45.16%) DNS
2 14 (45.16%) WAN
3 12 (38.71%) Network Security
3 12 (38.71%) VPN
4 9 (29.03%) Cisco IPT
4 9 (29.03%) DMVPN
4 9 (29.03%) IPsec
4 9 (29.03%) SSL
5 7 (22.58%) SD-WAN
6 5 (16.13%) DHCP
7 4 (12.90%) Internet
8 3 (9.68%) Telepresence
8 3 (9.68%) Unified Communications
8 3 (9.68%) Wireshark
9 2 (6.45%) Ethereal
9 2 (6.45%) LAN
9 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (3.23%) 3GPP
10 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Network Engineer
1 8 (25.81%) Security Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Network Security Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 5 (16.13%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Consultant
4 3 (9.68%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Desktop Support
4 3 (9.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Test Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Network Consultant
4 3 (9.68%) SOC Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (9.68%) Test Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Principal Network Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) 802.1X
2 3 (9.68%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 17 (54.84%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) PKI
2 3 (9.68%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (9.68%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Mac OS
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
1 3 (9.68%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Change Management
1 9 (29.03%) Inventory Management
2 7 (22.58%) Service Management
3 6 (19.35%) Use Case
4 5 (16.13%) Incident Management
4 5 (16.13%) ITIL
4 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
4 5 (16.13%) Security Operations
5 4 (12.90%) High Availability
5 4 (12.90%) Problem Management
5 4 (12.90%) SIEM
6 3 (9.68%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (9.68%) Data Centre Operations
6 3 (9.68%) Defect Management
6 3 (9.68%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.68%) Process Improvement
6 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (9.68%) Test Management
6 3 (9.68%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) Security Cleared
2 16 (51.61%) SC Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) CCIE
3 7 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (19.35%) CCNP
5 5 (16.13%) Degree
6 4 (12.90%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (3.23%) CCIE Security
9 1 (3.23%) CCIE Wireless
9 1 (3.23%) CCSE
9 1 (3.23%) CCSM
9 1 (3.23%) CWSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) SLA
2 1 (3.23%) NCSC
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) OpenView
2 3 (9.68%) QRadar
3 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.23%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 25 (80.65%) Cisco
2 16 (51.61%) F5
3 10 (32.26%) CheckPoint
3 10 (32.26%) Juniper
4 9 (29.03%) Blue Coat
5 6 (19.35%) Fortinet
6 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
7 3 (9.68%) Google
7 3 (9.68%) Splunk
8 2 (6.45%) Meraki
8 2 (6.45%) Palo Alto
8 2 (6.45%) Zscaler
9 1 (3.23%) Aruba
9 1 (3.23%) Infoblox
9 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds