Firewall Contracts in Watford

Firewall
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford 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 5 17 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Firewall 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 17.24% 1.72% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 83.33% 28.57% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £619 -
25th Percentile £525 £666 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £475
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +57.89% +15.15%
75th Percentile £575 £828 £488
90th Percentile - £871 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +37.50% -15.79% +2.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 20.69% 6.03% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile £446 £436 £231
25th Percentile £497 £466 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +14.71% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £563
90th Percentile - £735 £653
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +26.47% -19.05% +27.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Watford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Watford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Watford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco