Firewall Contracts in the West Midlands

Firewall
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 35 85
Rank change year-on-year +8 +50 -34
Contract jobs citing Firewall 101 136 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.25% 5.71% 2.73%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.63% 38.75% 25.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 92 69
10th Percentile £208 £263 £188
25th Percentile £313 £313 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £626 £595 £588
90th Percentile £775 £700 £690
England median daily rate £513 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -3.30% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +33.33%
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +69.86% +55.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 394 351 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.47% 14.75% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 217 267
10th Percentile £201 £263 £165
25th Percentile £313 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -4.48%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £505
90th Percentile £688 £700 £618
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 18
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £12.04
25th Percentile £13.50 £13.13 £12.66
Median hourly rate £19.95 £16.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £23.75 £20.58 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £21.80 £20.51
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Birmingham +13 51 £475 +5.56% 32
Solihull -7 17 £275 -47.12% 4
Warwickshire +1 14 £625 +8.70% 10
Coventry -7 8 £500 +25.00% 3
Staffordshire +1 1 £275 - 14
Worcestershire -3 1 - - 10
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.98%) IIS
2 2 (1.98%) WordPress
3 1 (0.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (25.74%) Azure
2 11 (10.89%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (5.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (4.95%) AWS
5 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.98%) IaaS
6 2 (1.98%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.98%) PaaS
7 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (24.75%) VPN
2 18 (17.82%) WAN
3 17 (16.83%) LAN
3 17 (16.83%) Network Security
4 13 (12.87%) DNS
5 10 (9.90%) SD-WAN
5 10 (9.90%) VoIP
6 8 (7.92%) DHCP
6 8 (7.92%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (6.93%) SAN
8 6 (5.94%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (5.94%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (5.94%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (5.94%) Internet
8 6 (5.94%) TCP/IP
9 5 (4.95%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (4.95%) MPLS
9 5 (4.95%) PBX
9 5 (4.95%) VLAN
9 5 (4.95%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.99%) Apache Hive
2 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.98%) Git
2 2 (1.98%) JIRA
3 1 (0.99%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.99%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 15 (14.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.90%) Legal
3 9 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (8.91%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.94%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.97%) Law
6 2 (1.98%) German Language
6 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Advertising
7 1 (0.99%) Banking
7 1 (0.99%) Finance
7 1 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (22.77%) Analyst
2 19 (18.81%) Network Engineer
2 19 (18.81%) SOC Analyst
3 17 (16.83%) 1st Line Engineer
4 9 (8.91%) Architect
5 7 (6.93%) SOC Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 5 (4.95%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (4.95%) Enterprise Architect
8 4 (3.96%) Consultant
8 4 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Security Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) Firewall Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) Technical Consultant
10 2 (1.98%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.95%) Web Services
2 2 (1.98%) JSON
2 2 (1.98%) LAMP
2 2 (1.98%) Regular Expression
2 2 (1.98%) YAML
3 1 (0.99%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.99%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.80%) PKI
2 17 (16.83%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (9.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (6.93%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.94%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.95%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.97%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.97%) Clustering
7 3 (2.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.97%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.98%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.98%) Replication
8 2 (1.98%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.99%) Grid Computing
9 1 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.99%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.85%) Linux
2 14 (13.86%) Windows
3 10 (9.90%) Mac OS X
3 10 (9.90%) Windows Server
4 8 (7.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (6.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (4.95%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.97%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.98%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.98%) VMS
8 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.76%) Cybersecurity
1 24 (23.76%) SIEM
2 19 (18.81%) Incident Management
3 17 (16.83%) Impact Assessments
4 16 (15.84%) Project Delivery
5 13 (12.87%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 13 (12.87%) Security Operations
6 12 (11.88%) Cloud Security
6 12 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (11.88%) Risk Management
6 12 (11.88%) Threat Detection
7 11 (10.89%) Malware Reverse Engineering
7 11 (10.89%) Reverse Engineering
7 11 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (10.89%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (9.90%) Analytics
8 10 (9.90%) Data Analytics
8 10 (9.90%) High Availability
8 10 (9.90%) Purple Team
8 10 (9.90%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.93%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.95%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (2.97%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (35.64%) Security Cleared
2 31 (30.69%) SC Cleared
3 16 (15.84%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (13.86%) Degree
5 9 (8.91%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.93%) CCNP
6 7 (6.93%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (5.94%) CCNA
7 6 (5.94%) CISSP
7 6 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.95%) CCIE
8 5 (4.95%) CCIE Data Center
8 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.97%) GIAC
10 2 (1.98%) BC Cleared
10 2 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.98%) CASP
10 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.98%) GCED
10 2 (1.98%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.87%) NIST
2 12 (11.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (10.89%) GDPR
4 10 (9.90%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (9.90%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.98%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.93%) Active Directory
1 7 (6.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.96%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.98%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.98%) vSphere
4 1 (0.99%) Snort
Systems Management
1 8 (7.92%) Terraform
2 7 (6.93%) SCCM
3 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.95%) Ansible
4 5 (4.95%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.97%) Autotask
5 3 (2.97%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.99%) Kibana
6 1 (0.99%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 23 (22.77%) Cisco
2 18 (17.82%) Microsoft
3 17 (16.83%) CA
4 14 (13.86%) Palo Alto
5 11 (10.89%) F5
6 10 (9.90%) CheckPoint
6 10 (9.90%) VMware
7 8 (7.92%) Juniper
8 7 (6.93%) Aruba
9 6 (5.94%) Zscaler
10 5 (4.95%) Infoblox
10 5 (4.95%) Symantec
11 4 (3.96%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.96%) McAfee
12 3 (2.97%) Apple
12 3 (2.97%) Datto
12 3 (2.97%) LogRhythm
12 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
12 3 (2.97%) TippingPoint
13 2 (1.98%) Rapid7