Firewall Contracts in West Lothian

Firewall
Scotland > West Lothian

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Lothian 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian 5.88% 5.36% 4.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.00% 15.00% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £401 £98
25th Percentile £181 £403 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £413 £268
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% +54.21% -
75th Percentile £194 £428 £374
90th Percentile - £434 £438
Scotland median daily rate £525 £475 £459
% change year-on-year +10.53% +3.54% +16.51%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 20 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 19.61% 35.71% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 11
10th Percentile £137 £111 £103
25th Percentile £321 £126 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £285 £480
Median % change year-on-year +82.46% -40.63% +26.32%
75th Percentile £589 £542 £500
90th Percentile £590 £575 -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £464 £450
% change year-on-year +13.27% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £16.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £43.00 £10.63 £46.32
% change year-on-year +304.52% -77.05% -26.48%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in West Lothian

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in West Lothian

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

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 Lothian region over the 6 months to 19 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
Livingston 0 3 £188 -54.55%
Firewall
Scotland

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WLAN
2 1 (33.33%) 5G
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) VPLS
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) NETCONF
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Application Packaging
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Server Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Service Continuity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Avaya
1 2 (66.67%) Extreme Networks
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia