Firewall Contract Job Trends in Wolverhampton

Firewall
West Midlands > Wolverhampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wolverhampton 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 5 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -
Contract jobs citing Firewall 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wolverhampton 18.18% 3.85% 10.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.57% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £325 £150
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +116.67% -
75th Percentile £438 £338 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -5.00% +25.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £69.99 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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
Wolverhampton

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 Wolverhampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wolverhampton 63.64% 7.69% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £256 - -
25th Percentile £258 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £325 £150
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +116.67% -
75th Percentile £400 £338 -
90th Percentile £500 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £69.99 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 Wolverhampton

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Wolverhampton

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in Wolverhampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wolverhampton citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in Wolverhampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wolverhampton citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wolverhampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (50.00%) VMware