Firewall Contracts with Work from Home Options

Firewall
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 58 101
Rank change year-on-year -5 +43 +1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 481 973 1,144
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.19% 3.88% 2.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.70% 33.74% 26.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 692 819
10th Percentile £343 £364 £313
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +3.35% +16.11%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £622
90th Percentile £700 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 12
10th Percentile £20.40 £44.79 £26.30
25th Percentile £35.32 £52.50 £39.31
Median hourly rate £87.46 £78.50 £51.04
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% +53.80% +27.60%
75th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £62.20
90th Percentile - £81.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +39.33% +85.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,567 2,884 4,286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.39% 11.50% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 1,907 2,899
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 94 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.10 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +15.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.19 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +5.22%

Firewall
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Firewall trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall.

Firewall daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firewall over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Firewall daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall.

Firewall hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firewall over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Firewall hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 43 (8.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (7.90%) Confluence
3 21 (4.37%) SharePoint
4 17 (3.53%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (1.25%) nginx
6 5 (1.04%) Apache
6 5 (1.04%) IIS
7 4 (0.83%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.62%) JBoss
8 3 (0.62%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.62%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 164 (34.10%) Azure
2 78 (16.22%) AWS
3 55 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (10.40%) Entra ID
5 27 (5.61%) GitHub
6 24 (4.99%) IaaS
7 23 (4.78%) GCP
8 22 (4.57%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (4.37%) PaaS
10 20 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (3.53%) Azure Stack
11 17 (3.53%) Azure Storage
12 14 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (2.70%) Serverless
14 12 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (2.29%) SaaS
15 11 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (2.08%) Route 53
17 9 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (1.87%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 93 (19.33%) VPN
2 83 (17.26%) DNS
3 67 (13.93%) Network Security
4 64 (13.31%) BGP
5 49 (10.19%) LAN
5 49 (10.19%) WAN
6 48 (9.98%) DHCP
7 45 (9.36%) Cisco ASA
8 39 (8.11%) OSPF
8 39 (8.11%) TCP/IP
9 30 (6.24%) SAN
10 29 (6.03%) Intrusion Detection
11 26 (5.41%) Cisco ISE
11 26 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
12 23 (4.78%) Cisco Nexus
12 23 (4.78%) IPsec
12 23 (4.78%) SD-WAN
13 22 (4.57%) MPLS
13 22 (4.57%) VLAN
13 22 (4.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.16%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.66%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.25%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.04%) NonStop SQL
6 4 (0.83%) Apache Hive
6 4 (0.83%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.83%) MySQL
6 4 (0.83%) Tableau
7 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 45 (9.36%) JIRA
2 28 (5.82%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.99%) Git
4 13 (2.70%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.46%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.46%) GitLab
6 4 (0.83%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.83%) IDA Disassembler
7 2 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.42%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.42%) Travis CI
7 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.21%) Gradle
8 1 (0.21%) Maven
8 1 (0.21%) MSI
8 1 (0.21%) Postman
8 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 119 (24.74%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.38%) Finance
3 43 (8.94%) Public Sector
4 33 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.99%) Banking
6 17 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.12%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.91%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.04%) Retail
11 4 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.62%) Advertising
12 3 (0.62%) Automotive
13 2 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.42%) German Language
13 2 (0.42%) Local Government
13 2 (0.42%) Military
13 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.42%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.21%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 109 (22.66%) Network Engineer
2 75 (15.59%) Architect
2 75 (15.59%) Senior
3 27 (5.61%) DevOps Engineer
3 27 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (4.99%) Security Architect
4 24 (4.99%) Support Engineer
5 23 (4.78%) Microsoft Engineer
6 22 (4.57%) Lead
6 22 (4.57%) Security Engineer
6 22 (4.57%) Senior Network Engineer
7 20 (4.16%) Consultant
8 18 (3.74%) Analyst
8 18 (3.74%) Technical Architect
9 17 (3.53%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.33%) Active Directory Support
10 16 (3.33%) Operations Engineer
11 15 (3.12%) Azure Specialist
12 14 (2.91%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (2.91%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.20%) ARM Templates
2 20 (4.16%) LDAP
3 11 (2.29%) CSS
3 11 (2.29%) HTML
3 11 (2.29%) Node.js
4 10 (2.08%) JSON
4 10 (2.08%) React
5 9 (1.87%) YAML
6 7 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.25%) Jinja
8 5 (1.04%) REST
8 5 (1.04%) XML
9 4 (0.83%) EDI
9 4 (0.83%) Middleware
9 4 (0.83%) OLE
10 3 (0.62%) AWS SAM
10 3 (0.62%) IBM Integration Bus
10 3 (0.62%) RESTful
11 2 (0.42%) AWS CDK
11 2 (0.42%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.07%) Data Centre
2 24 (4.99%) PKI
3 20 (4.16%) Private Cloud
4 19 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.74%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.33%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 11 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.29%) Replication
8 11 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (2.08%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.87%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.66%) Clustering
12 7 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (1.46%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
14 4 (0.83%) IoT
14 4 (0.83%) Product Ownership
14 4 (0.83%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 159 (33.06%) Windows
2 79 (16.42%) Linux
3 77 (16.01%) Windows Server
4 33 (6.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (4.37%) Unix
6 17 (3.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (2.91%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (2.70%) Apple iOS
9 12 (2.49%) Android
9 12 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 9 (1.87%) Solaris
11 8 (1.66%) VMS
12 7 (1.46%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.62%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.62%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.42%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.42%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (23.70%) DevOps
2 74 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 70 (14.55%) Agile
4 66 (13.72%) ITIL
5 61 (12.68%) Cybersecurity
6 60 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (11.85%) Infrastructure as Code
8 45 (9.36%) Migration
9 40 (8.32%) Security Architecture
10 39 (8.11%) Service Management
11 38 (7.90%) SIEM
12 36 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 33 (6.86%) Vulnerability Management
14 29 (6.03%) ITSM
15 28 (5.82%) Identity Management
15 28 (5.82%) Network Design
16 27 (5.61%) Load Balancing
17 26 (5.41%) Network Management
18 25 (5.20%) Disaster Recovery
18 25 (5.20%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 63 (13.10%) Python
2 60 (12.47%) PowerShell
3 21 (4.37%) Bash
3 21 (4.37%) Bicep
4 19 (3.95%) VBScript
5 18 (3.74%) C#
6 17 (3.53%) Java
7 16 (3.33%) VB
8 14 (2.91%) SQL
9 12 (2.49%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.87%) JavaScript
11 8 (1.66%) Go
12 7 (1.46%) Perl
13 6 (1.25%) Tcl
14 5 (1.04%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.42%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 136 (28.27%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.63%) DV Cleared
3 70 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
4 57 (11.85%) CCNP
5 56 (11.64%) SC Cleared
6 50 (10.40%) Degree
7 37 (7.69%) CCNA
8 18 (3.74%) CCIE
8 18 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 11 (2.29%) CISSP
11 9 (1.87%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.87%) CISM
12 8 (1.66%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.46%) JNCIA
14 6 (1.25%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.04%) CEH
15 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.57%) NIST
2 21 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.74%) GDPR
4 17 (3.53%) Government Security Classifications
5 14 (2.91%) SLA
6 10 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.87%) QA
8 7 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.83%) NCSC
10 3 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.62%) GPG13
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 98 (20.37%) Active Directory
2 53 (11.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (7.48%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (5.41%) VMware NSX
5 23 (4.78%) Docker
6 19 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (2.91%) Hyper-V
8 11 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.66%) Firmware
10 7 (1.46%) vSphere
11 5 (1.04%) XenApp
12 4 (0.83%) Snort
13 2 (0.42%) Ceph
13 2 (0.42%) Squid
13 2 (0.42%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.21%) KVM
14 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 65 (13.51%) Terraform
2 61 (12.68%) Ansible
3 50 (10.40%) Kubernetes
4 44 (9.15%) SCCM
5 33 (6.86%) SCOM
6 26 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (4.16%) WSUS
8 17 (3.53%) FortiGate
9 16 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (1.87%) Grafana
11 8 (1.66%) Nessus
11 8 (1.66%) Puppet
12 7 (1.46%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (1.46%) Netcool
12 7 (1.46%) Progress Chef
12 7 (1.46%) Tivoli
12 7 (1.46%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 6 (1.25%) Kibana
13 6 (1.25%) Nagios
13 6 (1.25%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 151 (31.39%) Cisco
2 112 (23.28%) Microsoft
3 75 (15.59%) Palo Alto
4 73 (15.18%) VMware
5 45 (9.36%) Fortinet
6 36 (7.48%) Citrix
6 36 (7.48%) F5
7 35 (7.28%) Juniper
8 32 (6.65%) Dell
9 27 (5.61%) Splunk
10 26 (5.41%) CheckPoint
11 25 (5.20%) SolarWinds
12 24 (4.99%) HP
13 20 (4.16%) Atlassian
14 18 (3.74%) Qualys
15 15 (3.12%) EMC
16 14 (2.91%) Oracle
17 13 (2.70%) CyberArk
18 11 (2.29%) Avaya
18 11 (2.29%) ServiceNow