Firewall Contracts in Birmingham

Firewall
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 29 56
Rank change year-on-year +11 +27 -18
Contract jobs citing Firewall 50 52 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.74% 5.84% 2.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.31% 34.44% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 26
10th Percentile £196 £313 £168
25th Percentile £300 £343 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +5.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £544 £606 £627
90th Percentile £600 £700 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 134 151 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 18.06% 16.95% 13.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 71 113
10th Percentile £200 £313 £166
25th Percentile £289 £376 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £700 £500
90th Percentile £600 £731 £615
West Midlands median daily rate £413 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -13.16% +18.75% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 3
10th Percentile £13.25 - £12.57
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £21.23 £15.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.50% -25.00% +48.48%
75th Percentile £28.75 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £72.90 £20.21 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.95 £19.60 £17.00
% change year-on-year +1.77% +15.31% +13.33%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Birmingham

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (4.00%) IIS
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.00%) Azure
2 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (4.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (4.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (4.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.00%) LAN
1 10 (20.00%) WAN
2 9 (18.00%) VPN
2 9 (18.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (8.00%) DNS
3 4 (8.00%) VLAN
3 4 (8.00%) VoIP
4 3 (6.00%) Network Security
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (4.00%) DHCP
5 2 (4.00%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (4.00%) iSCSI
5 2 (4.00%) NAS
5 2 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (4.00%) SAN
5 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.00%) Wireless
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (2.00%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (22.00%) Legal
2 8 (16.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.00%) German Language
5 1 (2.00%) Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (46.00%) Analyst
2 20 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) 1st Line Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 5 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) 1st/2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Architect
7 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Service Desk Support
7 2 (4.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
7 2 (4.00%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) LAMP
1 2 (4.00%) Regular Expression
2 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) PKI
1 6 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) Clustering
3 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (4.00%) Replication
4 2 (4.00%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.00%) Linux
2 11 (22.00%) Mac OS X
3 9 (18.00%) Windows
4 7 (14.00%) Windows Server
4 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (10.00%) Windows 10
5 5 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (6.00%) Mac OS
8 2 (4.00%) Ubuntu
8 2 (4.00%) VMS
8 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) SIEM
2 13 (26.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (26.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 12 (24.00%) Incident Management
4 11 (22.00%) Computer Forensics
4 11 (22.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
4 11 (22.00%) Purple Team
4 11 (22.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
4 11 (22.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (22.00%) Threat Analysis
4 11 (22.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (16.00%) Load Balancing
5 8 (16.00%) Security Operations
6 6 (12.00%) Impact Assessments
6 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (10.00%) Line Management
7 5 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (48.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) Degree
4 2 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.00%) BC Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) CASP
4 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.00%) GCED
4 2 (4.00%) GIAC
4 2 (4.00%) GSEC
5 1 (2.00%) CCNA
5 1 (2.00%) CCNP
5 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 11 (22.00%) GDPR
1 11 (22.00%) HIPAA
1 11 (22.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (22.00%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) FortiGate
1 6 (12.00%) SCCM
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.00%) Autotask
3 3 (6.00%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (6.00%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 9 (18.00%) Cisco
2 8 (16.00%) Aruba
2 8 (16.00%) VMware
3 7 (14.00%) F5
3 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (12.00%) CA
5 4 (8.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (6.00%) Apple
6 3 (6.00%) Datto
6 3 (6.00%) Juniper
7 2 (4.00%) Citrix
7 2 (4.00%) LogRhythm
7 2 (4.00%) ProCurve
7 2 (4.00%) Synology
7 2 (4.00%) TippingPoint
7 2 (4.00%) Trend Micro
7 2 (4.00%) Veeam
7 2 (4.00%) Zerto
8 1 (2.00%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.00%) Fortinet