Firewall Contracts in Bristol

Firewall
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 41 58 66
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 -11
Contract jobs citing Firewall 37 33 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.48% 2.87% 2.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.13% 17.74% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 21
10th Percentile £368 £335 £413
25th Percentile £439 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +21.88%
75th Percentile £606 £688 £600
90th Percentile £675 £708 £625
South West median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% +10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £46.39 £92.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.85% - -
South West median hourly rate £46.39 £62.89 £54.00
% change year-on-year -26.24% +16.46% +35.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 160 186 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 15.07% 16.16% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 81 107
10th Percentile £260 £200 £215
25th Percentile £439 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.21% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £544
90th Percentile £688 £688 £607
South West median daily rate £538 £523 £450
% change year-on-year +2.87% +16.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 82 0
10th Percentile £12.57 - -
25th Percentile £38.26 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £9.80 -
Median % change year-on-year +563.27% - -
75th Percentile £72.94 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £52.39
% change year-on-year +308.16% -81.29% +27.77%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 16 (43.24%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (18.92%) Entra ID
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (13.51%) Azure Logic Apps
3 5 (13.51%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) OCI
4 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.03%) WAN
2 8 (21.62%) VPN
3 7 (18.92%) LAN
3 7 (18.92%) Network Security
4 6 (16.22%) FTP
4 6 (16.22%) SAN
5 5 (13.51%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (13.51%) SD-WAN
6 3 (8.11%) DNS
7 2 (5.41%) BGP
7 2 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (5.41%) DHCP
7 2 (5.41%) MPLS
7 2 (5.41%) OSPF
7 2 (5.41%) SNMP
7 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.70%) 4G
8 1 (2.70%) 5G
8 1 (2.70%) IPsec
8 1 (2.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (13.51%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle APEX
General
1 7 (18.92%) Manufacturing
2 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.81%) Electronics
4 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 4 (10.81%) Legal
4 4 (10.81%) Local Government
4 4 (10.81%) Marketing
5 3 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (48.65%) Network Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Architect
2 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Automation Test Lead
4 3 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Lead
4 3 (8.11%) Test Leader
5 2 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Test Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Test Automation Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Test Manager
5 2 (5.41%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Replication
2 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.41%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) PKI
4 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (29.73%) Windows
2 10 (27.03%) VMS
3 7 (18.92%) Linux
3 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.11%) Unix
4 3 (8.11%) Windows 2000
4 3 (8.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) ITIL
2 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (21.62%) Containerisation
4 7 (18.92%) Migration
5 6 (16.22%) Change Management
6 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.81%) Data Protection
7 4 (10.81%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (10.81%) Programme Management
8 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Automation
8 3 (8.11%) Log Correlation
8 3 (8.11%) Network Virtualisation
8 3 (8.11%) Performance Monitoring
8 3 (8.11%) Security Architecture
8 3 (8.11%) SIEM
8 3 (8.11%) Test Automation
8 3 (8.11%) Use Case
8 3 (8.11%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 11 (29.73%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) CCNP
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.70%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (16.22%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (16.22%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (16.22%) VMware NSX
4 2 (5.41%) vSphere
5 1 (2.70%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) vCenter Server
2 6 (16.22%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (13.51%) Ansible
3 5 (13.51%) FortiGate
4 3 (8.11%) Terraform
5 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) Cisco
2 11 (29.73%) VMware
3 7 (18.92%) Fortinet
3 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
3 7 (18.92%) Palo Alto
4 6 (16.22%) CA
4 6 (16.22%) CheckPoint
4 6 (16.22%) Juniper
4 6 (16.22%) Veeam
5 4 (10.81%) F5
5 4 (10.81%) SAP
6 3 (8.11%) SolarWinds
7 2 (5.41%) Citrix
7 2 (5.41%) Dell
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle
8 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow