Firewall Contracts in the South East

Firewall
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 37 41
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Firewall 316 321 380
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.49% 5.67% 4.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.51% 32.69% 28.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 205 268
10th Percentile £307 £286 £300
25th Percentile £400 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.30% +6.25%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £613
90th Percentile £650 £698 £653
England median daily rate £513 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.24% +14.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 20 12
10th Percentile £38.75 £41.23 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £61.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £83.77 £63.78 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.34% +286.52% -28.26%
75th Percentile £87.46 £75.17 £20.94
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £46.25
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +69.86% +36.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,192 982 1,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.72% 17.34% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 578 777
10th Percentile £214 £246 £210
25th Percentile £390 £363 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £651
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 70 85
10th Percentile £17.26 £18.20 £14.27
25th Percentile £29.81 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £63.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Thames Valley +16 158 £605 +2.54% 47
Berkshire +12 131 £605 +0.83% 25
Hampshire -4 105 £590 +17.90% 36
Surrey +7 43 £305 -4.73% 17
Buckinghamshire +16 19 £550 - 11
West Sussex +16 15 £450 -10.00% 8
Kent +17 11 £438 +68.27% 19
Oxfordshire +9 8 £375 -16.67% 11
East Sussex +6 5 £475 +18.75% 9
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 33 (10.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 60 (18.99%) Azure
2 34 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (7.28%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.96%) AWS
4 22 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
5 21 (6.65%) Azure Storage
6 14 (4.43%) OCI
7 5 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.27%) GCP
9 3 (0.95%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.95%) IaaS
9 3 (0.95%) PaaS
9 3 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 69 (21.84%) DNS
2 61 (19.30%) DHCP
3 55 (17.41%) VPN
4 47 (14.87%) WAN
5 41 (12.97%) LAN
6 39 (12.34%) Cisco ASA
6 39 (12.34%) Network Security
7 34 (10.76%) Intrusion Detection
8 30 (9.49%) Cisco Nexus
9 29 (9.18%) Wireless
10 25 (7.91%) VLAN
11 24 (7.59%) TCP/IP
12 22 (6.96%) BGP
12 22 (6.96%) Cisco ISE
13 20 (6.33%) SAN
14 16 (5.06%) IPsec
15 14 (4.43%) MPLS
16 13 (4.11%) OSPF
17 12 (3.80%) SD-WAN
18 11 (3.48%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.27%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.27%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.32%) MySQL
5 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.90%) JIRA
2 5 (1.58%) Git
3 3 (0.95%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.32%) Subversion
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (21.20%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.34%) Public Sector
3 23 (7.28%) Finance
4 14 (4.43%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.48%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.48%) Banking
5 11 (3.48%) Investment Banking
6 8 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.22%) Marketing
7 7 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.90%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.27%) Electronics
10 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.95%) Military
12 2 (0.63%) Automotive
12 2 (0.63%) Law
12 2 (0.63%) Legal
13 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 124 (39.24%) Network Engineer
2 49 (15.51%) Architect
3 36 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (10.76%) Security Architect
5 33 (10.44%) Senior
6 28 (8.86%) Cisco Engineer
6 28 (8.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 27 (8.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 21 (6.65%) Active Directory Support
8 21 (6.65%) Analyst
9 19 (6.01%) Support Specialist
10 16 (5.06%) Support Engineer
11 15 (4.75%) Juniper Engineer
11 15 (4.75%) Senior Network Engineer
12 14 (4.43%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (4.43%) Azure Specialist
13 12 (3.80%) Security Engineer
14 11 (3.48%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 11 (3.48%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 11 (3.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.28%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.27%) ADO
2 4 (1.27%) YAML
3 3 (0.95%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.95%) EDI
4 2 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.63%) LDAP
4 2 (0.63%) Node.js
5 1 (0.32%) .NET
5 1 (0.32%) JSON
5 1 (0.32%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.32%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.19%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.49%) PKI
3 25 (7.91%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.90%) Operational Technology
4 6 (1.90%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.58%) CCTV
5 5 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.95%) SCADA
8 2 (0.63%) CSOC
8 2 (0.63%) NHS
8 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.63%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.32%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.32%) Clustering
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.32%) LIMS
9 1 (0.32%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 77 (24.37%) Windows
2 64 (20.25%) Linux
3 58 (18.35%) Windows Server
4 43 (13.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (12.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (7.91%) Windows 10
7 24 (7.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (6.33%) Unix
9 14 (4.43%) Windows XP
10 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.58%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (1.58%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.95%) CentOS
11 3 (0.95%) Solaris
11 3 (0.95%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (18.35%) DevOps
2 46 (14.56%) ITIL
3 41 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (10.44%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (10.13%) High Availability
7 31 (9.81%) Agile
8 30 (9.49%) Network Design
9 29 (9.18%) Analytics
9 29 (9.18%) Migration
9 29 (9.18%) Service Management
10 24 (7.59%) Customer Requirements
10 24 (7.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 24 (7.59%) Security Architecture
11 23 (7.28%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 22 (6.96%) CI/CD
12 22 (6.96%) Identity Management
12 22 (6.96%) Log Analytics
12 22 (6.96%) Proactive Monitoring
12 22 (6.96%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 59 (18.67%) PowerShell
2 30 (9.49%) VBScript
3 23 (7.28%) VB
4 22 (6.96%) Bicep
5 21 (6.65%) C#
6 11 (3.48%) Python
7 6 (1.90%) SQL
8 4 (1.27%) C
8 4 (1.27%) Java
9 1 (0.32%) Bash
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 171 (54.11%) Security Cleared
2 103 (32.59%) DV Cleared
3 79 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 60 (18.99%) Cisco Certification
5 57 (18.04%) Degree
6 48 (15.19%) CCNP
7 38 (12.03%) CCNA
8 21 (6.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.22%) CCIE
9 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.90%) CISM
11 5 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.58%) MCSE
12 4 (1.27%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
15 1 (0.32%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.22%) GDPR
1 7 (2.22%) QA
2 4 (1.27%) SLA
3 3 (0.95%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 77 (24.37%) Active Directory
2 56 (17.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.91%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (6.65%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (6.65%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (4.75%) VMware NSX
6 14 (4.43%) XenApp
7 12 (3.80%) vSphere
8 5 (1.58%) Firmware
9 4 (1.27%) ProxySG
10 2 (0.63%) Ceph
10 2 (0.63%) Docker
10 2 (0.63%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 49 (15.51%) SCCM
2 42 (13.29%) WSUS
3 35 (11.08%) SCOM
4 30 (9.49%) Kubernetes
5 23 (7.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (6.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 18 (5.70%) Nessus
8 15 (4.75%) vCenter Server
9 14 (4.43%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (4.43%) NetBackup
10 11 (3.48%) Terraform
11 10 (3.16%) FortiGate
12 9 (2.85%) Ansible
13 5 (1.58%) SELinux
14 4 (1.27%) IBM BigFix
14 4 (1.27%) Tivoli
14 4 (1.27%) yum
15 3 (0.95%) Netcool
16 2 (0.63%) Nagios
16 2 (0.63%) Pacemaker
Vendors
1 145 (45.89%) Cisco
2 77 (24.37%) Juniper
2 77 (24.37%) Microsoft
3 64 (20.25%) VMware
4 54 (17.09%) Palo Alto
5 50 (15.82%) Fortinet
6 36 (11.39%) F5
7 33 (10.44%) CheckPoint
8 27 (8.54%) SolarWinds
9 24 (7.59%) Dell
10 23 (7.28%) Oracle
11 20 (6.33%) Symantec
12 18 (5.70%) Blue Coat
13 17 (5.38%) Citrix
13 17 (5.38%) HP
14 14 (4.43%) 3PAR
14 14 (4.43%) EMC
14 14 (4.43%) Extreme Networks
14 14 (4.43%) Veeam
15 12 (3.80%) Ivanti