Firewall Contracts in the South West

Firewall
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 39 60
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 +1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 143 170 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 4.33% 5.02% 3.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.09% 29.57% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 129 89
10th Percentile £413 £324 £312
25th Percentile £445 £415 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £569 £675 £575
90th Percentile £663 £719 £600
England median daily rate £513 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.24% +14.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 10
10th Percentile - £51.37 £46.21
25th Percentile - £59.34 £48.60
Median hourly rate - £62.89 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.46% +35.00%
75th Percentile - £77.93 £56.00
90th Percentile - £99.50 £60.92
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 548 575 481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.61% 16.97% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 357 306
10th Percentile £310 £219 £214
25th Percentile £463 £388 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +15.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £725 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 113 29
10th Percentile £12.50 - £36.95
25th Percentile £15.75 - £42.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +19.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.28 £60.92
90th Percentile £74.80 £77.50 £70.80
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South West over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the South West

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Wiltshire +22 74 £500 -24.24% 14
Bristol +8 36 £500 - 10
Devon +4 15 £425 -15.00% 8
Gloucestershire -18 11 £633 +40.56% 22
Somerset -6 5 £381 -17.57% 13
Dorset -17 1 £425 -8.11% 6
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 31 (21.68%) SharePoint
2 27 (18.88%) Confluence
2 27 (18.88%) SharePoint Server
3 14 (9.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Shopify
2 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (35.66%) Azure
2 26 (18.18%) Azure Stack
3 12 (8.39%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.29%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (4.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 7 (4.90%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.80%) OpenShift
6 4 (2.80%) PaaS
7 3 (2.10%) AWS
7 3 (2.10%) BigCommerce
8 2 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.40%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.70%) GCP
9 1 (0.70%) IaaS
9 1 (0.70%) OCI
9 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (24.48%) BGP
2 23 (16.08%) Network Security
3 21 (14.69%) VPN
4 14 (9.79%) WAN
5 12 (8.39%) Cisco ISE
6 11 (7.69%) SAN
6 11 (7.69%) SD-WAN
7 10 (6.99%) LAN
8 9 (6.29%) TCP/IP
9 8 (5.59%) DNS
10 6 (4.20%) FTP
11 5 (3.50%) DHCP
11 5 (3.50%) VLAN
12 3 (2.10%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (2.10%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (2.10%) MPLS
12 3 (2.10%) OSPF
12 3 (2.10%) PBX
12 3 (2.10%) SNMP
12 3 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) Power BI
2 6 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (20.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
General
1 43 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.69%) Public Sector
3 14 (9.79%) Manufacturing
3 14 (9.79%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (5.59%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.90%) Marketing
6 6 (4.20%) Finance
7 5 (3.50%) Legal
8 4 (2.80%) Electronics
8 4 (2.80%) Local Government
9 3 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.10%) Retail
10 2 (1.40%) Banking
10 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (47.55%) Network Engineer
2 24 (16.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (9.79%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 13 (9.09%) Analyst
4 13 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
4 13 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (6.99%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (4.90%) Architect
7 6 (4.20%) Cisco Engineer
7 6 (4.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (4.20%) VMware Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Security Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Service Analyst
8 5 (3.50%) Service Management Analyst
9 4 (2.80%) Field Engineer
9 4 (2.80%) Network Field Engineer
9 4 (2.80%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.50%) REST
2 3 (2.10%) VML
3 2 (1.40%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.70%) OAuth
4 1 (0.70%) OpenID
4 1 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (32.17%) Private Cloud
2 33 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.90%) Security Posture
4 6 (4.20%) Replication
5 5 (3.50%) PKI
5 5 (3.50%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.40%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.70%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (32.87%) Windows
2 16 (11.19%) Linux
3 14 (9.79%) Windows Server
4 12 (8.39%) VMS
5 3 (2.10%) Unix
5 3 (2.10%) Windows 2000
5 3 (2.10%) Windows XP
6 2 (1.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (27.27%) ITIL
2 32 (22.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 31 (21.68%) Network Management
4 30 (20.98%) Service Management
5 27 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (18.18%) Capacity Management
6 26 (18.18%) ITSM
6 26 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
7 24 (16.78%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (13.29%) Resource Management
9 18 (12.59%) Penetration Testing
9 18 (12.59%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 17 (11.89%) Migration
11 15 (10.49%) Containerisation
12 14 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (9.79%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 13 (9.09%) Use Case
14 11 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
14 11 (7.69%) Security Architecture
14 11 (7.69%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.99%) SQL
2 5 (3.50%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.10%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.40%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.70%) Bash
5 1 (0.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 81 (56.64%) Security Cleared
2 53 (37.06%) DV Cleared
3 26 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.50%) CCNP
6 3 (2.10%) CCNA
6 3 (2.10%) Degree
7 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) CCSP
7 1 (0.70%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.70%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.88%) Government Security Classifications
2 4 (2.80%) SLA
3 3 (2.10%) GDPR
3 3 (2.10%) NIST
4 1 (0.70%) GRC
4 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (26.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (15.38%) vSphere
3 15 (10.49%) Active Directory
4 14 (9.79%) VMware NSX
5 12 (8.39%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (6.29%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.80%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (13.99%) vCenter Server
2 17 (11.89%) SCOM
3 10 (6.99%) Ansible
4 8 (5.59%) FortiGate
4 8 (5.59%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (4.20%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.10%) SCCM
6 3 (2.10%) Terraform
7 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.40%) VxRail
8 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.70%) OPNET
Vendors
1 52 (36.36%) Cisco
2 50 (34.97%) Microsoft
3 49 (34.27%) VMware
4 27 (18.88%) Atlassian
5 12 (8.39%) F5
5 12 (8.39%) Fortinet
6 11 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 10 (6.99%) CheckPoint
8 9 (6.29%) Dell
9 8 (5.59%) CA
10 7 (4.90%) SAP
10 7 (4.90%) Veeam
11 6 (4.20%) Juniper
12 4 (2.80%) Aruba
12 4 (2.80%) CyberArk
12 4 (2.80%) Meraki
13 3 (2.10%) Intel
13 3 (2.10%) Sitecore
13 3 (2.10%) SolarWinds
13 3 (2.10%) Splunk