Firewall Contracts in the Thames Valley

Firewall
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 52 54
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 157 113 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.02% 3.99% 3.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.29% 24.78% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 76 88
10th Percentile £335 £397 £293
25th Percentile £400 £470 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +25.15%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £625
90th Percentile £715 £719 £650
South East median daily rate £491 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.75% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 6 10
10th Percentile £72.27 £42.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £81.78 £66.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.38 £72.25 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +455.77% +0.15%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £18.25
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.63 £20.00
South East median hourly rate £83.77 £62.55 £13.00
% change year-on-year +33.92% +381.15% -42.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 555 456 627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.27% 16.09% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 283 355
10th Percentile £205 £300 £206
25th Percentile £335 £404 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £558
90th Percentile £638 £650 £649
South East median daily rate £488 £481 £455
% change year-on-year +1.44% +5.62% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 21
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.90 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.10 £22.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -32.67%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.49 £81.22 £26.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -34.35%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Berkshire +16 130 £605 +4.09% 28
Buckinghamshire +21 19 £625 +26.58% 10
Oxfordshire +14 8 £400 -20.00% 12
Firewall
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 19 (12.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (27.39%) Azure
2 20 (12.74%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (11.46%) Azure Monitor
3 18 (11.46%) Entra ID
4 17 (10.83%) Azure Storage
5 14 (8.92%) OCI
6 5 (3.18%) IaaS
7 4 (2.55%) AWS
8 3 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.91%) PaaS
9 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.27%) SaaS
10 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.64%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 39 (24.84%) DNS
2 34 (21.66%) DHCP
2 34 (21.66%) WAN
3 33 (21.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 29 (18.47%) LAN
5 25 (15.92%) Cisco ASA
6 24 (15.29%) VPN
7 22 (14.01%) Cisco Nexus
8 17 (10.83%) Network Security
9 14 (8.92%) SAN
10 12 (7.64%) BGP
10 12 (7.64%) MPLS
11 11 (7.01%) Cisco ISE
11 11 (7.01%) DMZ
12 8 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (4.46%) SD-WAN
14 6 (3.82%) EIGRP
14 6 (3.82%) IPsec
14 6 (3.82%) OSPF
15 4 (2.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.18%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.55%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.55%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.64%) MySQL
3 1 (0.64%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 49 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.38%) Public Sector
3 12 (7.64%) Telecoms
4 11 (7.01%) Banking
4 11 (7.01%) Investment Banking
5 9 (5.73%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.18%) Finance
8 4 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.91%) Military
10 2 (1.27%) Automotive
10 2 (1.27%) Electronics
10 2 (1.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (31.21%) Network Engineer
2 41 (26.11%) Architect
3 34 (21.66%) Security Architect
4 27 (17.20%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 19 (12.10%) Senior
6 18 (11.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (10.83%) Active Directory Support
8 15 (9.55%) Cisco Engineer
8 15 (9.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 15 (9.55%) Juniper Engineer
9 14 (8.92%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (8.92%) Azure Specialist
9 14 (8.92%) Support Specialist
10 13 (8.28%) Senior Network Engineer
11 11 (7.01%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 10 (6.37%) Analyst
12 10 (6.37%) Storage Engineer
13 8 (5.10%) Security Analyst
14 7 (4.46%) Network Analyst
14 7 (4.46%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.10%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.91%) EDI
3 2 (1.27%) YAML
4 1 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.47%) Data Centre
2 18 (11.46%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (10.83%) PKI
4 6 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.82%) Operational Technology
4 6 (3.82%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.91%) CCTV
5 3 (1.91%) SCADA
6 2 (1.27%) CSOC
6 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.64%) IoT
7 1 (0.64%) iPad
7 1 (0.64%) Life Science
7 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (28.03%) Windows
2 39 (24.84%) Windows Server
3 34 (21.66%) Linux
4 31 (19.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 31 (19.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (8.92%) Windows 10
5 14 (8.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (8.92%) Windows XP
6 6 (3.82%) Unix
7 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.12%) DevOps
2 36 (22.93%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (21.66%) ITIL
4 29 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (13.38%) Security Architecture
6 20 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (12.10%) High Availability
7 19 (12.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (11.46%) Agile
8 18 (11.46%) Analytics
8 18 (11.46%) CI/CD
8 18 (11.46%) Identity Management
8 18 (11.46%) Log Analytics
8 18 (11.46%) RBAC
8 18 (11.46%) Release Management
8 18 (11.46%) Service Management
9 17 (10.83%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 17 (10.83%) Privileged Identity Management
10 16 (10.19%) Performance Tuning
10 16 (10.19%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (22.29%) PowerShell
2 18 (11.46%) Bicep
3 17 (10.83%) C#
3 17 (10.83%) VB
3 17 (10.83%) VBScript
4 4 (2.55%) Python
4 4 (2.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (59.24%) Security Cleared
2 84 (53.50%) DV Cleared
3 42 (26.75%) SC Cleared
4 40 (25.48%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (24.84%) Degree
6 37 (23.57%) CCNP
7 25 (15.92%) CCNA
8 17 (10.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (3.82%) CISM
10 4 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.55%) JNCIS
10 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.91%) JNCIA
12 2 (1.27%) CCDP
12 2 (1.27%) CCIE
13 1 (0.64%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.64%) CCIP
13 1 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.64%) HP ASE
13 1 (0.64%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
1 2 (1.27%) QA
2 1 (0.64%) GDPR
2 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 39 (24.84%) Active Directory
2 24 (15.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (12.10%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (10.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (10.19%) Hyper-V
5 16 (10.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.91%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.27%) XenApp
8 1 (0.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (21.02%) SCCM
1 33 (21.02%) WSUS
2 31 (19.75%) SCOM
3 19 (12.10%) Kubernetes
3 19 (12.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (10.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (10.19%) vCenter Server
6 14 (8.92%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (8.92%) NetBackup
7 11 (7.01%) Nessus
8 6 (3.82%) Terraform
9 5 (3.18%) Ansible
10 3 (1.91%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.91%) Netcool
11 2 (1.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 2 (1.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (1.27%) RSA Archer
11 2 (1.27%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.64%) Grafana
12 1 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 82 (52.23%) Cisco
2 64 (40.76%) Juniper
3 45 (28.66%) Microsoft
4 32 (20.38%) Palo Alto
5 26 (16.56%) VMware
6 20 (12.74%) CheckPoint
7 18 (11.46%) Oracle
8 16 (10.19%) HP
9 14 (8.92%) 3PAR
9 14 (8.92%) Dell
9 14 (8.92%) EMC
9 14 (8.92%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (8.92%) Symantec
9 14 (8.92%) Veeam
10 13 (8.28%) Fortinet
11 11 (7.01%) Blue Coat
12 10 (6.37%) ScienceLogic
13 4 (2.55%) Informatica
14 3 (1.91%) IBM
14 3 (1.91%) Nokia