Firewall Contracts in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 43 36 58
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 852 1,225 1,185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.00% 5.40% 3.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.91% 34.68% 27.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 832 839
10th Percentile £275 £273 £293
25th Percentile £410 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £472
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +3.28% +11.06%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £575
90th Percentile £736 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 46 36
10th Percentile £23.92 £19.88 £13.00
25th Percentile £36.25 £42.06 £20.00
Median hourly rate £83.77 £62.28 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.51% +85.90% +42.55%
75th Percentile £87.46 £73.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £59.38
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.08% +39.00% +87.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK excluding London 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
South East +4 316 £488 -2.50% 155
North of England -12 171 £545 +21.11% 134
South West +2 143 £495 -1.00% 77
Midlands -12 118 £475 -5.00% 94
North West -3 109 £650 +44.44% 73
West Midlands -7 88 £475 +5.56% 46
Yorkshire -13 54 £508 +1.50% 48
Scotland -5 52 £475 - 36
East of England -36 47 £460 -8.10% 46
East Midlands -14 29 £500 -7.41% 48
Wales -14 13 £313 -40.48% 14
North East +11 8 £375 +30.43% 13
Northern Ireland -5 1 - - 5
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 70 (8.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (5.40%) SharePoint
3 41 (4.81%) Confluence
4 27 (3.17%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.47%) nginx
6 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.23%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 26 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Dynamics GP
1 3 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
1 3 (0.35%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 196 (23.00%) Azure
2 98 (11.50%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (7.98%) AWS
4 49 (5.75%) Entra ID
5 27 (3.17%) Azure Stack
6 24 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
7 22 (2.58%) Azure Storage
7 22 (2.58%) GCP
8 17 (2.00%) GitHub
9 15 (1.76%) OCI
9 15 (1.76%) Power Platform
10 11 (1.29%) PaaS
11 10 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (1.17%) OpenShift
12 9 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (1.06%) Cloudflare
12 9 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.06%) IaaS
12 9 (1.06%) Kong
13 8 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 210 (24.65%) VPN
2 122 (14.32%) DNS
3 113 (13.26%) LAN
3 113 (13.26%) WAN
4 102 (11.97%) Network Security
5 88 (10.33%) DHCP
6 81 (9.51%) BGP
6 81 (9.51%) Cisco ASA
7 65 (7.63%) TCP/IP
8 57 (6.69%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (6.57%) Cisco ISE
10 52 (6.10%) Cisco Nexus
11 49 (5.75%) SD-WAN
12 48 (5.63%) SAN
13 46 (5.40%) Intrusion Detection
14 44 (5.16%) VLAN
15 41 (4.81%) Wireless
16 40 (4.69%) OSPF
17 38 (4.46%) IPsec
18 34 (3.99%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.46%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (0.82%) Power BI
4 6 (0.70%) MySQL
5 5 (0.59%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.35%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.35%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.35%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.35%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (6.10%) JIRA
2 22 (2.58%) Git
3 21 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.53%) GitLab
5 9 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (1.06%) CircleCI
5 9 (1.06%) Travis CI
6 7 (0.82%) Maven
7 6 (0.70%) Gradle
7 6 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.23%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 203 (23.83%) Social Skills
2 93 (10.92%) Public Sector
3 54 (6.34%) Finance
4 49 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (3.99%) Telecoms
6 31 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.29%) Banking
8 25 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (2.82%) Legal
10 17 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.76%) Marketing
12 14 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.41%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.06%) Retail
15 8 (0.94%) Electronics
16 6 (0.70%) Automotive
17 5 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.59%) Local Government
17 5 (0.59%) Military
18 4 (0.47%) German Language
Job Titles
1 288 (33.80%) Network Engineer
2 157 (18.43%) Architect
3 80 (9.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 68 (7.98%) Senior
5 64 (7.51%) Analyst
6 52 (6.10%) Security Architect
7 50 (5.87%) Technical Architect
8 45 (5.28%) Support Engineer
9 40 (4.69%) Lead
10 36 (4.23%) Cisco Engineer
10 36 (4.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 33 (3.87%) Security Engineer
12 31 (3.64%) Lead Architect
12 31 (3.64%) Technical Leader
13 30 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 30 (3.52%) Network Architect
14 27 (3.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 27 (3.17%) Senior Network Engineer
15 26 (3.05%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
16 23 (2.70%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.93%) Node.js
2 23 (2.70%) ARM Templates
3 16 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (1.76%) YAML
5 14 (1.64%) CSS
5 14 (1.64%) HTML
5 14 (1.64%) JSON
5 14 (1.64%) React
6 12 (1.41%) Jinja
7 10 (1.17%) XML
8 8 (0.94%) 802.1X
9 6 (0.70%) LDAP
9 6 (0.70%) Web Services
10 5 (0.59%) Kafka
10 5 (0.59%) REST
11 4 (0.47%) ADO
11 4 (0.47%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.47%) RAML
11 4 (0.47%) RESTful
11 4 (0.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 107 (12.56%) Data Centre
2 63 (7.39%) PKI
3 50 (5.87%) Private Cloud
4 47 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (4.46%) Public Cloud
6 18 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.00%) Operational Technology
8 16 (1.88%) Security Operations Centre
9 14 (1.64%) Clustering
9 14 (1.64%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.29%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.29%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (0.94%) Driving Licence
12 8 (0.94%) Replication
13 7 (0.82%) NHS
14 6 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
15 5 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 264 (30.99%) Windows
2 169 (19.84%) Windows Server
3 131 (15.38%) Linux
4 61 (7.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 55 (6.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 46 (5.40%) Apple iOS
7 44 (5.16%) Android
8 40 (4.69%) Windows 10
9 37 (4.34%) Windows Server 2012
10 34 (3.99%) Unix
11 17 (2.00%) Windows XP
12 15 (1.76%) VMS
13 10 (1.17%) Mac OS
13 10 (1.17%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
15 7 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 5 (0.59%) Windows 7
18 4 (0.47%) Solaris
18 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (17.37%) DevOps
2 138 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
3 122 (14.32%) ITIL
4 117 (13.73%) Agile
5 110 (12.91%) CI/CD
6 104 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 103 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
8 84 (9.86%) Security Architecture
9 66 (7.75%) Migration
10 64 (7.51%) Risk Management
11 62 (7.28%) Service Management
12 61 (7.16%) Change Management
13 56 (6.57%) Mobile Device Management
14 55 (6.46%) ITSM
15 53 (6.22%) Infrastructure as Code
16 52 (6.10%) Network Management
17 51 (5.99%) High Availability
18 48 (5.63%) Stakeholder Management
19 47 (5.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
19 47 (5.52%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 94 (11.03%) PowerShell
2 52 (6.10%) Python
3 30 (3.52%) VBScript
4 27 (3.17%) Java
5 26 (3.05%) SQL
6 25 (2.93%) C#
7 23 (2.70%) Bicep
7 23 (2.70%) VB
8 20 (2.35%) Bash
9 13 (1.53%) Perl
10 12 (1.41%) Tcl
10 12 (1.41%) TypeScript
11 11 (1.29%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.06%) Groovy
12 9 (1.06%) Ruby
13 5 (0.59%) C
13 5 (0.59%) JavaScript
14 4 (0.47%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 346 (40.61%) Security Cleared
2 187 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 162 (19.01%) DV Cleared
4 135 (15.85%) Cisco Certification
5 104 (12.21%) CCNP
6 95 (11.15%) Degree
7 88 (10.33%) CCNA
8 24 (2.82%) CCIE
9 21 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 15 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.64%) CISSP
12 13 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.17%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.94%) MCSE
14 8 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (0.82%) CISM
15 7 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.70%) CCSA
16 6 (0.70%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.17%) Government Security Classifications
2 24 (2.82%) QA
3 22 (2.58%) GDPR
4 20 (2.35%) SLA
5 17 (2.00%) NIST
6 16 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.76%) HIPAA
8 10 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (0.94%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.23%) NCSC
12 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.12%) GRC
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 140 (16.43%) Active Directory
2 122 (14.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (6.46%) Hyper-V
4 42 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
5 39 (4.58%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (4.34%) vSphere
7 32 (3.76%) VMware NSX
8 27 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 25 (2.93%) Docker
10 20 (2.35%) Firmware
11 14 (1.64%) XenApp
12 7 (0.82%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.47%) BitLocker
13 4 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.47%) ProxySG
14 3 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 2 (0.23%) Ceph
15 2 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
16 1 (0.12%) Snort
Systems Management
1 72 (8.45%) SCCM
2 63 (7.39%) Ansible
3 56 (6.57%) Kubernetes
4 55 (6.46%) Terraform
5 54 (6.34%) SCOM
6 44 (5.16%) WSUS
7 42 (4.93%) vCenter Server
8 40 (4.69%) Microsoft Intune
9 29 (3.40%) FortiGate
10 23 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 20 (2.35%) Nessus
12 17 (2.00%) Grafana
13 16 (1.88%) Prometheus
14 14 (1.64%) EMC NetWorker
14 14 (1.64%) NetBackup
15 13 (1.53%) Puppet
16 12 (1.41%) Progress Chef
17 11 (1.29%) Kibana
18 10 (1.17%) logstash
18 10 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 322 (37.79%) Cisco
2 199 (23.36%) Microsoft
3 153 (17.96%) VMware
4 123 (14.44%) Palo Alto
5 95 (11.15%) Juniper
6 89 (10.45%) Fortinet
7 86 (10.09%) F5
8 63 (7.39%) CheckPoint
9 56 (6.57%) SolarWinds
10 43 (5.05%) Citrix
11 36 (4.23%) Dell
12 33 (3.87%) Splunk
13 31 (3.64%) Veeam
14 28 (3.29%) Atlassian
14 28 (3.29%) Oracle
15 27 (3.17%) Symantec
16 25 (2.93%) CA
16 25 (2.93%) HP
17 22 (2.58%) Aruba
18 19 (2.23%) Blue Coat