Firewall Contracts in Wiltshire

Firewall
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 34 59
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 -28
Contract jobs citing Firewall 23 44 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 3.97% 5.35% 3.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.97% 28.57% 23.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 26 18
10th Percentile £440 £425 £265
25th Percentile £463 £464 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £410
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +31.10% -14.14%
75th Percentile £668 £575 £584
90th Percentile £725 £656 £609
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £470
% change year-on-year -9.52% +11.70% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.00
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £56.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £65.98 £54.00
% change year-on-year - +22.19% +36.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 128 154 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 22.11% 18.71% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 94 88
10th Percentile £456 £275 £290
25th Percentile £513 £425 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £665 £595 £625
90th Percentile £725 £671 £656
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +11.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 11
10th Percentile - £43.01 £22.00
25th Percentile - £46.25 £52.00
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile - - £66.25
90th Percentile - £59.00 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £56.49 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.06% -13.09% +36.84%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Wiltshire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Wiltshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Wiltshire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Wiltshire

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Corsham -4 15 £575 +6.98% 1
Swindon +4 4 £450 - 2
Firewall
South West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.35%) Confluence
3 1 (4.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (4.35%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) DNS
1 6 (26.09%) Network Security
2 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
3 4 (17.39%) BGP
3 4 (17.39%) VLAN
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (13.04%) DHCP
4 3 (13.04%) SD-WAN
5 2 (8.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (8.70%) Skype
5 2 (8.70%) VPN
5 2 (8.70%) Wireless
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (4.35%) DDNS
6 1 (4.35%) DMZ
6 1 (4.35%) Internet
6 1 (4.35%) Intranet
6 1 (4.35%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) GIS
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 7 (30.43%) Public Sector
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Electronics
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Network Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Identity Management Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Information Assurance Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) OAuth
1 1 (4.35%) OpenID
1 1 (4.35%) REST
1 1 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Data Centre
2 4 (17.39%) PKI
3 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
4 2 (8.70%) Private Cloud
5 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
3 4 (17.39%) Linux
4 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.35%) CentOS
5 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (17.39%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 4 (17.39%) Network Design
2 4 (17.39%) Validation
3 3 (13.04%) Agile
3 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (8.70%) Incident Response
4 2 (8.70%) Information Security
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (8.70%) NsoIT
4 2 (8.70%) Resource Management
4 2 (8.70%) Server Management
4 2 (8.70%) SIEM
4 2 (8.70%) Threat Management
4 2 (8.70%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.35%) Bash
3 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) DV Cleared
4 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (21.74%) CCNA
5 5 (21.74%) CCNP
6 2 (8.70%) Degree
6 2 (8.70%) MCSE
6 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
7 1 (4.35%) CISM
7 1 (4.35%) CISSP
7 1 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (4.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) NIST
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
2 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.04%) vSphere
3 2 (8.70%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) SCCM
2 2 (8.70%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.35%) OPNET
3 1 (4.35%) SCOM
3 1 (4.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Cisco
2 11 (47.83%) VMware
3 5 (21.74%) F5
3 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 5 (21.74%) Palo Alto
4 4 (17.39%) Fortinet
4 4 (17.39%) Veeam
5 3 (13.04%) Dell
5 3 (13.04%) Juniper
6 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.35%) Atlassian
7 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.35%) Infoblox
7 1 (4.35%) Red Hat
7 1 (4.35%) SAP
7 1 (4.35%) Splunk