Firewall Contracts with Work from Home Options

Firewall
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 58 100
Rank change year-on-year -5 +42 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 475 976 1,154
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.16% 3.90% 2.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.43% 33.90% 26.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 692 827
10th Percentile £340 £364 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 11
10th Percentile £19.93 £22.10 £26.25
25th Percentile £56.66 £51.65 £35.13
Median hourly rate £87.46 £78.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year +12.13% +60.56% +21.45%
75th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £63.47
90th Percentile - £81.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £66.75 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +7.66% +39.33% +85.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,561 2,879 4,280
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.50% 9.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,017 1,907 2,894
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £701 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 96 102
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.25 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £25.69
Median hourly rate £24.13 £58.75 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -58.94% +22.29% +11.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.06 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.88
% change year-on-year +116.22% -33.63% -0.45%

Firewall
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Firewall trend for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall.

Firewall daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firewall over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Firewall daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall.

Firewall hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firewall over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Firewall hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 42 (8.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (8.21%) Confluence
3 21 (4.42%) SharePoint
4 17 (3.58%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (1.26%) nginx
6 5 (1.05%) Apache
7 4 (0.84%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.63%) JBoss
8 3 (0.63%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.42%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.63%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 161 (33.89%) Azure
2 80 (16.84%) AWS
3 54 (11.37%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (9.68%) Entra ID
5 27 (5.68%) GitHub
6 24 (5.05%) GCP
6 24 (5.05%) IaaS
7 21 (4.42%) PaaS
8 18 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (3.58%) Azure Stack
9 17 (3.58%) Azure Storage
10 16 (3.37%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 13 (2.74%) Serverless
13 12 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (2.32%) SaaS
14 11 (2.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 10 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (2.11%) Route 53
16 9 (1.89%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 92 (19.37%) VPN
2 79 (16.63%) DNS
3 63 (13.26%) Network Security
4 62 (13.05%) BGP
5 48 (10.11%) DHCP
5 48 (10.11%) LAN
6 47 (9.89%) WAN
7 45 (9.47%) Cisco ASA
8 39 (8.21%) TCP/IP
9 37 (7.79%) OSPF
10 30 (6.32%) SAN
11 29 (6.11%) Intrusion Detection
12 26 (5.47%) Cisco ISE
12 26 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
13 23 (4.84%) Cisco Nexus
13 23 (4.84%) Wireless
14 22 (4.63%) SD-WAN
14 22 (4.63%) VLAN
15 21 (4.42%) IPsec
16 20 (4.21%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.32%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.68%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.26%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.05%) NonStop SQL
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Hive
6 4 (0.84%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.84%) MySQL
6 4 (0.84%) Tableau
7 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.21%) Big Data
9 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 46 (9.68%) JIRA
2 28 (5.89%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.26%) Git
4 13 (2.74%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.68%) GitLab
6 7 (1.47%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.84%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.84%) IDA Disassembler
8 3 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.63%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.63%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.21%) Gradle
10 1 (0.21%) Maven
10 1 (0.21%) MSI
10 1 (0.21%) Postman
10 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 117 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.58%) Finance
3 43 (9.05%) Public Sector
4 34 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.05%) Banking
6 14 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (2.95%) Manufacturing
6 14 (2.95%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.05%) Retail
9 4 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.63%) Advertising
10 3 (0.63%) Automotive
11 2 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.42%) German Language
11 2 (0.42%) Local Government
11 2 (0.42%) Military
11 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.42%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.21%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 107 (22.53%) Network Engineer
2 75 (15.79%) Architect
2 75 (15.79%) Senior
3 28 (5.89%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (5.05%) Security Architect
5 24 (5.05%) Support Engineer
6 23 (4.84%) Microsoft Engineer
7 22 (4.63%) Security Engineer
7 22 (4.63%) Senior Network Engineer
8 20 (4.21%) Consultant
9 18 (3.79%) Analyst
9 18 (3.79%) Technical Architect
10 17 (3.58%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (3.58%) Lead
11 16 (3.37%) Active Directory Support
11 16 (3.37%) Operations Engineer
12 15 (3.16%) Azure Specialist
13 14 (2.95%) Active Directory Specialist
13 14 (2.95%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.42%) ARM Templates
2 20 (4.21%) LDAP
3 11 (2.32%) CSS
3 11 (2.32%) HTML
3 11 (2.32%) JSON
3 11 (2.32%) Node.js
4 10 (2.11%) React
4 10 (2.11%) YAML
5 8 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (1.26%) Jinja
6 6 (1.26%) XML
7 5 (1.05%) REST
8 4 (0.84%) EDI
8 4 (0.84%) Middleware
8 4 (0.84%) OLE
9 3 (0.63%) AWS SAM
9 3 (0.63%) IBM Integration Bus
9 3 (0.63%) RESTful
10 2 (0.42%) OAuth
10 2 (0.42%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.95%) Data Centre
2 24 (5.05%) PKI
3 20 (4.21%) Private Cloud
4 19 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.79%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.37%) Virtual Team
7 12 (2.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 11 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.32%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.32%) Replication
8 11 (2.32%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (2.11%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.89%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.68%) Clustering
12 7 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.84%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.84%) SCADA
13 4 (0.84%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 155 (32.63%) Windows
2 77 (16.21%) Windows Server
3 75 (15.79%) Linux
4 33 (6.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (4.42%) Unix
6 17 (3.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (3.16%) Windows 10
8 14 (2.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (2.74%) Apple iOS
10 12 (2.53%) Android
10 12 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (1.89%) Solaris
12 7 (1.47%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.84%) VMS
14 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.63%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.42%) CentOS
15 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (23.37%) DevOps
2 75 (15.79%) CI/CD
3 71 (14.95%) Agile
4 66 (13.89%) ITIL
5 61 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
5 61 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (12.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 40 (8.42%) Migration
8 39 (8.21%) Security Architecture
9 38 (8.00%) Service Management
9 38 (8.00%) SIEM
10 35 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (6.95%) Vulnerability Management
12 28 (5.89%) Identity Management
12 28 (5.89%) ITSM
13 27 (5.68%) Load Balancing
13 27 (5.68%) Network Design
14 26 (5.47%) Network Management
15 25 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
16 24 (5.05%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.47%) Python
2 57 (12.00%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.63%) Bash
4 21 (4.42%) Bicep
5 19 (4.00%) VBScript
6 18 (3.79%) C#
7 17 (3.58%) Java
8 16 (3.37%) VB
9 12 (2.53%) TypeScript
10 10 (2.11%) SQL
11 9 (1.89%) JavaScript
12 8 (1.68%) Go
13 7 (1.47%) Perl
14 6 (1.26%) Tcl
15 5 (1.05%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.63%) ActionScript
17 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 134 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.84%) DV Cleared
3 69 (14.53%) Cisco Certification
4 56 (11.79%) CCNP
5 54 (11.37%) SC Cleared
6 50 (10.53%) Degree
7 36 (7.58%) CCNA
8 18 (3.79%) CCIE
8 18 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (3.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 11 (2.32%) CISSP
11 9 (1.89%) Azure Certification
11 9 (1.89%) CISM
12 8 (1.68%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.47%) JNCIA
14 6 (1.26%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.05%) CEH
15 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.63%) NIST
2 21 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.79%) GDPR
4 17 (3.58%) Government Security Classifications
5 13 (2.74%) SLA
6 10 (2.11%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.89%) QA
8 7 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.84%) NCSC
10 3 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
10 3 (0.63%) GPG13
11 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 94 (19.79%) Active Directory
2 53 (11.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (7.58%) Virtual Machines
4 25 (5.26%) VMware NSX
5 24 (5.05%) Docker
6 19 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (2.74%) Hyper-V
8 11 (2.32%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.68%) Firmware
10 7 (1.47%) vSphere
11 5 (1.05%) XenApp
12 4 (0.84%) Snort
13 2 (0.42%) Ceph
13 2 (0.42%) Squid
13 2 (0.42%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.21%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.21%) KVM
14 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 65 (13.68%) Terraform
2 61 (12.84%) Ansible
3 51 (10.74%) Kubernetes
4 41 (8.63%) SCCM
5 33 (6.95%) SCOM
6 26 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (4.42%) WSUS
8 17 (3.58%) FortiGate
9 16 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (2.11%) Grafana
11 8 (1.68%) Nessus
11 8 (1.68%) Puppet
12 7 (1.47%) EMC NetWorker
12 7 (1.47%) Kibana
12 7 (1.47%) Netcool
12 7 (1.47%) Progress Chef
12 7 (1.47%) Tivoli
12 7 (1.47%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 6 (1.26%) Nagios
13 6 (1.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (31.37%) Cisco
2 112 (23.58%) Microsoft
3 75 (15.79%) Palo Alto
4 72 (15.16%) VMware
5 44 (9.26%) Fortinet
6 37 (7.79%) F5
7 35 (7.37%) Citrix
8 34 (7.16%) Juniper
9 31 (6.53%) Dell
10 28 (5.89%) Splunk
11 26 (5.47%) CheckPoint
12 24 (5.05%) HP
12 24 (5.05%) SolarWinds
13 20 (4.21%) Atlassian
14 18 (3.79%) Qualys
15 15 (3.16%) EMC
16 14 (2.95%) Oracle
17 13 (2.74%) CyberArk
18 11 (2.32%) Avaya
18 11 (2.32%) Google