Firewall Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
South East > Buckinghamshire

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 55 36
Rank change year-on-year +27 -19 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 19 23 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 3.90% 2.64% 5.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.62% 22.77% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 37
10th Percentile £332 £437 £238
25th Percentile £411 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £523
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -6.70% +12.97%
75th Percentile £825 £555 £650
90th Percentile £938 £600 -
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% +0.10% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £12.25
25th Percentile - - £12.63
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £83.77 £63.78 £13.00
% change year-on-year +31.34% +390.58% -42.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 84 101 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 17.25% 11.61% 17.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 85 108
10th Percentile £331 £408 £239
25th Percentile £425 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +7.24%
75th Percentile £555 £550 £550
90th Percentile £825 £620 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 11
10th Percentile - - £12.05
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.50 £12.25
Median hourly rate £22.55 £19.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% +46.15% +0.15%
75th Percentile £48.75 £19.50 -
90th Percentile - - £13.75
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £58.20 £21.50
% change year-on-year -1.46% +170.71% -42.28%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Buckinghamshire

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Milton Keynes +20 17 £550 +12.82% 8
Newport Pagnell - 1 £800 -
High Wycombe - 1 £170 - 3
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) Cisco ASA
2 10 (52.63%) Cisco ISE
2 10 (52.63%) Network Security
3 4 (21.05%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (15.79%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (15.79%) NX-OS
4 3 (15.79%) VPN
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (10.53%) LAN
5 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
5 2 (10.53%) WAN
5 2 (10.53%) Wireshark
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (42.11%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
5 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Electronics
6 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
6 2 (10.53%) Marketing
6 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
7 1 (5.26%) French Language
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
1 7 (36.84%) Network Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Network Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Network Security Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Network Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Juniper Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Network Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Security Posture
2 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.26%) CentOS
2 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
2 6 (31.58%) Time Management
3 3 (15.79%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Containerisation
4 2 (10.53%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Load Balancing
4 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
4 2 (10.53%) Security Hardening
5 1 (5.26%) Change Control
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.26%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.26%) Project Management
5 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (63.16%) CCNP
3 11 (57.89%) Security Cleared
4 9 (47.37%) DV Cleared
5 5 (26.32%) CISM
6 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
7 3 (15.79%) Degree
8 2 (10.53%) CCNA
9 1 (5.26%) CCIE
Systems Management
1 8 (42.11%) Nessus
2 3 (15.79%) Ansible
2 3 (15.79%) Netcool
2 3 (15.79%) Terraform
3 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
3 2 (10.53%) Rundeck
3 2 (10.53%) SELinux
3 2 (10.53%) yum
4 1 (5.26%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Cisco
2 9 (47.37%) Juniper
2 9 (47.37%) Palo Alto
2 9 (47.37%) ScienceLogic
3 4 (21.05%) CheckPoint
4 3 (15.79%) Dynatrace
4 3 (15.79%) IBM
4 3 (15.79%) Infoblox
4 3 (15.79%) Nokia
5 2 (10.53%) SAP
5 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.26%) Meraki
6 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.26%) Zscaler