Firewall Contracts in England

Firewall
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 56 85
Rank change year-on-year +6 +29 +1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1,362 1,907 2,094
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.74% 3.96% 2.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.47% 32.26% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 1,345 1,458
10th Percentile £289 £300 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% +7.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £613
90th Percentile £775 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £503
% change year-on-year -2.38% +4.48% +11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 50 39
10th Percentile £16.00 £20.98 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £36.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +39.33% +69.52%
75th Percentile £86.32 £69.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £87.52 £81.00 £60.94
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £45.86
% change year-on-year -3.23% +35.21% +91.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,784 5,911 7,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.15% 12.27% 11.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 3,864 5,161
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 424 309
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.86
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +7.21%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London +3 550 £525 -12.50% 187
South East +10 307 £491 -1.75% 141
North of England -9 166 £525 +16.67% 145
South West +6 145 £495 -3.41% 88
Midlands -6 119 £475 -6.73% 117
North West -4 104 £750 +66.67% 74
West Midlands +1 92 £475 - 64
Yorkshire -11 52 £491 -1.75% 56
East of England -27 48 £477 +0.42% 40
East Midlands -12 26 £495 -8.33% 53
North East +14 10 £375 +44.93% 15
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 101 (7.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 60 (4.41%) Confluence
4 35 (2.57%) SharePoint Server
5 14 (1.03%) nginx
6 11 (0.81%) Apache
7 9 (0.66%) IIS
8 6 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.44%) JBoss
8 6 (0.44%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.37%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 4 (0.29%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.22%) WordPress
12 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 36 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.03%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Temenos T24
2 5 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Shopify
4 2 (0.15%) Endur
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.073%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
5 1 (0.073%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 356 (26.14%) Azure
2 174 (12.78%) AWS
3 143 (10.50%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (6.24%) Entra ID
5 60 (4.41%) GCP
6 54 (3.96%) IaaS
7 42 (3.08%) SaaS
8 40 (2.94%) PaaS
9 36 (2.64%) GitHub
10 35 (2.57%) Azure Stack
11 26 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (1.69%) OCI
14 21 (1.54%) Power Platform
15 20 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
16 19 (1.40%) Azure Storage
16 19 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
16 19 (1.40%) Serverless
17 18 (1.32%) Mimecast
18 16 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 317 (23.27%) VPN
2 231 (16.96%) WAN
3 227 (16.67%) DNS
4 213 (15.64%) LAN
5 186 (13.66%) Network Security
6 160 (11.75%) BGP
7 141 (10.35%) DHCP
8 111 (8.15%) Cisco ASA
9 110 (8.08%) OSPF
10 98 (7.20%) TCP/IP
10 98 (7.20%) Wireless
11 94 (6.90%) MPLS
12 90 (6.61%) SD-WAN
13 86 (6.31%) Wi-Fi
14 84 (6.17%) Cisco Nexus
15 79 (5.80%) IPsec
16 70 (5.14%) Cisco ISE
17 68 (4.99%) SAN
18 66 (4.85%) VLAN
19 60 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 13 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (0.81%) Power BI
5 10 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
6 7 (0.51%) RDBMS
6 7 (0.51%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (0.44%) MySQL
8 5 (0.37%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
9 4 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.22%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.22%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 75 (5.51%) JIRA
2 50 (3.67%) Git
3 40 (2.94%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.25%) GitLab
5 16 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 16 (1.17%) TeamCity
6 11 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 9 (0.66%) CircleCI
7 9 (0.66%) Travis CI
8 6 (0.44%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.22%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.15%) Postman
10 2 (0.15%) Subversion
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.073%) Gradle
11 1 (0.073%) Maven
11 1 (0.073%) MSI
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
General
1 286 (21.00%) Social Skills
2 185 (13.58%) Finance
3 128 (9.40%) Public Sector
4 79 (5.80%) Banking
5 72 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (3.38%) Telecoms
7 32 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
8 31 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (2.13%) Legal
9 29 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 23 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (1.25%) Retail
12 16 (1.17%) Investment Banking
13 15 (1.10%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.03%) Marketing
15 11 (0.81%) Military
16 10 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (0.59%) Electronics
17 8 (0.59%) German Language
17 8 (0.59%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 446 (32.75%) Network Engineer
2 238 (17.47%) Architect
3 143 (10.50%) Senior
4 112 (8.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 88 (6.46%) Analyst
6 78 (5.73%) Security Architect
7 72 (5.29%) Security Engineer
8 70 (5.14%) Support Engineer
9 65 (4.77%) Senior Network Engineer
10 64 (4.70%) Technical Architect
11 57 (4.19%) Lead
12 55 (4.04%) Cisco Engineer
13 54 (3.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 49 (3.60%) Network Architect
15 41 (3.01%) Consultant
16 39 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
17 37 (2.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
18 36 (2.64%) Operations Engineer
19 35 (2.57%) Lead Architect
19 35 (2.57%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.26%) Node.js
2 30 (2.20%) JSON
2 30 (2.20%) LDAP
3 22 (1.62%) ARM Templates
4 21 (1.54%) YAML
5 20 (1.47%) XML
6 18 (1.32%) React
7 17 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
8 16 (1.17%) 802.1X
9 15 (1.10%) CSS
9 15 (1.10%) HTML
10 14 (1.03%) Jinja
10 14 (1.03%) SAML
11 13 (0.95%) Web Services
12 11 (0.81%) Middleware
13 10 (0.73%) .NET
13 10 (0.73%) RESTful
14 8 (0.59%) NETCONF
14 8 (0.59%) YANG
15 6 (0.44%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 164 (12.04%) Data Centre
2 89 (6.53%) PKI
3 60 (4.41%) Private Cloud
4 48 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 42 (3.08%) Public Cloud
6 35 (2.57%) Management Information System
7 30 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
8 28 (2.06%) Security Posture
9 24 (1.76%) Clustering
9 24 (1.76%) Product Ownership
10 23 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 19 (1.40%) Replication
12 18 (1.32%) Virtual Team
13 17 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
13 17 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.10%) Operational Technology
15 14 (1.03%) NHS
16 13 (0.95%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
17 12 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 379 (27.83%) Windows
2 225 (16.52%) Windows Server
3 170 (12.48%) Linux
4 74 (5.43%) Windows 10
5 67 (4.92%) Unix
5 67 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 54 (3.96%) Apple iOS
6 54 (3.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 53 (3.89%) Android
8 52 (3.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (1.54%) Mac OS
10 18 (1.32%) Windows XP
11 16 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 16 (1.17%) VMS
12 12 (0.88%) Mac OS X
13 11 (0.81%) Windows 7
13 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (0.51%) Solaris
15 6 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (15.64%) DevOps
2 168 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
3 155 (11.38%) ITIL
4 153 (11.23%) Cybersecurity
5 150 (11.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 145 (10.65%) CI/CD
7 143 (10.50%) Agile
8 116 (8.52%) Migration
9 108 (7.93%) Security Architecture
10 99 (7.27%) SIEM
11 97 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
12 86 (6.31%) Change Management
13 83 (6.09%) Cloud Security
13 83 (6.09%) Load Balancing
14 79 (5.80%) Disaster Recovery
15 78 (5.73%) Risk Management
16 76 (5.58%) Mobile Device Management
17 74 (5.43%) Network Design
18 72 (5.29%) Service Management
19 71 (5.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 144 (10.57%) PowerShell
2 130 (9.54%) Python
3 48 (3.52%) SQL
4 35 (2.57%) Bash
5 33 (2.42%) Java
6 28 (2.06%) VBScript
7 25 (1.84%) C#
8 23 (1.69%) Bicep
9 19 (1.40%) Go
9 19 (1.40%) VB
10 18 (1.32%) Perl
11 15 (1.10%) TypeScript
12 14 (1.03%) JavaScript
13 12 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.88%) Tcl
14 9 (0.66%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.44%) C
15 6 (0.44%) Ruby
16 4 (0.29%) ActionScript
16 4 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 465 (34.14%) Security Cleared
2 230 (16.89%) SC Cleared
3 229 (16.81%) DV Cleared
4 206 (15.12%) Cisco Certification
5 165 (12.11%) CCNP
6 127 (9.32%) Degree
7 115 (8.44%) CCNA
8 39 (2.86%) CCIE
9 28 (2.06%) CISSP
9 28 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.40%) CISM
13 17 (1.25%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 10 (0.73%) JNCIA
15 9 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.66%) GIAC
15 9 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
16 8 (0.59%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (3.30%) NIST
3 41 (3.01%) GDPR
4 36 (2.64%) SLA
5 35 (2.57%) Government Security Classifications
6 25 (1.84%) QA
7 23 (1.69%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.32%) HIPAA
9 16 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 11 (0.81%) NCSC
11 10 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.22%) GPG13
14 3 (0.22%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.15%) COBIT
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
16 1 (0.073%) Disclosure Scotland
16 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 1 (0.073%) PMO
System Software
1 217 (15.93%) Active Directory
2 154 (11.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (4.19%) Hyper-V
3 57 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
4 45 (3.30%) Docker
5 43 (3.16%) VMware NSX
6 38 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
7 36 (2.64%) vSphere
8 31 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 30 (2.20%) Firmware
10 20 (1.47%) XenApp
11 13 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.37%) Samba
13 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.29%) ProxySG
13 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
14 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.22%) Ceph
14 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 104 (7.64%) SCCM
2 103 (7.56%) Terraform
3 98 (7.20%) Ansible
4 73 (5.36%) Kubernetes
5 67 (4.92%) FortiGate
6 61 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 61 (4.48%) SCOM
7 42 (3.08%) WSUS
8 41 (3.01%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 20 (1.47%) EMC NetWorker
10 20 (1.47%) Nessus
11 18 (1.32%) Puppet
12 17 (1.25%) Grafana
12 17 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
13 16 (1.17%) NetBackup
14 14 (1.03%) Kibana
15 13 (0.95%) logstash
16 12 (0.88%) Progress Chef
17 11 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 482 (35.39%) Cisco
2 302 (22.17%) Microsoft
3 213 (15.64%) Palo Alto
4 203 (14.90%) VMware
5 154 (11.31%) F5
6 152 (11.16%) Fortinet
7 151 (11.09%) Juniper
8 119 (8.74%) CheckPoint
9 82 (6.02%) SolarWinds
10 73 (5.36%) Dell
11 68 (4.99%) Citrix
12 45 (3.30%) HP
13 43 (3.16%) Oracle
14 41 (3.01%) Splunk
15 37 (2.72%) Atlassian
15 37 (2.72%) CA
15 37 (2.72%) EMC
16 34 (2.50%) Meraki
17 31 (2.28%) Aruba
17 31 (2.28%) ServiceNow