Firewall Contracts in Essex

Firewall
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 18 43
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 -1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 20 20 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 8.93% 8.13% 3.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 55.56% 48.78% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 9
10th Percentile £300 £399 £268
25th Percentile £360 £518 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% +27.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £563 £610 £563
90th Percentile £599 £644 £580
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £425
% change year-on-year - +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.75
Median hourly rate - - £21.50
75th Percentile - - £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £15.38 £44.32 £52.50
% change year-on-year -65.31% -15.59% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 36 41 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 16.07% 16.67% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 36
10th Percentile £250 £163 £172
25th Percentile £300 £272 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £535 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% +18.89% +94.04%
75th Percentile £551 £592 £575
90th Percentile £600 £644 £613
East of England median daily rate £400 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% +17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £10.42 - £18.55
Median hourly rate £12.86 - £23.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.99%
75th Percentile £15.76 - £28.41
90th Percentile £50.25 - -
East of England median hourly rate £21.46 £52.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -59.12% +238.71% -14.53%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Essex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Essex

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Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Essex over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Essex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Essex

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 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
Basildon +1 4 £575 -2.87% 4
Brentwood -8 2 - -
Colchester -3 1 £250 -53.49% 1
Firewall
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 17 (85.00%) VPN
2 5 (25.00%) Extranet
3 2 (10.00%) Intranet
4 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Automotive
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Full Stack Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Java Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior
4 6 (30.00%) Senior Java Engineer
5 5 (25.00%) Developer
5 5 (25.00%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
6 4 (20.00%) Java Developer
6 4 (20.00%) Network Engineer
6 4 (20.00%) Software Engineer
7 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (15.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (15.00%) React Developer
8 2 (10.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 2 (10.00%) Full Stack Developer
8 2 (10.00%) Full Stack Java Developer
8 2 (10.00%) Full Stack Software Engineer
8 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 2 (10.00%) Network Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (10.00%) Network Security Manager
8 2 (10.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (70.00%) CSS
1 14 (70.00%) HTML
1 14 (70.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (70.00%) Agile
2 14 (70.00%) CI/CD
2 14 (70.00%) DevOps
3 12 (60.00%) Full Stack Development
3 12 (60.00%) Identity Management
3 12 (60.00%) Load Balancing
3 12 (60.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (25.00%) High Availability
5 4 (20.00%) Budget Management
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) People Management
6 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (10.00%) Change Management
8 1 (5.00%) Service Delivery
8 1 (5.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) Java
2 12 (60.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco
1 5 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft