Firewall Contracts in the South East

Firewall
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 44 42
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Firewall 311 276 367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.70% 4.93% 4.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.03% 30.03% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 186 263
10th Percentile £331 £300 £296
25th Percentile £400 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £691 £675
England median daily rate £508 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -4.25% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 13
10th Percentile £63.52 £50.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £77.85 £61.00 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £62.55 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.92% +381.15% -42.22%
75th Percentile £87.46 £66.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £43.75
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +39.33% +78.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,195 919 1,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.91% 16.41% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 553 764
10th Percentile £205 £244 £200
25th Percentile £363 £372 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £481 £453
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +6.08% +6.59%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £563
90th Percentile £646 £700 £659
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 69 77
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.25 £13.00
25th Percentile £28.13 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -34.35%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £61.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley +23 157 £605 +10.00% 47
Berkshire +17 130 £605 +4.09% 28
Hampshire +1 104 £573 +13.09% 36
Surrey +4 37 £350 +12.90% 21
Buckinghamshire +23 19 £625 +20.19% 9
West Sussex +15 15 £450 -10.00% 3
Kent +18 14 £444 +16.39% 13
Oxfordshire +14 8 £400 -20.00% 10
East Sussex +8 5 £475 -32.14% 4
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 26 (8.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (18.01%) Azure
2 30 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.79%) Azure Monitor
3 18 (5.79%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.47%) AWS
4 17 (5.47%) Azure Storage
5 14 (4.50%) OCI
6 5 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 5 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.61%) IaaS
7 4 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.96%) Amazon S3
8 3 (0.96%) PaaS
8 3 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.64%) GCP
9 2 (0.64%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.64%) Route 53
9 2 (0.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (21.86%) DNS
2 60 (19.29%) DHCP
3 52 (16.72%) VPN
4 47 (15.11%) WAN
5 44 (14.15%) Cisco ASA
6 42 (13.50%) LAN
7 37 (11.90%) Network Security
8 34 (10.93%) Cisco Nexus
9 33 (10.61%) Intrusion Detection
10 26 (8.36%) Wireless
11 23 (7.40%) BGP
11 23 (7.40%) Cisco ISE
12 20 (6.43%) SAN
13 19 (6.11%) VLAN
14 18 (5.79%) TCP/IP
15 16 (5.14%) OSPF
16 15 (4.82%) IPsec
16 15 (4.82%) MPLS
17 11 (3.54%) DMZ
17 11 (3.54%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.29%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.29%) Oracle Database 11g
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.32%) MySQL
5 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Git
2 3 (0.96%) GitLab
3 2 (0.64%) JIRA
4 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.32%) Subversion
4 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 63 (20.26%) Social Skills
2 37 (11.90%) Public Sector
3 16 (5.14%) Finance
4 15 (4.82%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.54%) Banking
5 11 (3.54%) Investment Banking
6 9 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.57%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.93%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.61%) Marketing
10 4 (1.29%) Electronics
11 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.96%) Military
12 2 (0.64%) Automotive
12 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.64%) Legal
13 1 (0.32%) Advertising
13 1 (0.32%) Law
Job Titles
1 135 (43.41%) Network Engineer
2 52 (16.72%) Architect
3 37 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (10.93%) Security Architect
5 32 (10.29%) Senior
6 30 (9.65%) Cisco Engineer
6 30 (9.65%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 27 (8.68%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 19 (6.11%) Analyst
8 19 (6.11%) Support Specialist
9 17 (5.47%) Active Directory Support
10 16 (5.14%) Senior Network Engineer
11 15 (4.82%) Juniper Engineer
12 14 (4.50%) Active Directory Specialist
12 14 (4.50%) Azure Specialist
12 14 (4.50%) Security Engineer
13 13 (4.18%) Network Architect
14 11 (3.54%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 11 (3.54%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 11 (3.54%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.11%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.29%) YAML
3 3 (0.96%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.96%) EDI
4 2 (0.64%) ADO
4 2 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.64%) LDAP
4 2 (0.64%) Node.js
5 1 (0.32%) .NET
5 1 (0.32%) JSON
5 1 (0.32%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.32%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.76%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.04%) PKI
3 21 (6.75%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.25%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.93%) Operational Technology
5 6 (1.93%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.96%) CCTV
6 3 (0.96%) SCADA
7 2 (0.64%) CSOC
7 2 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.64%) NHS
7 2 (0.64%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.32%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.32%) Clustering
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.32%) Life Science
8 1 (0.32%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (21.86%) Windows
2 53 (17.04%) Linux
3 52 (16.72%) Windows Server
4 35 (11.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (10.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 23 (7.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 22 (7.07%) Windows 10
8 18 (5.79%) Unix
9 14 (4.50%) Windows XP
10 6 (1.93%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.96%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.64%) Solaris
14 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (17.36%) DevOps
2 41 (13.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 40 (12.86%) ITIL
4 37 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (10.61%) Network Design
7 31 (9.97%) High Availability
8 27 (8.68%) Customer Requirements
9 26 (8.36%) Security Architecture
10 24 (7.72%) Analytics
10 24 (7.72%) Migration
10 24 (7.72%) Service Management
11 23 (7.40%) Agile
12 21 (6.75%) Change Management
13 20 (6.43%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (6.43%) Project Management
14 19 (6.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 19 (6.11%) Network Monitoring
15 18 (5.79%) Converged Infrastructure
15 18 (5.79%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 51 (16.40%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.72%) VBScript
3 19 (6.11%) VB
4 18 (5.79%) Bicep
5 17 (5.47%) C#
6 9 (2.89%) Python
7 5 (1.61%) SQL
8 2 (0.64%) C
8 2 (0.64%) Java
9 1 (0.32%) Bash
9 1 (0.32%) Perl
Qualifications
1 170 (54.66%) Security Cleared
2 101 (32.48%) DV Cleared
3 76 (24.44%) SC Cleared
4 67 (21.54%) Cisco Certification
5 51 (16.40%) CCNP
5 51 (16.40%) Degree
6 43 (13.83%) CCNA
7 17 (5.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (2.25%) CCIE
8 7 (2.25%) CISM
9 6 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.93%) JNCIA
10 5 (1.61%) MCSE
10 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.29%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.64%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.25%) GDPR
2 5 (1.61%) SLA
3 4 (1.29%) QA
4 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 68 (21.86%) Active Directory
2 51 (16.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.40%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (6.75%) Hyper-V
5 19 (6.11%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (5.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (4.50%) VMware NSX
7 14 (4.50%) XenApp
8 9 (2.89%) vSphere
9 5 (1.61%) Firmware
10 4 (1.29%) ProxySG
11 2 (0.64%) Ceph
11 2 (0.64%) Docker
11 2 (0.64%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 41 (13.18%) SCCM
2 36 (11.58%) WSUS
3 31 (9.97%) SCOM
4 22 (7.07%) Kubernetes
5 21 (6.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (5.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (5.14%) vCenter Server
8 14 (4.50%) EMC NetWorker
8 14 (4.50%) FortiGate
8 14 (4.50%) Nessus
8 14 (4.50%) NetBackup
9 11 (3.54%) Terraform
10 9 (2.89%) Ansible
11 4 (1.29%) IBM BigFix
11 4 (1.29%) Tivoli
12 3 (0.96%) Nagios
12 3 (0.96%) Netcool
13 2 (0.64%) Network Intrusion Detection System
13 2 (0.64%) RSA Archer
13 2 (0.64%) SELinux
Vendors
1 153 (49.20%) Cisco
2 81 (26.05%) Juniper
3 66 (21.22%) Microsoft
4 60 (19.29%) VMware
5 54 (17.36%) Palo Alto
6 53 (17.04%) Fortinet
7 34 (10.93%) F5
8 33 (10.61%) CheckPoint
9 29 (9.32%) SolarWinds
10 23 (7.40%) Dell
10 23 (7.40%) Oracle
11 20 (6.43%) Symantec
12 17 (5.47%) Citrix
12 17 (5.47%) HP
13 16 (5.14%) Blue Coat
14 14 (4.50%) 3PAR
14 14 (4.50%) EMC
14 14 (4.50%) Extreme Networks
14 14 (4.50%) Veeam
15 12 (3.86%) Ivanti