Firewall Contracts in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 40 40 57
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 +6
Contract jobs citing Firewall 848 1,140 1,170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.18% 4.95% 3.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.91% 32.76% 28.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 800 832
10th Percentile £275 £275 £286
25th Percentile £411 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +5.41% +8.82%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £575
90th Percentile £775 £690 £639
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.62% +2.94% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 38 39
10th Percentile £23.92 £17.83 £13.00
25th Percentile £51.95 £43.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £83.77 £62.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.10% +39.33% +91.40%
75th Percentile £87.46 £64.56 £56.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.48 £60.92
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,273 3,480 4,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.12% 15.12% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 2,191 2,661
10th Percentile £203 £206 £185
25th Percentile £348 £350 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 359 308 244
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.94
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.98 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK excluding London 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
South East +16 311 £491 -1.75% 159
North of England -4 167 £525 +16.67% 155
South West +2 145 £495 -1.00% 85
Midlands -9 119 £475 -5.00% 114
North West 0 105 £750 +66.67% 80
West Midlands -2 92 £475 - 65
Yorkshire -13 52 £491 -1.75% 61
Scotland -7 50 £500 +5.26% 40
East of England -25 48 £477 +0.42% 42
East Midlands -13 26 £495 -8.33% 49
Wales -14 15 £313 -39.02% 16
North East +16 10 £375 +44.93% 14
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 7
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 67 (7.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (6.49%) SharePoint
3 49 (5.78%) Confluence
4 35 (4.13%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.47%) nginx
6 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.24%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.24%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 25 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Dynamics GP
1 4 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.35%) Shopify
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.12%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.12%) RMDS
3 1 (0.12%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 196 (23.11%) Azure
2 96 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (7.67%) AWS
4 45 (5.31%) Entra ID
5 35 (4.13%) Azure Stack
6 20 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (2.36%) GCP
7 18 (2.12%) OCI
8 17 (2.00%) Azure Storage
8 17 (2.00%) GitHub
9 15 (1.77%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.18%) OpenShift
11 9 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (1.06%) Cloudflare
11 9 (1.06%) IaaS
11 9 (1.06%) Kong
11 9 (1.06%) PaaS
12 8 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 211 (24.88%) VPN
2 124 (14.62%) DNS
3 119 (14.03%) WAN
4 117 (13.80%) LAN
5 102 (12.03%) Network Security
6 90 (10.61%) DHCP
7 86 (10.14%) BGP
8 80 (9.43%) Cisco ASA
9 58 (6.84%) TCP/IP
10 56 (6.60%) Cisco ISE
10 56 (6.60%) Wi-Fi
11 51 (6.01%) Cisco Nexus
12 49 (5.78%) SAN
13 45 (5.31%) OSPF
14 44 (5.19%) Intrusion Detection
15 41 (4.83%) SD-WAN
16 37 (4.36%) Wireless
17 36 (4.25%) VLAN
18 34 (4.01%) IPsec
19 31 (3.66%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.59%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.83%) Power BI
5 5 (0.59%) MySQL
5 5 (0.59%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.47%) Oracle Database 11g
7 3 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.35%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.35%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.35%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.35%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.35%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.24%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.24%) Tableau
9 1 (0.12%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 57 (6.72%) JIRA
2 22 (2.59%) Git
3 19 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.53%) GitLab
5 9 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (1.06%) CircleCI
5 9 (1.06%) Travis CI
6 7 (0.83%) Maven
7 6 (0.71%) Gradle
7 6 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 207 (24.41%) Social Skills
2 89 (10.50%) Public Sector
3 44 (5.19%) Finance
4 39 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (4.01%) Telecoms
6 31 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 24 (2.83%) Legal
9 22 (2.59%) Banking
10 16 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.42%) Investment Banking
12 12 (1.42%) Marketing
13 9 (1.06%) Retail
14 7 (0.83%) Electronics
14 7 (0.83%) Military
15 5 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.59%) Law
16 4 (0.47%) Automotive
16 4 (0.47%) German Language
Job Titles
1 284 (33.49%) Network Engineer
2 153 (18.04%) Architect
3 86 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 66 (7.78%) Senior
5 65 (7.67%) Analyst
6 50 (5.90%) Security Architect
7 49 (5.78%) Technical Architect
8 41 (4.83%) Lead
9 38 (4.48%) Cisco Engineer
9 38 (4.48%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 37 (4.36%) Support Engineer
11 33 (3.89%) Network Architect
12 32 (3.77%) Security Engineer
13 31 (3.66%) Lead Architect
14 30 (3.54%) Technical Leader
15 29 (3.42%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
16 28 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 28 (3.30%) Senior Network Engineer
17 24 (2.83%) SOC Analyst
18 23 (2.71%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.95%) Node.js
2 19 (2.24%) ARM Templates
3 15 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (1.77%) JSON
3 15 (1.77%) YAML
4 14 (1.65%) CSS
4 14 (1.65%) HTML
4 14 (1.65%) React
5 12 (1.42%) Jinja
6 11 (1.30%) XML
7 8 (0.94%) 802.1X
7 8 (0.94%) LDAP
8 7 (0.83%) Web Services
9 4 (0.47%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.47%) OpenAPI
9 4 (0.47%) RAML
9 4 (0.47%) REST
9 4 (0.47%) RESTful
9 4 (0.47%) Swagger
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 104 (12.26%) Data Centre
2 61 (7.19%) PKI
3 59 (6.96%) Private Cloud
4 43 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (4.60%) Public Cloud
6 18 (2.12%) Operational Technology
7 17 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.77%) Clustering
8 15 (1.77%) Security Operations Centre
8 15 (1.77%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.42%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.18%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.06%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.94%) NHS
12 8 (0.94%) Replication
13 7 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.71%) Driving Licence
14 6 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
15 5 (0.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 268 (31.60%) Windows
2 169 (19.93%) Windows Server
3 120 (14.15%) Linux
4 54 (6.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 52 (6.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (5.19%) Apple iOS
7 43 (5.07%) Android
8 40 (4.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 37 (4.36%) Windows 10
10 33 (3.89%) Unix
11 17 (2.00%) Windows XP
12 15 (1.77%) VMS
13 10 (1.18%) Mac OS X
13 10 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (0.94%) Mac OS
14 8 (0.94%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.59%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
17 3 (0.35%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (16.86%) DevOps
2 130 (15.33%) ITIL
2 130 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (13.44%) Agile
4 108 (12.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 103 (12.15%) CI/CD
6 102 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
7 84 (9.91%) Security Architecture
8 68 (8.02%) Service Management
9 64 (7.55%) Risk Management
10 63 (7.43%) Migration
11 60 (7.08%) Change Management
11 60 (7.08%) ITSM
12 59 (6.96%) Network Management
13 57 (6.72%) Mobile Device Management
14 50 (5.90%) Infrastructure as Code
14 50 (5.90%) Network Design
14 50 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (5.42%) High Availability
15 46 (5.42%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 89 (10.50%) PowerShell
2 49 (5.78%) Python
3 26 (3.07%) SQL
4 24 (2.83%) VBScript
5 23 (2.71%) Java
6 21 (2.48%) Bash
6 21 (2.48%) C#
7 19 (2.24%) Bicep
7 19 (2.24%) VB
8 13 (1.53%) Perl
9 12 (1.42%) Tcl
9 12 (1.42%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.06%) Groovy
11 9 (1.06%) Ruby
12 6 (0.71%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.47%) ActionScript
13 4 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.35%) Go
14 3 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 356 (41.98%) Security Cleared
2 185 (21.82%) SC Cleared
3 165 (19.46%) DV Cleared
4 138 (16.27%) Cisco Certification
5 104 (12.26%) CCNP
6 94 (11.08%) Degree
7 91 (10.73%) CCNA
8 21 (2.48%) CCIE
9 17 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 14 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.18%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.18%) CISSP
13 9 (1.06%) JNCIA
13 9 (1.06%) MCSE
14 8 (0.94%) CISM
14 8 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.71%) JNCIS
15 6 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.13%) Government Security Classifications
2 22 (2.59%) GDPR
2 22 (2.59%) SLA
3 20 (2.36%) QA
4 17 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.00%) NIST
5 15 (1.77%) HIPAA
6 10 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 9 (1.06%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.35%) NCSC
10 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 138 (16.27%) Active Directory
2 120 (14.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (6.60%) Hyper-V
4 41 (4.83%) VMware ESXi
5 38 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
6 35 (4.13%) vSphere
7 33 (3.89%) VMware NSX
8 25 (2.95%) Docker
8 25 (2.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 19 (2.24%) Firmware
10 15 (1.77%) XenApp
11 8 (0.94%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.59%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.47%) ProxySG
14 3 (0.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 2 (0.24%) Ceph
15 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 2 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 64 (7.55%) SCCM
2 62 (7.31%) Ansible
3 58 (6.84%) SCOM
4 53 (6.25%) Terraform
5 47 (5.54%) Kubernetes
6 45 (5.31%) vCenter Server
7 38 (4.48%) WSUS
8 37 (4.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 32 (3.77%) FortiGate
10 21 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (2.12%) Grafana
12 16 (1.89%) Nessus
13 14 (1.65%) EMC NetWorker
13 14 (1.65%) NetBackup
13 14 (1.65%) Prometheus
14 10 (1.18%) Kibana
14 10 (1.18%) Progress Chef
14 10 (1.18%) Puppet
15 9 (1.06%) Nagios
15 9 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 317 (37.38%) Cisco
2 198 (23.35%) Microsoft
3 152 (17.92%) VMware
4 114 (13.44%) Palo Alto
5 109 (12.85%) Juniper
6 88 (10.38%) Fortinet
7 71 (8.37%) F5
8 63 (7.43%) CheckPoint
9 58 (6.84%) SolarWinds
10 45 (5.31%) Citrix
11 35 (4.13%) Atlassian
11 35 (4.13%) Dell
12 32 (3.77%) Oracle
13 31 (3.66%) Splunk
14 28 (3.30%) Veeam
15 27 (3.18%) Symantec
16 25 (2.95%) CA
16 25 (2.95%) HP
17 19 (2.24%) Meraki
18 17 (2.00%) Aruba