Firewall Contracts

Firewall
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 57 84
Rank change year-on-year +5 +27 +1
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1,568 2,374 2,647
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.63% 4.02% 2.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.38% 32.47% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 984 1,666 1,841
10th Percentile £313 £313 £306
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £775 £704 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £453
% change year-on-year +2.56% +7.73% +6.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 52 45
10th Percentile £16.00 £21.35 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £42.11 £20.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% +39.33% +93.48%
75th Percentile £85.99 £76.68 £53.75
90th Percentile £87.51 £83.48 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.77 £62.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +35.10% +181.82% +6.02%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,525 7,311 9,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,306 4,755 6,321
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 473 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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
England +7 1,411 £515 -2.83% 814
UK excluding London +5 881 £500 +2.56% 631
London +1 561 £525 -12.50% 222
Work from Home -3 481 £515 -4.61% 342
South East +14 312 £500 - 160
North of England -2 167 £515 +10.79% 145
South West +10 162 £500 - 102
Midlands -2 125 £490 -2.10% 126
North West -1 106 £700 +55.56% 78
West Midlands 0 98 £475 +3.83% 70
East of England -11 56 £475 +11.76% 58
Scotland +3 52 £525 +10.53% 37
Yorkshire -15 50 £483 -3.50% 51
East Midlands -13 25 £500 -5.53% 56
Wales -17 14 £365 -27.00% 16
North East +20 11 £375 +30.43% 18
Northern Ireland +6 1 - - 5

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 118 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 68 (4.34%) SharePoint
3 65 (4.15%) Confluence
4 35 (2.23%) SharePoint Server
5 20 (1.28%) nginx
6 14 (0.89%) Apache
7 13 (0.83%) IIS
8 9 (0.57%) JBoss
8 9 (0.57%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.45%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.26%) MQSeries
12 3 (0.19%) Jupyter
12 3 (0.19%) Skype for Business
12 3 (0.19%) WordPress
13 2 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.13%) CMS
14 1 (0.064%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.064%) Exchange Server 2007
14 1 (0.064%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 40 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.89%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.064%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.57%) Temenos T24
2 6 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (0.26%) Shopify
4 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.19%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.064%) Endur
6 1 (0.064%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
6 1 (0.064%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 423 (26.98%) Azure
2 201 (12.82%) AWS
3 170 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (6.70%) Entra ID
5 61 (3.89%) GCP
6 56 (3.57%) IaaS
7 46 (2.93%) SaaS
8 39 (2.49%) PaaS
9 38 (2.42%) GitHub
10 35 (2.23%) Azure Stack
11 31 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
12 30 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
13 28 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
14 24 (1.53%) Power Platform
15 23 (1.47%) OCI
16 20 (1.28%) Azure Storage
16 20 (1.28%) Serverless
17 19 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (1.21%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 375 (23.92%) VPN
2 268 (17.09%) WAN
3 266 (16.96%) DNS
4 252 (16.07%) LAN
5 247 (15.75%) Network Security
6 195 (12.44%) BGP
7 157 (10.01%) DHCP
8 135 (8.61%) OSPF
9 134 (8.55%) Cisco ASA
10 119 (7.59%) Wireless
11 117 (7.46%) TCP/IP
12 108 (6.89%) MPLS
13 96 (6.12%) IPsec
14 95 (6.06%) SD-WAN
14 95 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
15 94 (5.99%) Cisco Nexus
16 80 (5.10%) VLAN
17 79 (5.04%) Cisco ISE
18 77 (4.91%) SAN
19 64 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (0.96%) MySQL
3 15 (0.96%) Relational Database
4 13 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 12 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (0.70%) Power BI
7 10 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (0.64%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (0.45%) NonStop SQL
9 6 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.38%) Tableau
10 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.26%) Apache Hive
11 4 (0.26%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 82 (5.23%) JIRA
2 60 (3.83%) Git
3 45 (2.87%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.02%) TeamCity
5 14 (0.89%) GitLab
5 14 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (0.70%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.45%) Gradle
7 7 (0.45%) Maven
8 6 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.38%) CircleCI
8 6 (0.38%) Travis CI
9 4 (0.26%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.26%) IDA Disassembler
10 3 (0.19%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.19%) Postman
11 2 (0.13%) Subversion
11 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.064%) MSI
General
1 327 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 202 (12.88%) Finance
3 146 (9.31%) Public Sector
4 115 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (5.23%) Banking
6 59 (3.76%) Telecoms
7 40 (2.55%) Manufacturing
8 35 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 34 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (1.98%) Legal
12 17 (1.08%) Retail
13 16 (1.02%) Investment Banking
13 16 (1.02%) Marketing
14 12 (0.77%) Electronics
14 12 (0.77%) Financial Institution
15 10 (0.64%) German Language
15 10 (0.64%) Military
16 9 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 488 (31.12%) Network Engineer
2 250 (15.94%) Architect
3 169 (10.78%) Senior
4 135 (8.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 98 (6.25%) Analyst
6 83 (5.29%) Security Architect
7 80 (5.10%) Security Engineer
8 72 (4.59%) Senior Network Engineer
9 71 (4.53%) Lead
9 71 (4.53%) Support Engineer
10 62 (3.95%) Cisco Engineer
11 61 (3.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 61 (3.89%) Technical Architect
12 57 (3.64%) Consultant
13 54 (3.44%) Network Architect
14 40 (2.55%) Azure Engineer
14 40 (2.55%) Technical Leader
15 39 (2.49%) Network Security Engineer
15 39 (2.49%) Network Specialist
16 38 (2.42%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.70%) Node.js
2 42 (2.68%) LDAP
3 34 (2.17%) JSON
4 26 (1.66%) ARM Templates
4 26 (1.66%) XML
5 21 (1.34%) Elastic Stack
6 20 (1.28%) HTML
6 20 (1.28%) React
7 19 (1.21%) YAML
8 18 (1.15%) 802.1X
8 18 (1.15%) CSS
9 17 (1.08%) SAML
10 15 (0.96%) Jinja
11 14 (0.89%) Middleware
11 14 (0.89%) Web Services
12 13 (0.83%) NETCONF
12 13 (0.83%) YANG
13 11 (0.70%) RESTful
14 9 (0.57%) IBM Integration Bus
15 8 (0.51%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 188 (11.99%) Data Centre
2 113 (7.21%) PKI
3 61 (3.89%) Private Cloud
4 54 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (3.19%) Public Cloud
6 49 (3.13%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.55%) Security Posture
8 31 (1.98%) Clustering
8 31 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
9 29 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
10 27 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
11 24 (1.53%) Replication
12 23 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 23 (1.47%) Product Ownership
13 21 (1.34%) Operational Technology
14 20 (1.28%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.96%) Cloud Native
15 15 (0.96%) NHS
15 15 (0.96%) Onboarding
16 14 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 451 (28.76%) Windows
2 256 (16.33%) Windows Server
3 211 (13.46%) Linux
4 79 (5.04%) Unix
5 73 (4.66%) Windows 10
6 71 (4.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 62 (3.95%) Windows Server 2012
7 62 (3.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 54 (3.44%) Android
9 52 (3.32%) Apple iOS
10 26 (1.66%) Mac OS
11 25 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (1.28%) VMS
13 18 (1.15%) Windows XP
14 15 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
15 13 (0.83%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.70%) Solaris
17 10 (0.64%) Ubuntu
17 10 (0.64%) Windows 7
18 9 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
2 224 (14.29%) DevOps
3 196 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 189 (12.05%) ITIL
5 186 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 173 (11.03%) Agile
7 152 (9.69%) CI/CD
8 147 (9.38%) Migration
9 130 (8.29%) SIEM
10 119 (7.59%) Security Architecture
11 117 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
12 104 (6.63%) Cloud Security
13 103 (6.57%) Change Management
13 103 (6.57%) Load Balancing
14 99 (6.31%) Network Design
15 90 (5.74%) Disaster Recovery
16 88 (5.61%) Risk Management
16 88 (5.61%) Roadmaps
17 83 (5.29%) Service Management
18 79 (5.04%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (10.20%) PowerShell
2 140 (8.93%) Python
3 60 (3.83%) SQL
4 44 (2.81%) Bash
5 36 (2.30%) Java
6 26 (1.66%) VBScript
7 25 (1.59%) C#
8 23 (1.47%) Bicep
9 21 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
10 20 (1.28%) JavaScript
11 18 (1.15%) Go
11 18 (1.15%) Perl
11 18 (1.15%) Shell Script
12 17 (1.08%) TypeScript
12 17 (1.08%) VB
13 12 (0.77%) Ruby
13 12 (0.77%) Tcl
14 9 (0.57%) Groovy
15 4 (0.26%) C
15 4 (0.26%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 513 (32.72%) Security Cleared
2 266 (16.96%) SC Cleared
3 234 (14.92%) Cisco Certification
4 233 (14.86%) DV Cleared
5 184 (11.73%) CCNP
6 163 (10.40%) Degree
7 125 (7.97%) CCNA
8 47 (3.00%) CCIE
9 45 (2.87%) CISSP
10 40 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 37 (2.36%) Azure Certification
12 34 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 25 (1.59%) CISM
14 18 (1.15%) AWS Certification
15 17 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
18 11 (0.70%) JNCIA
19 9 (0.57%) GIAC
19 9 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (3.38%) NIST
3 48 (3.06%) GDPR
4 42 (2.68%) SLA
5 35 (2.23%) Government Security Classifications
6 29 (1.85%) QA
7 23 (1.47%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.21%) HIPAA
9 16 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (0.83%) NCSC
11 11 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (0.19%) GPG13
14 3 (0.19%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
15 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 267 (17.03%) Active Directory
2 167 (10.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (4.53%) Hyper-V
4 60 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
5 58 (3.70%) VMware NSX
6 48 (3.06%) Docker
6 48 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
7 39 (2.49%) vSphere
8 29 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 28 (1.79%) Firmware
10 18 (1.15%) XenApp
11 13 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
12 10 (0.64%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.51%) BitLocker
13 8 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
14 5 (0.32%) Samba
15 4 (0.26%) NFS
15 4 (0.26%) ProxySG
15 4 (0.26%) Snort
16 3 (0.19%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 125 (7.97%) Ansible
2 124 (7.91%) Terraform
3 113 (7.21%) SCCM
4 82 (5.23%) FortiGate
5 78 (4.97%) Kubernetes
6 70 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 61 (3.89%) SCOM
8 49 (3.13%) vCenter Server
9 39 (2.49%) WSUS
10 27 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 23 (1.47%) Grafana
12 22 (1.40%) EMC NetWorker
13 20 (1.28%) Nessus
14 19 (1.21%) Puppet
15 17 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
16 16 (1.02%) NetBackup
17 14 (0.89%) Kibana
17 14 (0.89%) Nagios
18 13 (0.83%) Progress Chef
18 13 (0.83%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 565 (36.03%) Cisco
2 339 (21.62%) Microsoft
3 256 (16.33%) Palo Alto
4 237 (15.11%) VMware
5 177 (11.29%) Fortinet
6 168 (10.71%) Juniper
7 155 (9.89%) F5
8 127 (8.10%) CheckPoint
9 94 (5.99%) SolarWinds
10 81 (5.17%) Citrix
11 79 (5.04%) Dell
12 55 (3.51%) HP
13 54 (3.44%) Oracle
14 50 (3.19%) Splunk
15 40 (2.55%) Meraki
16 39 (2.49%) Aruba
16 39 (2.49%) Atlassian
16 39 (2.49%) EMC
17 37 (2.36%) ServiceNow
18 36 (2.30%) Infoblox