Firewall Contracts with Work from Home Options

Firewall
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 62 56 96
Rank change year-on-year -6 +40 +10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 464 969 1,176
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.14% 3.93% 2.67%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.27% 34.07% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 686 843
10th Percentile £350 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +2.62% +16.67%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.62% +2.94% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 12
10th Percentile £20.40 £22.10 £27.58
25th Percentile £51.95 £51.65 £41.38
Median hourly rate £87.46 £78.00 £53.79
Median % change year-on-year +12.13% +45.01% +34.48%
75th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £62.25
90th Percentile - £81.00 £66.00
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
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,533 2,844 4,340
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.54% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,882 2,941
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £617 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £24.38 £57.50 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +19.69% +17.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

Firewall
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Firewall trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall.

Firewall daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firewall over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Firewall daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Firewall.

Firewall hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Firewall over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Firewall hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (8.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (8.19%) Confluence
3 20 (4.31%) SharePoint
4 17 (3.66%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (1.29%) nginx
6 5 (1.08%) Apache
6 5 (1.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.65%) JBoss
7 3 (0.65%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.65%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 156 (33.62%) Azure
2 76 (16.38%) AWS
3 55 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (9.48%) Entra ID
5 27 (5.82%) GitHub
6 24 (5.17%) GCP
7 21 (4.53%) IaaS
8 20 (4.31%) PaaS
9 19 (4.09%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (3.88%) Azure Storage
11 17 (3.66%) Azure Stack
12 16 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (2.59%) Serverless
15 11 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (2.16%) SaaS
17 9 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
17 9 (1.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 8 (1.72%) Route 53
19 7 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 88 (18.97%) VPN
2 79 (17.03%) DNS
3 64 (13.79%) Network Security
4 61 (13.15%) BGP
5 50 (10.78%) LAN
6 49 (10.56%) WAN
7 47 (10.13%) DHCP
8 44 (9.48%) Cisco ASA
9 38 (8.19%) OSPF
10 37 (7.97%) TCP/IP
11 30 (6.47%) Intrusion Detection
12 29 (6.25%) SAN
13 27 (5.82%) Wi-Fi
14 26 (5.60%) SD-WAN
15 24 (5.17%) Cisco ISE
16 23 (4.96%) Cisco Nexus
16 23 (4.96%) IPsec
16 23 (4.96%) VLAN
17 21 (4.53%) Wireless
18 20 (4.31%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.09%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.29%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (1.08%) NonStop SQL
5 4 (0.86%) Apache Hive
5 4 (0.86%) Hadoop
5 4 (0.86%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.86%) Tableau
6 3 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.43%) MySQL
7 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.22%) Big Data
8 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 45 (9.70%) JIRA
2 28 (6.03%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.96%) Git
4 13 (2.80%) TeamCity
5 8 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.72%) GitLab
6 5 (1.08%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.86%) IDA Disassembler
8 3 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.65%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.65%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.22%) Gradle
10 1 (0.22%) Maven
10 1 (0.22%) MSI
10 1 (0.22%) Postman
10 1 (0.22%) Subversion
General
1 118 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 72 (15.52%) Finance
3 42 (9.05%) Public Sector
4 34 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (5.60%) Banking
6 15 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.29%) Retail
10 4 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.65%) Automotive
11 3 (0.65%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.43%) Advertising
12 2 (0.43%) German Language
12 2 (0.43%) Local Government
12 2 (0.43%) Military
12 2 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.43%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.22%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 107 (23.06%) Network Engineer
2 75 (16.16%) Architect
3 73 (15.73%) Senior
4 28 (6.03%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (5.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (5.39%) Support Engineer
7 23 (4.96%) Security Architect
8 22 (4.74%) Microsoft Engineer
8 22 (4.74%) Security Engineer
9 21 (4.53%) Senior Network Engineer
10 19 (4.09%) Technical Architect
11 18 (3.88%) Analyst
11 18 (3.88%) Consultant
12 17 (3.66%) Active Directory Support
12 17 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (3.45%) Operations Engineer
14 15 (3.23%) Azure Specialist
14 15 (3.23%) Lead
14 15 (3.23%) Network Architect
15 14 (3.02%) Active Directory Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.74%) ARM Templates
2 19 (4.09%) LDAP
3 11 (2.37%) CSS
3 11 (2.37%) HTML
3 11 (2.37%) Node.js
4 10 (2.16%) JSON
4 10 (2.16%) React
5 9 (1.94%) YAML
6 7 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.29%) Jinja
8 5 (1.08%) REST
8 5 (1.08%) XML
9 4 (0.86%) EDI
9 4 (0.86%) Middleware
9 4 (0.86%) OLE
10 3 (0.65%) AWS SAM
10 3 (0.65%) IBM Integration Bus
10 3 (0.65%) RESTful
11 2 (0.43%) AWS CDK
11 2 (0.43%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 25 (5.39%) PKI
3 20 (4.31%) Private Cloud
3 20 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.45%) Public Cloud
4 16 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 13 (2.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 12 (2.59%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (2.16%) Replication
8 10 (2.16%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.72%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.51%) Clustering
10 7 (1.51%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (1.08%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.86%) SCADA
13 4 (0.86%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 149 (32.11%) Windows
2 75 (16.16%) Windows Server
3 71 (15.30%) Linux
4 35 (7.54%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (4.96%) Unix
6 18 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (3.45%) Windows 10
8 14 (3.02%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (2.80%) Android
10 11 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (1.72%) Solaris
12 6 (1.29%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.86%) VMS
14 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.65%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.43%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (23.92%) DevOps
2 76 (16.38%) CI/CD
3 70 (15.09%) Agile
4 67 (14.44%) ITIL
5 62 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
7 55 (11.85%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (8.41%) Security Architecture
9 38 (8.19%) Service Management
10 35 (7.54%) Migration
11 34 (7.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (7.33%) SIEM
12 32 (6.90%) Vulnerability Management
13 28 (6.03%) Identity Management
14 27 (5.82%) ITSM
15 26 (5.60%) Load Balancing
15 26 (5.60%) Network Management
16 25 (5.39%) Information Security
17 24 (5.17%) Roadmaps
18 23 (4.96%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.01%) Python
2 56 (12.07%) PowerShell
3 22 (4.74%) Bicep
4 21 (4.53%) Bash
4 21 (4.53%) VBScript
5 19 (4.09%) C#
6 18 (3.88%) Java
6 18 (3.88%) VB
7 12 (2.59%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.94%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.72%) Go
9 8 (1.72%) SQL
10 7 (1.51%) Perl
11 6 (1.29%) Tcl
12 5 (1.08%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.65%) ActionScript
14 1 (0.22%) C
14 1 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 132 (28.45%) Security Cleared
2 81 (17.46%) DV Cleared
3 72 (15.52%) Cisco Certification
4 61 (13.15%) CCNP
5 54 (11.64%) Degree
5 54 (11.64%) SC Cleared
6 38 (8.19%) CCNA
7 20 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (4.09%) CCIE
9 17 (3.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 10 (2.16%) CISSP
11 9 (1.94%) CISM
12 8 (1.72%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.72%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.51%) JNCIA
14 6 (1.29%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.08%) CEH
15 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (3.88%) NIST
2 17 (3.66%) Government Security Classifications
3 16 (3.45%) GDPR
4 14 (3.02%) SLA
5 9 (1.94%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.72%) QA
7 6 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.86%) NCSC
9 3 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.65%) GPG13
10 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 88 (18.97%) Active Directory
2 51 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (7.76%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (5.17%) Docker
5 23 (4.96%) VMware NSX
6 20 (4.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (2.80%) Hyper-V
8 10 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.72%) Firmware
10 7 (1.51%) vSphere
11 5 (1.08%) XenApp
12 4 (0.86%) Snort
13 2 (0.43%) Ceph
13 2 (0.43%) Squid
13 2 (0.43%) Veritas Cluster Server
14 1 (0.22%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.22%) KVM
14 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 63 (13.58%) Terraform
2 58 (12.50%) Ansible
3 52 (11.21%) Kubernetes
4 42 (9.05%) SCCM
5 34 (7.33%) SCOM
6 24 (5.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (4.53%) WSUS
8 17 (3.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 14 (3.02%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.72%) Grafana
10 8 (1.72%) Nessus
11 7 (1.51%) Kibana
11 7 (1.51%) Puppet
12 6 (1.29%) EMC NetWorker
12 6 (1.29%) Netcool
12 6 (1.29%) Progress Chef
12 6 (1.29%) Tivoli
12 6 (1.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 4 (0.86%) Nagios
13 4 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 146 (31.47%) Cisco
2 111 (23.92%) Microsoft
3 76 (16.38%) Palo Alto
4 69 (14.87%) VMware
5 46 (9.91%) Fortinet
6 39 (8.41%) F5
7 34 (7.33%) Citrix
7 34 (7.33%) Juniper
8 29 (6.25%) Dell
9 28 (6.03%) CheckPoint
10 26 (5.60%) Splunk
11 24 (5.17%) SolarWinds
12 23 (4.96%) HP
13 20 (4.31%) Atlassian
14 18 (3.88%) Qualys
15 14 (3.02%) EMC
16 13 (2.80%) Oracle
17 11 (2.37%) Avaya
17 11 (2.37%) CA
17 11 (2.37%) Google