Firewall Contracts in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 26 82
Rank change year-on-year -9 +56 -25
Contract jobs citing Firewall 119 211 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.26% 6.45% 2.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.74% 42.03% 23.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 148 92
10th Percentile £259 £263 £190
25th Percentile £313 £324 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £595
90th Percentile £775 £715 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
Median hourly rate - £22.26 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.30% +33.33%
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £28.50
% change year-on-year -4.08% +119.47% +16.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 481 502 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.23% 15.35% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 323 413
10th Percentile £200 £250 £163
25th Percentile £306 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £584 £594 £526
90th Percentile £688 £700 £625
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 14 29
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £13.00 £15.81 £14.82
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.56
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +17.91% +17.07%
75th Percentile £24.95 £26.23 £20.51
90th Percentile £28.75 £37.18 £23.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands -6 90 £475 +5.56% 51
East Midlands -14 28 £504 -6.71% 39
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.68%) IIS
3 2 (1.68%) WordPress
4 1 (0.84%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.33%) Azure
2 18 (15.13%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.88%) AWS
4 3 (2.52%) IaaS
5 2 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.68%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.68%) PaaS
6 1 (0.84%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (21.01%) VPN
2 19 (15.97%) DNS
2 19 (15.97%) WAN
3 18 (15.13%) LAN
4 14 (11.76%) Network Security
5 13 (10.92%) DHCP
5 13 (10.92%) TCP/IP
6 12 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (8.40%) VoIP
8 9 (7.56%) SD-WAN
9 8 (6.72%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (6.72%) MPLS
9 8 (6.72%) SAN
9 8 (6.72%) VLAN
10 7 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (5.04%) BGP
11 6 (5.04%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (5.04%) Cisco ISE
11 6 (5.04%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (5.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.84%) Apache Hive
2 1 (0.84%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.68%) Git
3 1 (0.84%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (0.84%) JIRA
General
1 18 (15.13%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.08%) Public Sector
3 11 (9.24%) Legal
4 9 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.88%) Finance
6 5 (4.20%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Banking
8 2 (1.68%) German Language
8 2 (1.68%) Law
8 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Advertising
9 1 (0.84%) Back Office
9 1 (0.84%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 32 (26.89%) Network Engineer
2 24 (20.17%) Analyst
3 22 (18.49%) Architect
4 20 (16.81%) SOC Analyst
5 17 (14.29%) 1st Line Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 5 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (4.20%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.20%) Network Architect
7 5 (4.20%) Security Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (2.52%) Infrastructure Architect
8 3 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.68%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.20%) Web Services
2 4 (3.36%) OpenAPI
2 4 (3.36%) RAML
2 4 (3.36%) RESTful
2 4 (3.36%) Swagger
3 2 (1.68%) JSON
3 2 (1.68%) LAMP
3 2 (1.68%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.68%) YAML
4 1 (0.84%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.84%) OLE
4 1 (0.84%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 17 (14.29%) PKI
1 17 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (9.24%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (3.36%) Clustering
5 3 (2.52%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (2.52%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.68%) Replication
6 2 (1.68%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.68%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.84%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (20.17%) Windows
2 15 (12.61%) Windows Server
3 14 (11.76%) Linux
4 11 (9.24%) Mac OS X
5 8 (6.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (6.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (6.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (5.04%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.52%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.52%) VMS
7 3 (2.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.68%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (15.97%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (15.13%) SIEM
3 17 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
3 17 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 17 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 14 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 14 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
5 13 (10.92%) Network Architecture
6 12 (10.08%) Malware Reverse Engineering
6 12 (10.08%) Reverse Engineering
6 12 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (9.24%) Computer Forensics
7 11 (9.24%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.24%) Purple Team
7 11 (9.24%) Risk Management
7 11 (9.24%) Threat Analysis
8 10 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (8.40%) Security Operations
9 9 (7.56%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.72%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.36%) C#
2 4 (3.36%) Java
2 4 (3.36%) SQL
3 2 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (32.77%) Security Cleared
2 34 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 19 (15.97%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (10.92%) Degree
5 11 (9.24%) CCNA
6 8 (6.72%) CCNP
7 7 (5.88%) Azure Certification
8 6 (5.04%) CCIE
8 6 (5.04%) CISSP
8 6 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.20%) CCIE Data Center
10 4 (3.36%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.68%) BC Cleared
11 2 (1.68%) CASP
11 2 (1.68%) GCED
11 2 (1.68%) GIAC
11 2 (1.68%) GSEC
11 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.84%) CCSA
12 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.76%) HIPAA
1 14 (11.76%) NIST
2 12 (10.08%) GDPR
2 12 (10.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (9.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 3 (2.52%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.68%) QA
System Software
1 10 (8.40%) Active Directory
1 10 (8.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.72%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.68%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.68%) vSphere
6 1 (0.84%) Firmware
6 1 (0.84%) Snort
6 1 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.84%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (5.88%) FortiGate
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.04%) SCCM
3 5 (4.20%) Terraform
4 3 (2.52%) Ansible
4 3 (2.52%) Autotask
4 3 (2.52%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.84%) Kibana
5 1 (0.84%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.84%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.84%) VxRail
5 1 (0.84%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (26.05%) Cisco
2 18 (15.13%) Microsoft
3 17 (14.29%) CA
3 17 (14.29%) F5
4 15 (12.61%) Palo Alto
5 14 (11.76%) VMware
6 12 (10.08%) CheckPoint
7 9 (7.56%) Aruba
7 9 (7.56%) Juniper
8 8 (6.72%) Fortinet
9 7 (5.88%) SolarWinds
10 6 (5.04%) Zscaler
11 5 (4.20%) Infoblox
11 5 (4.20%) Symantec
12 3 (2.52%) Apple
12 3 (2.52%) Citrix
12 3 (2.52%) Datto
12 3 (2.52%) ServiceNow
13 2 (1.68%) LogRhythm
13 2 (1.68%) Synology