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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 53 81
Rank change year-on-year 0 +28 +7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1,523 2,337 2,680
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.58% 4.08% 3.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.17% 32.78% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 958 1,617 1,862
10th Percentile £296 £310 £310
25th Percentile £411 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £511
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.69% +13.61%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £606
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £487 £463
% change year-on-year +2.72% +5.24% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 53 51
10th Percentile £16.00 £21.45 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £40.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £46.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +32.73% +94.63%
75th Percentile £86.32 £75.99 £56.00
90th Percentile £87.52 £83.20 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.77 £62.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +35.10% +39.33% +91.40%

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 5,406 7,129 9,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,227 4,606 6,336
10th Percentile £205 £235 £233
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 460 376
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.09 £50.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
% change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -5.49%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 1,372 £505 -4.72% 791
UK excluding London -1 852 £500 +2.72% 633
London +1 551 £520 -13.33% 232
Work from Home -6 471 £525 -2.33% 302
South East +12 311 £491 -1.75% 170
North of England -8 167 £525 +16.67% 164
South West +5 148 £495 -1.00% 87
Midlands -13 119 £475 -6.73% 120
North West -4 105 £750 +66.67% 84
West Midlands -4 93 £475 - 67
Yorkshire -11 52 £491 -1.75% 66
Scotland -3 50 £500 +5.26% 43
East of England -25 49 £475 - 41
East Midlands -12 25 £490 -9.26% 53
Wales -14 15 £313 -39.02% 16
North East +16 10 £375 +44.93% 14
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 6

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
1 109 (7.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (4.33%) Confluence
3 65 (4.27%) SharePoint
4 35 (2.30%) SharePoint Server
5 17 (1.12%) nginx
6 14 (0.92%) Apache
7 9 (0.59%) IIS
7 9 (0.59%) JBoss
7 9 (0.59%) Tomcat
8 7 (0.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (0.46%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.26%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.20%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 37 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (0.59%) Temenos T24
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
2 5 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Shopify
4 2 (0.13%) Endur
5 1 (0.066%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 407 (26.72%) Azure
2 202 (13.26%) AWS
3 162 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (6.24%) Entra ID
5 64 (4.20%) GCP
6 53 (3.48%) IaaS
7 45 (2.95%) SaaS
8 43 (2.82%) GitHub
9 39 (2.56%) PaaS
10 35 (2.30%) Azure Stack
11 26 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
12 25 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
12 25 (1.64%) Power Platform
13 23 (1.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 23 (1.51%) OCI
14 21 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
15 20 (1.31%) Azure Storage
15 20 (1.31%) Serverless
16 17 (1.12%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 350 (22.98%) VPN
2 251 (16.48%) WAN
3 245 (16.09%) DNS
4 233 (15.30%) LAN
5 220 (14.45%) Network Security
6 175 (11.49%) BGP
7 150 (9.85%) DHCP
8 130 (8.54%) Cisco ASA
9 124 (8.14%) OSPF
10 114 (7.49%) TCP/IP
11 105 (6.89%) Wireless
12 101 (6.63%) SD-WAN
13 96 (6.30%) MPLS
14 95 (6.24%) Cisco Nexus
15 93 (6.11%) Wi-Fi
16 90 (5.91%) IPsec
17 84 (5.52%) Cisco ISE
18 77 (5.06%) VLAN
19 72 (4.73%) SAN
20 66 (4.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 11 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (0.72%) Power BI
4 11 (0.72%) RDBMS
5 10 (0.66%) MySQL
5 10 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.46%) Apache Cassandra
6 7 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
7 6 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.33%) Tableau
9 4 (0.26%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.26%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 83 (5.45%) JIRA
2 56 (3.68%) Git
3 46 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.12%) GitLab
5 16 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
5 16 (1.05%) TeamCity
6 13 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 9 (0.59%) CircleCI
7 9 (0.59%) Travis CI
8 7 (0.46%) Gradle
8 7 (0.46%) Maven
9 6 (0.39%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.26%) IDA Disassembler
11 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
11 3 (0.20%) Postman
12 2 (0.13%) Subversion
12 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.066%) Katalon Studio
General
1 326 (21.41%) Social Skills
2 192 (12.61%) Finance
3 142 (9.32%) Public Sector
4 103 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (5.58%) Banking
6 52 (3.41%) Telecoms
7 34 (2.23%) Manufacturing
7 34 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
9 29 (1.90%) Legal
10 27 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.18%) Retail
12 16 (1.05%) Investment Banking
13 15 (0.98%) Financial Institution
14 13 (0.85%) Marketing
15 11 (0.72%) German Language
15 11 (0.72%) Military
16 10 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 8 (0.53%) Electronics
17 8 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 475 (31.19%) Network Engineer
2 251 (16.48%) Architect
3 161 (10.57%) Senior
4 125 (8.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 98 (6.43%) Analyst
6 83 (5.45%) Security Architect
7 78 (5.12%) Security Engineer
8 75 (4.92%) Support Engineer
9 67 (4.40%) Senior Network Engineer
10 64 (4.20%) Technical Architect
11 58 (3.81%) Consultant
11 58 (3.81%) Lead
12 57 (3.74%) Cisco Engineer
13 55 (3.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 53 (3.48%) Network Architect
15 40 (2.63%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
16 39 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
17 37 (2.43%) Network Security Engineer
18 36 (2.36%) Operations Engineer
19 35 (2.30%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.81%) Node.js
2 38 (2.50%) LDAP
3 31 (2.04%) JSON
4 23 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
5 22 (1.44%) ARM Templates
6 21 (1.38%) XML
6 21 (1.38%) YAML
7 20 (1.31%) React
8 18 (1.18%) 802.1X
8 18 (1.18%) CSS
8 18 (1.18%) HTML
9 15 (0.98%) Jinja
10 14 (0.92%) Middleware
10 14 (0.92%) SAML
11 13 (0.85%) Web Services
12 11 (0.72%) RESTful
13 10 (0.66%) .NET
14 9 (0.59%) IBM Integration Bus
15 8 (0.53%) NETCONF
15 8 (0.53%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 173 (11.36%) Data Centre
2 101 (6.63%) PKI
3 61 (4.01%) Private Cloud
4 50 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 47 (3.09%) Public Cloud
6 45 (2.95%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.43%) Security Posture
8 30 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
9 28 (1.84%) Clustering
10 27 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
11 26 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
12 25 (1.64%) Product Ownership
13 24 (1.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 23 (1.51%) Replication
15 21 (1.38%) Operational Technology
16 18 (1.18%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.98%) Cloud Native
17 15 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
18 14 (0.92%) NHS
19 13 (0.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 428 (28.10%) Windows
2 250 (16.41%) Windows Server
3 205 (13.46%) Linux
4 81 (5.32%) Unix
5 75 (4.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 73 (4.79%) Windows 10
7 59 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 57 (3.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 54 (3.55%) Apple iOS
10 53 (3.48%) Android
11 23 (1.51%) Mac OS
12 20 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 18 (1.18%) Windows XP
14 16 (1.05%) VMS
15 13 (0.85%) Mac OS X
16 11 (0.72%) Windows 7
16 11 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
17 9 (0.59%) Solaris
18 8 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
19 6 (0.39%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (14.77%) DevOps
2 213 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
3 187 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
4 172 (11.29%) ITIL
5 169 (11.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 168 (11.03%) Agile
7 158 (10.37%) CI/CD
8 127 (8.34%) Migration
9 121 (7.94%) SIEM
10 117 (7.68%) Security Architecture
11 104 (6.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 99 (6.50%) Cloud Security
13 96 (6.30%) Change Management
14 88 (5.78%) Load Balancing
15 85 (5.58%) Network Design
15 85 (5.58%) Risk Management
16 83 (5.45%) Roadmaps
17 81 (5.32%) Disaster Recovery
18 78 (5.12%) Mobile Device Management
19 75 (4.92%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 154 (10.11%) PowerShell
2 146 (9.59%) Python
3 50 (3.28%) SQL
4 45 (2.95%) Bash
5 36 (2.36%) Java
6 28 (1.84%) VBScript
7 25 (1.64%) C#
8 24 (1.58%) Bicep
9 19 (1.25%) Go
9 19 (1.25%) VB
10 18 (1.18%) Perl
10 18 (1.18%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.12%) JavaScript
11 17 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
11 17 (1.12%) TypeScript
12 12 (0.79%) Ruby
12 12 (0.79%) Tcl
13 9 (0.59%) Groovy
14 6 (0.39%) C
15 5 (0.33%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 496 (32.57%) Security Cleared
2 252 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 234 (15.36%) DV Cleared
4 227 (14.90%) Cisco Certification
5 179 (11.75%) CCNP
6 159 (10.44%) Degree
7 123 (8.08%) CCNA
8 48 (3.15%) CCIE
9 40 (2.63%) CISSP
9 40 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 34 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (2.17%) Azure Certification
12 25 (1.64%) CISM
13 19 (1.25%) AWS Certification
14 17 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 12 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (0.72%) JNCIA
17 10 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
17 10 (0.66%) MCSE
18 9 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (3.28%) NIST
3 47 (3.09%) GDPR
4 40 (2.63%) SLA
5 35 (2.30%) Government Security Classifications
6 30 (1.97%) QA
7 23 (1.51%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.25%) HIPAA
9 16 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (0.85%) NCSC
11 11 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 9 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
15 4 (0.26%) COBIT
16 3 (0.20%) GPG13
16 3 (0.20%) NIST 800
17 2 (0.13%) Accessibility
17 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 2 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 242 (15.89%) Active Directory
2 167 (10.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (4.66%) Hyper-V
4 62 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
5 53 (3.48%) VMware NSX
6 50 (3.28%) Docker
7 46 (3.02%) VMware ESXi
8 38 (2.50%) vSphere
9 31 (2.04%) Firmware
9 31 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
10 20 (1.31%) XenApp
11 13 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
12 9 (0.59%) Terminal Services
13 8 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
14 7 (0.46%) BitLocker
15 5 (0.33%) Samba
16 4 (0.26%) ProxySG
16 4 (0.26%) Snort
17 3 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
17 3 (0.20%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 125 (8.21%) Terraform
2 118 (7.75%) Ansible
3 113 (7.42%) SCCM
4 81 (5.32%) Kubernetes
5 72 (4.73%) FortiGate
6 62 (4.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 61 (4.01%) SCOM
8 46 (3.02%) vCenter Server
9 41 (2.69%) WSUS
10 24 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 23 (1.51%) Grafana
12 21 (1.38%) Nessus
13 20 (1.31%) EMC NetWorker
14 19 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
15 18 (1.18%) Puppet
16 17 (1.12%) Kibana
17 16 (1.05%) NetBackup
18 14 (0.92%) Prometheus
19 13 (0.85%) logstash
20 12 (0.79%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 534 (35.06%) Cisco
2 328 (21.54%) Microsoft
3 245 (16.09%) Palo Alto
4 225 (14.77%) VMware
5 166 (10.90%) Fortinet
6 159 (10.44%) F5
7 157 (10.31%) Juniper
8 127 (8.34%) CheckPoint
9 95 (6.24%) SolarWinds
10 85 (5.58%) Citrix
11 74 (4.86%) Dell
12 50 (3.28%) HP
12 50 (3.28%) Oracle
12 50 (3.28%) Splunk
13 39 (2.56%) Atlassian
14 37 (2.43%) CA
14 37 (2.43%) EMC
15 36 (2.36%) Aruba
15 36 (2.36%) Meraki
16 33 (2.17%) ServiceNow