Firewall Contracts in England

Firewall
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 49 53 84
Rank change year-on-year +4 +31 +4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 1,371 1,996 2,141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.71% 4.18% 3.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.39% 33.29% 26.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 1,395 1,501
10th Percentile £299 £300 £310
25th Percentile £409 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £619
90th Percentile £775 £713 £680
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 56 37
10th Percentile £16.00 £21.76 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.92 £41.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +119.47% +16.33%
75th Percentile £85.65 £74.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £80.63 £58.87
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £44.75
% change year-on-year -4.08% +39.78% +88.42%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,829 5,995 8,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.08% 12.56% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,897 3,907 5,307
10th Percentile £213 £240 £226
25th Percentile £350 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £646 £618
90th Percentile £697 £735 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 407 313
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.01 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
% change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +4.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in England

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the England 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
London -1 545 £525 -12.50% 180
South East +8 317 £481 -3.75% 148
North of England -9 166 £525 +16.67% 153
South West +3 148 £498 -2.93% 76
Midlands -9 119 £475 -5.00% 90
North West -6 106 £676 +50.22% 82
West Midlands -6 90 £475 +5.56% 51
Yorkshire -10 51 £500 - 56
East of England -28 50 £475 - 39
East Midlands -14 28 £504 -6.71% 39
North East +15 9 £375 +30.43% 15
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 101 (7.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 52 (3.79%) Confluence
4 29 (2.12%) SharePoint Server
5 15 (1.09%) nginx
6 12 (0.88%) Apache
7 10 (0.73%) IIS
8 6 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.44%) JBoss
8 6 (0.44%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.15%) MQSeries
12 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.15%) WordPress
13 1 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.073%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 36 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.44%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Shopify
4 2 (0.15%) Endur
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.073%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 351 (25.60%) Azure
2 178 (12.98%) AWS
3 139 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (6.42%) Entra ID
5 58 (4.23%) GCP
6 50 (3.65%) IaaS
7 42 (3.06%) SaaS
8 40 (2.92%) PaaS
9 35 (2.55%) GitHub
10 29 (2.12%) Azure Stack
11 27 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (1.68%) Azure Storage
12 23 (1.68%) OCI
13 19 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 19 (1.39%) Power Platform
13 19 (1.39%) Serverless
14 18 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
15 16 (1.17%) Akamai
15 16 (1.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 308 (22.47%) VPN
2 223 (16.27%) WAN
3 220 (16.05%) DNS
4 202 (14.73%) LAN
5 189 (13.79%) Network Security
6 164 (11.96%) BGP
7 137 (9.99%) DHCP
8 115 (8.39%) Cisco ASA
9 113 (8.24%) OSPF
10 104 (7.59%) TCP/IP
11 99 (7.22%) SD-WAN
12 94 (6.86%) Wireless
13 89 (6.49%) Cisco Nexus
14 87 (6.35%) MPLS
15 86 (6.27%) Wi-Fi
16 81 (5.91%) IPsec
17 74 (5.40%) Cisco ISE
18 73 (5.32%) VLAN
19 67 (4.89%) SAN
20 59 (4.30%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (0.80%) Power BI
4 10 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (0.73%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
5 7 (0.51%) RDBMS
5 7 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (0.44%) MySQL
7 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.29%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.22%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.22%) NonStop SQL
10 2 (0.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (5.18%) JIRA
2 47 (3.43%) Git
3 42 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.46%) GitLab
5 16 (1.17%) TeamCity
6 15 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.73%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (0.66%) Travis CI
10 7 (0.51%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.22%) Burp Suite
12 2 (0.15%) Subversion
12 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.073%) Gradle
13 1 (0.073%) IDA Disassembler
13 1 (0.073%) Maven
13 1 (0.073%) MSI
13 1 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
General
1 285 (20.79%) Social Skills
2 193 (14.08%) Finance
3 128 (9.34%) Public Sector
4 84 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (6.13%) Banking
5 44 (3.21%) Telecoms
6 32 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 32 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 29 (2.12%) Legal
8 24 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (1.31%) Retail
11 17 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.24%) Marketing
12 16 (1.17%) Investment Banking
13 11 (0.80%) Military
14 10 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.58%) Electronics
15 8 (0.58%) Mandarin Language
16 7 (0.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 460 (33.55%) Network Engineer
2 232 (16.92%) Architect
3 143 (10.43%) Senior
4 110 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 88 (6.42%) Analyst
6 78 (5.69%) Security Architect
6 78 (5.69%) Security Engineer
6 78 (5.69%) Support Engineer
7 65 (4.74%) Senior Network Engineer
8 63 (4.60%) Technical Architect
9 56 (4.08%) Cisco Engineer
10 55 (4.01%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 55 (4.01%) Lead
11 45 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
12 44 (3.21%) Consultant
12 44 (3.21%) Network Architect
13 39 (2.84%) Network Security Engineer
14 36 (2.63%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 36 (2.63%) Operations Engineer
15 34 (2.48%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (4.23%) Node.js
2 28 (2.04%) JSON
3 26 (1.90%) ARM Templates
3 26 (1.90%) LDAP
4 21 (1.53%) YAML
5 19 (1.39%) XML
6 18 (1.31%) React
7 17 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
8 16 (1.17%) 802.1X
9 15 (1.09%) CSS
9 15 (1.09%) HTML
9 15 (1.09%) SAML
10 14 (1.02%) Jinja
11 12 (0.88%) Web Services
12 11 (0.80%) Middleware
13 10 (0.73%) RESTful
14 9 (0.66%) .NET
15 7 (0.51%) NETCONF
15 7 (0.51%) OAuth
15 7 (0.51%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 164 (11.96%) Data Centre
2 93 (6.78%) PKI
3 54 (3.94%) Private Cloud
4 52 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (2.99%) Public Cloud
6 35 (2.55%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.26%) Security Posture
8 30 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
9 25 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 25 (1.82%) Product Ownership
10 22 (1.60%) Clustering
11 21 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 18 (1.31%) Replication
13 17 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (1.09%) Operational Technology
15 13 (0.95%) Data Structures
16 12 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 367 (26.77%) Windows
2 218 (15.90%) Windows Server
3 174 (12.69%) Linux
4 74 (5.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 72 (5.25%) Windows 10
6 62 (4.52%) Unix
7 56 (4.08%) Apple iOS
7 56 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 55 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 54 (3.94%) Android
10 22 (1.60%) Mac OS
11 18 (1.31%) Windows XP
12 16 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 16 (1.17%) VMS
13 13 (0.95%) Mac OS X
14 11 (0.80%) Windows 7
15 9 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
16 7 (0.51%) Solaris
17 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (15.68%) DevOps
2 175 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
3 154 (11.23%) Cybersecurity
4 152 (11.09%) CI/CD
5 150 (10.94%) Agile
6 148 (10.80%) ITIL
7 146 (10.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 117 (8.53%) Migration
9 106 (7.73%) Security Architecture
10 105 (7.66%) SIEM
11 102 (7.44%) Infrastructure as Code
12 89 (6.49%) Change Management
13 84 (6.13%) Cloud Security
14 83 (6.05%) Disaster Recovery
15 74 (5.40%) Load Balancing
15 74 (5.40%) Mobile Device Management
15 74 (5.40%) Risk Management
16 72 (5.25%) High Availability
16 72 (5.25%) Network Design
17 69 (5.03%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 148 (10.80%) PowerShell
2 132 (9.63%) Python
3 43 (3.14%) SQL
4 35 (2.55%) Java
5 33 (2.41%) Bash
6 32 (2.33%) VBScript
7 28 (2.04%) Bicep
7 28 (2.04%) C#
8 22 (1.60%) VB
9 19 (1.39%) Go
10 15 (1.09%) TypeScript
11 14 (1.02%) Perl
12 12 (0.88%) JavaScript
12 12 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (0.88%) Tcl
13 9 (0.66%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.58%) C
15 5 (0.36%) Ruby
16 4 (0.29%) ActionScript
16 4 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 469 (34.21%) Security Cleared
2 237 (17.29%) SC Cleared
3 228 (16.63%) DV Cleared
4 209 (15.24%) Cisco Certification
5 169 (12.33%) CCNP
6 132 (9.63%) Degree
7 122 (8.90%) CCNA
8 43 (3.14%) CCIE
9 33 (2.41%) CISSP
10 30 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 25 (1.82%) Azure Certification
12 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.46%) AWS Certification
13 20 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (1.24%) CISM
15 10 (0.73%) GIAC
15 10 (0.73%) JNCIA
16 9 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
17 8 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (0.58%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (3.21%) GDPR
3 43 (3.14%) NIST
4 37 (2.70%) SLA
5 29 (2.12%) Government Security Classifications
6 27 (1.97%) QA
7 21 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.39%) HIPAA
9 16 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 12 (0.88%) NCSC
11 11 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.22%) COBIT
14 3 (0.22%) GPG13
14 3 (0.22%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 1 (0.073%) Data Quality
16 1 (0.073%) SEPA
System Software
1 216 (15.75%) Active Directory
2 155 (11.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
4 59 (4.30%) Hyper-V
5 44 (3.21%) Docker
6 40 (2.92%) VMware NSX
7 39 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
8 37 (2.70%) vSphere
9 33 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 31 (2.26%) Firmware
11 20 (1.46%) XenApp
12 14 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.29%) BitLocker
14 4 (0.29%) ProxySG
14 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
15 3 (0.22%) Apache ZooKeeper
15 3 (0.22%) Ceph
15 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.22%) Samba
Systems Management
1 111 (8.10%) SCCM
2 108 (7.88%) Terraform
3 99 (7.22%) Ansible
4 78 (5.69%) Kubernetes
5 60 (4.38%) FortiGate
6 59 (4.30%) SCOM
7 58 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 46 (3.36%) WSUS
9 39 (2.84%) vCenter Server
10 26 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 24 (1.75%) Nessus
12 22 (1.60%) Puppet
13 19 (1.39%) EMC NetWorker
14 18 (1.31%) Grafana
14 18 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
15 17 (1.24%) NetBackup
16 14 (1.02%) Progress Chef
17 13 (0.95%) Kibana
18 12 (0.88%) logstash
18 12 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 497 (36.25%) Cisco
2 301 (21.95%) Microsoft
3 232 (16.92%) Palo Alto
4 201 (14.66%) VMware
5 162 (11.82%) Fortinet
6 161 (11.74%) F5
7 147 (10.72%) Juniper
8 126 (9.19%) CheckPoint
9 90 (6.56%) SolarWinds
10 72 (5.25%) Citrix
11 70 (5.11%) Dell
12 45 (3.28%) HP
13 42 (3.06%) Oracle
14 38 (2.77%) Splunk
15 37 (2.70%) CA
16 36 (2.63%) EMC
17 33 (2.41%) Aruba
17 33 (2.41%) Atlassian
18 31 (2.26%) ServiceNow
19 30 (2.19%) Meraki