Firewall Contracts with Work from Home Options

Firewall
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 53 97
Rank change year-on-year -8 +44 +13
Contract jobs citing Firewall 487 984 1,215
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.30% 4.12% 2.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.81% 35.11% 27.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 712 868
10th Percentile £350 £363 £329
25th Percentile £425 £450 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 12
10th Percentile £19.93 £19.30 £27.58
25th Percentile £64.99 £51.37 £41.38
Median hourly rate £87.46 £72.50 £53.79
Median % change year-on-year +20.63% +34.78% -3.08%
75th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £62.25
90th Percentile - £80.85 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.08% +39.00% +87.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,531 2,803 4,434
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.74% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,002 1,872 3,040
10th Percentile £300 £338 £313
25th Percentile £413 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 99 105
10th Percentile £12.53 £19.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.07 £42.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.13 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

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 13 June 2024.

Firewall daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Firewall
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 13 June 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 47 (9.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (6.57%) Confluence
3 16 (3.29%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.67%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (1.23%) nginx
6 5 (1.03%) Apache
6 5 (1.03%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (0.62%) JBoss
7 3 (0.62%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.62%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 156 (32.03%) Azure
2 74 (15.20%) AWS
3 59 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (10.68%) Entra ID
5 27 (5.54%) GitHub
6 23 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
6 23 (4.72%) Azure Storage
7 21 (4.31%) PaaS
8 19 (3.90%) GCP
8 19 (3.90%) IaaS
9 16 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.67%) Azure Stack
11 12 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 12 (2.46%) Serverless
12 10 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (1.85%) SaaS
13 9 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.64%) Route 53
15 7 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 87 (17.86%) VPN
2 81 (16.63%) DNS
3 73 (14.99%) Network Security
4 62 (12.73%) BGP
5 51 (10.47%) Cisco ASA
6 48 (9.86%) DHCP
7 45 (9.24%) LAN
8 43 (8.83%) WAN
9 41 (8.42%) OSPF
9 41 (8.42%) TCP/IP
10 33 (6.78%) SD-WAN
11 30 (6.16%) Intrusion Detection
11 30 (6.16%) IPsec
12 28 (5.75%) Cisco ISE
13 27 (5.54%) SAN
14 26 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
15 24 (4.93%) VLAN
16 23 (4.72%) Cisco Nexus
16 23 (4.72%) EIGRP
17 18 (3.70%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.23%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.03%) NonStop SQL
5 4 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.82%) Apache Hive
5 4 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.82%) Hadoop
5 4 (0.82%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.82%) Tableau
6 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.41%) MySQL
6 2 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.21%) Big Data
7 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 40 (8.21%) JIRA
2 27 (5.54%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.72%) Git
4 13 (2.67%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.85%) Bitbucket
5 9 (1.85%) GitLab
6 6 (1.23%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.82%) IDA Disassembler
7 4 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.62%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.62%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.21%) Gradle
10 1 (0.21%) Maven
10 1 (0.21%) MSI
10 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 115 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 92 (18.89%) Finance
3 44 (9.03%) Public Sector
4 37 (7.60%) Banking
5 36 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.49%) Manufacturing
7 16 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.87%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.85%) Retail
10 7 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.82%) Automotive
11 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.82%) German Language
12 3 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.41%) French Language
13 2 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.21%) Advertising
14 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.21%) Marketing
14 1 (0.21%) Military
Job Titles
1 125 (25.67%) Network Engineer
2 72 (14.78%) Architect
3 67 (13.76%) Senior
4 28 (5.75%) Support Engineer
5 27 (5.54%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (5.54%) Security Engineer
6 24 (4.93%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (4.72%) Senior Network Engineer
8 21 (4.31%) Active Directory Support
9 20 (4.11%) Technical Architect
10 19 (3.90%) Analyst
10 19 (3.90%) Consultant
10 19 (3.90%) Security Architect
11 18 (3.70%) Microsoft Engineer
12 16 (3.29%) Azure Specialist
12 16 (3.29%) Lead
13 15 (3.08%) Operations Engineer
14 14 (2.87%) Active Directory Specialist
14 14 (2.87%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.54%) ARM Templates
2 12 (2.46%) LDAP
3 11 (2.26%) Node.js
4 10 (2.05%) CSS
4 10 (2.05%) HTML
4 10 (2.05%) React
5 9 (1.85%) JSON
5 9 (1.85%) YAML
6 7 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.23%) Jinja
8 4 (0.82%) EDI
8 4 (0.82%) Middleware
8 4 (0.82%) OLE
8 4 (0.82%) REST
8 4 (0.82%) XML
9 3 (0.62%) .NET
9 3 (0.62%) IBM Integration Bus
9 3 (0.62%) RESTful
10 2 (0.41%) OAuth
10 2 (0.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.78%) Data Centre
2 28 (5.75%) PKI
3 26 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 16 (3.29%) Private Cloud
5 16 (3.29%) Public Cloud
6 13 (2.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 13 (2.67%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.46%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
10 9 (1.85%) Replication
11 7 (1.44%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.23%) Clustering
12 6 (1.23%) Product Ownership
12 6 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (0.82%) SCADA
13 4 (0.82%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 150 (30.80%) Windows
2 81 (16.63%) Linux
3 75 (15.40%) Windows Server
4 41 (8.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (4.72%) Unix
5 23 (4.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (3.29%) Apple iOS
6 16 (3.29%) Windows 10
7 15 (3.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (2.87%) Android
9 12 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.44%) Solaris
11 5 (1.03%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (1.03%) VMS
12 3 (0.62%) CentOS
12 3 (0.62%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.62%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (22.79%) DevOps
2 81 (16.63%) CI/CD
3 72 (14.78%) Agile
4 64 (13.14%) ITIL
5 63 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (11.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 55 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (8.62%) Migration
9 41 (8.42%) Security Architecture
9 41 (8.42%) SIEM
10 35 (7.19%) Identity Management
10 35 (7.19%) Service Management
10 35 (7.19%) Vulnerability Management
11 31 (6.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (6.16%) Information Security
13 29 (5.95%) Network Management
14 28 (5.75%) ITSM
14 28 (5.75%) RBAC
15 27 (5.54%) Change Management
16 25 (5.13%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 70 (14.37%) Python
2 61 (12.53%) PowerShell
3 28 (5.75%) Bicep
4 25 (5.13%) VBScript
5 23 (4.72%) C#
6 22 (4.52%) VB
7 19 (3.90%) Java
8 18 (3.70%) Bash
9 12 (2.46%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.85%) SQL
11 7 (1.44%) Go
11 7 (1.44%) Perl
12 6 (1.23%) JavaScript
12 6 (1.23%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.23%) Tcl
13 3 (0.62%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.41%) C
15 1 (0.21%) C++
15 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 133 (27.31%) Security Cleared
2 84 (17.25%) Cisco Certification
3 80 (16.43%) DV Cleared
4 73 (14.99%) CCNP
5 64 (13.14%) SC Cleared
6 62 (12.73%) Degree
7 45 (9.24%) CCNA
8 27 (5.54%) CCIE
9 21 (4.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 20 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (3.08%) CISSP
12 10 (2.05%) CISM
13 9 (1.85%) AWS Certification
13 9 (1.85%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.23%) CCSA
14 6 (1.23%) CEH
15 5 (1.03%) GCIH
15 5 (1.03%) GIAC
15 5 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (3.70%) NIST
2 17 (3.49%) GDPR
3 14 (2.87%) SLA
4 13 (2.67%) Government Security Classifications
5 9 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.64%) QA
7 5 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.62%) GPG13
8 3 (0.62%) NCSC
8 3 (0.62%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
System Software
1 86 (17.66%) Active Directory
2 49 (10.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.42%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (4.93%) Docker
4 24 (4.93%) Virtual Desktop
5 22 (4.52%) VMware NSX
6 13 (2.67%) Hyper-V
7 11 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.85%) Firmware
9 7 (1.44%) vSphere
10 6 (1.23%) Snort
11 5 (1.03%) XenApp
12 2 (0.41%) Ceph
12 2 (0.41%) Squid
12 2 (0.41%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 66 (13.55%) Terraform
2 57 (11.70%) Ansible
2 57 (11.70%) Kubernetes
3 46 (9.45%) SCCM
4 35 (7.19%) SCOM
5 26 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (4.72%) WSUS
7 22 (4.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 12 (2.46%) Nessus
9 11 (2.26%) FortiGate
10 9 (1.85%) Puppet
11 8 (1.64%) Kibana
12 7 (1.44%) Grafana
13 6 (1.23%) logstash
13 6 (1.23%) Progress Chef
14 5 (1.03%) EMC NetWorker
14 5 (1.03%) Netcool
14 5 (1.03%) Tivoli
14 5 (1.03%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 4 (0.82%) Nagios
Vendors
1 157 (32.24%) Cisco
2 109 (22.38%) Microsoft
3 96 (19.71%) Palo Alto
4 67 (13.76%) VMware
5 59 (12.11%) Fortinet
6 52 (10.68%) F5
7 44 (9.03%) CheckPoint
8 40 (8.21%) Citrix
9 33 (6.78%) SolarWinds
10 28 (5.75%) Dell
11 27 (5.54%) Splunk
12 26 (5.34%) Juniper
13 21 (4.31%) HP
14 18 (3.70%) Qualys
15 17 (3.49%) Atlassian
16 15 (3.08%) Oracle
17 13 (2.67%) Avaya
17 13 (2.67%) EMC
18 12 (2.46%) Arista
18 12 (2.46%) Zscaler