Firewall Contracts in Central London

Firewall
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 65 96
Rank change year-on-year +18 +31 -2
Contract jobs citing Firewall 106 127 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.43% 3.42% 2.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 42.91% 33.33% 22.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 91 72
10th Percentile £265 £319 £401
25th Percentile £385 £505 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +10.18%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £595
90th Percentile £729 £700 £650
London median daily rate £525 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £14.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £23.80 £47.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year -49.89% +29.25% -26.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 247 381 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 10.31% 10.27% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 261 333
10th Percentile £211 £183 £313
25th Percentile £350 £360 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £620
90th Percentile £729 £738 £713
London median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 12
10th Percentile - £21.70 £21.00
25th Percentile £12.75 £23.92 £24.75
Median hourly rate £13.50 £27.85 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% -25.23% +136.51%
75th Percentile £14.25 £31.55 £48.81
90th Percentile - £33.62 £62.43
London median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £28.25
% change year-on-year -34.87% +29.35% -43.11%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Central London

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in Central London

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Central London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in Central London

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +27 100 £450 -25.00% 13
City of Westminster +1 4 £450 -28.00% 1
Firewall
London

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 21 (19.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.89%) Apache
2 2 (1.89%) JBoss
2 2 (1.89%) nginx
2 2 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.89%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.94%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 32 (30.19%) Azure
2 13 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.43%) AWS
3 10 (9.43%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.55%) Mimecast
5 7 (6.60%) IaaS
6 5 (4.72%) PaaS
6 5 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.89%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.89%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.89%) GCP
8 2 (1.89%) NuGet
8 2 (1.89%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.94%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.94%) GitHub
9 1 (0.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.92%) WAN
2 18 (16.98%) SD-WAN
3 17 (16.04%) DNS
4 15 (14.15%) Network Security
4 15 (14.15%) VPN
5 14 (13.21%) SAN
6 9 (8.49%) LAN
7 7 (6.60%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (5.66%) BGP
8 6 (5.66%) DHCP
8 6 (5.66%) Wireless
9 5 (4.72%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (4.72%) TCP/IP
10 4 (3.77%) MPLS
10 4 (3.77%) OSPF
10 4 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (2.83%) EIGRP
11 3 (2.83%) FTP
11 3 (2.83%) HTTP
11 3 (2.83%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.89%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.94%) Metadata
4 1 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) TeamCity
2 4 (3.77%) Git
2 4 (3.77%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.83%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.89%) GitLab
4 2 (1.89%) JIRA
4 2 (1.89%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.94%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.94%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.94%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 33 (31.13%) Finance
2 23 (21.70%) Banking
3 17 (16.04%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.60%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (6.60%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.83%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.89%) French Language
8 2 (1.89%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.89%) Retail
9 1 (0.94%) Advertising
9 1 (0.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 25 (23.58%) Network Engineer
2 14 (13.21%) Support Engineer
3 13 (12.26%) Operations Engineer
4 12 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (10.38%) Architect
5 11 (10.38%) Senior
6 10 (9.43%) Analyst
7 9 (8.49%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (6.60%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (5.66%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (4.72%) Consultant
11 4 (3.77%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) Data Analyst
11 4 (3.77%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) IT Engineer
11 4 (3.77%) Security Consultant
11 4 (3.77%) Security Engineer
12 3 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
12 3 (2.83%) Senior Network Operations Engineer
12 3 (2.83%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.77%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (2.83%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.89%) .NET
3 2 (1.89%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.89%) IBM Integration Bus
3 2 (1.89%) LDAP
3 2 (1.89%) SAML
3 2 (1.89%) YAML
4 1 (0.94%) CSS
4 1 (0.94%) HTML
4 1 (0.94%) JSON
4 1 (0.94%) Middleware
4 1 (0.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.98%) Data Centre
2 17 (16.04%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (7.55%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.77%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.83%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.83%) PKI
5 3 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.89%) IoT
7 1 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.94%) iPad
7 1 (0.94%) IVR
7 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.94%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 39 (36.79%) Windows
2 15 (14.15%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (12.26%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (11.32%) Windows Server
5 10 (9.43%) Linux
6 6 (5.66%) Unix
7 5 (4.72%) Windows 10
8 4 (3.77%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.89%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.94%) Android
10 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.81%) Disaster Recovery
2 20 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (12.26%) Business Continuity
4 11 (10.38%) Cloud Security
5 10 (9.43%) Information Security
5 10 (9.43%) Migration
6 9 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (8.49%) DevOps
6 9 (8.49%) Load Balancing
6 9 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (8.49%) SIEM
7 8 (7.55%) CI/CD
7 8 (7.55%) Computer Science
7 8 (7.55%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (6.60%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (6.60%) Incident Management
8 7 (6.60%) Project Delivery
9 6 (5.66%) Application Security
9 6 (5.66%) Change Management
9 6 (5.66%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.15%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.60%) Python
3 4 (3.77%) SQL
4 3 (2.83%) VBScript
5 2 (1.89%) C#
5 2 (1.89%) C++
5 2 (1.89%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.94%) Bash
6 1 (0.94%) Bicep
6 1 (0.94%) Java
6 1 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (11.32%) Degree
1 12 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.43%) DV Cleared
3 7 (6.60%) CCNP
3 7 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.66%) Azure Certification
5 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.83%) CCIE
6 3 (2.83%) CCNA
6 3 (2.83%) GCIA
6 3 (2.83%) GCIH
6 3 (2.83%) GIAC
6 3 (2.83%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (2.83%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.89%) COBIT
3 2 (1.89%) GDPR
3 2 (1.89%) NCSC
4 1 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.94%) NIST
4 1 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (31.13%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.55%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.83%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.89%) XenApp
6 1 (0.94%) Docker
6 1 (0.94%) Firmware
6 1 (0.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (17.92%) SCCM
2 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.66%) QRadar
4 4 (3.77%) Ansible
4 4 (3.77%) FortiGate
4 4 (3.77%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.83%) CSIRT
5 3 (2.83%) Kibana
5 3 (2.83%) logstash
5 3 (2.83%) Nessus
5 3 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.83%) Terraform
6 2 (1.89%) CASB
6 2 (1.89%) SCOrch
6 2 (1.89%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.94%) Grafana
7 1 (0.94%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.94%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.94%) Puppet
7 1 (0.94%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (33.02%) Cisco
2 24 (22.64%) Microsoft
3 22 (20.75%) Citrix
4 17 (16.04%) CheckPoint
5 12 (11.32%) Avaya
5 12 (11.32%) EMC
5 12 (11.32%) Fortinet
5 12 (11.32%) HP
6 11 (10.38%) Palo Alto
7 10 (9.43%) VMware
8 6 (5.66%) F5
9 5 (4.72%) Bloomberg
9 5 (4.72%) Oracle
9 5 (4.72%) Refinitiv
9 5 (4.72%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.77%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (2.83%) BeyondTrust
11 3 (2.83%) Dell
11 3 (2.83%) Okta
11 3 (2.83%) Red Hat