Firewall Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Firewall
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 52 44
Rank change year-on-year -25 -8 +36
Contract jobs citing Firewall 45 71 107
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.51% 3.76% 4.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.61% 36.22% 43.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 55 78
10th Percentile £413 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £463 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £616
90th Percentile £707 £702 £788
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.18 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £20.36 - £75.00
75th Percentile £20.53 - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.36 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +265.85%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 147 196 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.18% 10.38% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 128 169
10th Percentile £347 £275 £261
25th Percentile £421 £463 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +4.15% -6.82%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £619
90th Percentile £733 £733 £713
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £495
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £20.31 - £24.29
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £32.32
Median hourly rate £22.27 £32.50 £46.97
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% -30.80% +129.10%
75th Percentile £35.60 £33.75 £62.86
90th Percentile £42.74 - £71.64
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £18.93
% change year-on-year -21.63% +71.69% -7.66%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Firewall job vacancy trend in the City of London

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the City of London

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Firewall

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.22%) Confluence
3 1 (2.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (62.22%) Azure
2 15 (33.33%) AWS
2 15 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (24.44%) Entra ID
4 6 (13.33%) GCP
5 5 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (8.89%) Azure AKS
6 4 (8.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (8.89%) GitHub
7 3 (6.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (6.67%) IaaS
7 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (6.67%) Mimecast
8 2 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (4.44%) Amazon ELB
8 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
8 2 (4.44%) OneDrive
8 2 (4.44%) SaaS
8 2 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (24.44%) VPN
2 9 (20.00%) DNS
3 8 (17.78%) Network Security
4 5 (11.11%) DHCP
4 5 (11.11%) WAN
4 5 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (8.89%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (8.89%) LAN
5 4 (8.89%) SSL
5 4 (8.89%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.67%) BGP
6 3 (6.67%) MPLS
7 2 (4.44%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (4.44%) Internet
7 2 (4.44%) Modbus
7 2 (4.44%) OSPF
7 2 (4.44%) SD-WAN
7 2 (4.44%) VLAN
7 2 (4.44%) Wireshark
8 1 (2.22%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.44%) Git
2 2 (4.44%) JIRA
3 1 (2.22%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.22%) GitLab
3 1 (2.22%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (24.44%) Finance
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.44%) Banking
3 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Billing
4 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (17.78%) Security Engineer
2 7 (15.56%) Senior
3 5 (11.11%) Architect
3 5 (11.11%) Consultant
3 5 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Network Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Network Architect
5 2 (4.44%) Network Security Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Security Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Security Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (4.44%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.22%) Faiss
1 1 (2.22%) FastAPI
1 1 (2.22%) LangChain
1 1 (2.22%) Node.js
1 1 (2.22%) SAML
1 1 (2.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.89%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.44%) Insider Threat
4 2 (4.44%) Life Science
4 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.44%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (4.44%) SCADA
5 1 (2.22%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.22%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) STIX
5 1 (2.22%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.67%) Windows
2 8 (17.78%) Linux
3 6 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (20.00%) ITIL
3 8 (17.78%) Agile
3 8 (17.78%) Cloud Security
3 8 (17.78%) DevOps
4 7 (15.56%) Change Management
4 7 (15.56%) Data Loss Prevention
4 7 (15.56%) Information Security
4 7 (15.56%) Project Management
5 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.11%) Change Control
6 5 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 5 (11.11%) Migration
6 5 (11.11%) Network Design
6 5 (11.11%) SIEM
6 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (8.89%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) Python
2 5 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.44%) Bash
4 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.56%) Degree
2 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (8.89%) CISSP
5 3 (6.67%) CCNA
5 3 (6.67%) CCNP
5 3 (6.67%) CISM
5 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (6.67%) MCP
5 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (4.44%) MCITP
7 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.22%) GCFA
7 1 (2.22%) GCIA
7 1 (2.22%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (15.56%) GDPR
3 4 (8.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (8.89%) NIST
4 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (4.44%) SLA
5 1 (2.22%) EU AI Act
5 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (8.89%) Docker
4 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.22%) Firmware
5 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (2.22%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (20.00%) Terraform
3 5 (11.11%) Ansible
4 2 (4.44%) SCCM
4 2 (4.44%) SCOM
5 1 (2.22%) CASB
5 1 (2.22%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (2.22%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.22%) Grafana
5 1 (2.22%) Icinga
5 1 (2.22%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.22%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.22%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.00%) Palo Alto
3 6 (13.33%) Cisco
4 4 (8.89%) CheckPoint
4 4 (8.89%) F5
4 4 (8.89%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.67%) Citrix
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle
5 3 (6.67%) Tenable
6 2 (4.44%) HP
6 2 (4.44%) Infoblox
6 2 (4.44%) Rockwell
7 1 (2.22%) Aruba
7 1 (2.22%) Broadcom
7 1 (2.22%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.22%) Dell
7 1 (2.22%) Meraki
7 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.22%) Splunk
7 1 (2.22%) Veeam