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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 56 42
Rank change year-on-year -43 -14 +24
Contract jobs citing Firewall 38 70 100
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.58% 4.08% 4.61%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.21% 41.92% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 44 71
10th Percentile £385 £333 £263
25th Percentile £463 £514 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -25.00%
75th Percentile £631 £678 £622
90th Percentile £653 £768 £763
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £450
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £13.50
75th Percentile £65.00 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 - £13.50

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 145 167 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.01% 9.74% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 113 144
10th Percentile £234 £258 £191
25th Percentile £413 £445 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £675 £664 £638
90th Percentile £738 £770 £788
Central London median daily rate £538 £541 £450
% change year-on-year -0.69% +20.28% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £19.64 - -
25th Percentile £20.08 £23.75 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.12% +81.48% -51.53%
75th Percentile £44.35 £25.25 £14.25
90th Percentile £56.74 - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £24.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year +6.57% +81.48% -51.53%

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

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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

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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 16 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the City of London

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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

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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 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (47.37%) Azure
2 12 (31.58%) AWS
3 7 (18.42%) GCP
4 5 (13.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (10.53%) IaaS
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.53%) PaaS
6 3 (7.89%) Entra ID
6 3 (7.89%) OpenShift
7 2 (5.26%) GitHub
7 2 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (5.26%) Power Automate
7 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
7 2 (5.26%) SaaS
7 2 (5.26%) Serverless
8 1 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (47.37%) VPN
2 12 (31.58%) Network Security
3 10 (26.32%) DNS
4 9 (23.68%) WAN
5 7 (18.42%) LAN
6 6 (15.79%) Internet
7 5 (13.16%) DHCP
8 4 (10.53%) SD-WAN
8 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
8 4 (10.53%) VLAN
8 4 (10.53%) Wireless
9 3 (7.89%) BGP
9 3 (7.89%) NGFW
9 3 (7.89%) SMTP
9 3 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (5.26%) IPsec
10 2 (5.26%) Multicast
10 2 (5.26%) OSPF
10 2 (5.26%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (7.89%) Big Data
1 3 (7.89%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (5.26%) Power BI
3 1 (2.63%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (2.63%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Artifactory
1 2 (5.26%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) GitLab
General
1 10 (26.32%) Finance
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Banking
2 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Law
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.63%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (2.63%) Military
4 1 (2.63%) Police
4 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Network Engineer
2 6 (15.79%) Architect
3 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Support Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (7.89%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Network Architect
5 3 (7.89%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Security Architect
5 3 (7.89%) Senior
6 2 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) LAN Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Data Centre
2 4 (10.53%) Clustering
2 4 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.89%) PKI
4 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.63%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.63%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (2.63%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.63%) NHS
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.63%) Replication
5 1 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 5 (13.16%) Linux
3 4 (10.53%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.26%) VMS
5 1 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.63%) SUSE
5 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) DevOps
2 7 (18.42%) CI/CD
2 7 (18.42%) Cloud Security
2 7 (18.42%) High Availability
3 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (15.79%) ITIL
4 5 (13.16%) AI
4 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (13.16%) Migration
4 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.16%) Zero Trust
5 4 (10.53%) Agile
5 4 (10.53%) Software Deployment
6 3 (7.89%) Change Management
6 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.89%) Load Balancing
6 3 (7.89%) Machine Learning
6 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.89%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (7.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) PowerShell
2 6 (15.79%) Python
3 3 (7.89%) Bash
4 1 (2.63%) Bicep
4 1 (2.63%) C++
4 1 (2.63%) Java
4 1 (2.63%) SQL
4 1 (2.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
3 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (21.05%) CCNP
5 7 (18.42%) Degree
6 5 (13.16%) DV Cleared
7 4 (10.53%) Azure Certification
8 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (5.26%) CCIE
9 2 (5.26%) CCNA
10 1 (2.63%) CCSE
10 1 (2.63%) CISSP
10 1 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (2.63%) CWNA
10 1 (2.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) GDPR
2 1 (2.63%) NCSC
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
1 5 (13.16%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (10.53%) Docker
2 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.89%) BitLocker
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (7.89%) Terminal Services
4 2 (5.26%) Firmware
4 2 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (23.68%) Ansible
2 8 (21.05%) Kubernetes
3 6 (15.79%) Terraform
4 4 (10.53%) Prometheus
4 4 (10.53%) Puppet
4 4 (10.53%) vCenter Server
5 3 (7.89%) Grafana
5 3 (7.89%) Nagios
5 3 (7.89%) vMotion
6 2 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (2.63%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (2.63%) Consul
7 1 (2.63%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (2.63%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (2.63%) QRadar
7 1 (2.63%) Salt
7 1 (2.63%) VxRail
7 1 (2.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (36.84%) Cisco
2 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
3 10 (26.32%) Fortinet
4 9 (23.68%) Palo Alto
5 6 (15.79%) F5
6 5 (13.16%) Google
6 5 (13.16%) Splunk
6 5 (13.16%) VMware
7 4 (10.53%) HP
7 4 (10.53%) Juniper
8 3 (7.89%) CheckPoint
8 3 (7.89%) Citrix
8 3 (7.89%) Symantec
8 3 (7.89%) Zscaler
9 2 (5.26%) AppDynamics
9 2 (5.26%) Aruba
9 2 (5.26%) Dynatrace
9 2 (5.26%) Infoblox
9 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
10 1 (2.63%) Extreme Networks