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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 46 54
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 +29
Contract jobs citing Firewall 59 93 93
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.33% 4.34% 3.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.82% 42.27% 35.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 67 61
10th Percentile £413 £350 £350
25th Percentile £454 £439 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £606
90th Percentile £740 £699 £700
Central London median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £26.38
25th Percentile £20.18 - £34.06
Median hourly rate £20.36 - £48.75
75th Percentile £20.53 - £64.06
90th Percentile - - £72.13
Central London median hourly rate £20.36 - £48.75
% change year-on-year - - +137.80%

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 156 220 263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 8.80% 10.28% 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 139 166
10th Percentile £316 £275 £306
25th Percentile £413 £432 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £645 £623
90th Percentile £738 £739 £706
Central London median daily rate £510 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £24.64 - £19.39
25th Percentile £31.34 £31.25 £20.09
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +44.44% +9.76%
75th Percentile £56.54 £33.75 £50.63
90th Percentile £61.96 - £66.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £20.72
% change year-on-year -21.63% +56.89% +1.05%

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 1 December 2025.

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 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.39%) Confluence
4 1 (1.69%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (57.63%) Azure
2 16 (27.12%) AWS
2 16 (27.12%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (22.03%) Entra ID
4 7 (11.86%) GCP
5 5 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (8.47%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (8.47%) GitHub
6 4 (6.78%) Azure AKS
6 4 (6.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (6.78%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (5.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (5.08%) IaaS
7 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (5.08%) Mimecast
8 2 (3.39%) Amazon ELB
8 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
8 2 (3.39%) PaaS
8 2 (3.39%) SaaS
8 2 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (23.73%) VPN
2 12 (20.34%) DNS
3 8 (13.56%) Network Security
4 7 (11.86%) DHCP
4 7 (11.86%) WAN
4 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (10.17%) BGP
6 5 (8.47%) LAN
6 5 (8.47%) OSPF
6 5 (8.47%) TCP/IP
7 4 (6.78%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (6.78%) MPLS
7 4 (6.78%) SD-WAN
7 4 (6.78%) SSL
8 2 (3.39%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (3.39%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (3.39%) Internet
8 2 (3.39%) IPsec
8 2 (3.39%) VLAN
8 2 (3.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.69%) Pinecone
2 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.08%) JIRA
3 2 (3.39%) Git
3 2 (3.39%) GitLab
4 1 (1.69%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.69%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (27.12%) Finance
2 13 (22.03%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Banking
4 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.69%) Billing
6 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (13.56%) Network Engineer
1 8 (13.56%) Security Engineer
1 8 (13.56%) Senior
2 7 (11.86%) Consultant
3 5 (8.47%) Architect
3 5 (8.47%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (8.47%) Project Manager
4 3 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Business Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Lead
4 3 (5.08%) Network Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Network Security Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Security Analyst
4 3 (5.08%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (5.08%) Support Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) Node.js
2 1 (1.69%) ADO
2 1 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.69%) Faiss
2 1 (1.69%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.69%) LangChain
2 1 (1.69%) LDAP
2 1 (1.69%) SAML
2 1 (1.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
2 4 (6.78%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.08%) SCADA
4 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.39%) Insider Threat
4 2 (3.39%) Life Science
4 2 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.69%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.69%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) STIX
5 1 (1.69%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.03%) Windows
2 9 (15.25%) Linux
3 6 (10.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.34%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (20.34%) DevOps
2 11 (18.64%) ITIL
3 9 (15.25%) Agile
3 9 (15.25%) Cloud Security
4 8 (13.56%) Change Management
4 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (13.56%) Project Management
5 7 (11.86%) CI/CD
5 7 (11.86%) Data Loss Prevention
5 7 (11.86%) Information Security
5 7 (11.86%) Migration
5 7 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.17%) Change Control
6 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (10.17%) Network Design
6 6 (10.17%) SIEM
6 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (10.17%) Zero Trust
7 5 (8.47%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) Python
2 6 (10.17%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.08%) Bash
4 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.39%) SQL
5 1 (1.69%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.69%) Bicep
5 1 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.25%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (13.56%) Degree
5 5 (8.47%) CCNA
5 5 (8.47%) CCNP
6 4 (6.78%) CISSP
7 3 (5.08%) CISM
7 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (5.08%) MCP
7 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (3.39%) CCIE
8 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (3.39%) MCITP
9 1 (1.69%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (11.86%) GDPR
3 5 (8.47%) NIST
4 4 (6.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (3.39%) SLA
6 1 (1.69%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (30.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.47%) Docker
2 5 (8.47%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.69%) Firmware
4 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.69%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.69%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (22.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (20.34%) Terraform
3 6 (10.17%) Ansible
4 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (3.39%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.39%) SCCM
5 2 (3.39%) SCOM
6 1 (1.69%) Argo
6 1 (1.69%) CASB
6 1 (1.69%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (1.69%) Grafana
6 1 (1.69%) Icinga
6 1 (1.69%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (1.69%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 17 (28.81%) Microsoft
2 13 (22.03%) Palo Alto
3 12 (20.34%) Cisco
4 7 (11.86%) CheckPoint
5 6 (10.17%) F5
5 6 (10.17%) Fortinet
6 4 (6.78%) Citrix
7 3 (5.08%) Infoblox
7 3 (5.08%) Meraki
7 3 (5.08%) Oracle
7 3 (5.08%) Tenable
8 2 (3.39%) HP
8 2 (3.39%) Juniper
8 2 (3.39%) Rockwell
8 2 (3.39%) VMware
9 1 (1.69%) Dell
9 1 (1.69%) Google
9 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.69%) SAP