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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 40 62
Rank change year-on-year -21 +22 +38
Contract jobs citing Firewall 58 101 97
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.38% 4.76% 3.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.02% 45.09% 35.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 71 59
10th Percentile £382 £350 £410
25th Percentile £463 £425 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -2.78% +0.47%
75th Percentile £672 £625 £620
90th Percentile £724 £675 £688
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
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 161 224 272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 9.39% 10.56% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 136 169
10th Percentile £263 £336 £263
25th Percentile £406 £429 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £531 £540
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -1.71% -
75th Percentile £675 £641 £626
90th Percentile £738 £755 £703
Central London median daily rate £536 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.10% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £20.89 - £26.38
25th Percentile £21.96 £31.25 £34.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -33.33% +107.45%
75th Percentile £45.41 £33.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £57.51 - £72.13
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -24.62% -33.33% +87.50%

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 17 October 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 4 (6.90%) Confluence
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (46.55%) Azure
2 15 (25.86%) AWS
3 12 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (17.24%) Entra ID
5 6 (10.34%) GCP
6 4 (6.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.17%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (5.17%) IaaS
7 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (3.45%) Amazon ELB
8 2 (3.45%) Amazon S3
8 2 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.45%) GitHub
8 2 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (3.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) DNS
1 13 (22.41%) VPN
2 9 (15.52%) BGP
2 9 (15.52%) WAN
3 8 (13.79%) OSPF
4 7 (12.07%) TCP/IP
4 7 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (10.34%) Network Security
6 5 (8.62%) LAN
6 5 (8.62%) Multicast
7 4 (6.90%) DHCP
7 4 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (6.90%) MPLS
7 4 (6.90%) SD-WAN
7 4 (6.90%) SSL
7 4 (6.90%) Unicast
8 3 (5.17%) VLAN
9 2 (3.45%) Modbus
9 2 (3.45%) SAN
9 2 (3.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.72%) Pinecone
2 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Jenkins
2 6 (10.34%) JIRA
3 2 (3.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (3.45%) Git
3 2 (3.45%) GitLab
4 1 (1.72%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.72%) SonarQube
General
1 19 (32.76%) Finance
2 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.79%) Banking
4 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.72%) Billing
7 1 (1.72%) Front Office
7 1 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (18.97%) Network Engineer
2 8 (13.79%) Security Engineer
3 6 (10.34%) Architect
3 6 (10.34%) Senior
4 5 (8.62%) Analyst
4 5 (8.62%) Consultant
4 5 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Business Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Network Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Network Security Analyst
6 3 (5.17%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (5.17%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.45%) Active Directory Support
7 2 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (3.45%) AWS DevOps
7 2 (3.45%) Cisco Project Manager
7 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) ADO
1 1 (1.72%) Faiss
1 1 (1.72%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.72%) LangChain
1 1 (1.72%) LDAP
1 1 (1.72%) Node.js
1 1 (1.72%) SAML
1 1 (1.72%) SAP Basis
1 1 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 4 (6.90%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) SCADA
4 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.45%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (3.45%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.45%) Insider Threat
4 2 (3.45%) Life Science
4 2 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.72%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.72%) STIX
5 1 (1.72%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.41%) Windows
2 11 (18.97%) Linux
3 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.17%) Unix
5 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.24%) DevOps
2 9 (15.52%) Project Management
3 8 (13.79%) Cloud Security
3 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (13.79%) ITIL
4 7 (12.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 7 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (10.34%) Agile
5 6 (10.34%) Change Management
5 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
5 6 (10.34%) Data Loss Prevention
5 6 (10.34%) Information Security
6 5 (8.62%) High Availability
6 5 (8.62%) Network Design
6 5 (8.62%) Patch Management
6 5 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (8.62%) SIEM
6 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.62%) Zero Trust
7 4 (6.90%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.97%) Python
2 3 (5.17%) Bash
2 3 (5.17%) Java
2 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.17%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.72%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.72%) Bicep
4 1 (1.72%) C
4 1 (1.72%) C#
4 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
2 9 (15.52%) Security Cleared
3 7 (12.07%) CCNA
3 7 (12.07%) Degree
4 4 (6.90%) CCNP
5 3 (5.17%) AWS Certification
5 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.17%) CCIE
5 3 (5.17%) CISSP
5 3 (5.17%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (3.45%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.90%) NIST
3 3 (5.17%) GDPR
4 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (3.45%) SLA
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.72%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.07%) Docker
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.72%) Firmware
4 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) Terraform
2 8 (13.79%) Ansible
2 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.17%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (3.45%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.45%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (3.45%) Progress Chef
5 2 (3.45%) Puppet
5 2 (3.45%) SCCM
5 2 (3.45%) SCOM
6 1 (1.72%) Argo
6 1 (1.72%) CASB
6 1 (1.72%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (1.72%) Grafana
6 1 (1.72%) Icinga
6 1 (1.72%) Nagios
6 1 (1.72%) Observium
6 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 16 (27.59%) Palo Alto
2 15 (25.86%) Cisco
2 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.07%) CheckPoint
4 6 (10.34%) F5
4 6 (10.34%) Fortinet
5 5 (8.62%) Citrix
6 4 (6.90%) Arista
6 4 (6.90%) Meraki
7 3 (5.17%) Infoblox
7 3 (5.17%) Oracle
7 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow
7 3 (5.17%) Tenable
8 2 (3.45%) HP
8 2 (3.45%) Juniper
8 2 (3.45%) Rockwell
8 2 (3.45%) SAP
8 2 (3.45%) VMware
9 1 (1.72%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.72%) ForeScout