Firewall Consultant Contracts in London

Firewall Consultant
England > London

The median Firewall Consultant daily rate in London is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 390 491
Rank change year-on-year +39 +101 +106
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Consultant 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.006% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £488 - £547
25th Percentile £506 £506 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £513 £583
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% -12.02% -12.08%
75th Percentile £569 £519 £613
90th Percentile £588 - £628
England median daily rate £538 £513 £545
% change year-on-year +4.88% -5.96% -17.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Firewall Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Firewall Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall Consultant in London

Firewall Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall Consultant in London

Firewall Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall Consultant in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall Consultant in London

Firewall Consultant
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Consultant within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West London - 1 £475 -
Firewall Consultant
England

Firewall Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Firewall Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Firewall Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) CCSE
2 1 (50.00%) JNCIA
2 1 (50.00%) JNCIS
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Firewall Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCSA
1 1 (50.00%) CCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto