Firewall Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Firewall Engineer
England > London

The median Firewall Engineer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 333 373
Rank change year-on-year -63 +40 +107
Contract jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer 7 16 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.041% 0.13% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.13% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £503 £393 £370
25th Percentile £506 £495 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +18.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £513
90th Percentile £538 £653 £543
England median daily rate £475 £563 £475
% change year-on-year -15.56% +18.42% -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 15,897 11,873 16,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 93.61% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,631 8,134 12,136
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 148 336
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.15 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -21.66%
75th Percentile £59.85 £51.39 £46.59
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £64.14
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%

Firewall Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Firewall Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Firewall Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Firewall Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in London

Firewall Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Firewall Engineer job vacancies in London

Firewall Engineer
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 Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 5 April 2026. 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
South London -15 1 £538 +7.60%
Central London -15 1 £501 -16.58%
Firewall Engineer
England

Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 April 2026, Firewall Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Firewall Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) CheckPoint
2 5 (71.43%) Network Security
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco
3 4 (57.14%) Fortinet
4 3 (42.86%) Azure
4 3 (42.86%) Palo Alto
5 2 (28.57%) CCSE
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 2 (28.57%) VPN
5 2 (28.57%) Wireless
6 1 (14.29%) 3PAR
6 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
6 1 (14.29%) AI
6 1 (14.29%) AWS
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
6 1 (14.29%) BGP
6 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) CCNP
6 1 (14.29%) CCSA
6 1 (14.29%) Change Management
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security

Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Cloudflare
2 1 (14.29%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (71.43%) Network Security
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) BGP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) IPsec
4 1 (14.29%) iSCSI
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) OSPF
4 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (14.29%) SSL
4 1 (14.29%) TACACS
4 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (14.29%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) AI
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (14.29%) Threat Management
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CCSE
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) CCSA
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) CheckPoint
2 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Fortinet
3 3 (42.86%) Palo Alto
4 1 (14.29%) 3PAR
4 1 (14.29%) Forcepoint
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Trend Micro