Firewall Contract Job Trends in London

Firewall
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 64 81
Rank change year-on-year -61 +17 -15
Contract jobs citing Firewall 483 549 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.39% 4.05% 3.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.19% 39.38% 31.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 340 323
10th Percentile £363 £334 £322
25th Percentile £425 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £620
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £32.63 - -
25th Percentile £40.94 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +25.05% -60.02%
75th Percentile £75.31 - £24.80
90th Percentile £78.75 - £42.50
England median hourly rate £65.57 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +118.57% +9.09% -57.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,600 1,394 1,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.92% 10.28% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 910 1,015
10th Percentile £306 £287 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £725 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 31 30
10th Percentile £19.48 £19.46 £16.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.27 £30.00 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +31.00% -37.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £51.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £74.25 £62.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.94 £44.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year -37.21% -18.91% +5.75%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Firewall job vacancy trend in London

Firewall
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firewall

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in London

Firewall
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firewall

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in London

Firewall
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Central London -28 69 £540 -1.82% 39
South London -19 18 £450 -21.74% 5
West London -50 6 £688 +64.18% 6
East London -6 2 £435 -25.73% 2
North London - 2 £438 -
Firewall
England

Firewall
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.28%) Confluence
4 4 (0.83%) Apache
5 3 (0.62%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.21%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 213 (44.10%) Azure
2 111 (22.98%) AWS
3 73 (15.11%) Entra ID
4 61 (12.63%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (8.90%) GCP
6 36 (7.45%) GitHub
7 33 (6.83%) IaaS
8 27 (5.59%) SaaS
9 26 (5.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 24 (4.97%) PaaS
11 23 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 21 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (4.14%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (4.14%) Serverless
14 17 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.11%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (3.11%) Datadog
16 14 (2.90%) Amazon S3
17 13 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 159 (32.92%) VPN
2 149 (30.85%) Network Security
3 128 (26.50%) DNS
4 126 (26.09%) WAN
5 83 (17.18%) BGP
6 77 (15.94%) TCP/IP
7 70 (14.49%) LAN
8 63 (13.04%) VLAN
9 58 (12.01%) DHCP
10 51 (10.56%) OSPF
11 39 (8.07%) Wireless
12 38 (7.87%) SD-WAN
13 35 (7.25%) Multicast
13 35 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
14 28 (5.80%) MPLS
15 27 (5.59%) NGFW
16 25 (5.18%) Cisco IOS
17 22 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 20 (4.14%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.28%) Power BI
3 8 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (0.83%) Db2
6 3 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.62%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.62%) Big Data
6 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.62%) Metadata
6 3 (0.62%) MySQL
7 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (5.80%) Git
2 22 (4.55%) JIRA
3 20 (4.14%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.28%) GitLab
5 8 (1.66%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.45%) Chocolatey
7 4 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.41%) MSI
10 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 87 (18.01%) Finance
3 49 (10.14%) Banking
4 48 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (9.32%) Public Sector
6 24 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.73%) Local Government
8 17 (3.52%) Financial Institution
9 16 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.28%) Retail
11 10 (2.07%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.66%) Front Office
13 8 (1.66%) Legal
14 7 (1.45%) Law
15 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.83%) Automotive
16 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 168 (34.78%) Network Engineer
2 73 (15.11%) Senior
3 55 (11.39%) Architect
4 45 (9.32%) Security Engineer
5 41 (8.49%) Azure Engineer
6 36 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.63%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (6.63%) Senior Network Engineer
8 30 (6.21%) Network Security Engineer
9 28 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
10 23 (4.76%) Consultant
11 22 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 22 (4.55%) Network Architect
12 20 (4.14%) Security Architect
13 17 (3.52%) Analyst
14 16 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.11%) Firewall Engineer
16 14 (2.90%) Network Security Architect
17 11 (2.28%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.48%) OpenID
1 12 (2.48%) SAML
2 11 (2.28%) 802.1X
3 10 (2.07%) Middleware
4 9 (1.86%) LDAP
5 6 (1.24%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.24%) OAuth
6 5 (1.04%) .NET
6 5 (1.04%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.04%) REST
7 4 (0.83%) Jinja
8 3 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.41%) JSON
9 2 (0.41%) LAMP
9 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.21%) HTML
10 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (16.36%) Data Centre
2 30 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 25 (5.18%) Cloud Native
5 21 (4.35%) PKI
6 20 (4.14%) Security Posture
7 15 (3.11%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (2.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 12 (2.48%) Clustering
11 10 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.66%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.66%) IoT
13 8 (1.66%) Replication
14 7 (1.45%) CMDB
14 7 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
14 7 (1.45%) Operational Technology
14 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (23.40%) Windows
2 60 (12.42%) Linux
3 46 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.07%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.07%) Unix
6 6 (1.24%) VMS
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.83%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.62%) SUSE
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Android
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (18.63%) DevOps
2 84 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 83 (17.18%) Migration
4 73 (15.11%) CI/CD
5 67 (13.87%) ITIL
6 60 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
7 58 (12.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 58 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (11.18%) Project Delivery
8 54 (11.18%) Zero Trust
9 49 (10.14%) Agile
10 48 (9.94%) Load Balancing
11 47 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
12 45 (9.32%) Cloud Security
13 43 (8.90%) Change Management
14 42 (8.70%) SIEM
15 40 (8.28%) Validation
16 39 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (8.07%) Incident Response
16 39 (8.07%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 100 (20.70%) Python
2 74 (15.32%) PowerShell
3 47 (9.73%) Bash
4 17 (3.52%) SQL
5 14 (2.90%) Bicep
6 7 (1.45%) Java
7 6 (1.24%) Perl
8 5 (1.04%) Groovy
8 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.62%) C++
10 2 (0.41%) PHP
11 1 (0.21%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.21%) C
11 1 (0.21%) Go
11 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.56%) Cisco Certification
3 71 (14.70%) CCNP
4 65 (13.46%) SC Cleared
5 43 (8.90%) Degree
6 31 (6.42%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.35%) CISSP
8 20 (4.14%) CCNA
8 20 (4.14%) DV Cleared
9 18 (3.73%) CCIE
10 15 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (2.48%) CISM
13 9 (1.86%) AWS Certification
14 6 (1.24%) CCSE
14 6 (1.24%) JNCIP
14 6 (1.24%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.52%) NIST
1 17 (3.52%) SLA
2 16 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.90%) GDPR
4 10 (2.07%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.24%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.24%) QA
7 5 (1.04%) NCSC
8 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.62%) GRC
9 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.41%) GMP
9 2 (0.41%) GxP
9 2 (0.41%) PMO
10 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 77 (15.94%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.59%) Docker
4 21 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (3.11%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.86%) BitLocker
7 9 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (1.66%) Squid
8 8 (1.66%) vSphere
9 6 (1.24%) Firmware
10 5 (1.04%) NFS
10 5 (1.04%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.83%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 106 (21.95%) Terraform
2 74 (15.32%) Ansible
3 49 (10.14%) Kubernetes
4 48 (9.94%) FortiGate
5 37 (7.66%) Grafana
6 36 (7.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 34 (7.04%) Prometheus
8 24 (4.97%) SCCM
9 16 (3.31%) Puppet
10 14 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (2.69%) vCenter Server
12 8 (1.66%) vMotion
13 7 (1.45%) systemd
14 6 (1.24%) Cisco Prime
14 6 (1.24%) WSUS
15 5 (1.04%) Consul
15 5 (1.04%) Progress Chef
16 4 (0.83%) QRadar
16 4 (0.83%) Suricata
16 4 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 183 (37.89%) Cisco
2 132 (27.33%) Microsoft
3 127 (26.29%) Palo Alto
4 94 (19.46%) Fortinet
5 55 (11.39%) F5
5 55 (11.39%) VMware
6 46 (9.52%) CheckPoint
7 45 (9.32%) Juniper
8 40 (8.28%) Zscaler
9 35 (7.25%) Arista
10 27 (5.59%) Citrix
10 27 (5.59%) Splunk
11 24 (4.97%) Google
12 23 (4.76%) Dynatrace
13 17 (3.52%) AppDynamics
13 17 (3.52%) Meraki
13 17 (3.52%) ServiceNow
14 16 (3.31%) Infoblox
15 15 (3.11%) Aruba
16 14 (2.90%) Tenable