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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 61 77
Rank change year-on-year -54 +16 -13
Contract jobs citing Firewall 475 563 527
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 4.15% 3.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.37% 40.21% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 342 333
10th Percentile £363 £325 £274
25th Percentile £419 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -1.46% -12.39%
75th Percentile £588 £610 £613
90th Percentile £658 £703 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £514
% change year-on-year - -2.68% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 12
10th Percentile £31.90 - £13.08
25th Percentile £36.25 - £21.44
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +26.05% -40.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £25.00
90th Percentile £73.25 - £56.50
England median hourly rate £63.75 £30.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +112.50% -50.00% -4.08%

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 1,564 1,400 1,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.92% 10.32% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,018 902 1,089
10th Percentile £300 £275 £225
25th Percentile £407 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £721 £718 £725
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 29 46
10th Percentile £18.02 £19.33 £14.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.15 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.88 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +26.05% -34.38%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £63.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -40.62% +12.50% +18.52%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -39 58 £525 -4.55% 17
South London -7 23 £506 -11.96% 3
West London -48 5 £450 +12.36% 6
East London -8 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 21 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.58%) Confluence
3 13 (2.74%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.89%) nginx
5 4 (0.84%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.21%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 196 (41.26%) Azure
2 116 (24.42%) AWS
3 63 (13.26%) Entra ID
4 54 (11.37%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (8.84%) GCP
6 35 (7.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 33 (6.95%) GitHub
8 32 (6.74%) IaaS
9 29 (6.11%) SaaS
10 27 (5.68%) PaaS
11 26 (5.47%) Amazon EC2
11 26 (5.47%) Serverless
12 22 (4.63%) Amazon S3
13 21 (4.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 19 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
16 16 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 159 (33.47%) VPN
2 150 (31.58%) Network Security
3 123 (25.89%) DNS
4 117 (24.63%) WAN
5 87 (18.32%) BGP
6 74 (15.58%) TCP/IP
7 64 (13.47%) LAN
8 58 (12.21%) OSPF
8 58 (12.21%) VLAN
9 49 (10.32%) DHCP
10 40 (8.42%) SD-WAN
11 35 (7.37%) Multicast
12 34 (7.16%) Wireless
13 29 (6.11%) MPLS
14 28 (5.89%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (5.47%) NGFW
16 25 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
17 24 (5.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 23 (4.84%) Cisco ASA
19 20 (4.21%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.58%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.32%) Power BI
4 8 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (0.84%) Db2
7 3 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.63%) Big Data
7 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.63%) Metadata
7 3 (0.63%) MySQL
8 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.21%) Redis
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (5.68%) JIRA
2 25 (5.26%) Git
3 17 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.89%) Artifactory
4 9 (1.89%) GitLab
5 7 (1.47%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.47%) Chocolatey
5 7 (1.47%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.21%) MSI
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 109 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 88 (18.53%) Finance
3 48 (10.11%) Banking
4 46 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (9.05%) Public Sector
6 32 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.79%) Financial Institution
8 14 (2.95%) Local Government
9 13 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.89%) Legal
11 8 (1.68%) Front Office
11 8 (1.68%) Retail
12 7 (1.47%) Law
13 6 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.84%) Publishing
16 3 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 155 (32.63%) Network Engineer
2 69 (14.53%) Architect
3 63 (13.26%) Senior
4 49 (10.32%) Security Engineer
5 40 (8.42%) Azure Engineer
6 33 (6.95%) Network Security Engineer
7 31 (6.53%) Cloud Engineer
8 28 (5.89%) DevOps Engineer
9 26 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (5.26%) Senior Network Engineer
11 21 (4.42%) Consultant
11 21 (4.42%) Network Architect
12 19 (4.00%) Security Architect
13 16 (3.37%) Firewall Engineer
14 15 (3.16%) Cisco Engineer
15 14 (2.95%) Analyst
15 14 (2.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 14 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
16 11 (2.32%) Integration Engineer
16 11 (2.32%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.58%) OpenID
2 16 (3.37%) LDAP
3 12 (2.53%) SAML
4 9 (1.89%) 802.1X
5 8 (1.68%) Middleware
6 6 (1.26%) OAuth
7 5 (1.05%) .NET
7 5 (1.05%) ARM Templates
7 5 (1.05%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.84%) Jinja
8 4 (0.84%) REST
9 3 (0.63%) AWS CDK
10 2 (0.42%) eBPF
10 2 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.42%) LAMP
10 2 (0.42%) Loki
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.21%) JSON
11 1 (0.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (16.21%) Data Centre
2 23 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
2 23 (4.84%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.63%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.63%) Security Posture
4 20 (4.21%) PKI
5 14 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
6 13 (2.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 11 (2.32%) Clustering
7 11 (2.32%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (1.68%) IoT
8 8 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (1.68%) Replication
9 7 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.26%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.26%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 102 (21.47%) Windows
2 52 (10.95%) Linux
3 37 (7.79%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.89%) Unix
6 7 (1.47%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.47%) VMS
7 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.84%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.63%) SUSE
10 2 (0.42%) Android
10 2 (0.42%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (19.37%) DevOps
2 83 (17.47%) Infrastructure as Code
3 82 (17.26%) Migration
4 72 (15.16%) CI/CD
5 65 (13.68%) ITIL
6 58 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (11.79%) Cybersecurity
8 51 (10.74%) Agile
9 49 (10.32%) Zero Trust
10 47 (9.89%) Load Balancing
11 46 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (9.68%) Validation
12 44 (9.26%) Project Delivery
13 43 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 41 (8.63%) Cloud Security
14 41 (8.63%) Runbook
15 40 (8.42%) SIEM
16 38 (8.00%) Observability
17 37 (7.79%) Change Management
18 35 (7.37%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.58%) Python
2 66 (13.89%) PowerShell
3 39 (8.21%) Bash
4 16 (3.37%) SQL
5 12 (2.53%) Bicep
6 8 (1.68%) Java
7 6 (1.26%) Perl
8 5 (1.05%) Groovy
8 5 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.63%) C++
10 2 (0.42%) 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 95 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.42%) Cisco Certification
3 74 (15.58%) SC Cleared
4 68 (14.32%) CCNP
5 38 (8.00%) Degree
6 28 (5.89%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.42%) DV Cleared
8 20 (4.21%) CCIE
8 20 (4.21%) CCNA
9 19 (4.00%) CISSP
10 14 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.32%) AWS Certification
12 11 (2.32%) CISM
13 6 (1.26%) CCSE
13 6 (1.26%) JNCIP
14 5 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.05%) JNCIS
15 4 (0.84%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.37%) NIST
2 15 (3.16%) GDPR
2 15 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.74%) SLA
4 10 (2.11%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.26%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.26%) QA
7 5 (1.05%) NCSC
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.42%) GMP
9 2 (0.42%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) GxP
9 2 (0.42%) PMO
10 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 71 (14.95%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.63%) Docker
3 22 (4.63%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (3.16%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (2.95%) Squid
6 12 (2.53%) VMware NSX
7 9 (1.89%) BitLocker
7 9 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.68%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (1.68%) vSphere
9 6 (1.26%) Firmware
10 5 (1.05%) NFS
11 4 (0.84%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.63%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 107 (22.53%) Terraform
2 71 (14.95%) Ansible
3 52 (10.95%) FortiGate
4 51 (10.74%) Kubernetes
5 44 (9.26%) Grafana
6 41 (8.63%) Prometheus
7 29 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (4.63%) SCCM
9 17 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (3.37%) Puppet
11 13 (2.74%) vCenter Server
12 10 (2.11%) Consul
13 8 (1.68%) vMotion
14 6 (1.26%) WSUS
15 5 (1.05%) Progress Chef
15 5 (1.05%) systemd
16 4 (0.84%) CA Single Sign-On
16 4 (0.84%) QRadar
16 4 (0.84%) Suricata
16 4 (0.84%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 172 (36.21%) Cisco
2 130 (27.37%) Palo Alto
3 117 (24.63%) Microsoft
4 95 (20.00%) Fortinet
5 57 (12.00%) F5
6 53 (11.16%) VMware
7 48 (10.11%) CheckPoint
8 44 (9.26%) Juniper
9 36 (7.58%) Arista
10 34 (7.16%) Zscaler
11 27 (5.68%) Citrix
11 27 (5.68%) Dynatrace
12 25 (5.26%) Splunk
13 19 (4.00%) Google
14 17 (3.58%) AppDynamics
15 16 (3.37%) Red Hat
15 16 (3.37%) ServiceNow
16 15 (3.16%) Infoblox
17 14 (2.95%) Aruba
17 14 (2.95%) Tenable