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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 68 64
Rank change year-on-year -45 -4 +19
Contract jobs citing Firewall 409 462 619
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.57% 3.44% 3.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.87% 34.48% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 286 391
10th Percentile £400 £363 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +0.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £630 £640 £675
90th Percentile £688 £704 £775
England median daily rate £514 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.14% +2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £12.75
25th Percentile £20.18 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.36 £35.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.84% +45.83% -26.15%
75th Percentile £20.53 - £25.00
90th Percentile - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +19.83% -46.95% +46.86%

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 1,325 1,340 1,845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.34% 9.99% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 869 831 1,207
10th Percentile £256 £255 £206
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £625
90th Percentile £694 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 71
10th Percentile £20.69 - £14.48
25th Percentile £22.21 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +48.94% -8.60%
75th Percentile £28.88 £43.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.00 £60.35 £61.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +1.43% -22.22% +133.16%

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 28 February 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
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 28 February 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 -32 42 £538 -6.52% 33
South London -7 18 £513 +9.04% 13
West London -18 6 £375 -16.67% 8
East London +1 5 £622 +29.58% 5
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 33 (8.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.16%) Confluence
3 15 (3.67%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.69%) nginx
5 3 (0.73%) Apache
5 3 (0.73%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.49%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.24%) JBoss
7 1 (0.24%) Traefik
7 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.49%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 191 (46.70%) Azure
2 109 (26.65%) AWS
3 71 (17.36%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (14.18%) GCP
5 51 (12.47%) Entra ID
6 35 (8.56%) GitHub
7 30 (7.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 24 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (5.62%) SaaS
10 22 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
10 22 (5.38%) IaaS
11 21 (5.13%) PaaS
12 20 (4.89%) Amazon S3
13 18 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (4.16%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (3.91%) Route 53
16 15 (3.67%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (3.67%) Serverless
17 12 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 122 (29.83%) Network Security
1 122 (29.83%) VPN
2 99 (24.21%) WAN
3 83 (20.29%) DNS
4 63 (15.40%) BGP
4 63 (15.40%) LAN
5 51 (12.47%) OSPF
5 51 (12.47%) SD-WAN
5 51 (12.47%) TCP/IP
6 44 (10.76%) Wi-Fi
7 37 (9.05%) MPLS
8 33 (8.07%) DHCP
9 31 (7.58%) VLAN
10 23 (5.62%) Wireless
11 21 (5.13%) SSL
12 19 (4.65%) Cisco ASA
12 19 (4.65%) NGFW
13 15 (3.67%) Cisco Nexus
13 15 (3.67%) Multicast
14 14 (3.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.93%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.98%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.49%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.49%) DB2
6 2 (0.49%) Power BI
6 2 (0.49%) Redis
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) MySQL
7 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (7.33%) Jenkins
2 23 (5.62%) Git
2 23 (5.62%) JIRA
3 18 (4.40%) GitLab
4 10 (2.44%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.71%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.22%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.73%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.49%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.24%) Maven
9 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 104 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 61 (14.91%) Finance
3 34 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.58%) Banking
5 27 (6.60%) Documentation Skills
5 27 (6.60%) Public Sector
6 19 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (2.93%) Financial Institution
8 11 (2.69%) Legal
9 10 (2.44%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.71%) Local Government
10 7 (1.71%) Spanish Language
11 5 (1.22%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.22%) Law
11 5 (1.22%) Retail
12 4 (0.98%) Front Office
12 4 (0.98%) Military
13 3 (0.73%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 95 (23.23%) Network Engineer
2 80 (19.56%) Architect
3 46 (11.25%) Security Engineer
3 46 (11.25%) Senior
4 34 (8.31%) Azure Engineer
5 26 (6.36%) Security Architect
6 23 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (5.13%) Network Security Engineer
8 19 (4.65%) Network Architect
8 19 (4.65%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 16 (3.91%) Consultant
10 14 (3.42%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (3.18%) Analyst
11 13 (3.18%) Site Engineer
11 13 (3.18%) Technical Architect
12 12 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.69%) Firewall Engineer
14 10 (2.44%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.18%) LDAP
1 13 (3.18%) OpenID
2 10 (2.44%) SAML
3 7 (1.71%) Middleware
4 6 (1.47%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.47%) XML
5 5 (1.22%) JSON
6 4 (0.98%) ARM Templates
6 4 (0.98%) HTML
6 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (0.98%) VML
7 3 (0.73%) CSS
7 3 (0.73%) Node.js
7 3 (0.73%) OAuth
7 3 (0.73%) Regular Expression
7 3 (0.73%) REST
8 2 (0.49%) Kafka
8 2 (0.49%) OAuth2
8 2 (0.49%) Web Services
8 2 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (14.91%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.11%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.13%) Security Posture
4 19 (4.65%) PKI
5 18 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.42%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.93%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.44%) Replication
10 8 (1.96%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.47%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.22%) Clustering
13 5 (1.22%) Private Cloud
14 4 (0.98%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.98%) Life Science
14 4 (0.98%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 85 (20.78%) Windows
2 41 (10.02%) Linux
3 39 (9.54%) Windows Server
4 18 (4.40%) VMS
5 10 (2.44%) Unix
6 5 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.22%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (0.49%) Android
8 2 (0.49%) CentOS
8 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (22.74%) DevOps
2 80 (19.56%) CI/CD
3 79 (19.32%) Infrastructure as Code
4 76 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
5 71 (17.36%) Migration
5 71 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (13.94%) Cloud Security
7 49 (11.98%) SIEM
8 47 (11.49%) ITIL
8 47 (11.49%) Load Balancing
9 45 (11.00%) Agile
10 44 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 40 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 38 (9.29%) Change Management
13 35 (8.56%) Incident Response
14 34 (8.31%) Mentoring
15 32 (7.82%) Project Delivery
16 30 (7.33%) Zero Trust
17 29 (7.09%) High Availability
18 28 (6.85%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 70 (17.11%) Python
2 66 (16.14%) PowerShell
3 26 (6.36%) Bash
4 22 (5.38%) SQL
5 8 (1.96%) Bicep
6 7 (1.71%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.98%) Java
7 4 (0.98%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.98%) Perl
8 2 (0.49%) Groovy
8 2 (0.49%) Ruby
9 1 (0.24%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 89 (21.76%) Security Cleared
2 65 (15.89%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (15.16%) SC Cleared
4 52 (12.71%) CCNP
5 33 (8.07%) Degree
6 26 (6.36%) Azure Certification
7 24 (5.87%) CCNA
7 24 (5.87%) CISSP
8 23 (5.62%) DV Cleared
9 20 (4.89%) CCIE
10 17 (4.16%) AWS Certification
11 14 (3.42%) CISM
12 10 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
12 10 (2.44%) JNCIP
12 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.96%) JNCIS
14 7 (1.71%) CCSE
14 7 (1.71%) FFIEC
15 6 (1.47%) CEH
15 6 (1.47%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (6.85%) NIST
3 23 (5.62%) GDPR
4 13 (3.18%) SLA
5 12 (2.93%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.96%) GRC
7 7 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.22%) NCSC
9 3 (0.73%) QA
9 3 (0.73%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.49%) GxP
10 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 82 (20.05%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.60%) Docker
4 20 (4.89%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (4.16%) VMware NSX
6 13 (3.18%) Squid
7 10 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.47%) Hyper-V
10 5 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.98%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.98%) Firmware
12 3 (0.73%) Snort
12 3 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.49%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.49%) Dovecot
13 2 (0.49%) Postfix
13 2 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.24%) Samba
14 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 90 (22.00%) Terraform
2 60 (14.67%) Ansible
3 44 (10.76%) Kubernetes
4 40 (9.78%) FortiGate
5 39 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (5.87%) SCCM
7 19 (4.65%) Grafana
7 19 (4.65%) Prometheus
8 15 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.71%) CASB
9 7 (1.71%) Consul
10 6 (1.47%) QRadar
10 6 (1.47%) SCOrch
11 5 (1.22%) Nessus
11 5 (1.22%) Puppet
11 5 (1.22%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.98%) Cisco Prime
12 4 (0.98%) ITRS Geneos
12 4 (0.98%) SCOM
12 4 (0.98%) vMotion
Vendors
1 115 (28.12%) Microsoft
2 113 (27.63%) Cisco
3 89 (21.76%) Palo Alto
4 55 (13.45%) Fortinet
5 47 (11.49%) CheckPoint
6 46 (11.25%) F5
7 42 (10.27%) VMware
8 37 (9.05%) Juniper
9 30 (7.33%) Zscaler
10 29 (7.09%) Aruba
11 26 (6.36%) Splunk
12 22 (5.38%) Citrix
13 21 (5.13%) Google
14 17 (4.16%) ServiceNow
15 15 (3.67%) Meraki
16 13 (3.18%) Dynatrace
16 13 (3.18%) Tenable
17 12 (2.93%) Arista
17 12 (2.93%) Red Hat
18 10 (2.44%) NetApp