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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 67 63
Rank change year-on-year -49 -4 +24
Contract jobs citing Firewall 399 463 613
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.57% 3.43% 3.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.16% 34.17% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 283 388
10th Percentile £394 £356 £334
25th Percentile £450 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £548 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +1.39% -1.82%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £688
90th Percentile £688 £700 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £13.08
25th Percentile £20.18 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.36 £35.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.84% +41.41% -23.85%
75th Percentile £20.53 - £64.06
90th Percentile - - £77.38
England median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +19.83% -46.95% +43.11%

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 1,323 1,355 1,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.52% 10.05% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 812 1,198
10th Percentile £255 £255 £205
25th Percentile £404 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £625
90th Percentile £688 £737 £750
England median daily rate £487 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.55% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 14 70
10th Percentile £20.18 £23.91 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.84 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.48% +33.66% -1.79%
75th Percentile £28.07 £40.25 £56.06
90th Percentile £93.75 £57.40 £72.62
England median hourly rate £31.44 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -3.26% -31.58% +138.93%

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 18 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 18 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 -34 45 £525 -8.70% 41
South London 0 18 £519 +10.33% 8
West London -18 6 £375 -16.67% 8
East London -3 4 £525 +9.38% 9
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 31 (7.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.51%) Confluence
3 15 (3.76%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.01%) nginx
5 3 (0.75%) Apache
5 3 (0.75%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.50%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) Traefik
7 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.00%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 191 (47.87%) Azure
2 110 (27.57%) AWS
3 69 (17.29%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (14.29%) GCP
5 49 (12.28%) Entra ID
6 35 (8.77%) GitHub
7 29 (7.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 25 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (5.26%) SaaS
11 20 (5.01%) Amazon S3
11 20 (5.01%) PaaS
12 19 (4.76%) IaaS
13 18 (4.51%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (4.51%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (4.26%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (4.26%) Route 53
15 14 (3.51%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (3.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (3.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 123 (30.83%) Network Security
2 117 (29.32%) VPN
3 93 (23.31%) WAN
4 78 (19.55%) DNS
5 60 (15.04%) LAN
6 57 (14.29%) BGP
7 50 (12.53%) TCP/IP
8 47 (11.78%) SD-WAN
9 45 (11.28%) OSPF
10 41 (10.28%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (8.02%) DHCP
12 30 (7.52%) MPLS
13 29 (7.27%) VLAN
14 23 (5.76%) Wireless
15 22 (5.51%) SSL
16 19 (4.76%) NGFW
17 16 (4.01%) Cisco ASA
18 15 (3.76%) Cisco Nexus
18 15 (3.76%) Internet
19 13 (3.26%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.25%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.75%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.50%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.50%) DB2
8 2 (0.50%) Power BI
8 2 (0.50%) Redis
9 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.25%) MySQL
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.25%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (7.52%) Jenkins
2 24 (6.02%) JIRA
3 21 (5.26%) Git
4 17 (4.26%) GitLab
5 9 (2.26%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.75%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.00%) Vagrant
8 3 (0.75%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.50%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.25%) Maven
10 1 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 103 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.29%) Finance
3 34 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.77%) Banking
5 26 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.27%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (5.01%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.51%) Legal
9 9 (2.26%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.01%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.75%) Local Government
11 7 (1.75%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.25%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.25%) Retail
13 4 (1.00%) Front Office
13 4 (1.00%) Law
13 4 (1.00%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.00%) Military
14 3 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 88 (22.06%) Network Engineer
2 77 (19.30%) Architect
3 47 (11.78%) Security Engineer
4 43 (10.78%) Senior
5 30 (7.52%) Azure Engineer
6 26 (6.52%) Security Architect
7 24 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
8 21 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
9 20 (5.01%) Network Architect
10 19 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 18 (4.51%) Analyst
11 18 (4.51%) Consultant
12 16 (4.01%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (3.26%) Site Engineer
13 13 (3.26%) Technical Architect
14 11 (2.76%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (2.51%) Cloud Architect
15 10 (2.51%) Firewall Engineer
15 10 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.51%) LDAP
2 12 (3.01%) OpenID
3 11 (2.76%) SAML
4 7 (1.75%) Middleware
5 6 (1.50%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.50%) JSON
5 6 (1.50%) XML
6 4 (1.00%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.00%) HTML
6 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (1.00%) Regular Expression
6 4 (1.00%) VML
7 3 (0.75%) CSS
7 3 (0.75%) Node.js
7 3 (0.75%) OAuth
7 3 (0.75%) REST
7 3 (0.75%) YAML
8 2 (0.50%) Kafka
8 2 (0.50%) Loki
8 2 (0.50%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.78%) Data Centre
2 23 (5.76%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 18 (4.51%) PKI
5 17 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.51%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.01%) Replication
8 10 (2.51%) Operational Technology
9 9 (2.26%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.50%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.25%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.25%) Clustering
12 5 (1.25%) Product Ownership
13 4 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (1.00%) IoT
13 4 (1.00%) Life Science
13 4 (1.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 84 (21.05%) Windows
2 44 (11.03%) Linux
3 37 (9.27%) Windows Server
4 20 (5.01%) VMS
5 10 (2.51%) Unix
6 7 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.25%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.00%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.50%) Android
9 2 (0.50%) CentOS
9 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (22.81%) DevOps
2 79 (19.80%) Cybersecurity
3 77 (19.30%) CI/CD
4 76 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 70 (17.54%) Migration
5 70 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (15.79%) Cloud Security
7 51 (12.78%) SIEM
8 46 (11.53%) Agile
8 46 (11.53%) Load Balancing
9 44 (11.03%) ITIL
10 42 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 41 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 39 (9.77%) Incident Response
13 37 (9.27%) Change Management
14 33 (8.27%) Zero Trust
15 31 (7.77%) High Availability
15 31 (7.77%) Mentoring
15 31 (7.77%) Project Delivery
16 29 (7.27%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 67 (16.79%) PowerShell
2 66 (16.54%) Python
3 22 (5.51%) SQL
4 21 (5.26%) Bash
5 9 (2.26%) Bicep
6 7 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.00%) Groovy
7 4 (1.00%) Java
7 4 (1.00%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.00%) Perl
8 2 (0.50%) Ruby
9 1 (0.25%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.25%) Go
9 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (22.31%) Security Cleared
2 61 (15.29%) Cisco Certification
2 61 (15.29%) SC Cleared
3 48 (12.03%) CCNP
4 35 (8.77%) Degree
5 29 (7.27%) Azure Certification
6 25 (6.27%) CISSP
7 24 (6.02%) CCNA
7 24 (6.02%) DV Cleared
8 19 (4.76%) AWS Certification
9 18 (4.51%) CCIE
10 15 (3.76%) CISM
11 11 (2.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (2.51%) JNCIP
13 8 (2.01%) JNCIS
14 7 (1.75%) CEH
14 7 (1.75%) FFIEC
14 7 (1.75%) GIAC
15 6 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (7.52%) NIST
3 24 (6.02%) GDPR
4 12 (3.01%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.01%) GRC
5 8 (2.01%) SLA
6 7 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.00%) NCSC
8 4 (1.00%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.50%) GxP
9 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.50%) QA
10 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 76 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 31 (7.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (7.02%) Docker
4 20 (5.01%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (4.01%) VMware NSX
6 15 (3.76%) Squid
7 8 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.50%) Hyper-V
10 5 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (1.00%) BitLocker
11 4 (1.00%) DFS Replication
11 4 (1.00%) Dovecot
11 4 (1.00%) Firmware
11 4 (1.00%) Postfix
11 4 (1.00%) Snort
12 3 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.50%) KVM
14 1 (0.25%) Ceph
14 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (22.81%) Terraform
2 57 (14.29%) Ansible
3 42 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 38 (9.52%) FortiGate
5 34 (8.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (5.51%) SCCM
7 20 (5.01%) Grafana
7 20 (5.01%) Prometheus
8 15 (3.76%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (2.01%) CASB
10 7 (1.75%) Nessus
11 6 (1.50%) Consul
11 6 (1.50%) QRadar
11 6 (1.50%) SCOrch
12 5 (1.25%) vCenter Server
13 4 (1.00%) ITRS Geneos
13 4 (1.00%) Proxmox
13 4 (1.00%) Puppet
13 4 (1.00%) SCOM
13 4 (1.00%) vMotion
Vendors
1 111 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 107 (26.82%) Cisco
3 84 (21.05%) Palo Alto
4 54 (13.53%) Fortinet
5 46 (11.53%) CheckPoint
6 44 (11.03%) F5
7 37 (9.27%) Juniper
7 37 (9.27%) VMware
8 28 (7.02%) Aruba
8 28 (7.02%) Zscaler
9 26 (6.52%) Splunk
10 21 (5.26%) Citrix
11 20 (5.01%) Google
12 18 (4.51%) ServiceNow
13 16 (4.01%) Meraki
14 13 (3.26%) Tenable
15 11 (2.76%) NetApp
15 11 (2.76%) Red Hat
16 10 (2.51%) Dynatrace
17 9 (2.26%) Oracle