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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 73 78
Rank change year-on-year -53 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 484 487 504
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 3.62% 3.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.23% 36.67% 32.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 292 330
10th Percentile £363 £337 £343
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.92% -5.82%
75th Percentile £600 £632 £638
90th Percentile £660 £700 £691
England median daily rate £503 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 5
10th Percentile £52.40 - -
25th Percentile £59.06 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +158.33% +26.05% -66.00%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £102.50 - £45.67
England median hourly rate £67.47 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +124.90% -25.00% -39.38%

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 1,656 1,328 1,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.20% 9.86% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 845 972
10th Percentile £297 £289 £250
25th Percentile £405 £404 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £722 £713 £725
England median daily rate £500 £488 £508
% change year-on-year +2.56% -3.94% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 33 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.56 £20.40
25th Percentile £22.50 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +13.82%
75th Percentile £81.25 £44.75 £55.88
90th Percentile £155.17 £62.05 £66.38
England median hourly rate £43.50 £41.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +4.82% -27.64% +1.52%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -11 82 £528 -4.09% 59
South London -13 18 £525 -4.55% 9
West London -50 10 £525 +23.53% 11
East London -1 4 £500 -14.53% 9
North London - 1 £650 - 1
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 (4.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.48%) Confluence
4 3 (0.62%) nginx
5 2 (0.41%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.41%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 211 (43.60%) Azure
2 108 (22.31%) AWS
3 72 (14.88%) Entra ID
4 57 (11.78%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (6.40%) GitHub
6 29 (5.99%) GCP
7 25 (5.17%) IaaS
7 25 (5.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 24 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (4.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 23 (4.75%) SaaS
10 21 (4.34%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (3.93%) Azure Monitor
11 19 (3.93%) PaaS
12 18 (3.72%) Serverless
13 17 (3.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.10%) Amazon S3
16 13 (2.69%) Datadog
17 12 (2.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 150 (30.99%) Network Security
1 150 (30.99%) VPN
2 124 (25.62%) WAN
3 118 (24.38%) DNS
4 79 (16.32%) BGP
5 75 (15.50%) TCP/IP
6 68 (14.05%) LAN
7 66 (13.64%) VLAN
8 54 (11.16%) DHCP
9 49 (10.12%) Wireless
10 41 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (7.85%) OSPF
11 38 (7.85%) SD-WAN
12 28 (5.79%) Multicast
13 24 (4.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 24 (4.96%) MPLS
13 24 (4.96%) NGFW
14 22 (4.55%) Internet
15 20 (4.13%) Cisco ISE
16 19 (3.93%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.07%) Power BI
4 9 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
6 6 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.83%) Db2
8 3 (0.62%) Big Data
8 3 (0.62%) Metadata
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.21%) MySQL
10 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (5.17%) Git
2 21 (4.34%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.13%) JIRA
4 10 (2.07%) GitLab
5 7 (1.45%) Artifactory
6 5 (1.03%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.62%) MSI
7 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.41%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 112 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 87 (17.98%) Finance
3 55 (11.36%) Banking
4 48 (9.92%) Public Sector
5 46 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.13%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.72%) Local Government
8 13 (2.69%) Retail
9 11 (2.27%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.07%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.86%) Front Office
11 9 (1.86%) Legal
12 7 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.03%) Law
13 5 (1.03%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.83%) Automotive
14 4 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 171 (35.33%) Network Engineer
2 69 (14.26%) Senior
3 47 (9.71%) Architect
4 45 (9.30%) Security Engineer
5 37 (7.64%) Azure Engineer
5 37 (7.64%) Cloud Engineer
6 33 (6.82%) Senior Network Engineer
7 32 (6.61%) DevOps Engineer
7 32 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.61%) Network Security Engineer
8 30 (6.20%) Consultant
9 26 (5.37%) Cisco Engineer
10 25 (5.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 24 (4.96%) Network Architect
12 21 (4.34%) Security Architect
13 19 (3.93%) Firewall Engineer
14 17 (3.51%) Project Manager
15 16 (3.31%) Lead
15 16 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.10%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (21.90%) Terraform
2 14 (2.89%) 802.1X
3 12 (2.48%) OpenID
4 11 (2.27%) REST
4 11 (2.27%) SAML
5 9 (1.86%) OAuth
6 8 (1.65%) LDAP
6 8 (1.65%) Middleware
7 7 (1.45%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.03%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.83%) JSON
10 3 (0.62%) .NET
11 2 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.41%) RFC 2544
11 2 (0.41%) Software Packaging
12 1 (0.21%) Apache NiFi
12 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
12 1 (0.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 81 (16.74%) Data Centre
2 35 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (3.72%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.72%) PKI
5 17 (3.51%) Security Posture
6 13 (2.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 13 (2.69%) Replication
7 11 (2.27%) IoT
7 11 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.07%) CMDB
8 10 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.86%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.65%) Clustering
10 8 (1.65%) Digital Signage
10 8 (1.65%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (23.55%) Windows
2 58 (11.98%) Linux
3 41 (8.47%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.27%) Ubuntu
5 11 (2.27%) Unix
6 8 (1.65%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.45%) VMS
8 5 (1.03%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.62%) SUSE
9 3 (0.62%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.41%) Android
10 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (19.42%) Migration
2 84 (17.36%) DevOps
3 82 (16.94%) Infrastructure as Code
4 68 (14.05%) ITIL
5 66 (13.64%) CI/CD
6 65 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 64 (13.22%) Cybersecurity
8 56 (11.57%) Project Delivery
8 56 (11.57%) Zero Trust
9 55 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 55 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
10 49 (10.12%) Change Management
10 49 (10.12%) Load Balancing
11 47 (9.71%) Agile
11 47 (9.71%) Cloud Security
12 46 (9.50%) Incident Response
13 42 (8.68%) High Availability
14 41 (8.47%) SIEM
15 38 (7.85%) Validation
16 36 (7.44%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 105 (21.69%) Python
2 83 (17.15%) PowerShell
3 46 (9.50%) Bash
4 14 (2.89%) Bicep
5 13 (2.69%) SQL
6 9 (1.86%) Groovy
6 9 (1.86%) Java
7 6 (1.24%) Perl
8 3 (0.62%) C++
9 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.21%) C
10 1 (0.21%) Go
10 1 (0.21%) Korn
10 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.21%) VB
10 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.88%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (14.46%) SC Cleared
4 63 (13.02%) CCNP
5 43 (8.88%) Degree
6 35 (7.23%) Azure Certification
7 23 (4.75%) CISSP
8 18 (3.72%) CCNA
9 17 (3.51%) CISM
9 17 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (3.10%) DV Cleared
12 12 (2.48%) AWS Certification
13 11 (2.27%) CCIE
14 10 (2.07%) PMI Certification
14 10 (2.07%) PMP
15 6 (1.24%) CCSE
15 6 (1.24%) JNCIP
15 6 (1.24%) JNCIS
15 6 (1.24%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.93%) NIST
3 12 (2.48%) SLA
4 11 (2.27%) GDPR
5 10 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.45%) NIST 800
6 7 (1.45%) QA
7 6 (1.24%) NCSC
8 5 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.83%) COBIT
10 3 (0.62%) GRC
11 2 (0.41%) GMP
11 2 (0.41%) GxP
11 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.41%) PMO
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (16.12%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.79%) Docker
4 21 (4.34%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.07%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.65%) Squid
7 8 (1.65%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.24%) Firmware
8 6 (1.24%) vSphere
9 5 (1.03%) BitLocker
9 5 (1.03%) NFS
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.83%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.62%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.41%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.41%) Dovecot
12 2 (0.41%) Postfix
13 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 71 (14.67%) Ansible
2 48 (9.92%) FortiGate
3 39 (8.06%) Kubernetes
3 39 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (7.02%) Grafana
5 32 (6.61%) Prometheus
6 27 (5.58%) SCCM
7 12 (2.48%) Puppet
8 10 (2.07%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.86%) Cisco Prime
9 9 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.45%) systemd
10 7 (1.45%) WSUS
11 6 (1.24%) Nessus
12 4 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.83%) Suricata
12 4 (0.83%) vMotion
13 3 (0.62%) Avamar
13 3 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.62%) VxRail
Vendors
1 190 (39.26%) Cisco
2 134 (27.69%) Palo Alto
3 123 (25.41%) Microsoft
4 98 (20.25%) Fortinet
5 52 (10.74%) F5
6 46 (9.50%) VMware
7 40 (8.26%) CheckPoint
7 40 (8.26%) Zscaler
8 38 (7.85%) Juniper
9 26 (5.37%) Arista
9 26 (5.37%) Splunk
10 20 (4.13%) Meraki
10 20 (4.13%) ServiceNow
11 19 (3.93%) Citrix
11 19 (3.93%) Dynatrace
12 18 (3.72%) Google
13 15 (3.10%) AppDynamics
13 15 (3.10%) Aruba
14 12 (2.48%) Infoblox
14 12 (2.48%) Tenable