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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 65 80
Rank change year-on-year -60 +15 -15
Contract jobs citing Firewall 481 552 487
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.39% 4.06% 2.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.19% 39.32% 31.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 342 323
10th Percentile £363 £326 £322
25th Percentile £421 £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 £660 £700 £675
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 7
10th Percentile £32.63 - -
25th Percentile £40.94 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +24.07% -59.70%
75th Percentile £75.31 - £25.00
90th Percentile £78.75 - £39.00
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 1,593 1,404 1,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.90% 10.33% 9.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 914 1,017
10th Percentile £305 £281 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -0.99% -8.18%
75th Percentile £600 £637 £619
90th Percentile £725 £718 £713
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 30 31
10th Percentile £19.48 £19.40 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.27 £27.58 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.52% +15.86% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £51.50 £50.25
90th Percentile £74.25 £62.35 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -37.78% -18.00% +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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -25 68 £550 - 39
South London -16 18 £450 -21.74% 5
West London -47 6 £688 +66.67% 7
East London -4 2 £435 -25.73% 4
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 (4.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.29%) Confluence
4 4 (0.83%) Apache
4 4 (0.83%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.42%) 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
1 212 (44.07%) Azure
2 112 (23.28%) AWS
3 70 (14.55%) Entra ID
4 61 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (8.94%) GCP
6 36 (7.48%) GitHub
7 33 (6.86%) IaaS
8 27 (5.61%) SaaS
8 27 (5.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 24 (4.99%) PaaS
10 23 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (4.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 21 (4.37%) Serverless
12 20 (4.16%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (3.33%) Datadog
15 15 (3.12%) Amazon S3
15 15 (3.12%) Azure Sentinel
16 13 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 159 (33.06%) VPN
2 148 (30.77%) Network Security
3 130 (27.03%) DNS
4 125 (25.99%) WAN
5 83 (17.26%) BGP
6 78 (16.22%) TCP/IP
7 71 (14.76%) LAN
8 63 (13.10%) VLAN
9 59 (12.27%) DHCP
10 51 (10.60%) OSPF
11 39 (8.11%) Wireless
12 36 (7.48%) Multicast
12 36 (7.48%) SD-WAN
13 34 (7.07%) Wi-Fi
14 29 (6.03%) MPLS
15 26 (5.41%) NGFW
16 25 (5.20%) Cisco IOS
17 23 (4.78%) Cisco ASA
18 22 (4.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
19 19 (3.95%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.74%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (2.29%) Power BI
4 8 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (0.83%) Db2
7 3 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.62%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.62%) Big Data
7 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.62%) Metadata
7 3 (0.62%) MySQL
8 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.21%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (5.82%) Git
2 22 (4.57%) JIRA
3 20 (4.16%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.29%) GitLab
5 8 (1.66%) Artifactory
5 8 (1.66%) Chocolatey
6 4 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.42%) MSI
9 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (21.83%) Social Skills
2 88 (18.30%) Finance
3 50 (10.40%) Banking
4 48 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.20%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.74%) Financial Institution
7 18 (3.74%) Local Government
8 16 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.08%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.87%) Retail
11 8 (1.66%) Front Office
11 8 (1.66%) Legal
12 7 (1.46%) Law
13 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.83%) Automotive
14 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (34.72%) Network Engineer
2 74 (15.38%) Senior
3 56 (11.64%) Architect
4 45 (9.36%) Security Engineer
5 42 (8.73%) Azure Engineer
6 36 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (6.44%) Cloud Engineer
7 31 (6.44%) Senior Network Engineer
8 30 (6.24%) Network Security Engineer
9 28 (5.82%) DevOps Engineer
10 23 (4.78%) Consultant
11 22 (4.57%) Cisco Engineer
11 22 (4.57%) Network Architect
12 21 (4.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 20 (4.16%) Security Architect
14 16 (3.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.12%) Analyst
15 15 (3.12%) Firewall Engineer
16 14 (2.91%) Network Security Architect
17 11 (2.29%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.49%) OpenID
1 12 (2.49%) SAML
2 11 (2.29%) 802.1X
3 10 (2.08%) LDAP
4 9 (1.87%) Middleware
5 6 (1.25%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.04%) .NET
6 5 (1.04%) OAuth
6 5 (1.04%) REST
7 4 (0.83%) Jinja
7 4 (0.83%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.42%) JSON
9 2 (0.42%) LAMP
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.21%) CSS
10 1 (0.21%) HTML
10 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (16.42%) Data Centre
2 29 (6.03%) Onboarding
3 28 (5.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 25 (5.20%) Cloud Native
5 20 (4.16%) PKI
5 20 (4.16%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 13 (2.70%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.49%) Clustering
9 10 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.66%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.66%) IoT
11 8 (1.66%) Replication
12 7 (1.46%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (1.25%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 112 (23.28%) Windows
2 59 (12.27%) Linux
3 46 (9.56%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.08%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.08%) Unix
6 6 (1.25%) VMS
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.83%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.62%) SUSE
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.42%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Android
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.92%) DevOps
2 84 (17.46%) Migration
3 82 (17.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 72 (14.97%) CI/CD
5 67 (13.93%) ITIL
6 58 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (11.64%) Cybersecurity
7 56 (11.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 54 (11.23%) Zero Trust
9 52 (10.81%) Project Delivery
10 49 (10.19%) Agile
11 48 (9.98%) Load Balancing
12 46 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 42 (8.73%) Cloud Security
14 41 (8.52%) Change Management
14 41 (8.52%) SIEM
15 40 (8.32%) Validation
16 38 (7.90%) Incident Response
16 38 (7.90%) Observability
16 38 (7.90%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 98 (20.37%) Python
2 71 (14.76%) PowerShell
3 45 (9.36%) Bash
4 17 (3.53%) SQL
5 13 (2.70%) Bicep
6 7 (1.46%) Java
7 6 (1.25%) Perl
8 5 (1.04%) Groovy
8 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.62%) 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 90 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.63%) Cisco Certification
3 71 (14.76%) CCNP
4 66 (13.72%) SC Cleared
5 43 (8.94%) Degree
6 30 (6.24%) Azure Certification
7 20 (4.16%) CCNA
7 20 (4.16%) CISSP
7 20 (4.16%) DV Cleared
8 18 (3.74%) CCIE
9 15 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (2.49%) CISM
12 9 (1.87%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.25%) CCSE
13 6 (1.25%) JNCIP
13 6 (1.25%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.74%) SLA
2 17 (3.53%) NIST
3 15 (3.12%) GDPR
3 15 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.08%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.25%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.25%) QA
7 5 (1.04%) NCSC
8 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.62%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.42%) GMP
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 77 (16.01%) Active Directory
2 38 (7.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.61%) Docker
4 21 (4.37%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.33%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (3.12%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.87%) BitLocker
7 9 (1.87%) Squid
8 8 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.66%) vSphere
9 6 (1.25%) 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 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 106 (22.04%) Terraform
2 74 (15.38%) Ansible
3 50 (10.40%) Kubernetes
4 49 (10.19%) FortiGate
5 38 (7.90%) Grafana
6 35 (7.28%) Prometheus
7 34 (7.07%) Microsoft Intune
8 25 (5.20%) SCCM
9 16 (3.33%) Puppet
10 13 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (2.70%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.66%) vMotion
12 7 (1.46%) systemd
13 6 (1.25%) Cisco Prime
13 6 (1.25%) WSUS
14 5 (1.04%) Consul
14 5 (1.04%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.83%) QRadar
15 4 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 183 (38.05%) Cisco
2 130 (27.03%) Microsoft
3 128 (26.61%) Palo Alto
4 94 (19.54%) Fortinet
5 56 (11.64%) F5
6 55 (11.43%) VMware
7 47 (9.77%) CheckPoint
8 45 (9.36%) Juniper
9 40 (8.32%) Zscaler
10 35 (7.28%) Arista
11 27 (5.61%) Citrix
11 27 (5.61%) Splunk
12 25 (5.20%) Dynatrace
13 22 (4.57%) Google
14 18 (3.74%) AppDynamics
14 18 (3.74%) ServiceNow
15 17 (3.53%) Meraki
16 16 (3.33%) Infoblox
17 15 (3.12%) Aruba
17 15 (3.12%) Tenable