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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 58 71
Rank change year-on-year -62 +13 +8
Contract jobs citing Firewall 414 503 563
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.39% 3.97% 3.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.76% 37.93% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 303 347
10th Percentile £369 £350 £325
25th Percentile £441 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +0.96% -13.33%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £641
90th Percentile £675 £688 £775
England median daily rate £503 £521 £505
% change year-on-year -3.41% +3.07% -4.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £13.08
25th Percentile £36.25 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £24.34
75th Percentile £38.75 - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £52.36 £16.60 £63.00
% change year-on-year +215.42% -73.65% +1.61%

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 1,391 1,326 1,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.02% 10.47% 9.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 858 1,163
10th Percentile £300 £264 £206
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.37% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £610
90th Percentile £699 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 66
10th Percentile £20.23 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.84 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.07% +93.18% -38.89%
75th Percentile £33.90 £51.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £84.50 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £36.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +22.80% -8.39% +111.30%

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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -45 41 £550 - 41
South London -2 18 £519 +6.92% 3
East London -8 3 £719 +22.91% 1
West London -40 1 £375 -6.25% 6
North London - 1 £225 -
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 29 (7.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.90%) Confluence
4 10 (2.42%) nginx
5 3 (0.72%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 178 (43.00%) Azure
2 95 (22.95%) AWS
3 67 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (12.56%) Entra ID
5 51 (12.32%) GCP
6 30 (7.25%) GitHub
7 29 (7.00%) SaaS
8 27 (6.52%) IaaS
9 26 (6.28%) PaaS
9 26 (6.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 23 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (5.07%) Serverless
13 18 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (3.86%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (3.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 15 (3.62%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 130 (31.40%) Network Security
2 123 (29.71%) VPN
3 105 (25.36%) WAN
4 85 (20.53%) DNS
5 72 (17.39%) BGP
6 64 (15.46%) LAN
7 56 (13.53%) OSPF
8 51 (12.32%) TCP/IP
9 47 (11.35%) SD-WAN
10 38 (9.18%) VLAN
11 36 (8.70%) DHCP
12 35 (8.45%) MPLS
12 35 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
13 26 (6.28%) Multicast
14 23 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
15 20 (4.83%) Cisco IOS
16 19 (4.59%) Wireless
17 18 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
18 17 (4.11%) NX-OS
19 16 (3.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.66%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.97%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.97%) MySQL
3 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.72%) Amazon QuickSight
4 3 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.72%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.72%) Power BI
5 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.48%) Metadata
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) DB2
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.24%) Redis
6 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (4.83%) Git
2 19 (4.59%) Jenkins
2 19 (4.59%) JIRA
3 10 (2.42%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.93%) GitLab
5 7 (1.69%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.45%) Chocolatey
7 5 (1.21%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 102 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 71 (17.15%) Finance
3 43 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.21%) Documentation Skills
5 31 (7.49%) Banking
6 27 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.86%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.90%) Legal
8 12 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.66%) Local Government
10 10 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.93%) Front Office
11 8 (1.93%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.69%) Law
12 7 (1.69%) Retail
13 4 (0.97%) Military
13 4 (0.97%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.72%) Police
15 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 102 (24.64%) Network Engineer
2 67 (16.18%) Architect
3 52 (12.56%) Senior
4 41 (9.90%) Azure Engineer
5 39 (9.42%) Security Engineer
6 22 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (4.83%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 17 (4.11%) Network Architect
8 17 (4.11%) Network Security Engineer
9 16 (3.86%) Analyst
9 16 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
9 16 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.38%) Integration Engineer
10 14 (3.38%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (3.38%) Security Architect
10 14 (3.38%) Senior Network Engineer
10 14 (3.38%) Site Engineer
11 13 (3.14%) Consultant
12 11 (2.66%) Lead
12 11 (2.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.35%) OpenID
2 13 (3.14%) LDAP
3 11 (2.66%) SAML
4 7 (1.69%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.45%) XML
6 5 (1.21%) JSON
6 5 (1.21%) Middleware
6 5 (1.21%) REST
7 4 (0.97%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.97%) HTML
7 4 (0.97%) Jinja
7 4 (0.97%) VML
8 3 (0.72%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.72%) CSS
8 3 (0.72%) LAMP
8 3 (0.72%) Node.js
8 3 (0.72%) OAuth
8 3 (0.72%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.72%) Web Services
9 2 (0.48%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 62 (14.98%) Data Centre
2 26 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.83%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.59%) PKI
5 18 (4.35%) Security Posture
6 15 (3.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (2.66%) Clustering
7 11 (2.66%) Replication
8 9 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.17%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.93%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.45%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.45%) IoT
12 5 (1.21%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.97%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 97 (23.43%) Windows
2 44 (10.63%) Windows Server
3 42 (10.14%) Linux
4 18 (4.35%) VMS
5 7 (1.69%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.45%) Unix
7 3 (0.72%) SUSE
7 3 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.48%) Android
8 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (21.26%) DevOps
2 80 (19.32%) Migration
3 73 (17.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (17.15%) CI/CD
5 69 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 65 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (13.29%) Load Balancing
8 54 (13.04%) ITIL
9 45 (10.87%) Agile
10 39 (9.42%) Cloud Security
10 39 (9.42%) SIEM
11 38 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 36 (8.70%) Validation
13 33 (7.97%) Mentoring
14 32 (7.73%) Project Delivery
15 31 (7.49%) Change Management
15 31 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (7.49%) Incident Response
15 31 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (7.25%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 67 (16.18%) PowerShell
2 63 (15.22%) Python
3 24 (5.80%) Bash
4 17 (4.11%) SQL
5 11 (2.66%) Bicep
6 8 (1.93%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.21%) Perl
8 4 (0.97%) Java
8 4 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.48%) PHP
9 2 (0.48%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.24%) Go
10 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 96 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 66 (15.94%) SC Cleared
3 64 (15.46%) Cisco Certification
4 52 (12.56%) CCNP
5 33 (7.97%) Degree
6 30 (7.25%) Azure Certification
7 26 (6.28%) DV Cleared
8 22 (5.31%) CCIE
9 21 (5.07%) CCNA
10 15 (3.62%) CISSP
11 12 (2.90%) AWS Certification
12 11 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.42%) CISM
14 9 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (1.93%) JNCIP
16 7 (1.69%) CCSE
17 6 (1.45%) CEH
17 6 (1.45%) GIAC
17 6 (1.45%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.31%) GDPR
2 19 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.11%) NIST
3 17 (4.11%) SLA
4 10 (2.42%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.69%) NCSC
6 6 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.21%) QA
8 3 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.48%) GRC
9 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.48%) PMO
10 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (18.36%) Active Directory
2 41 (9.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (5.07%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (4.35%) Docker
5 17 (4.11%) VMware NSX
6 16 (3.86%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (3.62%) Hyper-V
8 12 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (2.42%) Squid
10 9 (2.17%) BitLocker
11 8 (1.93%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (1.69%) vSphere
13 6 (1.45%) Firmware
14 3 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.48%) NFS
15 2 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.24%) Snort
16 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 87 (21.01%) Terraform
2 62 (14.98%) Ansible
3 48 (11.59%) Kubernetes
4 40 (9.66%) FortiGate
5 31 (7.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (6.04%) SCCM
7 21 (5.07%) Grafana
7 21 (5.07%) Prometheus
8 14 (3.38%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (2.90%) vCenter Server
10 10 (2.42%) Puppet
11 8 (1.93%) Consul
11 8 (1.93%) vMotion
12 6 (1.45%) QRadar
12 6 (1.45%) WSUS
13 5 (1.21%) SCOM
14 4 (0.97%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.97%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 4 (0.97%) VxRail
15 3 (0.72%) CASB
Vendors
1 126 (30.43%) Cisco
2 125 (30.19%) Microsoft
3 94 (22.71%) Palo Alto
4 61 (14.73%) Fortinet
5 52 (12.56%) VMware
6 48 (11.59%) CheckPoint
7 47 (11.35%) F5
8 37 (8.94%) Juniper
9 25 (6.04%) Arista
9 25 (6.04%) Citrix
10 24 (5.80%) Zscaler
11 23 (5.56%) Aruba
12 22 (5.31%) Google
13 15 (3.62%) Dynatrace
13 15 (3.62%) NetApp
14 14 (3.38%) ServiceNow
14 14 (3.38%) Splunk
15 12 (2.90%) Meraki
16 11 (2.66%) Red Hat
16 11 (2.66%) Tenable