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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 69 82
Rank change year-on-year -58 +13 -17
Contract jobs citing Firewall 478 496 492
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 3.72% 3.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.18% 37.27% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 294 324
10th Percentile £363 £340 £339
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% -3.55% -4.06%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £659 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -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% -39.39%

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 1,638 1,331 1,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.13% 9.97% 9.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 845 969
10th Percentile £295 £289 £252
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £712 £723
England median daily rate £500 £490 £510
% change year-on-year +2.04% -3.92% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 33 19
10th Percentile £19.48 £18.56 £20.40
25th Percentile £19.75 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £46.25 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.90% -28.14% +13.82%
75th Percentile £73.75 £44.75 £55.88
90th Percentile £102.50 £62.05 £66.38
England median hourly rate £32.50 £41.45 £57.35
% change year-on-year -21.59% -27.72% +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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -12 80 £525 -4.55% 50
South London -19 17 £506 +1.25% 10
West London -52 8 £550 +29.41% 8
East London -1 4 £500 -14.53% 10
North London - 1 £650 -
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 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.18%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.51%) Confluence
4 3 (0.63%) Apache
4 3 (0.63%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.42%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 207 (43.31%) Azure
2 108 (22.59%) AWS
3 69 (14.44%) Entra ID
4 56 (11.72%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (6.49%) GitHub
6 30 (6.28%) GCP
7 25 (5.23%) IaaS
7 25 (5.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 24 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (4.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 23 (4.81%) SaaS
10 21 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (3.97%) PaaS
12 18 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (3.77%) Serverless
13 17 (3.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.14%) Amazon S3
16 13 (2.72%) Datadog
17 12 (2.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 147 (30.75%) VPN
2 146 (30.54%) Network Security
3 124 (25.94%) WAN
4 116 (24.27%) DNS
5 78 (16.32%) BGP
6 73 (15.27%) TCP/IP
7 68 (14.23%) LAN
8 67 (14.02%) VLAN
9 53 (11.09%) DHCP
10 49 (10.25%) Wireless
11 41 (8.58%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (7.95%) SD-WAN
13 37 (7.74%) OSPF
14 28 (5.86%) Multicast
15 24 (5.02%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 23 (4.81%) MPLS
16 23 (4.81%) NGFW
17 22 (4.60%) Internet
18 20 (4.18%) Cisco ISE
18 20 (4.18%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.09%) Power BI
4 9 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.67%) Amazon Aurora
6 6 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.84%) Db2
8 3 (0.63%) Big Data
8 3 (0.63%) Metadata
9 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.42%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.42%) MySQL
9 2 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (5.23%) Git
2 21 (4.39%) Jenkins
2 21 (4.39%) JIRA
3 10 (2.09%) GitLab
4 7 (1.46%) Artifactory
5 5 (1.05%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.63%) MSI
6 3 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.42%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (23.22%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.78%) Finance
3 52 (10.88%) Banking
4 45 (9.41%) Public Sector
5 44 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (4.39%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.97%) Documentation Skills
8 16 (3.35%) Local Government
9 13 (2.72%) Retail
10 11 (2.30%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.88%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.88%) Front Office
11 9 (1.88%) Legal
12 7 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.05%) Law
13 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.84%) Automotive
14 4 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (35.36%) Network Engineer
2 69 (14.44%) Senior
3 45 (9.41%) Architect
4 43 (9.00%) Security Engineer
5 37 (7.74%) Azure Engineer
6 36 (7.53%) Cloud Engineer
7 33 (6.90%) Senior Network Engineer
8 32 (6.69%) DevOps Engineer
8 32 (6.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (6.49%) Network Security Engineer
10 29 (6.07%) Consultant
11 26 (5.44%) Cisco Engineer
12 25 (5.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 23 (4.81%) Network Architect
14 19 (3.97%) Firewall Engineer
14 19 (3.97%) Security Architect
15 17 (3.56%) Project Manager
16 16 (3.35%) Analyst
16 16 (3.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 15 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (21.76%) Terraform
2 14 (2.93%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.30%) OpenID
4 10 (2.09%) REST
4 10 (2.09%) SAML
5 8 (1.67%) Middleware
5 8 (1.67%) OAuth
6 7 (1.46%) LDAP
7 6 (1.26%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.05%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.84%) JSON
10 3 (0.63%) .NET
11 2 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.42%) RFC 2544
12 1 (0.21%) Apache NiFi
12 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
12 1 (0.21%) PySpark
12 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (16.53%) Data Centre
2 34 (7.11%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (3.77%) Cloud Native
5 17 (3.56%) PKI
6 16 (3.35%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 13 (2.72%) Replication
9 11 (2.30%) IoT
9 11 (2.30%) Management Information System
10 10 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.88%) CMDB
11 9 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.67%) Clustering
12 8 (1.67%) Digital Signage
12 8 (1.67%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.67%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (23.64%) Windows
2 59 (12.34%) Linux
3 41 (8.58%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.30%) Ubuntu
5 11 (2.30%) Unix
6 8 (1.67%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.46%) VMS
8 5 (1.05%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.63%) SUSE
9 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.42%) Android
10 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (19.25%) Migration
2 84 (17.57%) DevOps
3 80 (16.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 66 (13.81%) CI/CD
4 66 (13.81%) ITIL
5 63 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (12.55%) Cybersecurity
7 55 (11.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 54 (11.30%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (11.30%) Project Delivery
9 50 (10.46%) Zero Trust
10 48 (10.04%) Agile
11 47 (9.83%) Change Management
11 47 (9.83%) Cloud Security
11 47 (9.83%) Load Balancing
12 43 (9.00%) High Availability
12 43 (9.00%) Incident Response
13 39 (8.16%) SIEM
14 37 (7.74%) Validation
15 34 (7.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 102 (21.34%) Python
2 78 (16.32%) PowerShell
3 46 (9.62%) Bash
4 14 (2.93%) SQL
5 13 (2.72%) Bicep
6 9 (1.88%) Groovy
6 9 (1.88%) Java
7 7 (1.46%) Perl
8 3 (0.63%) C++
9 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.21%) C
10 1 (0.21%) Go
10 1 (0.21%) Korn
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
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 (18.83%) Security Cleared
2 71 (14.85%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (14.64%) SC Cleared
4 64 (13.39%) CCNP
5 43 (9.00%) Degree
6 34 (7.11%) Azure Certification
7 22 (4.60%) CISSP
8 18 (3.77%) CCNA
9 16 (3.35%) CISM
9 16 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (3.14%) DV Cleared
11 12 (2.51%) AWS Certification
12 11 (2.30%) CCIE
13 10 (2.09%) PMI Certification
13 10 (2.09%) PMP
14 6 (1.26%) CCSE
14 6 (1.26%) JNCIP
14 6 (1.26%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.05%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.56%) NIST
3 11 (2.30%) GDPR
3 11 (2.30%) SLA
4 9 (1.88%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.46%) QA
7 6 (1.26%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.05%) NCSC
9 4 (0.84%) COBIT
10 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.63%) GRC
11 2 (0.42%) GMP
11 2 (0.42%) GxP
11 2 (0.42%) PMO
12 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (15.48%) Active Directory
2 33 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.86%) Docker
4 21 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (2.72%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.09%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.67%) Squid
8 7 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.26%) Firmware
9 6 (1.26%) vSphere
10 5 (1.05%) BitLocker
10 5 (1.05%) NFS
11 4 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.84%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.63%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.63%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.42%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.42%) Dovecot
13 2 (0.42%) Postfix
14 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 68 (14.23%) Ansible
2 46 (9.62%) FortiGate
3 39 (8.16%) Kubernetes
4 36 (7.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (7.11%) Grafana
6 32 (6.69%) Prometheus
7 27 (5.65%) SCCM
8 12 (2.51%) Puppet
9 10 (2.09%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.88%) Cisco Prime
10 9 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.46%) systemd
11 7 (1.46%) WSUS
12 6 (1.26%) Nessus
13 4 (0.84%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.84%) Suricata
13 4 (0.84%) vMotion
14 3 (0.63%) Avamar
14 3 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 188 (39.33%) Cisco
2 128 (26.78%) Palo Alto
3 119 (24.90%) Microsoft
4 96 (20.08%) Fortinet
5 49 (10.25%) F5
6 46 (9.62%) VMware
7 39 (8.16%) CheckPoint
8 38 (7.95%) Juniper
9 37 (7.74%) Zscaler
10 26 (5.44%) Arista
11 25 (5.23%) Splunk
12 20 (4.18%) Meraki
12 20 (4.18%) ServiceNow
13 19 (3.97%) Citrix
13 19 (3.97%) Dynatrace
14 18 (3.77%) Google
15 15 (3.14%) AppDynamics
15 15 (3.14%) Aruba
16 12 (2.51%) Infoblox
16 12 (2.51%) Tenable