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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 59 69
Rank change year-on-year -63 +10 +4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 404 499 548
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.24% 4.03% 3.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.98% 38.53% 32.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 292 340
10th Percentile £376 £325 £300
25th Percentile £444 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +0.48% -12.92%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £748
England median daily rate £500 £513 £508
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.99% -4.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £13.08
25th Percentile £36.25 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £23.80
75th Percentile £38.75 - £25.00
90th Percentile - - £56.50
England median hourly rate £48.72 £14.73 £60.00
% change year-on-year +230.87% -75.46% -3.23%

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 1,394 1,295 1,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.74% 10.45% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 825 1,116
10th Percentile £300 £259 £213
25th Percentile £409 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £706 £725 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 50
10th Percentile £19.34 £20.13 £14.46
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £16.40
Median hourly rate £26.11 £37.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +64.84% -37.28%
75th Percentile £37.25 £50.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.05 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.31% -27.50% +122.22%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -49 36 £550 - 34
South London -2 19 £519 +3.71% 3
West London -36 3 £375 -6.25% 11
East London -13 1 £719 +22.91% 3
North London - 1 £225 - 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 23 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.21%) Confluence
3 12 (2.97%) SharePoint
4 10 (2.48%) nginx
5 3 (0.74%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) MTS
6 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.99%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 172 (42.57%) Azure
2 99 (24.50%) AWS
3 53 (13.12%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (12.13%) Entra ID
5 46 (11.39%) GCP
6 32 (7.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 31 (7.67%) GitHub
8 26 (6.44%) IaaS
9 22 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (5.20%) Amazon EC2
10 21 (5.20%) PaaS
11 20 (4.95%) SaaS
12 18 (4.46%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (4.46%) Amazon S3
12 18 (4.46%) Serverless
13 17 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (4.21%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (3.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 15 (3.71%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (3.71%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 131 (32.43%) Network Security
2 122 (30.20%) VPN
3 104 (25.74%) WAN
4 86 (21.29%) DNS
5 74 (18.32%) BGP
6 58 (14.36%) LAN
6 58 (14.36%) OSPF
7 53 (13.12%) TCP/IP
8 44 (10.89%) VLAN
9 43 (10.64%) SD-WAN
10 31 (7.67%) DHCP
10 31 (7.67%) MPLS
11 30 (7.43%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (7.18%) Multicast
13 22 (5.45%) Wireless
14 20 (4.95%) NGFW
15 19 (4.70%) Cisco ASA
16 17 (4.21%) Cisco Nexus
16 17 (4.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 16 (3.96%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.96%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (2.48%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.73%) Power BI
4 5 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.99%) MySQL
5 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.74%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.74%) Metadata
6 3 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.25%) DB2
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.25%) Redis
8 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (5.94%) JIRA
2 21 (5.20%) Git
3 20 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.23%) GitLab
5 8 (1.98%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.73%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.73%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.49%) Chocolatey
8 4 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 85 (21.04%) Social Skills
2 66 (16.34%) Finance
3 40 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.43%) Banking
4 30 (7.43%) Documentation Skills
5 28 (6.93%) Public Sector
6 15 (3.71%) Financial Institution
7 12 (2.97%) Legal
7 12 (2.97%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.98%) Investment Banking
8 8 (1.98%) Local Government
8 8 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.73%) Front Office
9 7 (1.73%) Law
9 7 (1.73%) Retail
10 5 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.99%) Military
11 4 (0.99%) Spanish Language
12 3 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 113 (27.97%) Network Engineer
2 62 (15.35%) Architect
3 53 (13.12%) Senior
4 41 (10.15%) Security Engineer
5 40 (9.90%) Azure Engineer
6 24 (5.94%) Cloud Engineer
6 24 (5.94%) Network Security Engineer
7 22 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (4.95%) Senior Network Engineer
9 17 (4.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 15 (3.71%) Integration Engineer
11 14 (3.47%) Security Architect
12 13 (3.22%) Network Architect
13 12 (2.97%) Analyst
13 12 (2.97%) Cloud Architect
14 11 (2.72%) Cisco Engineer
14 11 (2.72%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 11 (2.72%) Consultant
14 11 (2.72%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.21%) OpenID
2 13 (3.22%) LDAP
3 8 (1.98%) SAML
4 6 (1.49%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.49%) OAuth
5 5 (1.24%) Middleware
5 5 (1.24%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.99%) HTML
6 4 (0.99%) Jinja
6 4 (0.99%) VML
7 3 (0.74%) .NET
7 3 (0.74%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.74%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.74%) CSS
7 3 (0.74%) LAMP
7 3 (0.74%) Web Services
8 2 (0.50%) JSON
8 2 (0.50%) Loki
8 2 (0.50%) REST
8 2 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (14.36%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.20%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.21%) Security Posture
5 16 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.96%) PKI
6 12 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (2.72%) Clustering
8 9 (2.23%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (2.23%) Replication
9 7 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.73%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.73%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.73%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.49%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.49%) IoT
11 5 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.24%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.99%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 89 (22.03%) Windows
2 41 (10.15%) Linux
3 38 (9.41%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.21%) VMS
5 7 (1.73%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.24%) Unix
7 4 (0.99%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.74%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.74%) SUSE
9 2 (0.50%) Android
9 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (21.29%) DevOps
2 77 (19.06%) Migration
3 72 (17.82%) CI/CD
4 71 (17.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 57 (14.11%) Cybersecurity
6 56 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (13.12%) Load Balancing
8 50 (12.38%) ITIL
9 48 (11.88%) Agile
10 42 (10.40%) Validation
11 40 (9.90%) Cloud Security
12 38 (9.41%) Project Delivery
13 35 (8.66%) Runbook
14 34 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (8.42%) SIEM
14 34 (8.42%) Zero Trust
15 32 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 30 (7.43%) High Availability
17 29 (7.18%) Mentoring
17 29 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.83%) Python
2 60 (14.85%) PowerShell
3 29 (7.18%) Bash
4 15 (3.71%) SQL
5 9 (2.23%) Bicep
6 7 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.49%) Java
7 6 (1.49%) Perl
8 4 (0.99%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.74%) Groovy
10 2 (0.50%) PHP
11 1 (0.25%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.25%) C++
11 1 (0.25%) Go
11 1 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (24.26%) Security Cleared
2 77 (19.06%) SC Cleared
3 67 (16.58%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (13.37%) CCNP
5 34 (8.42%) Azure Certification
6 23 (5.69%) Degree
7 20 (4.95%) DV Cleared
8 19 (4.70%) CCIE
9 16 (3.96%) CCNA
9 16 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (3.22%) AWS Certification
10 13 (3.22%) CISSP
11 8 (1.98%) CCSE
11 8 (1.98%) CISM
12 7 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.24%) JNCIP
15 4 (0.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.99%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.99%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.46%) GDPR
2 16 (3.96%) NIST
3 15 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (3.47%) SLA
5 9 (2.23%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.73%) QA
7 5 (1.24%) NCSC
8 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.74%) GRC
8 3 (0.74%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.50%) GMP
9 2 (0.50%) GxP
9 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.50%) PMO
10 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (17.57%) Active Directory
2 40 (9.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.70%) Docker
3 19 (4.70%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (3.71%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.71%) VMware NSX
5 14 (3.47%) Squid
5 14 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (2.23%) BitLocker
8 8 (1.98%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (1.73%) vSphere
10 6 (1.49%) Firmware
11 2 (0.50%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.50%) NFS
11 2 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.25%) Ceph
12 1 (0.25%) iptables
12 1 (0.25%) KVM
12 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 97 (24.01%) Terraform
2 64 (15.84%) Ansible
3 52 (12.87%) Kubernetes
4 37 (9.16%) FortiGate
5 35 (8.66%) Grafana
6 31 (7.67%) Prometheus
7 28 (6.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (4.21%) SCCM
9 14 (3.47%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (2.72%) vCenter Server
11 10 (2.48%) Puppet
12 9 (2.23%) Consul
13 8 (1.98%) vMotion
14 6 (1.49%) QRadar
15 5 (1.24%) Suricata
16 4 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
16 4 (0.99%) Progress Chef
16 4 (0.99%) vRealize Orchestrator
16 4 (0.99%) VxRail
16 4 (0.99%) WSUS
Vendors
1 135 (33.42%) Cisco
2 110 (27.23%) Microsoft
3 109 (26.98%) Palo Alto
4 70 (17.33%) Fortinet
5 52 (12.87%) CheckPoint
6 51 (12.62%) VMware
7 48 (11.88%) F5
8 33 (8.17%) Juniper
9 30 (7.43%) Arista
10 27 (6.68%) Zscaler
11 22 (5.45%) Aruba
11 22 (5.45%) Dynatrace
12 21 (5.20%) Citrix
12 21 (5.20%) Google
13 17 (4.21%) ServiceNow
14 16 (3.96%) Splunk
15 13 (3.22%) AppDynamics
15 13 (3.22%) Meraki
15 13 (3.22%) NetApp
16 11 (2.72%) Infoblox