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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 75 78
Rank change year-on-year -50 +3 -10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 473 480 510
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.35% 3.59% 3.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.75% 36.53% 33.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 286 336
10th Percentile £362 £361 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £539
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.41% -2.05%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £638
90th Percentile £663 £700 £695
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% -63.38%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £102.50 - £45.67
England median hourly rate £67.47 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +124.90% +9.09% -58.33%

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 1,645 1,314 1,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.17% 9.83% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 835 980
10th Percentile £294 £289 £255
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 £719 £713 £725
England median daily rate £500 £490 £508
% change year-on-year +2.15% -3.55% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 32 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.53 £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 £78.75 £44.75 £55.88
90th Percentile £155.14 £61.78 £66.38
England median hourly rate £43.50 £40.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +7.41% -29.38% +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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -9 83 £525 -4.55% 57
South London -13 18 £525 -4.55% 11
West London -51 10 £525 +23.53% 9
East London +1 4 £500 -14.53% 8
North London - 1 £650 - 2
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 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.54%) Confluence
4 2 (0.42%) Apache
4 2 (0.42%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.85%) 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
1 205 (43.34%) Azure
2 104 (21.99%) AWS
3 71 (15.01%) Entra ID
4 52 (10.99%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (6.55%) GitHub
6 28 (5.92%) GCP
7 25 (5.29%) IaaS
8 24 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (5.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 24 (5.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 23 (4.86%) SaaS
10 20 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
11 19 (4.02%) PaaS
12 17 (3.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (3.38%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (3.38%) Serverless
14 14 (2.96%) Amazon S3
15 13 (2.75%) Datadog
16 12 (2.54%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 151 (31.92%) Network Security
2 143 (30.23%) VPN
3 120 (25.37%) WAN
4 115 (24.31%) DNS
5 74 (15.64%) BGP
6 72 (15.22%) TCP/IP
7 67 (14.16%) LAN
8 63 (13.32%) VLAN
9 54 (11.42%) DHCP
10 49 (10.36%) Wireless
11 41 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (8.03%) SD-WAN
13 33 (6.98%) OSPF
14 27 (5.71%) Multicast
15 24 (5.07%) NGFW
16 23 (4.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 23 (4.86%) MPLS
17 22 (4.65%) Internet
18 20 (4.23%) Cisco ISE
19 18 (3.81%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.11%) Power BI
4 9 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
6 5 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.85%) 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%) 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 (5.29%) Git
2 21 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.23%) JIRA
4 10 (2.11%) GitLab
5 7 (1.48%) Artifactory
6 5 (1.06%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.63%) MSI
7 3 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 108 (22.83%) Social Skills
2 83 (17.55%) Finance
3 54 (11.42%) Banking
4 48 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (9.94%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.59%) Local Government
8 13 (2.75%) Retail
9 10 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.90%) Investment Banking
10 9 (1.90%) Legal
11 7 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.27%) Front Office
13 5 (1.06%) Law
13 5 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.85%) Automotive
14 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (35.31%) Network Engineer
2 66 (13.95%) Senior
3 45 (9.51%) Architect
3 45 (9.51%) Security Engineer
4 37 (7.82%) Cloud Engineer
5 36 (7.61%) Azure Engineer
6 32 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (6.77%) Network Security Engineer
7 31 (6.55%) Consultant
7 31 (6.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 30 (6.34%) Senior Network Engineer
9 24 (5.07%) Cisco Engineer
10 23 (4.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 23 (4.86%) Network Architect
11 21 (4.44%) Security Architect
12 19 (4.02%) Firewall Engineer
13 17 (3.59%) Project Manager
14 16 (3.38%) Lead
14 16 (3.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.17%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (21.56%) Terraform
2 14 (2.96%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.33%) OpenID
3 11 (2.33%) REST
3 11 (2.33%) SAML
4 9 (1.90%) OAuth
5 8 (1.69%) Middleware
6 7 (1.48%) LDAP
6 7 (1.48%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.06%) ARM Templates
8 4 (0.85%) JSON
9 3 (0.63%) .NET
10 2 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (0.42%) RFC 2544
10 2 (0.42%) Software Packaging
11 1 (0.21%) Apache NiFi
11 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
11 1 (0.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 78 (16.49%) Data Centre
2 31 (6.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 31 (6.55%) Onboarding
3 18 (3.81%) PKI
3 18 (3.81%) Security Posture
4 16 (3.38%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 13 (2.75%) Replication
6 12 (2.54%) IoT
7 11 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 10 (2.11%) CMDB
8 10 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.69%) Clustering
10 8 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.69%) Digital Signage
10 8 (1.69%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (1.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (23.68%) Windows
2 58 (12.26%) Linux
3 41 (8.67%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (2.54%) Unix
5 11 (2.33%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.69%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.48%) VMS
8 5 (1.06%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.63%) SUSE
9 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
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 XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (20.30%) Migration
2 81 (17.12%) DevOps
3 79 (16.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 66 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (13.53%) CI/CD
5 64 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
6 63 (13.32%) ITIL
7 56 (11.84%) Project Delivery
7 56 (11.84%) Zero Trust
8 54 (11.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 53 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (10.57%) Change Management
11 47 (9.94%) Cloud Security
11 47 (9.94%) Load Balancing
12 46 (9.73%) Incident Response
13 45 (9.51%) Agile
14 40 (8.46%) High Availability
14 40 (8.46%) SIEM
15 38 (8.03%) Validation
16 36 (7.61%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 100 (21.14%) Python
2 78 (16.49%) PowerShell
3 44 (9.30%) Bash
4 14 (2.96%) Bicep
5 13 (2.75%) SQL
6 9 (1.90%) Groovy
6 9 (1.90%) Java
7 6 (1.27%) Perl
8 3 (0.63%) C++
9 2 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.21%) C
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 89 (18.82%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.01%) Cisco Certification
3 69 (14.59%) SC Cleared
4 62 (13.11%) CCNP
5 41 (8.67%) Degree
6 34 (7.19%) Azure Certification
7 23 (4.86%) CISSP
8 18 (3.81%) CCNA
9 17 (3.59%) CISM
10 15 (3.17%) DV Cleared
10 15 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (2.54%) AWS Certification
13 11 (2.33%) CCIE
14 10 (2.11%) PMI Certification
14 10 (2.11%) PMP
15 6 (1.27%) CCSE
15 6 (1.27%) JNCIP
15 6 (1.27%) JNCIS
15 6 (1.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.23%) NIST
3 12 (2.54%) SLA
4 10 (2.11%) GDPR
4 10 (2.11%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.69%) NIST 800
7 7 (1.48%) NCSC
7 7 (1.48%) QA
8 5 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.85%) COBIT
10 3 (0.63%) GRC
11 2 (0.42%) GMP
11 2 (0.42%) GxP
11 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.42%) PMO
12 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (16.49%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (5.50%) Docker
4 21 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.11%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.48%) Squid
9 6 (1.27%) Firmware
9 6 (1.27%) vSphere
10 5 (1.06%) BitLocker
10 5 (1.06%) NFS
11 4 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.85%) 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 69 (14.59%) Ansible
2 47 (9.94%) FortiGate
3 39 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (7.61%) Kubernetes
5 32 (6.77%) Grafana
6 30 (6.34%) Prometheus
7 24 (5.07%) SCCM
8 12 (2.54%) Puppet
9 10 (2.11%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.90%) Cisco Prime
11 8 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (1.48%) systemd
13 6 (1.27%) Nessus
14 5 (1.06%) WSUS
15 4 (0.85%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.85%) Suricata
15 4 (0.85%) vMotion
16 3 (0.63%) Avamar
16 3 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
16 3 (0.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 183 (38.69%) Cisco
2 130 (27.48%) Palo Alto
3 118 (24.95%) Microsoft
4 95 (20.08%) Fortinet
5 50 (10.57%) F5
6 46 (9.73%) VMware
7 41 (8.67%) Zscaler
8 40 (8.46%) CheckPoint
9 38 (8.03%) Juniper
10 27 (5.71%) Splunk
11 24 (5.07%) Arista
12 20 (4.23%) Meraki
13 19 (4.02%) ServiceNow
14 18 (3.81%) Dynatrace
15 17 (3.59%) Google
16 16 (3.38%) Citrix
17 15 (3.17%) AppDynamics
17 15 (3.17%) Aruba
18 12 (2.54%) Infoblox
18 12 (2.54%) Tenable