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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 59 81
Rank change year-on-year -64 +22 -14
Contract jobs citing Firewall 483 550 488
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.38% 4.02% 3.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.94% 39.34% 32.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 339 326
10th Percentile £363 £347 £317
25th Percentile £425 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £622
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £32.63 - -
25th Percentile £40.94 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +25.05% -60.02%
75th Percentile £75.31 - £24.80
90th Percentile £78.75 - £42.50
England median hourly rate £65.57 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +118.57% +9.09% -58.32%

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 1,613 1,398 1,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.96% 10.23% 9.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 913 1,014
10th Percentile £305 £285 £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 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £724 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 32 30
10th Percentile £19.34 £19.89 £16.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.58 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% +20.41% -47.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.50 £51.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.15 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.94 £44.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.50% -20.00% +7.52%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -29 69 £540 -1.82% 35
South London -15 18 £450 -21.74% 5
West London -50 7 £550 +31.34% 4
East London -6 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 (4.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.28%) Confluence
4 4 (0.83%) Apache
5 3 (0.62%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 7 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.41%) 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
1 214 (44.31%) Azure
2 111 (22.98%) AWS
3 74 (15.32%) Entra ID
4 61 (12.63%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (8.90%) GCP
6 36 (7.45%) GitHub
7 32 (6.63%) IaaS
8 27 (5.59%) SaaS
9 26 (5.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 23 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.76%) PaaS
11 21 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 21 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (4.14%) Amazon EC2
12 20 (4.14%) Serverless
13 17 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (3.11%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (3.11%) Datadog
15 14 (2.90%) Amazon S3
16 13 (2.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 159 (32.92%) VPN
2 150 (31.06%) Network Security
3 128 (26.50%) DNS
4 126 (26.09%) WAN
5 83 (17.18%) BGP
6 77 (15.94%) TCP/IP
7 70 (14.49%) LAN
8 63 (13.04%) VLAN
9 57 (11.80%) DHCP
10 51 (10.56%) OSPF
11 39 (8.07%) Wireless
12 38 (7.87%) SD-WAN
13 35 (7.25%) Multicast
13 35 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
14 28 (5.80%) MPLS
15 27 (5.59%) NGFW
16 25 (5.18%) Cisco IOS
17 22 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 20 (4.14%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.28%) Power BI
3 10 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
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%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (5.80%) Git
2 22 (4.55%) JIRA
3 20 (4.14%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.28%) GitLab
5 8 (1.66%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.45%) Chocolatey
7 4 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.62%) MSI
8 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 107 (22.15%) Social Skills
2 87 (18.01%) Finance
3 49 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (10.14%) Banking
4 46 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (3.73%) Local Government
7 17 (3.52%) Financial Institution
8 16 (3.31%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.28%) Retail
10 10 (2.07%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.66%) Front Office
12 8 (1.66%) Legal
13 7 (1.45%) Law
14 6 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.83%) Automotive
16 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 168 (34.78%) Network Engineer
2 73 (15.11%) Senior
3 55 (11.39%) Architect
4 45 (9.32%) Security Engineer
5 41 (8.49%) Azure Engineer
6 35 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.63%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (6.63%) Senior Network Engineer
8 30 (6.21%) Network Security Engineer
9 28 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (4.97%) Consultant
11 23 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
12 22 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 22 (4.55%) Network Architect
13 21 (4.35%) Security Architect
14 17 (3.52%) Analyst
15 16 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.11%) Firewall Engineer
17 14 (2.90%) Network Security Architect
18 11 (2.28%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.48%) OpenID
1 12 (2.48%) SAML
2 11 (2.28%) 802.1X
3 10 (2.07%) Middleware
4 9 (1.86%) LDAP
5 6 (1.24%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.24%) OAuth
5 6 (1.24%) REST
6 5 (1.04%) .NET
6 5 (1.04%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.83%) Jinja
8 3 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.62%) JSON
9 2 (0.41%) LAMP
9 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
10 1 (0.21%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
10 1 (0.21%) HTML
10 1 (0.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 79 (16.36%) Data Centre
2 30 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 25 (5.18%) Cloud Native
5 20 (4.14%) PKI
5 20 (4.14%) Security Posture
6 15 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 14 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 11 (2.28%) Clustering
10 10 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.86%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.66%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.66%) CMDB
12 8 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.66%) IoT
12 8 (1.66%) Replication
13 7 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
13 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (23.40%) Windows
2 60 (12.42%) Linux
3 45 (9.32%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.07%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.07%) Unix
6 6 (1.24%) VMS
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.83%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.62%) SUSE
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Android
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.84%) DevOps
2 84 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 83 (17.18%) Migration
4 73 (15.11%) CI/CD
5 67 (13.87%) ITIL
6 62 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (12.22%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (11.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 54 (11.18%) Project Delivery
9 54 (11.18%) Zero Trust
10 49 (10.14%) Agile
10 49 (10.14%) Load Balancing
10 49 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (9.52%) Cloud Security
12 43 (8.90%) Change Management
12 43 (8.90%) SIEM
13 40 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 39 (8.07%) Incident Response
14 39 (8.07%) Validation
15 38 (7.87%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 100 (20.70%) Python
2 74 (15.32%) PowerShell
3 47 (9.73%) Bash
4 17 (3.52%) SQL
5 14 (2.90%) Bicep
6 7 (1.45%) Java
7 6 (1.24%) Perl
8 5 (1.04%) Groovy
8 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.62%) C++
10 2 (0.41%) 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 (18.63%) Security Cleared
2 80 (16.56%) Cisco Certification
3 71 (14.70%) CCNP
4 67 (13.87%) SC Cleared
5 43 (8.90%) Degree
6 31 (6.42%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.35%) CISSP
8 20 (4.14%) CCNA
9 19 (3.93%) DV Cleared
10 18 (3.73%) CCIE
11 15 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.48%) CISM
14 9 (1.86%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.24%) CCSE
15 6 (1.24%) JNCIP
15 6 (1.24%) JNCIS
16 5 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
17 4 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.73%) NIST
2 17 (3.52%) SLA
3 16 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.90%) GDPR
5 10 (2.07%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.24%) NIST 800
7 6 (1.24%) QA
8 5 (1.04%) NCSC
9 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.62%) GRC
10 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.41%) GMP
10 2 (0.41%) GxP
10 2 (0.41%) PMO
11 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 77 (15.94%) Active Directory
2 37 (7.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (5.38%) Docker
4 21 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (2.90%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.66%) BitLocker
8 8 (1.66%) Squid
8 8 (1.66%) vSphere
9 7 (1.45%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (1.24%) Firmware
11 5 (1.04%) NFS
12 4 (0.83%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.83%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 106 (21.95%) Terraform
2 73 (15.11%) Ansible
3 48 (9.94%) FortiGate
3 48 (9.94%) Kubernetes
4 37 (7.66%) Grafana
4 37 (7.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (7.04%) Prometheus
6 25 (5.18%) SCCM
7 15 (3.11%) Puppet
8 14 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (2.48%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.45%) systemd
10 7 (1.45%) vMotion
11 6 (1.24%) Cisco Prime
11 6 (1.24%) WSUS
12 5 (1.04%) Consul
12 5 (1.04%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.83%) QRadar
13 4 (0.83%) Suricata
13 4 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 183 (37.89%) Cisco
2 132 (27.33%) Microsoft
3 127 (26.29%) Palo Alto
4 94 (19.46%) Fortinet
5 55 (11.39%) F5
6 53 (10.97%) VMware
7 46 (9.52%) CheckPoint
8 45 (9.32%) Juniper
9 40 (8.28%) Zscaler
10 35 (7.25%) Arista
11 27 (5.59%) Splunk
12 26 (5.38%) Citrix
13 24 (4.97%) Google
14 23 (4.76%) Dynatrace
15 18 (3.73%) ServiceNow
16 17 (3.52%) AppDynamics
16 17 (3.52%) Meraki
17 16 (3.31%) Infoblox
18 15 (3.11%) Aruba
19 14 (2.90%) Tenable