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 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 72 65
Rank change year-on-year -13 -7 +29
Contract jobs citing Firewall 461 516 724
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.44% 3.26% 3.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.41% 33.84% 32.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 336 510
10th Percentile £368 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £695 £750
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £21.16 - £22.00
25th Percentile £22.63 - £32.06
Median hourly rate £25.18 £23.80 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% -64.08% +120.83%
75th Percentile £27.63 £26.60 £77.19
90th Percentile £29.05 £31.64 £77.50
England median hourly rate £31.39 £25.65 £66.62
% change year-on-year +22.36% -61.50% +79.00%

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 1,266 1,525 2,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.45% 9.63% 10.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 936 1,503
10th Percentile £281 £256 £250
25th Percentile £404 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £711 £713 £750
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 18 46
10th Percentile £18.69 £23.80 -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +41.90% +9.79%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.69 £61.31
90th Percentile £62.65 £75.27 £78.75
England median hourly rate £32.77 £57.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -42.76% +1.35% +37.68%

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 October 2025.

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 21 October 2025. 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 -26 62 £546 +4.05% 59
West London +22 44 £425 -15.00% 11
South London +14 22 £513 +7.89% 4
East London +1 8 £585 +134.00% 10
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 (4.56%) Confluence
2 19 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.47%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.60%) nginx
5 5 (1.08%) CMS
6 3 (0.65%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.43%) Apache
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.43%) Traefik
7 2 (0.43%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.22%) Mattermost
Applications
1 10 (2.17%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 179 (38.83%) Azure
2 125 (27.11%) AWS
3 61 (13.23%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (13.02%) GCP
5 50 (10.85%) Entra ID
6 30 (6.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 27 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (5.64%) Amazon S3
9 25 (5.42%) IaaS
10 24 (5.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 24 (5.21%) Amazon EC2
10 24 (5.21%) GitHub
11 20 (4.34%) Amazon ELB
12 19 (4.12%) SaaS
13 17 (3.69%) Akamai
14 16 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (3.47%) PaaS
15 13 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 13 (2.82%) Route 53
15 13 (2.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 125 (27.11%) VPN
2 111 (24.08%) DNS
3 99 (21.48%) WAN
4 97 (21.04%) Network Security
5 87 (18.87%) LAN
6 74 (16.05%) SD-WAN
7 65 (14.10%) BGP
8 58 (12.58%) OSPF
9 55 (11.93%) TCP/IP
10 53 (11.50%) Wi-Fi
11 52 (11.28%) Cisco Nexus
12 47 (10.20%) DHCP
13 42 (9.11%) SSL
14 32 (6.94%) VLAN
15 28 (6.07%) Wireless
16 27 (5.86%) MPLS
17 20 (4.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 19 (4.12%) IPsec
19 18 (3.90%) HTTP
20 16 (3.47%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.17%) Amazon Aurora
2 10 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.87%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.87%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.65%) Redis
6 2 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.22%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.22%) DB2
7 1 (0.22%) MySQL
7 1 (0.22%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 43 (9.33%) Jenkins
2 29 (6.29%) Git
3 28 (6.07%) JIRA
4 18 (3.90%) GitLab
5 10 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 10 (2.17%) Vagrant
6 9 (1.95%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
General
1 108 (23.43%) Social Skills
2 71 (15.40%) Finance
3 41 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.03%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.94%) Banking
6 23 (4.99%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.52%) Legal
10 7 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.52%) Marketing
11 6 (1.30%) Law
12 5 (1.08%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.08%) Publishing
13 4 (0.87%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.65%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.65%) Japanese Language
14 3 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 105 (22.78%) Network Engineer
2 95 (20.61%) Architect
3 50 (10.85%) Security Engineer
4 44 (9.54%) Senior
5 31 (6.72%) Network Architect
6 29 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (6.07%) Analyst
7 28 (6.07%) Network Security Engineer
7 28 (6.07%) Security Architect
8 27 (5.86%) Consultant
9 25 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (4.77%) Platform Engineer
11 19 (4.12%) AWS Engineer
12 16 (3.47%) Azure Architect
12 16 (3.47%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (3.47%) Cisco Engineer
12 16 (3.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 15 (3.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 14 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
14 14 (3.04%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.90%) LDAP
2 8 (1.74%) REST
3 7 (1.52%) ARM Templates
3 7 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (1.52%) SAML
3 7 (1.52%) YAML
4 5 (1.08%) Middleware
5 4 (0.87%) JSON
5 4 (0.87%) OAuth
6 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (0.65%) OAuth2
6 3 (0.65%) OpenID
6 3 (0.65%) Rendezvous
7 2 (0.43%) .NET
7 2 (0.43%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.43%) Jinja
7 2 (0.43%) Node.js
7 2 (0.43%) React
7 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (14.75%) Data Centre
2 25 (5.42%) Security Posture
3 18 (3.90%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.47%) Replication
6 14 (3.04%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
8 12 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (2.60%) Operational Technology
9 11 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.95%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (1.52%) SCADA
14 6 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (1.30%) Life Science
14 6 (1.30%) PKI
14 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 101 (21.91%) Windows
2 81 (17.57%) Linux
3 32 (6.94%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.47%) Ubuntu
5 15 (3.25%) Unix
5 15 (3.25%) VMS
6 11 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.17%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.87%) CentOS
10 3 (0.65%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.43%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.43%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.09%) DevOps
2 78 (16.92%) Cloud Security
3 75 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 72 (15.62%) Cybersecurity
5 70 (15.18%) CI/CD
6 57 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (11.93%) Incident Response
7 55 (11.93%) SIEM
8 53 (11.50%) Migration
9 50 (10.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 45 (9.76%) Agile
10 45 (9.76%) High Availability
11 42 (9.11%) Change Management
11 42 (9.11%) Information Security
12 38 (8.24%) Security Operations
13 36 (7.81%) Data Loss Prevention
14 34 (7.38%) ITIL
14 34 (7.38%) Patch Management
14 34 (7.38%) Vulnerability Management
14 34 (7.38%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 113 (24.51%) Python
2 71 (15.40%) PowerShell
3 47 (10.20%) Bash
4 32 (6.94%) SQL
5 10 (2.17%) Groovy
6 9 (1.95%) Bicep
7 8 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.30%) Java
9 4 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.65%) C
10 3 (0.65%) Go
10 3 (0.65%) Perl
10 3 (0.65%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.43%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.22%) C#
12 1 (0.22%) C++
12 1 (0.22%) PHP
12 1 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 98 (21.26%) Security Cleared
2 80 (17.35%) SC Cleared
3 77 (16.70%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (11.71%) CCNP
5 46 (9.98%) Degree
6 29 (6.29%) CISSP
7 28 (6.07%) Azure Certification
8 25 (5.42%) CCNA
9 24 (5.21%) AWS Certification
10 19 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (3.25%) CCIE
12 13 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (2.39%) CEH
14 11 (2.39%) CISM
14 11 (2.39%) DV Cleared
15 8 (1.74%) JNCIE
15 8 (1.74%) JNCIP
16 7 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 7 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.98%) NIST
2 39 (8.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (4.12%) GDPR
4 17 (3.69%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.95%) GRC
6 8 (1.74%) SOC 2
7 7 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (1.08%) SLA
9 4 (0.87%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.43%) GxP
10 2 (0.43%) ITGC
11 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.22%) COBIT
11 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.22%) NCSC
11 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 77 (16.70%) Active Directory
2 55 (11.93%) Docker
3 25 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.25%) Squid
4 15 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (2.39%) Firmware
6 10 (2.17%) DFS Replication
6 10 (2.17%) Dovecot
6 10 (2.17%) Postfix
7 9 (1.95%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.08%) Snort
8 5 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.08%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.08%) vSphere
9 3 (0.65%) XenApp
10 2 (0.43%) KVM
10 2 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.22%) etcd
11 1 (0.22%) iptables
Systems Management
1 92 (19.96%) Terraform
2 82 (17.79%) Ansible
3 35 (7.59%) Kubernetes
4 32 (6.94%) FortiGate
5 25 (5.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (4.99%) Grafana
6 23 (4.99%) Prometheus
7 16 (3.47%) Nessus
8 14 (3.04%) SCCM
8 14 (3.04%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (2.17%) CASB
9 10 (2.17%) Proxmox
10 8 (1.74%) ITRS Geneos
11 5 (1.08%) Argo
11 5 (1.08%) QRadar
11 5 (1.08%) SCOrch
12 4 (0.87%) CA Spectrum
12 4 (0.87%) Nexpose
12 4 (0.87%) SELinux
12 4 (0.87%) Suricata
Vendors
1 145 (31.45%) Cisco
2 101 (21.91%) Microsoft
3 83 (18.00%) Fortinet
4 79 (17.14%) Palo Alto
5 55 (11.93%) F5
6 50 (10.85%) Juniper
7 48 (10.41%) CheckPoint
8 33 (7.16%) VMware
9 28 (6.07%) ServiceNow
10 27 (5.86%) Splunk
11 23 (4.99%) Zscaler
12 21 (4.56%) Google
12 21 (4.56%) SolarWinds
13 19 (4.12%) Arista
14 17 (3.69%) Citrix
14 17 (3.69%) Oracle
15 16 (3.47%) Meraki
16 12 (2.60%) Aruba
16 12 (2.60%) Tenable
17 11 (2.39%) Qualys