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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 65 83
Rank change year-on-year -55 +18 -16
Contract jobs citing Firewall 482 539 489
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 3.98% 3.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.03% 39.17% 31.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 331 326
10th Percentile £363 £335 £317
25th Percentile £425 £409 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £625
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 £65.69 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +118.97% +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 1,605 1,376 1,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.99% 10.17% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 896 1,021
10th Percentile £305 £287 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £716 £703
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 33 31
10th Percentile £19.34 £20.32 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% +5.67% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £50.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.05 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.75 £44.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -36.93% -19.82% -0.23%

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 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 14 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 14 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 -39 67 £540 -1.82% 25
South London -13 16 £450 -21.74% 8
West London -50 7 £550 +31.34% 4
East London -5 4 £525 -10.26% 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 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.28%) Confluence
4 4 (0.83%) Apache
5 2 (0.41%) 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
1 215 (44.61%) Azure
2 108 (22.41%) AWS
3 77 (15.98%) Entra ID
4 63 (13.07%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (8.51%) GCP
6 37 (7.68%) GitHub
7 33 (6.85%) IaaS
8 28 (5.81%) SaaS
9 26 (5.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 25 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (4.98%) PaaS
12 21 (4.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 21 (4.36%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (4.15%) Serverless
14 17 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (3.32%) Datadog
16 14 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (2.90%) Amazon S3
16 14 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 156 (32.37%) VPN
2 148 (30.71%) Network Security
3 127 (26.35%) WAN
4 125 (25.93%) DNS
5 82 (17.01%) BGP
6 74 (15.35%) TCP/IP
7 71 (14.73%) LAN
8 62 (12.86%) VLAN
9 57 (11.83%) DHCP
10 49 (10.17%) OSPF
11 43 (8.92%) Wireless
12 38 (7.88%) SD-WAN
13 36 (7.47%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (6.85%) Multicast
15 29 (6.02%) MPLS
16 27 (5.60%) NGFW
17 25 (5.19%) Cisco IOS
18 24 (4.98%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
19 21 (4.36%) Cisco ISE
19 21 (4.36%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.28%) Power BI
3 9 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.04%) 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 2 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (5.81%) Git
2 23 (4.77%) JIRA
3 21 (4.36%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.28%) GitLab
5 8 (1.66%) Artifactory
5 8 (1.66%) Chocolatey
6 4 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.62%) MSI
8 2 (0.41%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 109 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 84 (17.43%) Finance
3 52 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (10.37%) Banking
5 47 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (3.73%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.53%) Local Government
9 16 (3.32%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.28%) Retail
11 10 (2.07%) Investment Banking
11 10 (2.07%) Legal
12 8 (1.66%) Front Office
12 8 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.45%) Law
14 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 167 (34.65%) Network Engineer
2 73 (15.15%) Senior
3 52 (10.79%) Architect
4 43 (8.92%) Azure Engineer
5 42 (8.71%) Security Engineer
6 37 (7.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (6.43%) Senior Network Engineer
9 29 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 28 (5.81%) Network Security Engineer
11 24 (4.98%) Cisco Engineer
11 24 (4.98%) Consultant
12 23 (4.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 22 (4.56%) Network Architect
14 20 (4.15%) Security Architect
15 18 (3.73%) Analyst
15 18 (3.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (2.90%) Network Security Architect
17 13 (2.70%) Firewall Engineer
18 11 (2.28%) Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.11%) 802.1X
2 12 (2.49%) SAML
3 11 (2.28%) OpenID
4 10 (2.07%) Middleware
5 8 (1.66%) LDAP
5 8 (1.66%) REST
6 7 (1.45%) OAuth
7 6 (1.24%) ARM Templates
8 5 (1.04%) .NET
8 5 (1.04%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.83%) Jinja
9 4 (0.83%) JSON
10 3 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.41%) LAMP
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
12 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
12 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
12 1 (0.21%) Web Services
12 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (15.98%) Data Centre
2 32 (6.64%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 24 (4.98%) Cloud Native
5 20 (4.15%) PKI
6 19 (3.94%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (2.90%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 11 (2.28%) Clustering
10 10 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (2.07%) Replication
11 9 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.66%) CMDB
12 8 (1.66%) IoT
12 8 (1.66%) Operational Technology
12 8 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (1.45%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (23.86%) Windows
2 62 (12.86%) Linux
3 45 (9.34%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.07%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.07%) Unix
6 6 (1.24%) VMS
7 5 (1.04%) Amazon Linux
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
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 92 (19.09%) DevOps
2 83 (17.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 83 (17.22%) Migration
3 74 (15.35%) CI/CD
4 67 (13.90%) ITIL
5 63 (13.07%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (12.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 55 (11.41%) Project Delivery
9 52 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 52 (10.79%) Zero Trust
10 51 (10.58%) Agile
11 48 (9.96%) Load Balancing
12 46 (9.54%) Cloud Security
13 43 (8.92%) Change Management
13 43 (8.92%) SIEM
14 42 (8.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (8.30%) Incident Response
15 40 (8.30%) Validation
16 38 (7.88%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 102 (21.16%) Python
2 75 (15.56%) PowerShell
3 46 (9.54%) Bash
4 17 (3.53%) SQL
5 14 (2.90%) Bicep
6 8 (1.66%) Java
7 7 (1.45%) Perl
8 6 (1.24%) Groovy
9 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.62%) C++
11 2 (0.41%) PHP
12 1 (0.21%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) Go
12 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 89 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.18%) Cisco Certification
3 69 (14.32%) CCNP
4 66 (13.69%) SC Cleared
5 44 (9.13%) Degree
6 33 (6.85%) Azure Certification
7 20 (4.15%) CISSP
8 19 (3.94%) CCNA
9 18 (3.73%) CCIE
9 18 (3.73%) DV Cleared
10 16 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (2.49%) CISM
13 9 (1.87%) AWS Certification
14 6 (1.24%) JNCIP
14 6 (1.24%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.04%) CCSE
16 4 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.73%) NIST
1 18 (3.73%) SLA
2 16 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.90%) GDPR
4 10 (2.07%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.45%) QA
6 6 (1.24%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.04%) NCSC
8 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.62%) GRC
9 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.41%) GMP
9 2 (0.41%) GxP
9 2 (0.41%) PMO
10 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 80 (16.60%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (5.39%) Docker
4 20 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (2.90%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.66%) BitLocker
8 8 (1.66%) vSphere
9 7 (1.45%) Firmware
9 7 (1.45%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (1.45%) Squid
10 5 (1.04%) NFS
11 4 (0.83%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.83%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 104 (21.58%) Terraform
2 73 (15.15%) Ansible
3 50 (10.37%) FortiGate
4 46 (9.54%) Kubernetes
5 38 (7.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 36 (7.47%) Grafana
7 34 (7.05%) Prometheus
8 26 (5.39%) SCCM
9 15 (3.11%) Puppet
10 14 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (2.49%) vCenter Server
12 7 (1.45%) Cisco Prime
12 7 (1.45%) systemd
12 7 (1.45%) vMotion
13 6 (1.24%) WSUS
14 5 (1.04%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.83%) Consul
15 4 (0.83%) Suricata
15 4 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 183 (37.97%) Cisco
2 135 (28.01%) Microsoft
3 124 (25.73%) Palo Alto
4 96 (19.92%) Fortinet
5 55 (11.41%) F5
5 55 (11.41%) VMware
6 45 (9.34%) Juniper
7 43 (8.92%) CheckPoint
8 37 (7.68%) Zscaler
9 34 (7.05%) Arista
10 27 (5.60%) Splunk
11 26 (5.39%) Citrix
12 24 (4.98%) Google
13 23 (4.77%) Dynatrace
14 20 (4.15%) ServiceNow
15 18 (3.73%) AppDynamics
16 16 (3.32%) Aruba
16 16 (3.32%) Meraki
17 15 (3.11%) Infoblox
17 15 (3.11%) Tenable