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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 69 84
Rank change year-on-year -60 +15 -18
Contract jobs citing Firewall 488 507 489
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 3.75% 3.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.38% 37.17% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 298 324
10th Percentile £363 £357 £339
25th Percentile £425 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% -1.60% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £660 £701 £688
England median daily rate £504 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 5
10th Percentile £36.25 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +158.33% +26.05% -66.00%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £102.50 - £45.67
England median hourly rate £67.47 £30.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year +124.90% -17.24% -45.06%

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 1,661 1,364 1,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.17% 10.10% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,059 865 989
10th Percentile £299 £293 £250
25th Percentile £405 £404 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £715
England median daily rate £500 £492 £508
% change year-on-year +1.63% -3.05% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 35 21
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.63 £20.00
25th Percentile £20.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -16.17% -7.34%
75th Percentile £73.75 £48.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £102.50 £61.85 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £41.23 £57.35
% change year-on-year -21.16% -28.12% +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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -21 79 £528 -4.09% 40
South London -13 17 £506 +1.25% 10
West London -49 8 £550 +29.41% 5
East London -1 4 £500 -14.53% 10
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 23 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.46%) Confluence
4 3 (0.61%) Apache
4 3 (0.61%) nginx
5 1 (0.20%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.20%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.41%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 212 (43.44%) Azure
2 107 (21.93%) AWS
3 71 (14.55%) Entra ID
4 59 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (6.76%) GitHub
6 31 (6.35%) GCP
7 27 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (5.53%) IaaS
8 25 (5.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 24 (4.92%) SaaS
10 23 (4.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 21 (4.30%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (4.30%) PaaS
12 19 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (3.69%) Serverless
14 17 (3.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.07%) Amazon S3
16 13 (2.66%) Datadog
16 13 (2.66%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 151 (30.94%) Network Security
2 150 (30.74%) VPN
3 125 (25.61%) WAN
4 120 (24.59%) DNS
5 78 (15.98%) BGP
6 72 (14.75%) TCP/IP
7 69 (14.14%) LAN
8 67 (13.73%) VLAN
9 57 (11.68%) DHCP
10 49 (10.04%) Wireless
11 41 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (7.58%) OSPF
13 36 (7.38%) SD-WAN
14 29 (5.94%) Multicast
15 24 (4.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 23 (4.71%) Internet
16 23 (4.71%) MPLS
16 23 (4.71%) NGFW
17 21 (4.30%) Cisco ISE
18 20 (4.10%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (2.25%) Power BI
4 9 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
6 7 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.82%) Db2
8 3 (0.61%) Big Data
8 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.61%) Metadata
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.41%) MySQL
9 2 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (5.12%) Git
2 23 (4.71%) JIRA
3 21 (4.30%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.05%) GitLab
5 7 (1.43%) Artifactory
6 5 (1.02%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.61%) MSI
7 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.41%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.20%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (22.75%) Social Skills
2 87 (17.83%) Finance
3 51 (10.45%) Banking
4 45 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
5 21 (4.30%) Telecoms
6 16 (3.28%) Local Government
7 13 (2.66%) Retail
8 11 (2.25%) Investment Banking
9 10 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.05%) Legal
10 9 (1.84%) Front Office
11 7 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.02%) Law
12 5 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.82%) Automotive
13 4 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (34.63%) Network Engineer
2 72 (14.75%) Senior
3 47 (9.63%) Architect
4 44 (9.02%) Security Engineer
5 39 (7.99%) Azure Engineer
6 36 (7.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (7.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 34 (6.97%) Senior Network Engineer
9 32 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
9 32 (6.56%) Network Security Engineer
10 30 (6.15%) Consultant
11 26 (5.33%) Cisco Engineer
12 25 (5.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 24 (4.92%) Network Architect
14 20 (4.10%) Security Architect
15 19 (3.89%) Firewall Engineer
16 17 (3.48%) Project Manager
17 16 (3.28%) Analyst
17 16 (3.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 15 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (22.13%) Terraform
2 14 (2.87%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.25%) OpenID
4 10 (2.05%) REST
4 10 (2.05%) SAML
5 9 (1.84%) Middleware
6 8 (1.64%) OAuth
7 7 (1.43%) LDAP
8 6 (1.23%) OAuth2
9 5 (1.02%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.82%) .NET
10 4 (0.82%) JSON
11 2 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.41%) RFC 2544
12 1 (0.20%) .NET Framework
12 1 (0.20%) Apache NiFi
12 1 (0.20%) AWS CDK
12 1 (0.20%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 80 (16.39%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.97%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (3.89%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.89%) PKI
5 17 (3.48%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 13 (2.66%) Replication
8 11 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.25%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.05%) Clustering
9 10 (2.05%) IoT
9 10 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.84%) CMDB
10 9 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.64%) Digital Signage
11 8 (1.64%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.64%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.43%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (23.98%) Windows
2 60 (12.30%) Linux
3 44 (9.02%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.25%) Ubuntu
5 11 (2.25%) Unix
6 8 (1.64%) Amazon Linux
7 7 (1.43%) VMS
8 5 (1.02%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.61%) SUSE
10 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.41%) Android
11 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.20%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (18.85%) Migration
2 88 (18.03%) DevOps
3 82 (16.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 66 (13.52%) CI/CD
4 66 (13.52%) ITIL
5 63 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 58 (11.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 57 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (11.48%) Project Delivery
10 51 (10.45%) Zero Trust
11 50 (10.25%) Agile
12 49 (10.04%) Cloud Security
13 47 (9.63%) Change Management
13 47 (9.63%) Load Balancing
14 45 (9.22%) Incident Response
15 44 (9.02%) High Availability
16 42 (8.61%) SIEM
17 39 (7.99%) Validation
18 35 (7.17%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 101 (20.70%) Python
2 81 (16.60%) PowerShell
3 45 (9.22%) Bash
4 15 (3.07%) Bicep
4 15 (3.07%) SQL
5 9 (1.84%) Groovy
5 9 (1.84%) Java
6 7 (1.43%) Perl
7 3 (0.61%) C++
7 3 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.20%) C
8 1 (0.20%) Go
8 1 (0.20%) PHP
8 1 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.20%) VB
8 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 93 (19.06%) Security Cleared
2 71 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 64 (13.11%) CCNP
4 44 (9.02%) Degree
5 36 (7.38%) Azure Certification
6 22 (4.51%) CISSP
7 18 (3.69%) CCNA
7 18 (3.69%) DV Cleared
8 16 (3.28%) CISM
8 16 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.46%) AWS Certification
10 11 (2.25%) CCIE
11 10 (2.05%) PMI Certification
11 10 (2.05%) PMP
12 6 (1.23%) CCSE
12 6 (1.23%) JNCIP
12 6 (1.23%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.02%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (3.69%) NIST
3 12 (2.46%) GDPR
4 11 (2.25%) SLA
5 10 (2.05%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.43%) QA
8 6 (1.23%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.02%) NCSC
10 4 (0.82%) COBIT
11 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.61%) GRC
12 2 (0.41%) GMP
12 2 (0.41%) GxP
12 2 (0.41%) PMO
13 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 77 (15.78%) Active Directory
2 35 (7.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (5.94%) Docker
4 21 (4.30%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (2.66%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.64%) Squid
7 8 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.43%) BitLocker
8 7 (1.43%) Firmware
8 7 (1.43%) vSphere
9 6 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.02%) NFS
11 4 (0.82%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.82%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.61%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.41%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.41%) Dovecot
13 2 (0.41%) Postfix
14 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 70 (14.34%) Ansible
2 46 (9.43%) FortiGate
3 41 (8.40%) Kubernetes
4 36 (7.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (6.97%) Grafana
6 32 (6.56%) Prometheus
7 27 (5.53%) SCCM
8 13 (2.66%) Puppet
9 12 (2.46%) vCenter Server
10 11 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (1.84%) Cisco Prime
12 7 (1.43%) systemd
12 7 (1.43%) WSUS
13 6 (1.23%) Nessus
13 6 (1.23%) vMotion
14 4 (0.82%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.82%) Suricata
15 3 (0.61%) Avamar
15 3 (0.61%) EMC VPLEX
15 3 (0.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 190 (38.93%) Cisco
2 131 (26.84%) Palo Alto
3 126 (25.82%) Microsoft
4 97 (19.88%) Fortinet
5 50 (10.25%) F5
6 48 (9.84%) VMware
7 42 (8.61%) CheckPoint
8 38 (7.79%) Juniper
9 37 (7.58%) Zscaler
10 26 (5.33%) Arista
11 25 (5.12%) Splunk
12 21 (4.30%) Citrix
13 20 (4.10%) Google
13 20 (4.10%) ServiceNow
14 19 (3.89%) Dynatrace
14 19 (3.89%) Meraki
15 16 (3.28%) Aruba
16 15 (3.07%) AppDynamics
17 12 (2.46%) Infoblox
17 12 (2.46%) Tenable