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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 68 86
Rank change year-on-year -59 +18 -18
Contract jobs citing Firewall 487 508 481
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 3.76% 2.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.37% 37.08% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 299 320
10th Percentile £363 £335 £336
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £638
90th Percentile £660 £701 £688
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -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 1,658 1,370 1,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.16% 10.15% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 870 978
10th Percentile £300 £289 £250
25th Percentile £405 £404 £384
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 £715 £723
England median daily rate £500 £491 £505
% change year-on-year +1.83% -2.77% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 35 21
10th Percentile £19.48 £18.63 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.75 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -16.17% -11.76%
75th Percentile £73.75 £48.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £102.50 £61.85 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £41.23 £57.35
% change year-on-year -27.23% -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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -19 79 £528 -4.09% 35
South London -17 17 £506 +1.25% 8
West London -48 8 £550 +29.41% 6
East London 0 4 £500 -14.53% 9
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 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.46%) Confluence
4 3 (0.62%) Apache
4 3 (0.62%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.21%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.41%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 213 (43.74%) Azure
2 109 (22.38%) AWS
3 70 (14.37%) Entra ID
4 60 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (6.78%) GitHub
6 32 (6.57%) GCP
7 27 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (5.54%) IaaS
8 25 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 24 (4.93%) SaaS
10 23 (4.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 21 (4.31%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (4.31%) PaaS
12 19 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (3.70%) Serverless
14 17 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.08%) Amazon S3
16 13 (2.67%) Datadog
16 13 (2.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 151 (31.01%) VPN
2 149 (30.60%) Network Security
3 126 (25.87%) WAN
4 121 (24.85%) DNS
5 79 (16.22%) BGP
6 72 (14.78%) TCP/IP
7 69 (14.17%) LAN
8 67 (13.76%) VLAN
9 58 (11.91%) DHCP
10 49 (10.06%) Wireless
11 41 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (7.60%) OSPF
13 36 (7.39%) SD-WAN
14 30 (6.16%) Multicast
15 24 (4.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 23 (4.72%) Internet
16 23 (4.72%) MPLS
17 22 (4.52%) NGFW
18 21 (4.31%) Cisco ISE
19 20 (4.11%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (2.26%) Power BI
4 9 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
6 7 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.82%) Db2
8 3 (0.62%) Big Data
8 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (5.13%) Git
2 23 (4.72%) JIRA
3 21 (4.31%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.05%) GitLab
5 7 (1.44%) Artifactory
6 5 (1.03%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.62%) MSI
7 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.41%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 110 (22.59%) Social Skills
2 87 (17.86%) Finance
3 49 (10.06%) Banking
4 45 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (9.03%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
6 21 (4.31%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.29%) Local Government
8 13 (2.67%) Retail
9 11 (2.26%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.05%) Legal
11 9 (1.85%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.85%) Front Office
12 7 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.03%) Law
13 5 (1.03%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 169 (34.70%) Network Engineer
2 73 (14.99%) Senior
3 47 (9.65%) Architect
4 43 (8.83%) Security Engineer
5 39 (8.01%) Azure Engineer
6 36 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 35 (7.19%) Cloud Engineer
8 34 (6.98%) Senior Network Engineer
9 32 (6.57%) DevOps Engineer
10 31 (6.37%) Network Security Engineer
11 29 (5.95%) Consultant
12 27 (5.54%) Cisco Engineer
13 26 (5.34%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 24 (4.93%) Network Architect
15 20 (4.11%) Security Architect
16 19 (3.90%) Firewall Engineer
17 17 (3.49%) Project Manager
17 17 (3.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 16 (3.29%) Analyst
19 15 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (22.18%) Terraform
2 14 (2.87%) 802.1X
3 10 (2.05%) OpenID
3 10 (2.05%) REST
3 10 (2.05%) SAML
4 9 (1.85%) Middleware
5 7 (1.44%) LDAP
5 7 (1.44%) OAuth
6 6 (1.23%) ARM Templates
7 5 (1.03%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.82%) .NET
8 4 (0.82%) JSON
9 2 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.41%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.41%) RFC 2544
10 1 (0.21%) Apache NiFi
10 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
10 1 (0.21%) PySpark
10 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 80 (16.43%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 32 (6.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (3.90%) Cloud Native
4 19 (3.90%) PKI
5 17 (3.49%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 13 (2.67%) Replication
8 11 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (2.26%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.05%) Clustering
9 10 (2.05%) IoT
9 10 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.64%) CMDB
11 8 (1.64%) Digital Signage
11 8 (1.64%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.44%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (24.02%) Windows
2 60 (12.32%) Linux
3 44 (9.03%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (2.26%) Ubuntu
6 10 (2.05%) Unix
7 8 (1.64%) Amazon Linux
8 7 (1.44%) VMS
9 5 (1.03%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.62%) SUSE
11 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.41%) Android
12 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.21%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.69%) Migration
2 88 (18.07%) DevOps
3 82 (16.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 66 (13.55%) CI/CD
5 65 (13.35%) ITIL
6 63 (12.94%) Cybersecurity
7 61 (12.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 57 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (11.50%) Project Delivery
11 50 (10.27%) Agile
11 50 (10.27%) Zero Trust
12 49 (10.06%) Cloud Security
13 48 (9.86%) Load Balancing
14 46 (9.45%) Change Management
15 45 (9.24%) High Availability
15 45 (9.24%) Incident Response
16 41 (8.42%) SIEM
17 39 (8.01%) Validation
18 35 (7.19%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 102 (20.94%) Python
2 80 (16.43%) PowerShell
3 44 (9.03%) Bash
4 15 (3.08%) SQL
5 14 (2.87%) Bicep
6 9 (1.85%) Groovy
6 9 (1.85%) Java
7 7 (1.44%) Perl
8 3 (0.62%) C++
8 3 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.21%) C
9 1 (0.21%) Go
9 1 (0.21%) PHP
9 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.21%) VB
9 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 93 (19.10%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.78%) Cisco Certification
3 71 (14.58%) SC Cleared
4 65 (13.35%) CCNP
5 45 (9.24%) Degree
6 35 (7.19%) Azure Certification
7 22 (4.52%) CISSP
8 19 (3.90%) CCNA
9 18 (3.70%) DV Cleared
10 17 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (3.29%) CISM
12 15 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (2.46%) AWS Certification
14 11 (2.26%) CCIE
15 10 (2.05%) PMI Certification
15 10 (2.05%) PMP
16 6 (1.23%) CCSE
16 6 (1.23%) JNCIP
16 6 (1.23%) JNCIS
17 5 (1.03%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (3.49%) NIST
3 13 (2.67%) GDPR
4 11 (2.26%) SLA
5 9 (1.85%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.44%) QA
8 6 (1.23%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.03%) NCSC
10 4 (0.82%) COBIT
11 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.62%) GRC
12 2 (0.41%) GMP
12 2 (0.41%) GxP
12 2 (0.41%) PMO
13 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 77 (15.81%) Active Directory
2 35 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (5.95%) Docker
4 21 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.29%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (2.67%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.64%) Squid
8 7 (1.44%) BitLocker
8 7 (1.44%) Firmware
8 7 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.44%) vSphere
9 6 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.03%) NFS
11 4 (0.82%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.82%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.41%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.41%) Dovecot
13 2 (0.41%) Postfix
14 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 70 (14.37%) Ansible
2 47 (9.65%) FortiGate
3 41 (8.42%) Kubernetes
4 35 (7.19%) Grafana
4 35 (7.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (6.78%) Prometheus
6 27 (5.54%) SCCM
7 13 (2.67%) Puppet
8 12 (2.46%) vCenter Server
9 11 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.85%) Cisco Prime
11 7 (1.44%) systemd
11 7 (1.44%) WSUS
12 6 (1.23%) Nessus
12 6 (1.23%) vMotion
13 4 (0.82%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.82%) Suricata
14 3 (0.62%) Avamar
14 3 (0.62%) EMC VPLEX
14 3 (0.62%) Nagios
Vendors
1 190 (39.01%) Cisco
2 131 (26.90%) Palo Alto
3 126 (25.87%) Microsoft
4 96 (19.71%) Fortinet
5 51 (10.47%) F5
6 48 (9.86%) VMware
7 41 (8.42%) CheckPoint
8 39 (8.01%) Juniper
9 36 (7.39%) Zscaler
10 27 (5.54%) Arista
11 24 (4.93%) Splunk
12 21 (4.31%) Citrix
13 20 (4.11%) Google
13 20 (4.11%) ServiceNow
14 19 (3.90%) Dynatrace
14 19 (3.90%) Meraki
15 16 (3.29%) Aruba
16 15 (3.08%) AppDynamics
17 12 (2.46%) Infoblox
17 12 (2.46%) Tenable