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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 74 66
Rank change year-on-year -15 -8 +28
Contract jobs citing Firewall 469 492 705
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.32% 3.13% 3.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.37% 32.56% 32.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 324 497
10th Percentile £400 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £700 £675 £767
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £21.16 £24.92 £23.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £26.60 £42.13
Median hourly rate £25.18 £29.40 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% -51.00% +100.00%
75th Percentile £27.63 £32.20 £76.88
90th Percentile £29.05 £33.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £34.00 £27.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +23.64% -58.32% +86.60%

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 1,326 1,511 2,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.38% 9.61% 10.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 937 1,444
10th Percentile £300 £258 £229
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £533
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -2.35% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £709 £725 £745
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 16 55
10th Percentile £20.31 £23.70 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +40.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £36.38 £49.50 £60.88
90th Percentile £61.30 £74.10 £77.50
England median hourly rate £34.00 £49.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -30.61% -13.26% +25.53%

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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -23 70 £536 +2.10% 121
West London +18 44 £425 -10.53% 6
South London +9 23 £550 +18.92% 6
East London +7 9 £555 +122.00% 3
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 22 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.48%) Confluence
3 16 (3.41%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.56%) nginx
5 3 (0.64%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.43%) Apache
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.43%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.43%) Traefik
6 2 (0.43%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.21%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) JBoss
7 1 (0.21%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 186 (39.66%) Azure
2 119 (25.37%) AWS
3 71 (15.14%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (13.22%) GCP
5 49 (10.45%) Entra ID
6 26 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.54%) GitHub
6 26 (5.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 25 (5.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 24 (5.12%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (5.12%) Amazon S3
9 22 (4.69%) SaaS
10 20 (4.26%) Amazon ELB
10 20 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 18 (3.84%) Azure Monitor
12 17 (3.62%) Akamai
13 16 (3.41%) IaaS
14 14 (2.99%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (2.99%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (2.99%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 116 (24.73%) VPN
2 105 (22.39%) Network Security
3 104 (22.17%) DNS
3 104 (22.17%) WAN
4 89 (18.98%) LAN
5 78 (16.63%) SD-WAN
6 64 (13.65%) BGP
7 59 (12.58%) Wi-Fi
8 55 (11.73%) OSPF
9 49 (10.45%) Cisco Nexus
10 45 (9.59%) TCP/IP
11 44 (9.38%) DHCP
12 36 (7.68%) SSL
13 33 (7.04%) VLAN
14 30 (6.40%) MPLS
15 25 (5.33%) Wireless
16 21 (4.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 19 (4.05%) Cisco ISE
17 19 (4.05%) HTTP
18 17 (3.62%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
4 7 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.07%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.64%) Redis
8 2 (0.43%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.21%) DB2
9 1 (0.21%) MySQL
9 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.21%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (8.74%) Jenkins
2 36 (7.68%) Git
3 29 (6.18%) JIRA
4 21 (4.48%) GitLab
5 10 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 10 (2.13%) Vagrant
6 7 (1.49%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.07%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.64%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.21%) Maven
General
1 117 (24.95%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.78%) Finance
3 43 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.74%) Public Sector
5 35 (7.46%) Banking
6 24 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (4.48%) Telecoms
8 19 (4.05%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.49%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.28%) Legal
11 5 (1.07%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.07%) Law
11 5 (1.07%) Local Government
11 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.07%) Publishing
11 5 (1.07%) Spanish Language
12 4 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.85%) Military
13 3 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 106 (22.60%) Network Engineer
2 91 (19.40%) Architect
3 57 (12.15%) Security Engineer
4 45 (9.59%) Senior
5 34 (7.25%) Network Architect
6 29 (6.18%) Consultant
6 29 (6.18%) Network Security Engineer
6 29 (6.18%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
8 27 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 26 (5.54%) Analyst
9 26 (5.54%) Security Architect
10 22 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (3.41%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (3.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 16 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (3.41%) Technical Architect
12 15 (3.20%) Project Manager
13 14 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (2.77%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.20%) LDAP
2 10 (2.13%) SAML
3 8 (1.71%) JSON
4 7 (1.49%) REST
4 7 (1.49%) YAML
5 6 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (1.28%) OpenID
5 6 (1.28%) XML
6 5 (1.07%) Middleware
7 4 (0.85%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.85%) Node.js
7 4 (0.85%) OAuth
8 3 (0.64%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.64%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.64%) Rendezvous
9 2 (0.43%) .NET
9 2 (0.43%) Jinja
9 2 (0.43%) Kafka
9 2 (0.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 73 (15.57%) Data Centre
2 22 (4.69%) Security Posture
3 21 (4.48%) Replication
4 19 (4.05%) Cloud Native
5 16 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (3.20%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.99%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.56%) Operational Technology
8 12 (2.56%) Public Cloud
9 11 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.13%) PKI
10 10 (2.13%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (1.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 8 (1.71%) Private Cloud
11 8 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.28%) Life Science
12 6 (1.28%) SCADA
13 5 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 101 (21.54%) Windows
2 72 (15.35%) Linux
3 38 (8.10%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.41%) Ubuntu
4 16 (3.41%) VMS
5 13 (2.77%) Unix
6 12 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.13%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.85%) CentOS
9 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (19.19%) DevOps
2 79 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
3 78 (16.63%) CI/CD
3 78 (16.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 75 (15.99%) Cloud Security
5 64 (13.65%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (12.15%) SIEM
7 56 (11.94%) Incident Response
7 56 (11.94%) Migration
8 49 (10.45%) Agile
8 49 (10.45%) Change Management
9 47 (10.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 44 (9.38%) ITIL
11 42 (8.96%) High Availability
12 39 (8.32%) Information Security
13 37 (7.89%) Network Design
13 37 (7.89%) Security Operations
14 36 (7.68%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (7.25%) Data Loss Prevention
16 31 (6.61%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 110 (23.45%) Python
2 74 (15.78%) PowerShell
3 43 (9.17%) Bash
4 31 (6.61%) SQL
5 10 (2.13%) Groovy
5 10 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (1.92%) Bicep
7 5 (1.07%) Java
7 5 (1.07%) Perl
8 3 (0.64%) C
8 3 (0.64%) Go
8 3 (0.64%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.43%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.43%) Ruby
9 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.21%) C#
10 1 (0.21%) C++
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) Rust
10 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (21.75%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.63%) Cisco Certification
2 78 (16.63%) SC Cleared
3 57 (12.15%) CCNP
4 48 (10.23%) Degree
5 34 (7.25%) CISSP
6 28 (5.97%) CCNA
7 27 (5.76%) Azure Certification
8 21 (4.48%) AWS Certification
9 18 (3.84%) CCIE
10 16 (3.41%) CISM
10 16 (3.41%) DV Cleared
11 14 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
12 13 (2.77%) CEH
12 13 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (2.13%) JNCIP
15 7 (1.49%) FFIEC
15 7 (1.49%) GIAC
15 7 (1.49%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.74%) NIST
2 39 (8.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.84%) GDPR
4 15 (3.20%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.92%) GRC
6 8 (1.71%) SLA
7 7 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.07%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.64%) NCSC
11 2 (0.43%) GxP
11 2 (0.43%) ITGC
11 2 (0.43%) QA
12 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.21%) COBIT
12 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.21%) NIST 800
System Software
1 80 (17.06%) Active Directory
2 51 (10.87%) Docker
3 27 (5.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.20%) Squid
6 11 (2.35%) Firmware
7 10 (2.13%) DFS Replication
7 10 (2.13%) Dovecot
7 10 (2.13%) Postfix
8 9 (1.92%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.49%) VMware NSX
10 5 (1.07%) Snort
11 2 (0.43%) KVM
11 2 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.43%) vSphere
12 1 (0.21%) etcd
12 1 (0.21%) iptables
Systems Management
1 90 (19.19%) Terraform
2 71 (15.14%) Ansible
3 37 (7.89%) FortiGate
4 30 (6.40%) Kubernetes
5 29 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (4.90%) Grafana
6 23 (4.90%) Prometheus
7 19 (4.05%) SCCM
8 16 (3.41%) Nessus
9 11 (2.35%) CASB
9 11 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (2.13%) Proxmox
11 9 (1.92%) ITRS Geneos
12 7 (1.49%) QRadar
12 7 (1.49%) SCOM
13 6 (1.28%) SCOrch
14 5 (1.07%) Argo
15 4 (0.85%) CA Spectrum
15 4 (0.85%) Nexpose
15 4 (0.85%) Suricata
Vendors
1 145 (30.92%) Cisco
2 116 (24.73%) Microsoft
3 81 (17.27%) Palo Alto
4 78 (16.63%) Fortinet
5 57 (12.15%) F5
6 52 (11.09%) Juniper
7 43 (9.17%) CheckPoint
8 31 (6.61%) Splunk
8 31 (6.61%) VMware
9 25 (5.33%) ServiceNow
9 25 (5.33%) Zscaler
10 22 (4.69%) Google
11 18 (3.84%) Citrix
11 18 (3.84%) Oracle
12 17 (3.62%) Meraki
12 17 (3.62%) SolarWinds
13 16 (3.41%) Arista
14 13 (2.77%) Tenable
15 11 (2.35%) Aruba
15 11 (2.35%) Red Hat