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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 79 66
Rank change year-on-year -13 -13 +25
Contract jobs citing Firewall 458 488 662
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.19% 3.10% 3.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.91% 32.02% 32.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 317 457
10th Percentile £379 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £675
90th Percentile £700 £675 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile £21.16 - £23.05
25th Percentile £22.63 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £25.18 £35.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.06% -41.67% +100.00%
75th Percentile £27.63 - £76.88
90th Percentile £29.05 - £77.50
England median hourly rate £38.25 £31.25 £65.98
% change year-on-year +22.40% -52.64% +77.27%

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 1,312 1,524 2,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.13% 9.69% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 937 1,365
10th Percentile £306 £256 £214
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £622 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £734 £750
England median daily rate £482 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 57
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.73 £18.93
25th Percentile - £29.69 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +40.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £29.31 £45.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £61.78 £80.06 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.45
% change year-on-year -38.22% -13.97% +25.43%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 -21 67 £513 -6.82% 32
West London +17 44 £425 -10.53% 7
South London +11 23 £550 +18.92% 7
East London 0 5 £363 +45.00% 6
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 25 (5.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.59%) Confluence
3 18 (3.93%) SharePoint
4 10 (2.18%) nginx
5 3 (0.66%) Apache
5 3 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.44%) Traefik
6 2 (0.44%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) JBoss
7 1 (0.22%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.18%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.87%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 184 (40.17%) Azure
2 118 (25.76%) AWS
3 69 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (13.10%) GCP
5 48 (10.48%) Entra ID
6 26 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.68%) GitHub
6 26 (5.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 25 (5.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 24 (5.24%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (5.24%) Amazon S3
9 22 (4.80%) Azure Sentinel
10 20 (4.37%) Amazon ELB
10 20 (4.37%) Azure Monitor
11 19 (4.15%) SaaS
12 17 (3.71%) Akamai
13 15 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.28%) IaaS
14 13 (2.84%) PaaS
15 12 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 115 (25.11%) VPN
2 108 (23.58%) Network Security
3 103 (22.49%) DNS
4 102 (22.27%) WAN
5 83 (18.12%) LAN
6 77 (16.81%) SD-WAN
7 63 (13.76%) BGP
8 59 (12.88%) Wi-Fi
9 54 (11.79%) OSPF
10 47 (10.26%) Cisco Nexus
11 44 (9.61%) DHCP
11 44 (9.61%) TCP/IP
12 35 (7.64%) SSL
13 32 (6.99%) VLAN
14 30 (6.55%) MPLS
15 25 (5.46%) Wireless
16 21 (4.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 20 (4.37%) Cisco ISE
18 19 (4.15%) HTTP
19 15 (3.28%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.18%) Amazon Aurora
4 7 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.09%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.09%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.66%) Redis
7 2 (0.44%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.44%) DB2
7 2 (0.44%) MySQL
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.22%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (8.95%) Jenkins
2 34 (7.42%) Git
3 26 (5.68%) JIRA
4 19 (4.15%) GitLab
5 10 (2.18%) Vagrant
6 9 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.31%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.66%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.22%) Maven
General
1 115 (25.11%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.63%) Finance
3 41 (8.95%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.95%) Public Sector
4 30 (6.55%) Banking
5 23 (5.02%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (4.59%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.53%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.31%) Local Government
9 6 (1.31%) Spanish Language
10 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.09%) Publishing
10 5 (1.09%) Retail
11 4 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.87%) Legal
11 4 (0.87%) Military
12 3 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.66%) Japanese Language
12 3 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 98 (21.40%) Network Engineer
2 88 (19.21%) Architect
3 56 (12.23%) Security Engineer
4 45 (9.83%) Senior
5 35 (7.64%) Network Architect
6 29 (6.33%) Platform Engineer
7 28 (6.11%) Consultant
7 28 (6.11%) DevOps Engineer
7 28 (6.11%) Network Security Engineer
8 27 (5.90%) Analyst
8 27 (5.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 26 (5.68%) Security Architect
10 24 (5.24%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (3.49%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (3.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 15 (3.28%) Project Manager
13 14 (3.06%) Security Analyst
13 14 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.06%) Technical Architect
14 13 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.49%) LDAP
2 10 (2.18%) SAML
3 8 (1.75%) JSON
4 7 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.53%) YAML
5 6 (1.31%) OpenID
5 6 (1.31%) XML
6 5 (1.09%) Middleware
6 5 (1.09%) Node.js
6 5 (1.09%) REST
7 4 (0.87%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.87%) OAuth
8 3 (0.66%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.66%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.66%) Rendezvous
9 2 (0.44%) .NET
9 2 (0.44%) Jinja
9 2 (0.44%) React
9 2 (0.44%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (15.50%) Data Centre
2 21 (4.59%) Replication
2 21 (4.59%) Security Posture
3 20 (4.37%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.84%) Operational Technology
8 11 (2.40%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.18%) PKI
9 10 (2.18%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.18%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.31%) Life Science
11 6 (1.31%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.31%) SCADA
11 6 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.09%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.87%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 101 (22.05%) Windows
2 71 (15.50%) Linux
3 38 (8.30%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.49%) Ubuntu
4 16 (3.49%) VMS
5 14 (3.06%) Unix
6 12 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.18%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.87%) CentOS
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.22%) Android
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (20.09%) DevOps
2 81 (17.69%) CI/CD
2 81 (17.69%) Infrastructure as Code
3 76 (16.59%) Cybersecurity
4 71 (15.50%) Cloud Security
5 62 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (13.10%) Migration
7 57 (12.45%) SIEM
8 53 (11.57%) Incident Response
9 49 (10.70%) Agile
9 49 (10.70%) Change Management
10 47 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 43 (9.39%) ITIL
12 41 (8.95%) High Availability
13 37 (8.08%) Information Security
13 37 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
14 35 (7.64%) Load Balancing
14 35 (7.64%) Network Design
14 35 (7.64%) Security Operations
15 31 (6.77%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 112 (24.45%) Python
2 74 (16.16%) PowerShell
3 45 (9.83%) Bash
4 33 (7.21%) SQL
5 11 (2.40%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (2.18%) Bicep
6 10 (2.18%) Groovy
7 6 (1.31%) Perl
8 4 (0.87%) Java
8 4 (0.87%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.66%) Go
10 2 (0.44%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.44%) C
10 2 (0.44%) Ruby
10 2 (0.44%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.22%) C++
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) Rust
11 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (20.96%) Security Cleared
2 75 (16.38%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (15.28%) SC Cleared
4 57 (12.45%) CCNP
5 44 (9.61%) Degree
6 33 (7.21%) CISSP
7 28 (6.11%) CCNA
8 24 (5.24%) Azure Certification
9 20 (4.37%) AWS Certification
9 20 (4.37%) CCIE
10 17 (3.71%) CISM
11 16 (3.49%) DV Cleared
12 14 (3.06%) CEH
12 14 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (2.62%) JNCIP
15 11 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (1.75%) JNCIE
17 7 (1.53%) FFIEC
17 7 (1.53%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.52%) NIST
2 36 (7.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.93%) GDPR
4 16 (3.49%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.97%) GRC
6 8 (1.75%) SLA
7 7 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.09%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.66%) NCSC
10 3 (0.66%) QA
11 2 (0.44%) GxP
11 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.44%) ITGC
12 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.22%) COBIT
12 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 80 (17.47%) Active Directory
2 52 (11.35%) Docker
3 25 (5.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.80%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.49%) Squid
6 10 (2.18%) DFS Replication
6 10 (2.18%) Dovecot
6 10 (2.18%) Postfix
7 9 (1.97%) Firmware
7 9 (1.97%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.31%) Snort
10 5 (1.09%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.66%) KVM
12 2 (0.44%) iptables
12 2 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.44%) vSphere
13 1 (0.22%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 95 (20.74%) Terraform
2 65 (14.19%) Ansible
3 35 (7.64%) FortiGate
4 29 (6.33%) Kubernetes
4 29 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (5.02%) Grafana
5 23 (5.02%) Prometheus
6 20 (4.37%) SCCM
7 17 (3.71%) Nessus
8 12 (2.62%) CASB
9 10 (2.18%) Proxmox
9 10 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.75%) ITRS Geneos
11 7 (1.53%) SCOM
11 7 (1.53%) SCOrch
12 6 (1.31%) QRadar
13 5 (1.09%) Argo
13 5 (1.09%) Nexpose
13 5 (1.09%) Suricata
14 4 (0.87%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 137 (29.91%) Cisco
2 115 (25.11%) Microsoft
3 77 (16.81%) Fortinet
4 75 (16.38%) Palo Alto
5 54 (11.79%) F5
6 50 (10.92%) Juniper
7 45 (9.83%) CheckPoint
8 31 (6.77%) Splunk
9 29 (6.33%) VMware
10 27 (5.90%) Zscaler
11 24 (5.24%) ServiceNow
12 23 (5.02%) Google
13 19 (4.15%) Meraki
14 18 (3.93%) Citrix
14 18 (3.93%) Oracle
15 16 (3.49%) SolarWinds
16 14 (3.06%) Tenable
17 13 (2.84%) Arista
17 13 (2.84%) Aruba
18 11 (2.40%) Red Hat