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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 75 75
Rank change year-on-year -55 0 -7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 465 470 515
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.29% 3.51% 3.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.16% 36.07% 33.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 284 333
10th Percentile £360 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% -6.07% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £660 £700 £700
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile £52.40 - -
25th Percentile £59.06 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £77.50 £30.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +158.33% +25.05% -63.09%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £32.30
90th Percentile £102.50 - £47.50
England median hourly rate £67.47 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +124.90% +9.09% -58.32%

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 1,651 1,303 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.12% 9.74% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 829 957
10th Percentile £289 £281 £256
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £631
90th Percentile £714 £712 £725
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 34 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.60 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.50 - £24.39
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -35.10% +47.62%
75th Percentile £92.50 £39.69 £57.94
90th Percentile £155.00 £56.38 £67.06
England median hourly rate £45.00 £39.32 £57.35
% change year-on-year +14.45% -31.44% +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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -14 82 £525 -2.64% 73
South London -12 18 £525 -4.55% 9
West London -49 11 £538 +26.47% 10
East London -1 4 £500 -14.53% 8
North London - 1 £650 - 1
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 21 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.58%) Confluence
4 3 (0.65%) nginx
5 2 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.22%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.43%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 200 (43.01%) Azure
2 100 (21.51%) AWS
3 69 (14.84%) Entra ID
4 51 (10.97%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (6.45%) GitHub
6 27 (5.81%) GCP
7 24 (5.16%) IaaS
7 24 (5.16%) SaaS
8 23 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (4.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 20 (4.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 19 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (3.87%) PaaS
12 16 (3.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (3.01%) Serverless
15 13 (2.80%) Amazon S3
15 13 (2.80%) Datadog
16 12 (2.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 148 (31.83%) Network Security
2 136 (29.25%) VPN
3 118 (25.38%) WAN
4 110 (23.66%) DNS
5 71 (15.27%) BGP
6 70 (15.05%) TCP/IP
7 69 (14.84%) LAN
8 55 (11.83%) VLAN
9 54 (11.61%) DHCP
10 48 (10.32%) Wireless
11 41 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
12 38 (8.17%) SD-WAN
13 32 (6.88%) OSPF
14 25 (5.38%) MPLS
14 25 (5.38%) Multicast
15 24 (5.16%) NGFW
16 21 (4.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 21 (4.52%) Internet
17 19 (4.09%) Cisco ISE
18 18 (3.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.15%) Power BI
4 8 (1.72%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.86%) Db2
7 3 (0.65%) Big Data
7 3 (0.65%) Metadata
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.22%) MySQL
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (6.02%) Git
2 24 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.30%) JIRA
4 12 (2.58%) GitLab
5 9 (1.94%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.86%) Chocolatey
6 4 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.65%) MSI
8 2 (0.43%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.43%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.22%) Maven
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 109 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 86 (18.49%) Finance
3 55 (11.83%) Banking
4 45 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (4.30%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.23%) Local Government
7 12 (2.58%) Retail
8 10 (2.15%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.94%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.94%) Legal
10 7 (1.51%) Front Office
11 6 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.29%) Law
11 6 (1.29%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.86%) Automotive
13 4 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 166 (35.70%) Network Engineer
2 66 (14.19%) Senior
3 47 (10.11%) Architect
4 44 (9.46%) Security Engineer
5 37 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
6 35 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.88%) Azure Engineer
7 32 (6.88%) Consultant
7 32 (6.88%) Network Security Engineer
8 31 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
9 29 (6.24%) Senior Network Engineer
10 24 (5.16%) Cisco Engineer
10 24 (5.16%) Network Architect
11 23 (4.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 22 (4.73%) Firewall Engineer
13 21 (4.52%) Security Architect
14 17 (3.66%) Lead
14 17 (3.66%) Project Manager
14 17 (3.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (21.94%) Terraform
2 14 (3.01%) 802.1X
3 13 (2.80%) OpenID
4 11 (2.37%) SAML
5 10 (2.15%) OAuth
6 9 (1.94%) REST
7 6 (1.29%) LDAP
7 6 (1.29%) Middleware
7 6 (1.29%) OAuth2
8 4 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (0.86%) JSON
9 3 (0.65%) .NET
9 3 (0.65%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.65%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.65%) Kafka
10 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.43%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (0.43%) RFC 2544
10 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
10 2 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 77 (16.56%) Data Centre
2 32 (6.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.30%) PKI
5 19 (4.09%) Cloud Native
5 19 (4.09%) Security Posture
6 13 (2.80%) IoT
7 12 (2.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 11 (2.37%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.15%) CMDB
9 10 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.15%) Operational Technology
9 10 (2.15%) Replication
10 9 (1.94%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.72%) Digital Signage
11 8 (1.72%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 108 (23.23%) Windows
2 57 (12.26%) Linux
3 42 (9.03%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.80%) Unix
5 10 (2.15%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.72%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.08%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.86%) VMS
9 3 (0.65%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.43%) Android
10 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (20.22%) Migration
2 82 (17.63%) Infrastructure as Code
3 81 (17.42%) DevOps
4 70 (15.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (13.76%) CI/CD
6 63 (13.55%) Cybersecurity
6 63 (13.55%) ITIL
7 58 (12.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 57 (12.26%) Project Delivery
9 54 (11.61%) Zero Trust
10 51 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
11 50 (10.75%) Change Management
12 47 (10.11%) Cloud Security
13 46 (9.89%) Agile
14 44 (9.46%) Load Balancing
15 43 (9.25%) Incident Response
16 38 (8.17%) SIEM
17 37 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (7.31%) High Availability
18 34 (7.31%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 97 (20.86%) Python
2 73 (15.70%) PowerShell
3 43 (9.25%) Bash
4 15 (3.23%) Bicep
4 15 (3.23%) SQL
5 12 (2.58%) Java
6 10 (2.15%) Groovy
7 6 (1.29%) Perl
8 5 (1.08%) C++
9 2 (0.43%) C#
9 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.22%) C
10 1 (0.22%) Korn
10 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.22%) VB
10 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 89 (19.14%) Security Cleared
2 69 (14.84%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (14.84%) SC Cleared
3 60 (12.90%) CCNP
4 39 (8.39%) Degree
5 29 (6.24%) Azure Certification
6 22 (4.73%) CISSP
7 16 (3.44%) CCNA
7 16 (3.44%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.23%) CISM
9 14 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (2.80%) CCIE
10 13 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.58%) AWS Certification
12 10 (2.15%) PMI Certification
12 10 (2.15%) PMP
13 6 (1.29%) CCSE
13 6 (1.29%) JNCIP
13 6 (1.29%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.30%) NIST
3 12 (2.58%) SLA
4 9 (1.94%) NIST 800
5 8 (1.72%) GDPR
5 8 (1.72%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.29%) QA
8 5 (1.08%) NCSC
9 4 (0.86%) COBIT
10 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.65%) GRC
11 2 (0.43%) GMP
11 2 (0.43%) GxP
11 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.43%) PMO
12 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (16.99%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.81%) Docker
4 16 (3.44%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.72%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.51%) Squid
8 5 (1.08%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.86%) NFS
9 4 (0.86%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.65%) Firmware
10 3 (0.65%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.65%) vSphere
11 2 (0.43%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.43%) Dovecot
11 2 (0.43%) Postfix
12 1 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 66 (14.19%) Ansible
2 45 (9.68%) FortiGate
3 39 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 37 (7.96%) Kubernetes
5 34 (7.31%) Grafana
6 31 (6.67%) Prometheus
7 23 (4.95%) SCCM
8 14 (3.01%) Puppet
9 9 (1.94%) Cisco Prime
10 8 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.51%) systemd
11 7 (1.51%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.29%) Nessus
13 5 (1.08%) WSUS
14 4 (0.86%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.86%) Suricata
14 4 (0.86%) vMotion
15 3 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
15 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 181 (38.92%) Cisco
2 129 (27.74%) Palo Alto
3 117 (25.16%) Microsoft
4 96 (20.65%) Fortinet
5 46 (9.89%) F5
6 44 (9.46%) VMware
7 40 (8.60%) Zscaler
8 38 (8.17%) CheckPoint
9 36 (7.74%) Juniper
10 26 (5.59%) Splunk
11 21 (4.52%) Arista
12 20 (4.30%) Meraki
13 19 (4.09%) ServiceNow
14 18 (3.87%) Google
15 17 (3.66%) Citrix
15 17 (3.66%) Dynatrace
16 15 (3.23%) AppDynamics
16 15 (3.23%) Aruba
17 11 (2.37%) Infoblox
18 10 (2.15%) Tenable