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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 78 76
Rank change year-on-year -56 -2 -7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 455 473 514
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.24% 3.51% 3.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.76% 35.78% 33.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 287 332
10th Percentile £361 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £650
90th Percentile £666 £700 £700
England median daily rate £504 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.80% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile £52.40 £21.16 -
25th Percentile £59.06 £22.63 £23.80
Median hourly rate £77.50 £25.18 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +207.81% +4.95% -65.73%
75th Percentile £78.75 £27.63 £32.30
90th Percentile £102.50 £29.05 £47.50
England median hourly rate £67.47 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +124.90% +9.09% -58.33%

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 1,639 1,322 1,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.05% 9.81% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,033 843 968
10th Percentile £283 £282 £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 £601 £630 £630
90th Percentile £723 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 37 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.69 £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% +49.04%
75th Percentile £92.50 £40.00 £57.94
90th Percentile £155.00 £59.40 £67.06
England median hourly rate £41.75 £35.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +19.29% -38.97% +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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 80 £525 -2.64% 70
South London -17 15 £469 -14.77% 11
West London -50 11 £538 +26.47% 11
East London -1 4 £500 -14.53% 9
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 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.40%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.64%) Confluence
4 3 (0.66%) nginx
5 2 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.22%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.44%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 197 (43.30%) Azure
2 99 (21.76%) AWS
3 69 (15.16%) Entra ID
4 51 (11.21%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (6.59%) GitHub
6 27 (5.93%) GCP
7 23 (5.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 22 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (4.84%) IaaS
9 21 (4.62%) SaaS
10 19 (4.18%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (4.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 16 (3.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (3.52%) PaaS
12 15 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (2.86%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.86%) Datadog
13 13 (2.86%) Serverless
14 12 (2.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 144 (31.65%) Network Security
2 133 (29.23%) VPN
3 116 (25.49%) WAN
4 104 (22.86%) DNS
5 70 (15.38%) BGP
6 69 (15.16%) TCP/IP
7 68 (14.95%) LAN
8 54 (11.87%) VLAN
9 50 (10.99%) DHCP
10 48 (10.55%) Wireless
11 40 (8.79%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (8.13%) SD-WAN
13 31 (6.81%) OSPF
14 25 (5.49%) MPLS
14 25 (5.49%) Multicast
15 24 (5.27%) NGFW
16 20 (4.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 20 (4.40%) Internet
17 19 (4.18%) Cisco ISE
18 17 (3.74%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.20%) Power BI
4 8 (1.76%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.88%) Db2
5 4 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.66%) Big Data
6 3 (0.66%) Metadata
6 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (6.15%) Git
2 24 (5.27%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.40%) JIRA
4 12 (2.64%) GitLab
5 9 (1.98%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.88%) Chocolatey
6 4 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.66%) MSI
8 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.44%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.22%) Maven
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 107 (23.52%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.46%) Finance
3 57 (12.53%) Banking
4 44 (9.67%) Public Sector
5 43 (9.45%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (4.18%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.30%) Local Government
9 12 (2.64%) Retail
10 10 (2.20%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.98%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.98%) Legal
12 7 (1.54%) Front Office
13 6 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.10%) Law
14 5 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.88%) Automotive
15 4 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 163 (35.82%) Network Engineer
2 63 (13.85%) Senior
3 47 (10.33%) Architect
4 44 (9.67%) Security Engineer
5 36 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (7.03%) Consultant
6 32 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (7.03%) Network Security Engineer
7 30 (6.59%) Azure Engineer
8 28 (6.15%) Senior Network Engineer
9 27 (5.93%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (5.27%) Network Architect
11 23 (5.05%) Cisco Engineer
12 22 (4.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 21 (4.62%) Firewall Engineer
13 21 (4.62%) Security Architect
14 18 (3.96%) Lead
15 17 (3.74%) Project Manager
15 17 (3.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.30%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (21.98%) Terraform
2 14 (3.08%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.42%) OpenID
4 10 (2.20%) OAuth
5 9 (1.98%) REST
5 9 (1.98%) SAML
6 6 (1.32%) LDAP
6 6 (1.32%) Middleware
6 6 (1.32%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.88%) JSON
8 3 (0.66%) .NET
8 3 (0.66%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (0.66%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.66%) Kafka
9 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.44%) RFC 2544
9 2 (0.44%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.44%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.48%) Data Centre
2 31 (6.81%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (4.18%) Cloud Native
4 19 (4.18%) PKI
5 18 (3.96%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 11 (2.42%) IoT
6 11 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.20%) CMDB
7 10 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.20%) Replication
8 9 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (1.98%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.76%) Digital Signage
9 8 (1.76%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 105 (23.08%) Windows
2 54 (11.87%) Linux
3 41 (9.01%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.86%) Unix
5 10 (2.20%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.76%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.88%) VMS
9 3 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.44%) Android
10 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (20.44%) Migration
2 80 (17.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 76 (16.70%) DevOps
4 70 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (14.07%) ITIL
6 63 (13.85%) CI/CD
6 63 (13.85%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (12.53%) Project Delivery
8 54 (11.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 53 (11.65%) Zero Trust
10 50 (10.99%) Change Management
10 50 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (10.11%) Agile
12 45 (9.89%) Cloud Security
13 43 (9.45%) Incident Response
13 43 (9.45%) Load Balancing
14 38 (8.35%) SIEM
15 36 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (7.47%) Observability
17 33 (7.25%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.32%) Python
2 71 (15.60%) PowerShell
3 43 (9.45%) Bash
4 15 (3.30%) SQL
5 14 (3.08%) Bicep
6 12 (2.64%) Java
7 10 (2.20%) Groovy
8 6 (1.32%) Perl
9 5 (1.10%) C++
10 2 (0.44%) C#
10 2 (0.44%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.44%) Korn
10 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.22%) C
11 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.22%) VB
11 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 82 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 68 (14.95%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (14.07%) SC Cleared
4 59 (12.97%) CCNP
5 39 (8.57%) Degree
6 28 (6.15%) Azure Certification
7 22 (4.84%) CISSP
8 16 (3.52%) CCNA
9 15 (3.30%) CISM
9 15 (3.30%) DV Cleared
10 14 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (2.86%) CCIE
11 13 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (2.64%) AWS Certification
13 10 (2.20%) PMI Certification
13 10 (2.20%) PMP
14 6 (1.32%) CCSE
14 6 (1.32%) JNCIP
14 6 (1.32%) JNCIS
14 6 (1.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.40%) NIST
3 12 (2.64%) SLA
4 9 (1.98%) NIST 800
5 8 (1.76%) GDPR
5 8 (1.76%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.32%) QA
8 4 (0.88%) COBIT
8 4 (0.88%) NCSC
9 3 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.66%) GRC
10 2 (0.44%) GMP
10 2 (0.44%) GxP
10 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.44%) PMO
11 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 29 (6.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (5.71%) Docker
4 16 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.98%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.54%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.54%) Squid
8 4 (0.88%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.88%) NFS
8 4 (0.88%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.66%) Firmware
9 3 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (0.66%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.66%) vSphere
10 2 (0.44%) DFS Replication
10 2 (0.44%) Dovecot
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.44%) Postfix
11 1 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 66 (14.51%) Ansible
2 43 (9.45%) FortiGate
3 39 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (7.69%) Kubernetes
5 34 (7.47%) Grafana
6 31 (6.81%) Prometheus
7 23 (5.05%) SCCM
8 13 (2.86%) Puppet
9 9 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
10 8 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.54%) systemd
12 6 (1.32%) Nessus
12 6 (1.32%) vCenter Server
13 5 (1.10%) WSUS
14 4 (0.88%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.88%) Suricata
15 3 (0.66%) Consul
15 3 (0.66%) Packer
15 3 (0.66%) Progress Chef
15 3 (0.66%) vMotion
Vendors
1 175 (38.46%) Cisco
2 128 (28.13%) Palo Alto
3 115 (25.27%) Microsoft
4 93 (20.44%) Fortinet
5 46 (10.11%) F5
6 43 (9.45%) VMware
7 39 (8.57%) Zscaler
8 38 (8.35%) CheckPoint
9 35 (7.69%) Juniper
10 26 (5.71%) Splunk
11 21 (4.62%) Arista
12 20 (4.40%) Meraki
13 19 (4.18%) ServiceNow
14 18 (3.96%) Google
15 17 (3.74%) Dynatrace
16 16 (3.52%) Citrix
17 15 (3.30%) AppDynamics
18 14 (3.08%) Aruba
19 10 (2.20%) Infoblox
19 10 (2.20%) Tenable