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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 61 76
Rank change year-on-year -59 +15 -11
Contract jobs citing Firewall 477 563 513
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.40% 4.14% 3.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.54% 40.13% 31.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 350 335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £275
25th Percentile £422 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £620
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
England median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £31.90 - £15.35
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +26.05% -60.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £25.00
90th Percentile £73.25 - £32.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +116.67% -44.19% -18.54%

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 1,562 1,403 1,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.86% 10.32% 9.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 915 1,078
10th Percentile £300 £275 £243
25th Percentile £412 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £730 £718 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 38
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.33 £15.19
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £17.09
Median hourly rate £26.75 £30.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +39.53% -41.16%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.25 £61.50
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.62% -5.26% -4.04%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -34 63 £530 -3.64% 24
South London -13 18 £450 -21.74% 3
West London -49 6 £688 +64.18% 9
East London -7 2 £435 -25.73%
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 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.31%) Confluence
4 4 (0.84%) Apache
4 4 (0.84%) nginx
5 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.21%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 205 (42.98%) Azure
2 111 (23.27%) AWS
3 69 (14.47%) Entra ID
4 59 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (9.01%) GCP
6 34 (7.13%) GitHub
6 34 (7.13%) IaaS
7 28 (5.87%) SaaS
7 28 (5.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 25 (5.24%) PaaS
9 21 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
9 21 (4.40%) Serverless
10 20 (4.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 19 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (3.35%) Datadog
13 16 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (3.14%) Amazon S3
15 14 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
16 13 (2.73%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 156 (32.70%) VPN
2 147 (30.82%) Network Security
3 125 (26.21%) DNS
4 120 (25.16%) WAN
5 86 (18.03%) BGP
6 75 (15.72%) TCP/IP
7 68 (14.26%) LAN
8 62 (13.00%) VLAN
9 55 (11.53%) DHCP
10 54 (11.32%) OSPF
11 37 (7.76%) Multicast
11 37 (7.76%) Wireless
12 36 (7.55%) SD-WAN
13 33 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
14 29 (6.08%) MPLS
15 25 (5.24%) Cisco IOS
15 25 (5.24%) NGFW
16 23 (4.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 22 (4.61%) Cisco ASA
18 19 (3.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.56%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (2.31%) Power BI
4 8 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (0.84%) Db2
7 3 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.63%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.63%) Big Data
7 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.63%) Metadata
7 3 (0.63%) MySQL
8 2 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 26 (5.45%) Git
2 22 (4.61%) JIRA
3 19 (3.98%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.10%) GitLab
5 9 (1.89%) Artifactory
6 8 (1.68%) Chocolatey
7 4 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) MSI
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 104 (21.80%) Social Skills
2 90 (18.87%) Finance
3 51 (10.69%) Banking
4 47 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 28 (5.87%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.98%) Local Government
8 18 (3.77%) Financial Institution
9 17 (3.56%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.89%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.68%) Front Office
11 8 (1.68%) Legal
11 8 (1.68%) Retail
12 7 (1.47%) Law
13 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.84%) Publishing
15 3 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 162 (33.96%) Network Engineer
2 72 (15.09%) Senior
3 61 (12.79%) Architect
4 47 (9.85%) Security Engineer
5 41 (8.60%) Azure Engineer
6 31 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (6.50%) Network Security Engineer
7 30 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
8 29 (6.08%) Senior Network Engineer
9 28 (5.87%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (4.61%) Network Architect
11 21 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
11 21 (4.40%) Consultant
11 21 (4.40%) Security Architect
12 20 (4.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 16 (3.35%) Firewall Engineer
14 14 (2.94%) Analyst
14 14 (2.94%) Network Security Architect
15 12 (2.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.52%) OpenID
1 12 (2.52%) SAML
2 11 (2.31%) LDAP
3 10 (2.10%) 802.1X
4 9 (1.89%) Middleware
5 6 (1.26%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.26%) OAuth
6 5 (1.05%) .NET
6 5 (1.05%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.84%) Jinja
7 4 (0.84%) REST
8 3 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.42%) eBPF
9 2 (0.42%) LAMP
9 2 (0.42%) Loki
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.21%) CSS
10 1 (0.21%) HTML
10 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (16.35%) Data Centre
2 26 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 25 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 25 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.61%) Security Posture
5 21 (4.40%) PKI
6 14 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 13 (2.73%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.52%) Clustering
9 9 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.68%) IoT
10 8 (1.68%) Replication
11 7 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.26%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.26%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 108 (22.64%) Windows
2 56 (11.74%) Linux
3 42 (8.81%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 9 (1.89%) Unix
6 7 (1.47%) VMS
7 5 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (0.84%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.63%) SUSE
10 2 (0.42%) Android
10 2 (0.42%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (18.24%) DevOps
2 85 (17.82%) Migration
3 82 (17.19%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (14.88%) CI/CD
5 66 (13.84%) ITIL
6 56 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (11.11%) Zero Trust
9 51 (10.69%) Project Delivery
10 50 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 49 (10.27%) Agile
11 49 (10.27%) Load Balancing
12 46 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 43 (9.01%) Validation
14 41 (8.60%) Cloud Security
15 40 (8.39%) Runbook
16 39 (8.18%) Change Management
16 39 (8.18%) Observability
16 39 (8.18%) SIEM
17 37 (7.76%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 95 (19.92%) Python
2 69 (14.47%) PowerShell
3 42 (8.81%) Bash
4 16 (3.35%) SQL
5 12 (2.52%) Bicep
6 8 (1.68%) Java
7 6 (1.26%) Perl
8 5 (1.05%) Groovy
8 5 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.63%) C++
10 2 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.21%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.21%) C
11 1 (0.21%) Go
11 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 88 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 77 (16.14%) Cisco Certification
3 68 (14.26%) CCNP
4 66 (13.84%) SC Cleared
5 40 (8.39%) Degree
6 28 (5.87%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.40%) DV Cleared
8 20 (4.19%) CISSP
9 19 (3.98%) CCIE
9 19 (3.98%) CCNA
10 14 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (2.52%) CISM
13 9 (1.89%) AWS Certification
14 6 (1.26%) JNCIP
14 6 (1.26%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.05%) CCSE
15 5 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.56%) SLA
2 16 (3.35%) NIST
3 15 (3.14%) GDPR
3 15 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.10%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.26%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.26%) QA
7 5 (1.05%) NCSC
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.63%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.42%) GMP
9 2 (0.42%) GxP
9 2 (0.42%) PMO
10 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 77 (16.14%) Active Directory
2 38 (7.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.03%) Docker
4 20 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.14%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (1.89%) BitLocker
6 9 (1.89%) Squid
6 9 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.89%) VMware NSX
7 8 (1.68%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (1.68%) vSphere
8 6 (1.26%) Firmware
9 5 (1.05%) NFS
10 4 (0.84%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.63%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 102 (21.38%) Terraform
2 73 (15.30%) Ansible
3 49 (10.27%) Kubernetes
4 46 (9.64%) FortiGate
5 40 (8.39%) Grafana
6 37 (7.76%) Prometheus
7 33 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
8 25 (5.24%) SCCM
9 16 (3.35%) Puppet
10 13 (2.73%) vCenter Server
11 12 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (1.68%) vMotion
13 6 (1.26%) Cisco Prime
13 6 (1.26%) systemd
13 6 (1.26%) WSUS
14 5 (1.05%) Consul
14 5 (1.05%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.84%) QRadar
15 4 (0.84%) Suricata
15 4 (0.84%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 179 (37.53%) Cisco
2 127 (26.62%) Palo Alto
3 123 (25.79%) Microsoft
4 93 (19.50%) Fortinet
5 56 (11.74%) VMware
6 55 (11.53%) F5
7 45 (9.43%) CheckPoint
8 44 (9.22%) Juniper
9 37 (7.76%) Zscaler
10 36 (7.55%) Arista
11 27 (5.66%) Citrix
12 26 (5.45%) Splunk
13 23 (4.82%) Dynatrace
14 20 (4.19%) Google
15 18 (3.77%) AppDynamics
16 16 (3.35%) ServiceNow
17 15 (3.14%) Tenable
18 14 (2.94%) Aruba
18 14 (2.94%) Infoblox
18 14 (2.94%) Meraki