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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 60 71
Rank change year-on-year -58 +11 +8
Contract jobs citing Firewall 421 490 571
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 3.87% 3.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.03% 37.58% 32.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 303 359
10th Percentile £389 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +0.96% -13.33%
75th Percentile £600 £604 £647
90th Percentile £675 £685 £775
England median daily rate £513 £521 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% +4.10% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £12.75
25th Percentile £36.25 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £24.00
75th Percentile £38.75 - £25.00
90th Percentile - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £48.72 £16.60 £73.50
% change year-on-year +193.49% -77.41% +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 1,402 1,304 1,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.10% 10.30% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 848 1,170
10th Percentile £300 £263 £205
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £607
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 63
10th Percentile £20.38 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.02 £27.47 £18.36
Median hourly rate £25.79 £43.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +98.86% -42.11%
75th Percentile £39.75 £54.31 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.13 £66.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £42.38 £36.57 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.87% +4.49% +84.89%

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 8 April 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
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 8 April 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 -49 40 £550 - 31
South London -3 18 £519 +10.33% 2
East London -6 3 £719 +22.91% 2
West London -37 2 £425 +6.25% 10
North London - 1 £225 - 2
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 31 (7.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.85%) Confluence
4 10 (2.38%) nginx
5 3 (0.71%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 189 (44.89%) Azure
2 97 (23.04%) AWS
3 72 (17.10%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (12.35%) GCP
5 51 (12.11%) Entra ID
6 31 (7.36%) GitHub
6 31 (7.36%) SaaS
7 29 (6.89%) IaaS
8 28 (6.65%) PaaS
9 25 (5.94%) Azure Monitor
10 24 (5.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 23 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (4.75%) Serverless
13 18 (4.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 18 (4.28%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (3.56%) Route 53
16 14 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 133 (31.59%) Network Security
2 128 (30.40%) VPN
3 108 (25.65%) WAN
4 88 (20.90%) DNS
5 75 (17.81%) BGP
6 66 (15.68%) LAN
7 59 (14.01%) OSPF
8 52 (12.35%) TCP/IP
9 47 (11.16%) SD-WAN
10 38 (9.03%) DHCP
10 38 (9.03%) VLAN
10 38 (9.03%) Wi-Fi
11 37 (8.79%) MPLS
12 26 (6.18%) Multicast
13 24 (5.70%) Cisco ASA
14 21 (4.99%) Cisco IOS
15 20 (4.75%) Wireless
16 18 (4.28%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (4.28%) NGFW
17 17 (4.04%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.61%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.95%) MySQL
4 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.71%) Power BI
6 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.48%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) DB2
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (4.75%) JIRA
2 19 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.28%) Git
4 10 (2.38%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.66%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.43%) Chocolatey
6 6 (1.43%) GitLab
7 5 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.24%) Maven
9 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 104 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 72 (17.10%) Finance
3 45 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.60%) Documentation Skills
5 31 (7.36%) Banking
6 25 (5.94%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.80%) Financial Institution
8 13 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.61%) Legal
9 11 (2.61%) Local Government
10 10 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.66%) Front Office
11 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.43%) Retail
13 5 (1.19%) Law
13 5 (1.19%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.48%) Military
15 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 103 (24.47%) Network Engineer
2 71 (16.86%) Architect
3 53 (12.59%) Senior
4 41 (9.74%) Azure Engineer
5 40 (9.50%) Security Engineer
6 23 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (4.75%) Network Architect
7 20 (4.75%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 17 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.80%) Network Security Engineer
10 15 (3.56%) Analyst
10 15 (3.56%) Security Architect
11 14 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (3.33%) Consultant
11 14 (3.33%) Integration Engineer
11 14 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (3.33%) Senior Network Engineer
11 14 (3.33%) Site Engineer
12 12 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.61%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.28%) OpenID
2 13 (3.09%) LDAP
3 11 (2.61%) SAML
4 7 (1.66%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.43%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.43%) XML
6 5 (1.19%) JSON
6 5 (1.19%) Middleware
6 5 (1.19%) REST
7 4 (0.95%) HTML
7 4 (0.95%) Jinja
7 4 (0.95%) VML
8 3 (0.71%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.71%) CSS
8 3 (0.71%) LAMP
8 3 (0.71%) Node.js
8 3 (0.71%) OAuth
8 3 (0.71%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.71%) Web Services
9 2 (0.48%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.91%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.75%) PKI
4 19 (4.51%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.51%) Security Posture
5 17 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.61%) Clustering
6 11 (2.61%) Replication
7 9 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.14%) Enterprise Storage
7 9 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.14%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.90%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.66%) IoT
10 6 (1.43%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.19%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 98 (23.28%) Windows
2 42 (9.98%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.74%) Linux
4 20 (4.75%) VMS
5 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.43%) Unix
7 5 (1.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.71%) Android
8 3 (0.71%) SUSE
9 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (20.90%) DevOps
2 83 (19.71%) Migration
3 72 (17.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (16.86%) CI/CD
5 69 (16.39%) Cybersecurity
6 67 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (13.30%) Load Balancing
8 55 (13.06%) ITIL
9 49 (11.64%) Agile
10 43 (10.21%) Cloud Security
11 41 (9.74%) SIEM
12 40 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 35 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (8.08%) Incident Response
14 34 (8.08%) Validation
15 33 (7.84%) Change Management
15 33 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 33 (7.84%) Mentoring
16 32 (7.60%) Project Delivery
17 31 (7.36%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 70 (16.63%) PowerShell
2 61 (14.49%) Python
3 22 (5.23%) Bash
4 20 (4.75%) SQL
5 12 (2.85%) Bicep
6 8 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.19%) Perl
8 4 (0.95%) Java
8 4 (0.95%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.48%) PHP
9 2 (0.48%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 97 (23.04%) Security Cleared
2 66 (15.68%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (15.68%) SC Cleared
3 54 (12.83%) CCNP
4 34 (8.08%) Degree
5 32 (7.60%) Azure Certification
6 26 (6.18%) DV Cleared
7 23 (5.46%) CCIE
8 22 (5.23%) CCNA
9 18 (4.28%) CISSP
10 12 (2.85%) AWS Certification
11 11 (2.61%) CISM
11 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 9 (2.14%) JNCIP
14 8 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (1.66%) CCSE
15 7 (1.66%) CEH
15 7 (1.66%) GIAC
15 7 (1.66%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.70%) GDPR
2 20 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.28%) NIST
4 16 (3.80%) SLA
5 10 (2.38%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.66%) NCSC
7 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.95%) QA
9 3 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.48%) GRC
10 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.24%) PMO
11 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (18.53%) Active Directory
2 40 (9.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.46%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (4.04%) Docker
4 17 (4.04%) VMware NSX
5 15 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (3.33%) Hyper-V
7 12 (2.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (2.38%) Squid
9 9 (2.14%) BitLocker
10 8 (1.90%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (1.43%) Firmware
12 5 (1.19%) vSphere
13 3 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.48%) NFS
14 2 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
15 1 (0.24%) Samba
15 1 (0.24%) Snort
Systems Management
1 86 (20.43%) Terraform
2 59 (14.01%) Ansible
3 47 (11.16%) Kubernetes
4 40 (9.50%) FortiGate
5 34 (8.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (5.70%) SCCM
7 19 (4.51%) Grafana
7 19 (4.51%) Prometheus
8 14 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (2.85%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.90%) Consul
10 8 (1.90%) Puppet
10 8 (1.90%) vMotion
11 6 (1.43%) QRadar
12 5 (1.19%) CASB
12 5 (1.19%) WSUS
13 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.95%) SCOM
13 4 (0.95%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 4 (0.95%) VxRail
Vendors
1 128 (30.40%) Cisco
2 124 (29.45%) Microsoft
3 94 (22.33%) Palo Alto
4 60 (14.25%) Fortinet
5 51 (12.11%) VMware
6 50 (11.88%) F5
7 46 (10.93%) CheckPoint
8 40 (9.50%) Juniper
9 25 (5.94%) Arista
9 25 (5.94%) Citrix
10 24 (5.70%) Aruba
11 23 (5.46%) Zscaler
12 22 (5.23%) Google
13 15 (3.56%) Dynatrace
13 15 (3.56%) NetApp
13 15 (3.56%) Splunk
14 14 (3.33%) ServiceNow
15 13 (3.09%) Tenable
16 12 (2.85%) Meraki
17 11 (2.61%) Red Hat