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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 61 74
Rank change year-on-year -60 +13 -7
Contract jobs citing Firewall 461 542 552
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.36% 4.08% 3.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.97% 39.50% 32.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 325 350
10th Percentile £363 £325 £275
25th Percentile £423 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -11.86%
75th Percentile £600 £607 £625
90th Percentile £650 £706 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 13
10th Percentile £31.90 - £13.40
25th Percentile £36.25 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +26.05% -37.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £25.00
90th Percentile £73.25 - £53.00
England median hourly rate £58.74 £30.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +95.78% -50.00% -4.08%

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 1,538 1,372 1,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.87% 10.32% 9.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 880 1,111
10th Percentile £300 £263 £228
25th Percentile £408 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £621
90th Percentile £716 £716 £738
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 27 49
10th Percentile £17.03 £19.20 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.28 £24.91 £16.86
Median hourly rate £28.96 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +26.05% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £49.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £85.75 £62.05 £60.00
England median hourly rate £26.66 £40.50 £45.44
% change year-on-year -34.17% -10.87% +89.33%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -38 57 £525 -4.55% 28
South London +1 22 £506 -7.95% 2
West London -44 5 £450 +12.36% 10
East London -9 2 £435 -25.73% 3
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 (4.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.69%) Confluence
3 14 (3.04%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.95%) nginx
5 3 (0.65%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.22%) MTS
Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.22%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 184 (39.91%) Azure
2 112 (24.30%) AWS
3 60 (13.02%) Entra ID
4 57 (12.36%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (8.68%) GCP
6 34 (7.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 31 (6.72%) IaaS
8 30 (6.51%) GitHub
9 27 (5.86%) SaaS
10 26 (5.64%) PaaS
11 25 (5.42%) Amazon EC2
11 25 (5.42%) Serverless
12 21 (4.56%) Amazon S3
13 20 (4.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 19 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
17 16 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (3.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 150 (32.54%) VPN
2 145 (31.45%) Network Security
3 118 (25.60%) WAN
4 116 (25.16%) DNS
5 85 (18.44%) BGP
6 69 (14.97%) TCP/IP
7 65 (14.10%) LAN
8 56 (12.15%) OSPF
9 51 (11.06%) VLAN
10 46 (9.98%) DHCP
11 45 (9.76%) SD-WAN
12 34 (7.38%) Multicast
13 31 (6.72%) Wireless
14 30 (6.51%) MPLS
15 27 (5.86%) Wi-Fi
16 25 (5.42%) Cisco IOS
16 25 (5.42%) NGFW
17 22 (4.77%) Cisco ASA
18 20 (4.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 20 (4.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.69%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.39%) Power BI
3 9 (1.95%) SQL Server
4 7 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.65%) Big Data
6 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.65%) Db2
6 3 (0.65%) Metadata
6 3 (0.65%) MySQL
7 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.22%) Redis
8 1 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (6.07%) JIRA
2 22 (4.77%) Git
3 16 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.95%) Artifactory
4 9 (1.95%) GitLab
5 7 (1.52%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.52%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.30%) Chocolatey
7 4 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.22%) MSI
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 103 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 85 (18.44%) Finance
3 44 (9.54%) Banking
4 42 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 30 (6.51%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.47%) Financial Institution
8 14 (3.04%) Local Government
9 13 (2.82%) Legal
10 12 (2.60%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.17%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.95%) Front Office
13 7 (1.52%) Law
13 7 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.08%) Retail
15 4 (0.87%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.87%) Publishing
16 3 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 147 (31.89%) Network Engineer
2 73 (15.84%) Architect
3 54 (11.71%) Senior
4 48 (10.41%) Security Engineer
5 38 (8.24%) Azure Engineer
6 33 (7.16%) Network Security Engineer
7 30 (6.51%) Cloud Engineer
8 25 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (5.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (4.99%) Network Architect
11 21 (4.56%) Senior Network Engineer
12 20 (4.34%) Security Architect
13 17 (3.69%) Consultant
14 15 (3.25%) Cisco Engineer
15 14 (3.04%) Analyst
15 14 (3.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 14 (3.04%) Firewall Engineer
15 14 (3.04%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.60%) Network Security Architect
17 11 (2.39%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.69%) OpenID
2 15 (3.25%) LDAP
3 12 (2.60%) SAML
4 7 (1.52%) Middleware
5 6 (1.30%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.30%) OAuth
6 5 (1.08%) .NET
6 5 (1.08%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.87%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.87%) Jinja
7 4 (0.87%) REST
8 3 (0.65%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.43%) CSS
9 2 (0.43%) eBPF
9 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.43%) HTML
9 2 (0.43%) LAMP
9 2 (0.43%) Loki
9 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (16.49%) Data Centre
2 23 (4.99%) Security Posture
3 22 (4.77%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (4.56%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.90%) PKI
6 14 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 12 (2.60%) Clustering
9 8 (1.74%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
10 7 (1.52%) IoT
10 7 (1.52%) Replication
11 6 (1.30%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.30%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 104 (22.56%) Windows
2 48 (10.41%) Linux
3 38 (8.24%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.52%) Unix
5 7 (1.52%) VMS
6 6 (1.30%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.65%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.65%) SUSE
8 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.43%) Android
9 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.09%) DevOps
2 79 (17.14%) Migration
3 77 (16.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (15.40%) CI/CD
5 65 (14.10%) ITIL
6 55 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
7 54 (11.71%) Agile
7 54 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (9.98%) Load Balancing
8 46 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (9.54%) Zero Trust
10 43 (9.33%) Validation
11 40 (8.68%) Cloud Security
11 40 (8.68%) SIEM
12 38 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 38 (8.24%) Project Delivery
12 38 (8.24%) Runbook
13 37 (8.03%) Observability
14 34 (7.38%) High Availability
14 34 (7.38%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 86 (18.66%) Python
2 60 (13.02%) PowerShell
3 33 (7.16%) Bash
4 15 (3.25%) SQL
5 11 (2.39%) Bicep
6 7 (1.52%) Java
7 5 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.08%) Perl
8 4 (0.87%) Groovy
9 3 (0.65%) C++
10 2 (0.43%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.43%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.22%) C
11 1 (0.22%) Go
11 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (21.26%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.92%) Cisco Certification
3 76 (16.49%) SC Cleared
4 68 (14.75%) CCNP
5 37 (8.03%) Degree
6 25 (5.42%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.56%) DV Cleared
8 20 (4.34%) CCIE
9 19 (4.12%) CCNA
10 17 (3.69%) CISSP
11 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.95%) AWS Certification
12 9 (1.95%) CISM
12 9 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (1.74%) CCSE
14 5 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.87%) JNCIP
15 4 (0.87%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.87%) PMP
16 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.69%) GDPR
2 16 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (3.47%) NIST
3 14 (3.04%) SLA
4 11 (2.39%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.30%) NCSC
6 6 (1.30%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.30%) QA
7 3 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.65%) GRC
8 2 (0.43%) GMP
8 2 (0.43%) GxP
8 2 (0.43%) PMO
9 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 71 (15.40%) Active Directory
2 43 (9.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.77%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (4.56%) Docker
5 17 (3.69%) Hyper-V
6 16 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (3.04%) Squid
7 14 (3.04%) VMware NSX
8 10 (2.17%) BitLocker
9 9 (1.95%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.74%) vSphere
11 6 (1.30%) Firmware
12 4 (0.87%) NFS
12 4 (0.87%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.65%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 2 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 100 (21.69%) Terraform
2 68 (14.75%) Ansible
3 50 (10.85%) FortiGate
3 50 (10.85%) Kubernetes
4 43 (9.33%) Grafana
5 40 (8.68%) Prometheus
6 28 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 23 (4.99%) SCCM
8 17 (3.69%) Puppet
8 17 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (3.04%) vCenter Server
10 10 (2.17%) Consul
11 9 (1.95%) vMotion
12 7 (1.52%) WSUS
13 5 (1.08%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.87%) Cisco Prime
14 4 (0.87%) QRadar
14 4 (0.87%) Suricata
14 4 (0.87%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 4 (0.87%) VxRail
Vendors
1 168 (36.44%) Cisco
2 126 (27.33%) Palo Alto
3 112 (24.30%) Microsoft
4 92 (19.96%) Fortinet
5 54 (11.71%) VMware
6 53 (11.50%) F5
7 51 (11.06%) CheckPoint
8 41 (8.89%) Juniper
9 34 (7.38%) Arista
10 32 (6.94%) Zscaler
11 29 (6.29%) Citrix
12 26 (5.64%) Dynatrace
13 24 (5.21%) Splunk
14 18 (3.90%) Google
14 18 (3.90%) ServiceNow
15 17 (3.69%) Aruba
16 16 (3.47%) AppDynamics
17 15 (3.25%) Infoblox
18 14 (3.04%) Red Hat
19 13 (2.82%) Tenable