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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 65 84
Rank change year-on-year -54 +19 -19
Contract jobs citing Firewall 481 527 487
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.38% 3.93% 3.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.49% 38.24% 31.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 317 324
10th Percentile £363 £325 £320
25th Percentile £425 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -5.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £689 £675
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile £33.35 - -
25th Percentile £45.63 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +25.05% -60.02%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £24.80
90th Percentile - - £42.50
England median hourly rate £66.35 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +121.15% +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 1,631 1,378 1,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.09% 10.27% 9.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 893 1,014
10th Percentile £305 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £623
90th Percentile £737 £713 £700
England median daily rate £500 £492 £504
% change year-on-year +1.63% -2.38% +0.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 33 28
10th Percentile £19.36 £20.32 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.27 £25.15 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +12.41% +2.28% -26.91%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £78.25 £62.05 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £43.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -34.88% -21.64% -0.23%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -25 72 £530 -3.64% 19
South London -14 13 £513 -6.82% 10
West London -55 7 £550 +31.34% 8
East London -3 4 £525 -10.26% 7
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 22 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.49%) Confluence
4 4 (0.83%) Apache
5 2 (0.42%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 9 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.42%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 211 (43.87%) Azure
2 108 (22.45%) AWS
3 70 (14.55%) Entra ID
4 60 (12.47%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (8.11%) GCP
6 35 (7.28%) GitHub
7 31 (6.44%) IaaS
8 27 (5.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 26 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (5.41%) SaaS
10 23 (4.78%) PaaS
11 22 (4.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 21 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
12 21 (4.37%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (4.16%) Serverless
14 17 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (3.12%) Amazon S3
15 15 (3.12%) Datadog
16 14 (2.91%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 149 (30.98%) VPN
2 142 (29.52%) Network Security
3 129 (26.82%) WAN
4 123 (25.57%) DNS
5 80 (16.63%) BGP
6 73 (15.18%) TCP/IP
7 69 (14.35%) LAN
8 62 (12.89%) VLAN
9 57 (11.85%) DHCP
10 45 (9.36%) OSPF
11 44 (9.15%) Wireless
12 38 (7.90%) Wi-Fi
13 37 (7.69%) SD-WAN
14 32 (6.65%) Multicast
15 27 (5.61%) MPLS
16 24 (4.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 23 (4.78%) NGFW
18 22 (4.57%) Cisco IOS
19 21 (4.37%) Cisco ISE
20 20 (4.16%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.74%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (2.08%) Power BI
3 9 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (0.83%) Db2
6 4 (0.83%) Metadata
7 3 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.62%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.62%) Big Data
7 3 (0.62%) MySQL
8 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (5.82%) Git
2 24 (4.99%) JIRA
3 21 (4.37%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.29%) GitLab
5 8 (1.66%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.46%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.62%) MSI
7 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 108 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 86 (17.88%) Finance
3 52 (10.81%) Banking
4 51 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (9.56%) Public Sector
6 21 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (4.16%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.53%) Local Government
9 13 (2.70%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.29%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.29%) Retail
11 9 (1.87%) Front Office
11 9 (1.87%) Legal
12 8 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.04%) Law
13 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.83%) Automotive
14 4 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 162 (33.68%) Network Engineer
2 73 (15.18%) Senior
3 52 (10.81%) Architect
4 43 (8.94%) Azure Engineer
5 40 (8.32%) Security Engineer
6 37 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 35 (7.28%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (6.44%) Senior Network Engineer
9 30 (6.24%) DevOps Engineer
10 27 (5.61%) Network Security Engineer
11 25 (5.20%) Cisco Engineer
12 24 (4.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 23 (4.78%) Consultant
14 22 (4.57%) Network Architect
15 19 (3.95%) Analyst
15 19 (3.95%) Security Architect
16 18 (3.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 13 (2.70%) Firewall Engineer
17 13 (2.70%) Network Security Architect
18 12 (2.49%) Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (21.62%) Terraform
2 15 (3.12%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.29%) OpenID
4 10 (2.08%) SAML
5 9 (1.87%) Middleware
6 8 (1.66%) LDAP
6 8 (1.66%) REST
7 7 (1.46%) OAuth
8 6 (1.25%) ARM Templates
9 5 (1.04%) .NET
9 5 (1.04%) OAuth2
10 4 (0.83%) Jinja
10 4 (0.83%) JSON
11 3 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.42%) LAMP
12 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
12 2 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
12 2 (0.42%) RFC 2544
13 1 (0.21%) Web Services
13 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.05%) Data Centre
2 34 (7.07%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (4.57%) Cloud Native
5 20 (4.16%) PKI
6 17 (3.53%) Security Posture
7 14 (2.91%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 11 (2.29%) Clustering
9 11 (2.29%) Replication
10 10 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.08%) IoT
10 10 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.66%) CMDB
11 8 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.66%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 116 (24.12%) Windows
2 63 (13.10%) Linux
3 45 (9.36%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.08%) Ubuntu
5 10 (2.08%) Unix
6 6 (1.25%) Amazon Linux
6 6 (1.25%) VMS
7 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.62%) SUSE
9 3 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Android
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.92%) DevOps
2 82 (17.05%) Infrastructure as Code
2 82 (17.05%) Migration
3 72 (14.97%) CI/CD
4 65 (13.51%) ITIL
5 63 (13.10%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 58 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (11.85%) Project Delivery
8 55 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (11.02%) Agile
10 52 (10.81%) Zero Trust
11 49 (10.19%) Load Balancing
12 46 (9.56%) Cloud Security
13 43 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (8.73%) Incident Response
14 42 (8.73%) SIEM
15 40 (8.32%) Change Management
15 40 (8.32%) Validation
16 39 (8.11%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 102 (21.21%) Python
2 75 (15.59%) PowerShell
3 44 (9.15%) Bash
4 15 (3.12%) SQL
5 14 (2.91%) Bicep
6 9 (1.87%) Java
7 8 (1.66%) Perl
8 7 (1.46%) Groovy
9 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.62%) C++
11 2 (0.42%) PHP
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) Go
12 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (19.33%) Security Cleared
2 77 (16.01%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (14.55%) CCNP
3 70 (14.55%) SC Cleared
4 44 (9.15%) Degree
5 34 (7.07%) Azure Certification
6 20 (4.16%) CISSP
7 19 (3.95%) CCNA
8 18 (3.74%) DV Cleared
9 16 (3.33%) CCIE
9 16 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (2.49%) CISM
12 10 (2.08%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.25%) CCSE
13 6 (1.25%) JNCIP
13 6 (1.25%) JNCIS
14 4 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.83%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.74%) NIST
2 17 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.33%) SLA
4 13 (2.70%) GDPR
5 9 (1.87%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.66%) QA
7 7 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.25%) NIST 800
9 5 (1.04%) NCSC
10 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.62%) GRC
11 2 (0.42%) GMP
11 2 (0.42%) GxP
11 2 (0.42%) PMO
12 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.21%) COBIT
12 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 79 (16.42%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.61%) Docker
4 20 (4.16%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (2.91%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.66%) BitLocker
7 8 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.46%) Firmware
8 7 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (1.46%) Squid
8 7 (1.46%) vSphere
9 5 (1.04%) NFS
9 5 (1.04%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.83%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.62%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 73 (15.18%) Ansible
2 48 (9.98%) FortiGate
3 45 (9.36%) Kubernetes
4 37 (7.69%) Grafana
5 35 (7.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (7.28%) Prometheus
6 27 (5.61%) SCCM
7 15 (3.12%) Puppet
8 13 (2.70%) vCenter Server
9 12 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.46%) Cisco Prime
10 7 (1.46%) systemd
10 7 (1.46%) vMotion
11 6 (1.25%) WSUS
12 5 (1.04%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.83%) Consul
13 4 (0.83%) Suricata
13 4 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 4 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 182 (37.84%) Cisco
2 133 (27.65%) Microsoft
3 122 (25.36%) Palo Alto
4 95 (19.75%) Fortinet
5 55 (11.43%) VMware
6 53 (11.02%) F5
7 43 (8.94%) CheckPoint
8 42 (8.73%) Juniper
9 34 (7.07%) Zscaler
10 33 (6.86%) Arista
11 27 (5.61%) Splunk
12 25 (5.20%) Citrix
13 23 (4.78%) Google
14 22 (4.57%) Dynatrace
15 21 (4.37%) ServiceNow
16 17 (3.53%) AppDynamics
16 17 (3.53%) Meraki
17 15 (3.12%) Aruba
18 14 (2.91%) Infoblox
18 14 (2.91%) Tenable