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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 60 77
Rank change year-on-year -58 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing Firewall 477 556 503
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.39% 4.10% 3.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.40% 39.89% 31.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 346 330
10th Percentile £363 £325 £311
25th Percentile £419 £406 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £625
90th Percentile £675 £695 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -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 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.67% +9.09% -56.35%

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 1,569 1,394 1,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.87% 10.28% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,020 910 1,056
10th Percentile £300 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £725 £715 £724
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 37
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.33 £15.09
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.75 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +36.36% -37.14%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.25 £62.00
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -40.62% -9.09% -

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -24 62 £528 -4.09% 26
South London -16 18 £450 -21.74% 4
West London -50 6 £688 +64.18% 4
East London -4 2 £435 -25.73%
North London - 2 £438 - 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 24 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (3.56%) 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 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.21%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 209 (43.82%) Azure
2 111 (23.27%) AWS
3 70 (14.68%) Entra ID
4 61 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (9.01%) GCP
6 35 (7.34%) GitHub
7 34 (7.13%) IaaS
8 28 (5.87%) SaaS
8 28 (5.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 25 (5.24%) PaaS
10 21 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
10 21 (4.40%) Serverless
11 20 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (4.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 19 (3.98%) 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%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 157 (32.91%) VPN
2 148 (31.03%) Network Security
3 127 (26.62%) DNS
4 122 (25.58%) WAN
5 85 (17.82%) BGP
6 76 (15.93%) TCP/IP
7 68 (14.26%) LAN
8 62 (13.00%) VLAN
9 56 (11.74%) DHCP
10 53 (11.11%) OSPF
11 37 (7.76%) Wireless
12 36 (7.55%) Multicast
12 36 (7.55%) SD-WAN
13 34 (7.13%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (5.66%) MPLS
15 26 (5.45%) NGFW
16 25 (5.24%) Cisco IOS
17 23 (4.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 20 (4.19%) Cisco ASA
19 19 (3.98%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.77%) 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%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.63%) Big Data
7 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.63%) Metadata
7 3 (0.63%) MySQL
8 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.21%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
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 3 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.21%) MSI
10 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (22.01%) Social Skills
2 89 (18.66%) Finance
3 52 (10.90%) Banking
4 47 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.98%) Local Government
8 18 (3.77%) Telecoms
9 17 (3.56%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.10%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.68%) Front Office
12 8 (1.68%) Legal
12 8 (1.68%) Retail
13 7 (1.47%) Law
14 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.84%) Publishing
16 3 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 162 (33.96%) Network Engineer
2 72 (15.09%) Senior
3 60 (12.58%) Architect
4 46 (9.64%) Security Engineer
5 42 (8.81%) Azure Engineer
6 32 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 30 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (6.29%) Network Security Engineer
7 30 (6.29%) Senior Network Engineer
8 28 (5.87%) DevOps Engineer
9 22 (4.61%) Network Architect
10 21 (4.40%) Cisco Engineer
10 21 (4.40%) Consultant
10 21 (4.40%) Security Architect
11 20 (4.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 16 (3.35%) Firewall Engineer
13 15 (3.14%) Analyst
14 14 (2.94%) Network Security Architect
15 13 (2.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 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%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.21%) JSON
10 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (16.56%) Data Centre
2 26 (5.45%) Cloud Native
2 26 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 25 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
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
1 110 (23.06%) Windows
2 56 (11.74%) Linux
3 43 (9.01%) 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
11 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (18.45%) DevOps
2 85 (17.82%) Migration
3 83 (17.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 72 (15.09%) CI/CD
5 67 (14.05%) ITIL
6 57 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (11.11%) Zero Trust
9 51 (10.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 51 (10.69%) Project Delivery
10 49 (10.27%) Agile
10 49 (10.27%) Load Balancing
11 47 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 42 (8.81%) Validation
13 40 (8.39%) Change Management
13 40 (8.39%) Cloud Security
14 39 (8.18%) Observability
14 39 (8.18%) Runbook
14 39 (8.18%) SIEM
15 38 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 95 (19.92%) Python
2 69 (14.47%) PowerShell
3 42 (8.81%) Bash
4 17 (3.56%) 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 86 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 77 (16.14%) Cisco Certification
3 68 (14.26%) CCNP
4 64 (13.42%) SC Cleared
5 40 (8.39%) Degree
6 28 (5.87%) Azure Certification
7 20 (4.19%) CISSP
7 20 (4.19%) DV Cleared
8 19 (3.98%) CCIE
8 19 (3.98%) CCNA
9 14 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (2.52%) CISM
12 9 (1.89%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.26%) JNCIP
13 6 (1.26%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.05%) CCSE
14 5 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.84%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.77%) 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 78 (16.35%) Active Directory
2 37 (7.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.03%) Docker
4 21 (4.40%) 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
7 8 (1.68%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (1.68%) vSphere
8 7 (1.47%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.05%) 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
1 103 (21.59%) 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 35 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 25 (5.24%) SCCM
9 16 (3.35%) Puppet
10 13 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (2.73%) vCenter Server
11 8 (1.68%) vMotion
12 6 (1.26%) Cisco Prime
12 6 (1.26%) systemd
12 6 (1.26%) WSUS
13 5 (1.05%) Consul
13 5 (1.05%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.84%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.84%) QRadar
14 4 (0.84%) Suricata
Vendors
1 178 (37.32%) Cisco
2 126 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 126 (26.42%) Palo Alto
3 94 (19.71%) Fortinet
4 55 (11.53%) VMware
5 54 (11.32%) F5
6 44 (9.22%) Juniper
7 43 (9.01%) CheckPoint
8 38 (7.97%) Zscaler
9 36 (7.55%) Arista
10 27 (5.66%) Citrix
11 26 (5.45%) Splunk
12 23 (4.82%) Dynatrace
13 20 (4.19%) Google
14 18 (3.77%) AppDynamics
15 16 (3.35%) ServiceNow
16 15 (3.14%) Tenable
17 14 (2.94%) Aruba
17 14 (2.94%) Infoblox
17 14 (2.94%) Meraki