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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 69 85
Rank change year-on-year -56 +16 -17
Contract jobs citing Firewall 480 525 484
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.39% 3.93% 2.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.50% 38.13% 31.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 314 320
10th Percentile £363 £325 £319
25th Percentile £425 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £689 £675
England median daily rate £508 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.65% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £34.08 - -
25th Percentile £50.31 - -
Median hourly rate £66.25 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +120.83% +26.05% -66.00%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile - - £45.67
England median hourly rate £67.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +123.33% +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 1,627 1,377 1,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.11% 10.30% 9.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 889 998
10th Percentile £302 £287 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -2.91% -6.36%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £624
90th Percentile £735 £715 £706
England median daily rate £500 £492 £505
% change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 33 27
10th Percentile £19.39 £20.32 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £29.52 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% +4.01% -31.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.25 £62.05 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.11 £43.00 £55.75
% change year-on-year -36.95% -22.86% -1.32%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -27 73 £528 -4.09% 17
South London -21 15 £525 -4.55% 10
West London -50 7 £550 +31.34% 8
East London -2 3 £500 -14.53% 6
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 21 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.75%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.71%) Confluence
4 4 (0.83%) Apache
5 3 (0.63%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.21%) MTS
Applications
1 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Mozilla Thunderbird
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
1 210 (43.75%) Azure
2 107 (22.29%) AWS
3 68 (14.17%) Entra ID
4 59 (12.29%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (7.92%) GCP
6 33 (6.88%) GitHub
7 29 (6.04%) IaaS
8 27 (5.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 26 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (5.21%) SaaS
11 22 (4.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 22 (4.58%) PaaS
12 21 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
12 21 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (3.75%) Serverless
14 17 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (3.13%) Amazon S3
16 14 (2.92%) Azure Sentinel
16 14 (2.92%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 147 (30.63%) VPN
2 146 (30.42%) Network Security
3 130 (27.08%) WAN
4 121 (25.21%) DNS
5 83 (17.29%) BGP
6 72 (15.00%) TCP/IP
7 70 (14.58%) LAN
8 62 (12.92%) VLAN
9 56 (11.67%) DHCP
10 45 (9.38%) OSPF
11 44 (9.17%) Wireless
12 37 (7.71%) SD-WAN
12 37 (7.71%) Wi-Fi
13 32 (6.67%) Multicast
14 26 (5.42%) MPLS
15 24 (5.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 23 (4.79%) Cisco IOS
16 23 (4.79%) NGFW
17 21 (4.38%) Cisco ISE
18 20 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.08%) Power BI
4 9 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.67%) Amazon Aurora
5 8 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.83%) Db2
7 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.63%) Big Data
7 3 (0.63%) Metadata
7 3 (0.63%) MySQL
8 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.42%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
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 (5.83%) Git
2 25 (5.21%) JIRA
3 22 (4.58%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.08%) GitLab
5 7 (1.46%) Artifactory
6 6 (1.25%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.63%) MSI
7 3 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.42%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.21%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 107 (22.29%) Social Skills
2 86 (17.92%) Finance
3 51 (10.63%) Banking
4 50 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (9.17%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.96%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.54%) Local Government
9 13 (2.71%) Financial Institution
10 11 (2.29%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.29%) Retail
11 10 (2.08%) Legal
12 9 (1.88%) Front Office
13 8 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.04%) Law
14 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.83%) Automotive
15 4 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 161 (33.54%) Network Engineer
2 74 (15.42%) Senior
3 50 (10.42%) Architect
4 41 (8.54%) Azure Engineer
5 40 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 37 (7.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (6.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (6.46%) DevOps Engineer
8 31 (6.46%) Senior Network Engineer
9 27 (5.63%) Consultant
9 27 (5.63%) Network Security Engineer
10 25 (5.21%) Cisco Engineer
11 24 (5.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 22 (4.58%) Network Architect
13 19 (3.96%) Analyst
13 19 (3.96%) Security Architect
14 18 (3.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
16 13 (2.71%) Firewall Engineer
16 13 (2.71%) Network Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (21.46%) Terraform
2 15 (3.13%) 802.1X
3 10 (2.08%) OpenID
3 10 (2.08%) SAML
4 9 (1.88%) Middleware
5 8 (1.67%) LDAP
5 8 (1.67%) REST
6 7 (1.46%) OAuth
7 6 (1.25%) ARM Templates
8 5 (1.04%) .NET
8 5 (1.04%) OAuth2
9 4 (0.83%) Jinja
9 4 (0.83%) JSON
10 3 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.42%) LAMP
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
11 2 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (0.42%) RFC 2544
12 1 (0.21%) Web Services
12 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (16.88%) Data Centre
2 32 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 30 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 21 (4.38%) Cloud Native
5 20 (4.17%) PKI
6 16 (3.33%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (2.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 13 (2.71%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.71%) Replication
8 11 (2.29%) Clustering
9 10 (2.08%) IoT
9 10 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.67%) CMDB
11 8 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.67%) Operational Technology
11 8 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
12 7 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (24.38%) Windows
2 65 (13.54%) Linux
3 45 (9.38%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.50%) Ubuntu
6 10 (2.08%) Unix
7 8 (1.67%) Amazon Linux
8 7 (1.46%) VMS
9 5 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.63%) SUSE
11 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.21%) Android
13 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (18.75%) DevOps
2 83 (17.29%) Migration
3 82 (17.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 72 (15.00%) CI/CD
5 65 (13.54%) ITIL
6 63 (13.13%) Cybersecurity
7 59 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 56 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (11.67%) Project Delivery
9 55 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 54 (11.25%) Agile
11 52 (10.83%) Zero Trust
12 50 (10.42%) Load Balancing
13 48 (10.00%) Cloud Security
14 42 (8.75%) Change Management
14 42 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (8.75%) Incident Response
14 42 (8.75%) SIEM
15 41 (8.54%) High Availability
16 38 (7.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 100 (20.83%) Python
2 76 (15.83%) PowerShell
3 42 (8.75%) Bash
4 16 (3.33%) SQL
5 14 (2.92%) Bicep
6 9 (1.88%) Groovy
6 9 (1.88%) Java
7 8 (1.67%) Perl
8 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.63%) C++
10 2 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.21%) C
11 1 (0.21%) Go
11 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.25%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (14.58%) CCNP
4 67 (13.96%) SC Cleared
5 45 (9.38%) Degree
6 36 (7.50%) Azure Certification
7 21 (4.38%) CISSP
8 19 (3.96%) CCNA
9 18 (3.75%) DV Cleared
10 17 (3.54%) CCIE
11 16 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (2.71%) CISM
14 12 (2.50%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.25%) CCSE
15 6 (1.25%) JNCIP
15 6 (1.25%) JNCIS
16 4 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.83%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (3.75%) NIST
2 15 (3.13%) SLA
3 13 (2.71%) GDPR
4 9 (1.88%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.46%) QA
6 6 (1.25%) NIST 800
7 5 (1.04%) NCSC
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.63%) GRC
9 2 (0.42%) COBIT
9 2 (0.42%) GMP
9 2 (0.42%) GxP
9 2 (0.42%) PMO
10 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 76 (15.83%) Active Directory
2 39 (8.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (5.83%) Docker
4 21 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (2.92%) Hyper-V
7 8 (1.67%) BitLocker
7 8 (1.67%) Squid
7 8 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.46%) Firmware
8 7 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (1.46%) vSphere
9 5 (1.04%) NFS
9 5 (1.04%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.83%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.63%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 2 (0.42%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.42%) Dovecot
12 2 (0.42%) Postfix
13 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 72 (15.00%) Ansible
2 47 (9.79%) FortiGate
3 43 (8.96%) Kubernetes
4 37 (7.71%) Grafana
5 35 (7.29%) Prometheus
6 33 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 26 (5.42%) SCCM
8 14 (2.92%) Puppet
9 13 (2.71%) vCenter Server
10 11 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.46%) Cisco Prime
11 7 (1.46%) systemd
11 7 (1.46%) vMotion
11 7 (1.46%) WSUS
12 5 (1.04%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.83%) Nessus
13 4 (0.83%) Suricata
13 4 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 4 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 185 (38.54%) Cisco
2 130 (27.08%) Microsoft
3 122 (25.42%) Palo Alto
4 94 (19.58%) Fortinet
5 54 (11.25%) F5
6 53 (11.04%) VMware
7 43 (8.96%) CheckPoint
8 41 (8.54%) Juniper
9 34 (7.08%) Zscaler
10 33 (6.88%) Arista
11 27 (5.63%) Splunk
12 24 (5.00%) Citrix
13 23 (4.79%) ServiceNow
14 22 (4.58%) Google
15 20 (4.17%) Dynatrace
16 17 (3.54%) Meraki
17 16 (3.33%) AppDynamics
18 15 (3.13%) Aruba
19 14 (2.92%) Infoblox
20 13 (2.71%) Tenable