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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 59 71
Rank change year-on-year -66 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 411 493 551
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.28% 3.98% 3.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.32% 37.66% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 286 341
10th Percentile £381 £325 £300
25th Percentile £431 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £743
England median daily rate £500 £515 £508
% change year-on-year -2.91% +1.48% -5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £13.08
25th Percentile £36.25 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £23.80
75th Percentile £38.75 - £25.00
90th Percentile - - £56.50
England median hourly rate £52.36 £14.73 £66.75
% change year-on-year +255.59% -77.94% +7.66%

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 1,309 1,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.79% 10.56% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 833 1,114
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £409 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £618
90th Percentile £701 £724 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 51
10th Percentile £19.34 £24.21 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.21 £24.66 £16.56
Median hourly rate £26.11 £38.75 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.62% +64.89% -45.35%
75th Percentile £37.25 £50.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +44.62% -27.50% +122.22%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -41 39 £550 - 39
South London 0 19 £519 +3.71% 1
West London -35 3 £375 -6.25% 11
East London -13 1 £719 +22.91% 3
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 25 (6.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.14%) Confluence
3 12 (2.92%) SharePoint
4 10 (2.43%) nginx
5 3 (0.73%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) MTS
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 178 (43.31%) Azure
2 100 (24.33%) AWS
3 56 (13.63%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (12.65%) Entra ID
5 48 (11.68%) GCP
6 34 (8.27%) GitHub
7 32 (7.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 26 (6.33%) IaaS
9 25 (6.08%) GitHub Actions
10 22 (5.35%) SaaS
11 21 (5.11%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (5.11%) PaaS
12 18 (4.38%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (4.38%) Amazon S3
12 18 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
12 18 (4.38%) Serverless
13 16 (3.89%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (3.65%) Route 53
15 14 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 132 (32.12%) Network Security
2 123 (29.93%) VPN
3 103 (25.06%) WAN
4 88 (21.41%) DNS
5 73 (17.76%) BGP
6 58 (14.11%) OSPF
7 57 (13.87%) LAN
8 53 (12.90%) TCP/IP
9 43 (10.46%) SD-WAN
9 43 (10.46%) VLAN
10 34 (8.27%) DHCP
11 31 (7.54%) MPLS
12 30 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
13 28 (6.81%) Multicast
14 21 (5.11%) Wireless
15 20 (4.87%) NGFW
16 19 (4.62%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (4.14%) Cisco Nexus
17 17 (4.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 16 (3.89%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.89%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.70%) Power BI
4 6 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.97%) MySQL
5 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.73%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.73%) Metadata
6 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.24%) DB2
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) Redis
8 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (5.84%) JIRA
2 21 (5.11%) Git
3 20 (4.87%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.19%) GitLab
5 8 (1.95%) Artifactory
6 7 (1.70%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.70%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.46%) Chocolatey
8 4 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 90 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 65 (15.82%) Finance
3 41 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.79%) Documentation Skills
5 30 (7.30%) Banking
6 29 (7.06%) Public Sector
7 14 (3.41%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.92%) Legal
8 12 (2.92%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.95%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.95%) Local Government
9 8 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.70%) Front Office
10 7 (1.70%) Law
10 7 (1.70%) Retail
11 5 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.97%) Military
12 4 (0.97%) Police
12 4 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 110 (26.76%) Network Engineer
2 65 (15.82%) Architect
3 55 (13.38%) Senior
4 41 (9.98%) Azure Engineer
4 41 (9.98%) Security Engineer
5 24 (5.84%) Cloud Engineer
6 23 (5.60%) Network Security Engineer
7 22 (5.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (4.87%) Senior Network Engineer
8 20 (4.87%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 15 (3.65%) Integration Engineer
10 14 (3.41%) Network Architect
10 14 (3.41%) Security Architect
11 13 (3.16%) Site Engineer
12 12 (2.92%) Analyst
12 12 (2.92%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (2.68%) Cisco Engineer
13 11 (2.68%) Consultant
13 11 (2.68%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.14%) OpenID
2 13 (3.16%) LDAP
3 8 (1.95%) SAML
4 6 (1.46%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.46%) OAuth
5 5 (1.22%) Middleware
5 5 (1.22%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.97%) HTML
6 4 (0.97%) Jinja
6 4 (0.97%) VML
7 3 (0.73%) .NET
7 3 (0.73%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.73%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.73%) CSS
7 3 (0.73%) JSON
7 3 (0.73%) LAMP
7 3 (0.73%) REST
7 3 (0.73%) Web Services
7 3 (0.73%) XML
8 2 (0.49%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 58 (14.11%) Data Centre
2 26 (6.33%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.11%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.14%) Security Posture
5 16 (3.89%) PKI
6 15 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.92%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.92%) Replication
8 11 (2.68%) Clustering
9 9 (2.19%) Enterprise Storage
10 8 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.95%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.70%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.70%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.46%) IoT
13 5 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 4 (0.97%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 91 (22.14%) Windows
2 41 (9.98%) Linux
3 40 (9.73%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.14%) VMS
5 7 (1.70%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.22%) Unix
7 4 (0.97%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.73%) Amazon Linux
8 3 (0.73%) SUSE
9 2 (0.49%) Android
9 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (21.41%) DevOps
2 80 (19.46%) Migration
3 75 (18.25%) CI/CD
4 74 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 62 (15.09%) Cybersecurity
6 57 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (13.38%) Load Balancing
8 54 (13.14%) ITIL
9 51 (12.41%) Agile
10 42 (10.22%) Validation
11 40 (9.73%) Cloud Security
12 37 (9.00%) Project Delivery
13 35 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (8.52%) Runbook
13 35 (8.52%) SIEM
14 33 (8.03%) Zero Trust
15 32 (7.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 31 (7.54%) Mentoring
16 31 (7.54%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 29 (7.06%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 69 (16.79%) Python
2 63 (15.33%) PowerShell
3 29 (7.06%) Bash
4 16 (3.89%) SQL
5 9 (2.19%) Bicep
6 7 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.46%) Java
7 6 (1.46%) Perl
8 4 (0.97%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.73%) Groovy
10 2 (0.49%) PHP
11 1 (0.24%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.24%) C++
11 1 (0.24%) Go
11 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (24.82%) Security Cleared
2 79 (19.22%) SC Cleared
3 67 (16.30%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (13.14%) CCNP
5 33 (8.03%) Azure Certification
6 25 (6.08%) Degree
7 22 (5.35%) DV Cleared
8 20 (4.87%) CCIE
9 16 (3.89%) CCNA
10 15 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (3.16%) AWS Certification
11 13 (3.16%) CISSP
12 8 (1.95%) CCSE
12 8 (1.95%) CISM
13 7 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (1.22%) JNCIP
16 4 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.97%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.87%) GDPR
2 17 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (3.89%) NIST
4 14 (3.41%) SLA
5 9 (2.19%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.70%) QA
7 5 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.22%) NCSC
8 3 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.73%) GRC
8 3 (0.73%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.49%) GMP
9 2 (0.49%) GxP
9 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.49%) PMO
10 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 75 (18.25%) Active Directory
2 43 (10.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.35%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (4.62%) Docker
5 16 (3.89%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (3.89%) VMware NSX
6 15 (3.65%) Hyper-V
7 14 (3.41%) Squid
8 13 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (2.19%) BitLocker
10 8 (1.95%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (1.70%) vSphere
12 6 (1.46%) Firmware
13 2 (0.49%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 2 (0.49%) NFS
13 2 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.24%) Lustre
14 1 (0.24%) Samba
14 1 (0.24%) Snort
14 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 99 (24.09%) Terraform
2 64 (15.57%) Ansible
3 51 (12.41%) Kubernetes
4 37 (9.00%) FortiGate
5 34 (8.27%) Grafana
6 31 (7.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 30 (7.30%) Prometheus
8 18 (4.38%) SCCM
9 14 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (2.68%) vCenter Server
11 10 (2.43%) Puppet
12 9 (2.19%) Consul
13 8 (1.95%) vMotion
14 7 (1.70%) QRadar
15 5 (1.22%) Suricata
16 4 (0.97%) Progress Chef
16 4 (0.97%) vRealize Orchestrator
16 4 (0.97%) VxRail
16 4 (0.97%) WSUS
17 3 (0.73%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 134 (32.60%) Cisco
2 113 (27.49%) Microsoft
3 110 (26.76%) Palo Alto
4 71 (17.27%) Fortinet
5 54 (13.14%) VMware
6 53 (12.90%) CheckPoint
7 47 (11.44%) F5
8 33 (8.03%) Juniper
9 29 (7.06%) Arista
10 27 (6.57%) Zscaler
11 23 (5.60%) Google
12 22 (5.35%) Aruba
12 22 (5.35%) Citrix
13 21 (5.11%) Dynatrace
14 17 (4.14%) ServiceNow
15 16 (3.89%) Splunk
16 15 (3.65%) NetApp
17 13 (3.16%) Meraki
18 12 (2.92%) AppDynamics
19 11 (2.68%) Infoblox