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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 78 67
Rank change year-on-year -13 -11 +24
Contract jobs citing Firewall 455 494 672
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.18% 3.17% 3.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.16% 32.35% 32.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 320 464
10th Percentile £377 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £432 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £677
90th Percentile £700 £677 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile £21.16 - £23.05
25th Percentile £22.63 - £42.13
Median hourly rate £25.18 £35.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.06% -41.67% +100.00%
75th Percentile £27.63 - £76.88
90th Percentile £29.05 - £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +27.27% -58.32% +72.00%

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 1,294 1,527 2,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.05% 9.79% 10.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 940 1,382
10th Percentile £306 £256 £214
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £615 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £732 £750
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 12 57
10th Percentile £20.24 £23.73 £18.93
25th Percentile - £29.69 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +40.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £29.31 £45.75 £61.75
90th Percentile £61.78 £80.06 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%

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 11 December 2025.

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 11 December 2025. 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 -18 65 £511 -7.05% 29
West London +18 43 £425 -10.53% 7
South London +10 23 £550 +18.92% 3
East London +1 5 £363 +45.00% 6
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 (5.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.62%) Confluence
3 17 (3.74%) SharePoint
4 10 (2.20%) nginx
5 3 (0.66%) Apache
5 3 (0.66%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.44%) Traefik
6 2 (0.44%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) JBoss
7 1 (0.22%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) ION MarketView
2 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 180 (39.56%) Azure
2 113 (24.84%) AWS
3 67 (14.73%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (12.75%) GCP
5 45 (9.89%) Entra ID
6 26 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 25 (5.49%) GitHub
8 23 (5.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 22 (4.84%) Amazon EC2
9 22 (4.84%) Amazon S3
10 21 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (4.40%) Amazon ELB
11 20 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
12 19 (4.18%) SaaS
13 17 (3.74%) Akamai
14 15 (3.30%) IaaS
15 14 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.86%) PaaS
17 12 (2.64%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 113 (24.84%) VPN
2 110 (24.18%) Network Security
3 103 (22.64%) WAN
4 99 (21.76%) DNS
5 84 (18.46%) LAN
6 76 (16.70%) SD-WAN
7 65 (14.29%) BGP
8 60 (13.19%) Wi-Fi
9 54 (11.87%) OSPF
10 48 (10.55%) Cisco Nexus
11 43 (9.45%) TCP/IP
12 41 (9.01%) DHCP
13 34 (7.47%) SSL
14 32 (7.03%) MPLS
14 32 (7.03%) VLAN
15 25 (5.49%) Wireless
16 23 (5.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 20 (4.40%) Cisco ISE
17 20 (4.40%) HTTP
18 15 (3.30%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.20%) Amazon Aurora
4 7 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.44%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.44%) DB2
7 2 (0.44%) MySQL
7 2 (0.44%) Redis
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.22%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 39 (8.57%) Jenkins
2 36 (7.91%) Git
3 26 (5.71%) JIRA
4 19 (4.18%) GitLab
5 10 (2.20%) Vagrant
6 9 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.32%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.66%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.22%) Maven
General
1 115 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.07%) Finance
3 41 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (9.01%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.81%) Banking
5 23 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (4.62%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.54%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.32%) Local Government
9 6 (1.32%) Retail
9 6 (1.32%) Spanish Language
10 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.10%) Publishing
11 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.88%) Military
12 3 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.66%) Japanese Language
12 3 (0.66%) Law
12 3 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 101 (22.20%) Network Engineer
2 87 (19.12%) Architect
3 56 (12.31%) Security Engineer
4 46 (10.11%) Senior
5 35 (7.69%) Network Architect
6 28 (6.15%) Consultant
6 28 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
6 28 (6.15%) Network Security Engineer
6 28 (6.15%) Platform Engineer
7 27 (5.93%) Analyst
7 27 (5.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (5.71%) Security Architect
9 25 (5.49%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.30%) Project Manager
12 14 (3.08%) Security Analyst
12 14 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.08%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
13 12 (2.64%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.08%) LDAP
2 9 (1.98%) SAML
3 8 (1.76%) JSON
4 7 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.54%) XML
5 6 (1.32%) YAML
6 5 (1.10%) Middleware
6 5 (1.10%) OpenID
6 5 (1.10%) REST
7 4 (0.88%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.88%) Node.js
8 3 (0.66%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.66%) OAuth
8 3 (0.66%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.66%) Rendezvous
8 3 (0.66%) VML
9 2 (0.44%) .NET
9 2 (0.44%) Jinja
9 2 (0.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.82%) Data Centre
2 21 (4.62%) Replication
3 20 (4.40%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.40%) Security Posture
4 16 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.08%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.86%) Operational Technology
8 11 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 10 (2.20%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (1.98%) PKI
11 7 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.32%) Life Science
12 6 (1.32%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.32%) SCADA
12 6 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.10%) IoT
13 5 (1.10%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 102 (22.42%) Windows
2 68 (14.95%) Linux
3 38 (8.35%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.52%) Ubuntu
4 16 (3.52%) VMS
5 14 (3.08%) Unix
6 12 (2.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.20%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.88%) CentOS
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.22%) Android
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (20.22%) DevOps
2 80 (17.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 78 (17.14%) CI/CD
4 75 (16.48%) Cybersecurity
5 71 (15.60%) Cloud Security
6 62 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (12.97%) Migration
8 56 (12.31%) SIEM
9 52 (11.43%) Incident Response
10 49 (10.77%) Agile
10 49 (10.77%) Change Management
11 46 (10.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 43 (9.45%) ITIL
13 41 (9.01%) High Availability
14 38 (8.35%) Load Balancing
15 37 (8.13%) Network Design
15 37 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 36 (7.91%) Information Security
17 34 (7.47%) Security Operations
18 31 (6.81%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 108 (23.74%) Python
2 72 (15.82%) PowerShell
3 42 (9.23%) Bash
4 32 (7.03%) SQL
5 11 (2.42%) Kusto Query Language
6 10 (2.20%) Bicep
6 10 (2.20%) Groovy
7 5 (1.10%) Perl
8 4 (0.88%) Java
9 3 (0.66%) Go
9 3 (0.66%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.44%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.44%) C
10 2 (0.44%) Ruby
10 2 (0.44%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.22%) C++
11 1 (0.22%) PHP
11 1 (0.22%) Rust
11 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (21.10%) Security Cleared
2 77 (16.92%) Cisco Certification
3 70 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 59 (12.97%) CCNP
5 43 (9.45%) Degree
6 32 (7.03%) CISSP
7 29 (6.37%) CCNA
8 24 (5.27%) Azure Certification
9 21 (4.62%) CCIE
10 20 (4.40%) AWS Certification
11 17 (3.74%) CISM
12 15 (3.30%) DV Cleared
13 14 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
14 13 (2.86%) CEH
14 13 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (2.64%) JNCIP
16 10 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
17 8 (1.76%) JNCIE
18 7 (1.54%) FFIEC
18 7 (1.54%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.35%) NIST
2 34 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.74%) GDPR
4 16 (3.52%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.98%) GRC
6 8 (1.76%) SLA
7 7 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.88%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.66%) NCSC
10 3 (0.66%) QA
11 2 (0.44%) GxP
11 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.44%) ITGC
12 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.22%) COBIT
12 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 78 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 50 (10.99%) Docker
3 25 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.52%) Squid
6 10 (2.20%) DFS Replication
6 10 (2.20%) Dovecot
6 10 (2.20%) Postfix
7 9 (1.98%) Firmware
7 9 (1.98%) Hyper-V
8 7 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.32%) Snort
10 5 (1.10%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.66%) KVM
12 2 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.44%) vSphere
13 1 (0.22%) ProxySG
13 1 (0.22%) Samba
Systems Management
1 94 (20.66%) Terraform
2 62 (13.63%) Ansible
3 37 (8.13%) FortiGate
4 28 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (5.93%) Kubernetes
6 23 (5.05%) Grafana
6 23 (5.05%) Prometheus
7 20 (4.40%) SCCM
8 17 (3.74%) Nessus
9 12 (2.64%) CASB
10 10 (2.20%) Proxmox
11 8 (1.76%) ITRS Geneos
11 8 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (1.54%) SCOM
12 7 (1.54%) SCOrch
13 5 (1.10%) Nexpose
13 5 (1.10%) QRadar
13 5 (1.10%) Suricata
14 4 (0.88%) Argo
14 4 (0.88%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 137 (30.11%) Cisco
2 112 (24.62%) Microsoft
3 76 (16.70%) Fortinet
4 74 (16.26%) Palo Alto
5 58 (12.75%) F5
6 50 (10.99%) Juniper
7 46 (10.11%) CheckPoint
8 30 (6.59%) Splunk
8 30 (6.59%) VMware
9 27 (5.93%) Zscaler
10 24 (5.27%) ServiceNow
11 23 (5.05%) Google
12 20 (4.40%) Meraki
13 18 (3.96%) Citrix
13 18 (3.96%) Oracle
14 16 (3.52%) SolarWinds
15 15 (3.30%) Aruba
16 14 (3.08%) Tenable
17 11 (2.42%) Arista
17 11 (2.42%) Red Hat