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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 70 64
Rank change year-on-year -51 -6 +20
Contract jobs citing Firewall 405 460 604
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.56% 3.44% 3.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.43% 34.18% 33.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 285 383
10th Percentile £400 £363 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £629 £638 £675
90th Percentile £686 £704 £775
England median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% -2.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £12.75
25th Percentile £20.18 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.36 £35.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.84% +45.83% -26.15%
75th Percentile £20.53 - £25.00
90th Percentile - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +19.83% -46.95% +43.11%

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 1,331 1,346 1,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.42% 10.07% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 822 1,192
10th Percentile £251 £255 £206
25th Percentile £404 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 71
10th Percentile £20.01 £23.91 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.65 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.31 £33.75 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.01% +43.62% -8.60%
75th Percentile £28.47 £43.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.88 £58.90 £61.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% -22.22% +130.77%

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 February 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 25 February 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 -39 41 £525 -8.70% 38
South London -2 19 £513 +9.04% 12
West London -20 6 £375 -16.67% 9
East London 0 5 £622 +29.58% 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 32 (7.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.44%) Confluence
3 15 (3.70%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.96%) nginx
5 3 (0.74%) Apache
5 3 (0.74%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.49%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.25%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.25%) JBoss
7 1 (0.25%) Traefik
7 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.74%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 191 (47.16%) Azure
2 110 (27.16%) AWS
3 70 (17.28%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (13.83%) GCP
5 51 (12.59%) Entra ID
6 37 (9.14%) GitHub
7 30 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 25 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (5.68%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (5.68%) SaaS
10 21 (5.19%) Amazon S3
10 21 (5.19%) IaaS
10 21 (5.19%) PaaS
11 19 (4.69%) Amazon EC2
12 18 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (4.20%) Route 53
14 15 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (3.70%) Serverless
15 12 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 122 (30.12%) Network Security
2 121 (29.88%) VPN
3 97 (23.95%) WAN
4 82 (20.25%) DNS
5 64 (15.80%) LAN
6 58 (14.32%) BGP
7 51 (12.59%) TCP/IP
8 50 (12.35%) SD-WAN
9 47 (11.60%) OSPF
10 43 (10.62%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (8.15%) DHCP
11 33 (8.15%) MPLS
12 29 (7.16%) VLAN
13 23 (5.68%) Wireless
14 21 (5.19%) SSL
15 19 (4.69%) Cisco ASA
15 19 (4.69%) NGFW
16 15 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
16 15 (3.70%) Internet
17 14 (3.46%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.49%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.49%) DB2
7 2 (0.49%) Power BI
7 2 (0.49%) Redis
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.25%) Metadata
8 1 (0.25%) MySQL
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (7.65%) Jenkins
2 24 (5.93%) JIRA
3 22 (5.43%) Git
4 18 (4.44%) GitLab
5 10 (2.47%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.73%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.99%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.74%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.74%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.25%) Maven
9 1 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 105 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 59 (14.57%) Finance
3 33 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (6.91%) Banking
4 28 (6.91%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 20 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.72%) Financial Institution
7 11 (2.72%) Legal
8 10 (2.47%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.73%) Local Government
9 7 (1.73%) Spanish Language
10 5 (1.23%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.23%) Law
10 5 (1.23%) Retail
11 4 (0.99%) Front Office
11 4 (0.99%) Military
12 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.49%) Billing
Job Titles
1 92 (22.72%) Network Engineer
2 79 (19.51%) Architect
3 48 (11.85%) Security Engineer
4 45 (11.11%) Senior
5 33 (8.15%) Azure Engineer
6 26 (6.42%) Security Architect
7 23 (5.68%) DevOps Engineer
8 21 (5.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (5.19%) Network Security Engineer
9 20 (4.94%) Network Architect
10 19 (4.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 16 (3.95%) Consultant
12 15 (3.70%) Analyst
12 15 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (3.21%) Site Engineer
13 13 (3.21%) Technical Architect
14 12 (2.96%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.47%) Cloud Architect
15 10 (2.47%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.46%) LDAP
2 13 (3.21%) OpenID
3 11 (2.72%) SAML
4 7 (1.73%) Middleware
5 6 (1.48%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.48%) XML
6 5 (1.23%) JSON
7 4 (0.99%) ARM Templates
7 4 (0.99%) HTML
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.99%) Regular Expression
7 4 (0.99%) VML
8 3 (0.74%) CSS
8 3 (0.74%) Node.js
8 3 (0.74%) OAuth
8 3 (0.74%) REST
9 2 (0.49%) eBPF
9 2 (0.49%) Kafka
9 2 (0.49%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.07%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.17%) Cloud Native
3 22 (5.43%) Security Posture
4 18 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 18 (4.44%) PKI
5 16 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.46%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.72%) Replication
8 10 (2.47%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.98%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.48%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.23%) Clustering
12 5 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.23%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.99%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.99%) Life Science
13 4 (0.99%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 85 (20.99%) Windows
2 42 (10.37%) Linux
3 38 (9.38%) Windows Server
4 19 (4.69%) VMS
5 10 (2.47%) Unix
6 6 (1.48%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.23%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.74%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.49%) Android
10 2 (0.49%) CentOS
10 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (23.21%) DevOps
2 79 (19.51%) CI/CD
2 79 (19.51%) Infrastructure as Code
3 75 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
4 72 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (17.53%) Migration
6 60 (14.81%) Cloud Security
7 50 (12.35%) SIEM
8 47 (11.60%) Load Balancing
9 46 (11.36%) ITIL
10 45 (11.11%) Agile
10 45 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 41 (10.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 39 (9.63%) Change Management
13 37 (9.14%) Incident Response
14 32 (7.90%) Mentoring
14 32 (7.90%) Project Delivery
14 32 (7.90%) Zero Trust
15 30 (7.41%) High Availability
16 28 (6.91%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.79%) PowerShell
1 68 (16.79%) Python
2 25 (6.17%) Bash
3 23 (5.68%) SQL
4 9 (2.22%) Bicep
5 7 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.99%) Java
6 4 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.99%) Perl
7 3 (0.74%) Groovy
8 2 (0.49%) Ruby
9 1 (0.25%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 91 (22.47%) Security Cleared
2 64 (15.80%) SC Cleared
3 61 (15.06%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (11.85%) CCNP
5 34 (8.40%) Degree
6 28 (6.91%) Azure Certification
7 24 (5.93%) CCNA
7 24 (5.93%) CISSP
8 23 (5.68%) DV Cleared
9 18 (4.44%) AWS Certification
9 18 (4.44%) CCIE
10 14 (3.46%) CISM
11 10 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (2.47%) JNCIP
11 10 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (1.98%) JNCIS
13 7 (1.73%) FFIEC
14 6 (1.48%) CCSE
14 6 (1.48%) CEH
14 6 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (6.67%) NIST
3 23 (5.68%) GDPR
4 12 (2.96%) PCI DSS
5 11 (2.72%) SLA
6 8 (1.98%) GRC
7 7 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.99%) NCSC
10 3 (0.74%) QA
10 3 (0.74%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.49%) GxP
11 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.25%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 79 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 31 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.67%) Docker
4 20 (4.94%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (3.95%) VMware NSX
6 14 (3.46%) Squid
7 9 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.48%) Hyper-V
10 5 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.99%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.99%) Firmware
11 4 (0.99%) Snort
12 3 (0.74%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.74%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.74%) Postfix
12 3 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.25%) Ceph
13 1 (0.25%) iptables
13 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 93 (22.96%) Terraform
2 57 (14.07%) Ansible
3 43 (10.62%) Kubernetes
4 40 (9.88%) FortiGate
5 37 (9.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (5.68%) SCCM
7 20 (4.94%) Grafana
7 20 (4.94%) Prometheus
8 16 (3.95%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.73%) CASB
9 7 (1.73%) Consul
10 6 (1.48%) Nessus
10 6 (1.48%) QRadar
10 6 (1.48%) SCOrch
11 5 (1.23%) Puppet
11 5 (1.23%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.99%) Cisco Prime
12 4 (0.99%) ITRS Geneos
12 4 (0.99%) SCOM
12 4 (0.99%) vMotion
Vendors
1 114 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 111 (27.41%) Cisco
3 87 (21.48%) Palo Alto
4 55 (13.58%) Fortinet
5 47 (11.60%) CheckPoint
6 46 (11.36%) F5
7 39 (9.63%) VMware
8 37 (9.14%) Juniper
9 29 (7.16%) Aruba
9 29 (7.16%) Zscaler
10 25 (6.17%) Splunk
11 21 (5.19%) Citrix
12 20 (4.94%) Google
13 17 (4.20%) ServiceNow
14 16 (3.95%) Meraki
15 13 (3.21%) Tenable
16 12 (2.96%) Dynatrace
16 12 (2.96%) Red Hat
17 10 (2.47%) NetApp
18 9 (2.22%) Oracle