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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 63 70
Rank change year-on-year -57 +7 +11
Contract jobs citing Firewall 410 475 578
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.46% 3.75% 3.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.95% 36.88% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 290 359
10th Percentile £400 £350 £335
25th Percentile £450 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.21%
75th Percentile £606 £610 £650
90th Percentile £675 £688 £775
England median daily rate £515 £515 £500
% change year-on-year - +3.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £21.78 - £12.75
25th Percentile £24.20 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £28.93 £35.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.35% +45.83% -33.33%
75th Percentile £34.20 - £25.00
90th Percentile £36.93 - £60.00
England median hourly rate £42.71 £35.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.01% -46.15% +17.50%

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 1,369 1,288 1,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.22% 10.17% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 890 824 1,163
10th Percentile £278 £263 £205
25th Percentile £409 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +2.04% -10.91%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £613
90th Percentile £700 £734 £745
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 64
10th Percentile £20.09 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.65 £27.47 £18.64
Median hourly rate £25.47 £38.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.84% +75.00% -34.81%
75th Percentile £41.75 £49.06 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.02 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +14.34% +7.69% +71.05%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -46 38 £563 +2.27% 29
South London -8 15 £516 +9.10% 3
East London -9 3 £719 +26.70% 2
West London -29 3 £375 -6.25% 11
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 32 (7.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (3.66%) Confluence
2 15 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.44%) nginx
4 3 (0.73%) Apache
5 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.24%) JBoss
5 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 190 (46.34%) Azure
2 98 (23.90%) AWS
3 74 (18.05%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (14.15%) GCP
5 51 (12.44%) Entra ID
6 37 (9.02%) GitHub
7 28 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (6.59%) IaaS
9 26 (6.34%) PaaS
9 26 (6.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 25 (6.10%) SaaS
11 23 (5.61%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (5.61%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (5.12%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (4.39%) Serverless
14 16 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (3.66%) Amazon S3
15 15 (3.66%) Route 53
16 14 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
16 14 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 129 (31.46%) Network Security
1 129 (31.46%) VPN
2 114 (27.80%) WAN
3 84 (20.49%) DNS
4 71 (17.32%) BGP
5 69 (16.83%) LAN
6 56 (13.66%) OSPF
7 54 (13.17%) TCP/IP
8 53 (12.93%) SD-WAN
9 42 (10.24%) Wi-Fi
10 38 (9.27%) MPLS
11 37 (9.02%) DHCP
12 32 (7.80%) VLAN
13 23 (5.61%) Cisco ASA
13 23 (5.61%) Multicast
13 23 (5.61%) Wireless
14 19 (4.63%) Cisco IOS
15 18 (4.39%) NGFW
16 17 (4.15%) Internet
17 16 (3.90%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
2 12 (2.93%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.98%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.98%) MySQL
4 4 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.73%) Power BI
6 2 (0.49%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.49%) DB2
6 2 (0.49%) Metadata
6 2 (0.49%) Redis
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (6.10%) JIRA
2 24 (5.85%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.63%) Git
4 14 (3.41%) GitLab
5 10 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.71%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.46%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.73%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.24%) Maven
9 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 100 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.07%) Finance
3 43 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.32%) Banking
5 29 (7.07%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (6.34%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.90%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.93%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.68%) Legal
9 11 (2.68%) Local Government
9 11 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.71%) Front Office
10 7 (1.71%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.46%) Spanish Language
12 5 (1.22%) Retail
13 4 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.98%) Law
14 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.49%) Military
Job Titles
1 100 (24.39%) Network Engineer
2 70 (17.07%) Architect
3 51 (12.44%) Senior
4 42 (10.24%) Security Engineer
5 37 (9.02%) Azure Engineer
6 24 (5.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (5.12%) Network Architect
8 20 (4.88%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 17 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
9 17 (4.15%) Network Security Engineer
10 16 (3.90%) Analyst
11 15 (3.66%) Security Architect
12 14 (3.41%) Consultant
12 14 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (3.41%) Site Engineer
13 13 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Integration Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Senior Network Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Technical Architect
15 11 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.17%) LDAP
1 13 (3.17%) OpenID
2 7 (1.71%) 802.1X
3 6 (1.46%) ARM Templates
3 6 (1.46%) SAML
3 6 (1.46%) XML
4 5 (1.22%) JSON
5 4 (0.98%) HTML
5 4 (0.98%) Jinja
5 4 (0.98%) VML
6 3 (0.73%) AWS CDK
6 3 (0.73%) CSS
6 3 (0.73%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.73%) LAMP
6 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (0.73%) Middleware
6 3 (0.73%) Node.js
6 3 (0.73%) OAuth
6 3 (0.73%) REST
6 3 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (15.85%) Data Centre
2 28 (6.83%) Cloud Native
3 21 (5.12%) Security Posture
4 20 (4.88%) Onboarding
4 20 (4.88%) PKI
5 16 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (3.41%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.20%) Replication
9 8 (1.95%) Clustering
9 8 (1.95%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.46%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.46%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.22%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.98%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 92 (22.44%) Windows
2 43 (10.49%) Windows Server
3 35 (8.54%) Linux
4 17 (4.15%) VMS
5 7 (1.71%) Unix
6 6 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.22%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.73%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.49%) Android
10 2 (0.49%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.24%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (22.44%) DevOps
2 79 (19.27%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (18.78%) CI/CD
4 71 (17.32%) Migration
5 69 (16.83%) Cybersecurity
6 66 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (13.41%) ITIL
7 55 (13.41%) Load Balancing
8 53 (12.93%) Agile
9 44 (10.73%) Cloud Security
10 43 (10.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 43 (10.49%) SIEM
11 37 (9.02%) Incident Response
12 36 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 34 (8.29%) Project Delivery
14 33 (8.05%) Change Management
15 31 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (7.56%) Mentoring
16 29 (7.07%) Runbook
17 28 (6.83%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.59%) PowerShell
2 63 (15.37%) Python
3 22 (5.37%) SQL
4 20 (4.88%) Bash
5 11 (2.68%) Bicep
6 9 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.22%) Perl
8 4 (0.98%) Java
8 4 (0.98%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.49%) PHP
9 2 (0.49%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 89 (21.71%) Security Cleared
2 67 (16.34%) Cisco Certification
3 60 (14.63%) SC Cleared
4 52 (12.68%) CCNP
5 37 (9.02%) Degree
6 28 (6.83%) Azure Certification
7 26 (6.34%) DV Cleared
8 23 (5.61%) CCIE
9 22 (5.37%) CCNA
10 21 (5.12%) CISSP
11 13 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (2.93%) AWS Certification
13 11 (2.68%) CISM
13 11 (2.68%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (2.44%) JNCIP
15 9 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (1.95%) JNCIS
17 7 (1.71%) CCSE
18 6 (1.46%) CEH
18 6 (1.46%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.85%) GDPR
2 22 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.39%) NIST
4 16 (3.90%) SLA
5 10 (2.44%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.71%) NCSC
7 4 (0.98%) QA
8 3 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.49%) GRC
9 2 (0.49%) GxP
9 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.49%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.49%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
10 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 80 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 37 (9.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (4.63%) Docker
4 18 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (4.39%) VMware NSX
5 12 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (2.68%) Hyper-V
6 11 (2.68%) Squid
6 11 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.71%) BitLocker
7 7 (1.71%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (1.22%) Firmware
9 3 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.73%) vSphere
10 2 (0.49%) NFS
10 2 (0.49%) Snort
10 2 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.24%) Samba
11 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 94 (22.93%) Terraform
2 63 (15.37%) Ansible
3 46 (11.22%) Kubernetes
4 39 (9.51%) FortiGate
5 35 (8.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (6.10%) SCCM
7 22 (5.37%) Grafana
8 21 (5.12%) Prometheus
9 15 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (2.20%) vCenter Server
11 7 (1.71%) Consul
11 7 (1.71%) Puppet
11 7 (1.71%) vMotion
12 6 (1.46%) CASB
12 6 (1.46%) QRadar
13 5 (1.22%) WSUS
14 4 (0.98%) SCOM
14 4 (0.98%) SCOrch
15 3 (0.73%) Fluentd
15 3 (0.73%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 123 (30.00%) Cisco
1 123 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 90 (21.95%) Palo Alto
3 53 (12.93%) Fortinet
4 48 (11.71%) F5
4 48 (11.71%) VMware
5 45 (10.98%) CheckPoint
6 38 (9.27%) Juniper
7 29 (7.07%) Aruba
8 25 (6.10%) Citrix
8 25 (6.10%) Zscaler
9 24 (5.85%) Google
10 21 (5.12%) Arista
11 16 (3.90%) Splunk
12 15 (3.66%) Dynatrace
12 15 (3.66%) ServiceNow
13 13 (3.17%) Meraki
14 12 (2.93%) NetApp
14 12 (2.93%) Tenable
15 11 (2.68%) Red Hat