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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 61 69
Rank change year-on-year -54 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing Firewall 421 489 566
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 3.87% 3.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.03% 37.50% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 301 352
10th Percentile £376 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £516
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.69% -12.87%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £639
90th Percentile £675 £695 £775
England median daily rate £513 £521 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% +4.10% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £12.75
25th Percentile £36.25 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £24.50
75th Percentile £38.75 - £42.50
90th Percentile - - £60.00
England median hourly rate £48.72 £16.60 £68.25
% change year-on-year +193.49% -75.68% +10.08%

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 1,304 1,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.11% 10.32% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 906 852 1,168
10th Percentile £300 £265 £206
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 65
10th Percentile £20.23 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.84 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.07% +93.18% -42.11%
75th Percentile £33.90 £51.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £84.50 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £46.25 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +23.33% -6.25% +110.91%

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 April 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 11 April 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 -50 41 £550 - 31
South London -3 18 £519 +6.92% 2
East London -7 3 £719 +22.91% 2
West London -36 2 £425 +6.25% 10
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 31 (7.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.85%) Confluence
4 10 (2.38%) nginx
5 3 (0.71%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 186 (44.18%) Azure
2 98 (23.28%) AWS
3 69 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (12.35%) Entra ID
5 51 (12.11%) GCP
6 31 (7.36%) GitHub
7 30 (7.13%) SaaS
8 28 (6.65%) IaaS
9 27 (6.41%) PaaS
10 26 (6.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 24 (5.70%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (4.99%) Serverless
15 18 (4.28%) Azure Sentinel
16 17 (4.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 16 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
18 15 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
18 15 (3.56%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 132 (31.35%) Network Security
2 126 (29.93%) VPN
3 107 (25.42%) WAN
4 88 (20.90%) DNS
5 75 (17.81%) BGP
6 65 (15.44%) LAN
7 59 (14.01%) OSPF
8 51 (12.11%) TCP/IP
9 47 (11.16%) SD-WAN
10 38 (9.03%) DHCP
10 38 (9.03%) VLAN
11 37 (8.79%) MPLS
11 37 (8.79%) Wi-Fi
12 27 (6.41%) Multicast
13 24 (5.70%) Cisco ASA
14 21 (4.99%) Cisco IOS
15 19 (4.51%) Wireless
16 18 (4.28%) Cisco Nexus
16 18 (4.28%) NGFW
17 17 (4.04%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (2.61%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.95%) Data Lake
3 4 (0.95%) MySQL
3 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
4 3 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.71%) Power BI
5 2 (0.48%) Data Vault
5 2 (0.48%) Metadata
6 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) DB2
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (4.75%) Git
1 20 (4.75%) JIRA
2 19 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.38%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.90%) GitLab
5 7 (1.66%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.43%) Chocolatey
7 5 (1.19%) Artifactory
7 5 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.24%) Postman
General
1 104 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 71 (16.86%) Finance
3 43 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.08%) Documentation Skills
5 31 (7.36%) Banking
6 27 (6.41%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.80%) Financial Institution
8 14 (3.33%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.61%) Legal
9 11 (2.61%) Local Government
10 10 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.66%) Front Office
11 7 (1.66%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.66%) Law
12 6 (1.43%) Retail
13 5 (1.19%) Spanish Language
14 4 (0.95%) Military
15 3 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 104 (24.70%) Network Engineer
2 70 (16.63%) Architect
3 54 (12.83%) Senior
4 41 (9.74%) Azure Engineer
4 41 (9.74%) Security Engineer
5 23 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (4.75%) Network Architect
6 20 (4.75%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 17 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
7 17 (4.04%) Network Security Engineer
8 16 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
9 15 (3.56%) Analyst
9 15 (3.56%) Security Architect
9 15 (3.56%) Senior Network Engineer
10 14 (3.33%) Consultant
10 14 (3.33%) Integration Engineer
10 14 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (3.33%) Site Engineer
11 12 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.61%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.28%) OpenID
2 13 (3.09%) LDAP
3 11 (2.61%) SAML
4 7 (1.66%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.43%) XML
6 5 (1.19%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.19%) JSON
6 5 (1.19%) Middleware
6 5 (1.19%) REST
7 4 (0.95%) HTML
7 4 (0.95%) Jinja
7 4 (0.95%) VML
8 3 (0.71%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.71%) CSS
8 3 (0.71%) LAMP
8 3 (0.71%) Node.js
8 3 (0.71%) OAuth
8 3 (0.71%) Regular Expression
8 3 (0.71%) Web Services
9 2 (0.48%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.91%) Data Centre
2 26 (6.18%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.75%) PKI
4 19 (4.51%) Onboarding
4 19 (4.51%) Security Posture
5 16 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.61%) Clustering
6 11 (2.61%) Replication
7 10 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.14%) Enterprise Storage
8 9 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.14%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.90%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.43%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.43%) IoT
12 5 (1.19%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
12 5 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (0.95%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 96 (22.80%) Windows
2 42 (9.98%) Windows Server
3 41 (9.74%) Linux
4 18 (4.28%) VMS
5 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.43%) Unix
7 4 (0.95%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.71%) Android
8 3 (0.71%) SUSE
9 2 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (21.14%) DevOps
2 82 (19.48%) Migration
3 73 (17.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 72 (17.10%) CI/CD
5 70 (16.63%) Cybersecurity
6 65 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (13.30%) Load Balancing
8 54 (12.83%) ITIL
9 48 (11.40%) Agile
10 42 (9.98%) Cloud Security
11 41 (9.74%) SIEM
12 39 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 35 (8.31%) Validation
14 34 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (7.84%) Incident Response
15 33 (7.84%) Project Delivery
16 32 (7.60%) Change Management
16 32 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (7.60%) Mentoring
17 31 (7.36%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 69 (16.39%) PowerShell
2 64 (15.20%) Python
3 24 (5.70%) Bash
4 19 (4.51%) SQL
5 11 (2.61%) Bicep
6 8 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (1.19%) Perl
8 4 (0.95%) Java
8 4 (0.95%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.48%) PHP
9 2 (0.48%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 99 (23.52%) Security Cleared
2 69 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 65 (15.44%) Cisco Certification
4 53 (12.59%) CCNP
5 32 (7.60%) Degree
6 31 (7.36%) Azure Certification
7 25 (5.94%) DV Cleared
8 23 (5.46%) CCIE
9 22 (5.23%) CCNA
10 18 (4.28%) CISSP
11 12 (2.85%) AWS Certification
12 11 (2.61%) CISM
13 10 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.90%) JNCIP
15 7 (1.66%) CCSE
15 7 (1.66%) CEH
15 7 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (1.66%) GIAC
16 6 (1.43%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.46%) GDPR
2 20 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (4.28%) NIST
4 16 (3.80%) SLA
5 10 (2.38%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.66%) NCSC
7 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.19%) QA
9 3 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.48%) GRC
10 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.24%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.24%) PMO
11 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (18.53%) Active Directory
2 40 (9.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.46%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (4.28%) Docker
5 17 (4.04%) VMware NSX
6 15 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (3.33%) Hyper-V
8 12 (2.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (2.38%) Squid
10 9 (2.14%) BitLocker
11 8 (1.90%) Microsoft App-V
12 6 (1.43%) Firmware
13 5 (1.19%) vSphere
14 3 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.48%) NFS
15 2 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.24%) ProxySG
16 1 (0.24%) Samba
16 1 (0.24%) Snort
Systems Management
1 87 (20.67%) Terraform
2 61 (14.49%) Ansible
3 48 (11.40%) Kubernetes
4 40 (9.50%) FortiGate
5 33 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (5.70%) SCCM
7 21 (4.99%) Grafana
7 21 (4.99%) Prometheus
8 14 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (2.85%) vCenter Server
10 10 (2.38%) Puppet
11 8 (1.90%) Consul
11 8 (1.90%) vMotion
12 6 (1.43%) QRadar
13 5 (1.19%) CASB
13 5 (1.19%) WSUS
14 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.95%) SCOM
14 4 (0.95%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 4 (0.95%) VxRail
Vendors
1 128 (30.40%) Cisco
2 124 (29.45%) Microsoft
3 96 (22.80%) Palo Alto
4 64 (15.20%) Fortinet
5 51 (12.11%) F5
5 51 (12.11%) VMware
6 48 (11.40%) CheckPoint
7 39 (9.26%) Juniper
8 26 (6.18%) Arista
9 25 (5.94%) Citrix
10 24 (5.70%) Aruba
10 24 (5.70%) Zscaler
11 22 (5.23%) Google
12 15 (3.56%) Dynatrace
12 15 (3.56%) NetApp
12 15 (3.56%) Splunk
13 14 (3.33%) ServiceNow
14 13 (3.09%) Tenable
15 12 (2.85%) Meraki
16 11 (2.61%) Red Hat