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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 73 78
Rank change year-on-year -56 +5 -11
Contract jobs citing Firewall 460 482 519
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.26% 3.58% 3.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.93% 36.30% 33.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 292 339
10th Percentile £359 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.63% -1.82%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £644
90th Percentile £660 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 6
10th Percentile £52.40 - -
25th Percentile £59.06 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £77.50 £30.00 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year +158.33% +25.05% -63.09%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £32.30
90th Percentile £102.50 - £47.50
England median hourly rate £67.47 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +124.90% +9.09% -58.32%

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 1,647 1,328 1,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.10% 9.85% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 847 988
10th Percentile £294 £282 £256
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £638
90th Percentile £715 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 35 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.63 £23.04
25th Percentile £22.50 - £23.99
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £95.00 £42.38 £55.88
90th Percentile £155.03 £60.35 £66.38
England median hourly rate £44.25 £39.66 £57.35
% change year-on-year +11.57% -30.85% +1.52%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -21 80 £528 -1.59% 69
South London -11 18 £525 -4.55% 11
West London -48 11 £538 +26.47% 13
East London -2 4 £500 -14.53% 9
North London - 1 £650 - 1
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 20 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.61%) Confluence
4 3 (0.65%) nginx
5 2 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.22%) MTS
Applications
1 10 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 2 (0.43%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 196 (42.61%) Azure
2 100 (21.74%) AWS
3 68 (14.78%) Entra ID
4 50 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (6.52%) GitHub
6 25 (5.43%) GCP
7 24 (5.22%) IaaS
7 24 (5.22%) SaaS
8 23 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (5.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 20 (4.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 19 (4.13%) Amazon EC2
11 18 (3.91%) PaaS
12 16 (3.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (3.26%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (3.04%) Serverless
15 13 (2.83%) Amazon S3
16 12 (2.61%) Datadog
17 11 (2.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 146 (31.74%) Network Security
2 134 (29.13%) VPN
3 119 (25.87%) WAN
4 108 (23.48%) DNS
5 73 (15.87%) BGP
6 70 (15.22%) LAN
7 68 (14.78%) TCP/IP
8 55 (11.96%) VLAN
9 53 (11.52%) DHCP
10 48 (10.43%) Wireless
11 41 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (8.04%) SD-WAN
13 33 (7.17%) OSPF
14 26 (5.65%) Multicast
15 24 (5.22%) MPLS
15 24 (5.22%) NGFW
16 21 (4.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 21 (4.57%) Internet
17 19 (4.13%) Cisco ISE
18 17 (3.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.26%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.83%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.17%) Power BI
4 8 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.87%) Db2
7 3 (0.65%) Big Data
7 3 (0.65%) Metadata
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.22%) MySQL
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 26 (5.65%) Git
2 22 (4.78%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.35%) JIRA
4 11 (2.39%) GitLab
5 8 (1.74%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.87%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.65%) MSI
8 2 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.43%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 108 (23.48%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.26%) Finance
3 54 (11.74%) Banking
4 45 (9.78%) Public Sector
5 43 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (4.13%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.26%) Local Government
9 12 (2.61%) Retail
10 10 (2.17%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.96%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.96%) Legal
12 7 (1.52%) Front Office
13 6 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.30%) Law
13 6 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.87%) Automotive
15 4 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 164 (35.65%) Network Engineer
2 65 (14.13%) Senior
3 46 (10.00%) Architect
4 44 (9.57%) Security Engineer
5 37 (8.04%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (7.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.96%) Azure Engineer
7 32 (6.96%) Network Security Engineer
8 31 (6.74%) Consultant
8 31 (6.74%) DevOps Engineer
9 30 (6.52%) Senior Network Engineer
10 24 (5.22%) Cisco Engineer
11 23 (5.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 23 (5.00%) Network Architect
12 21 (4.57%) Security Architect
13 19 (4.13%) Firewall Engineer
14 17 (3.70%) Lead
14 17 (3.70%) Project Manager
15 16 (3.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.26%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (21.74%) Terraform
2 14 (3.04%) 802.1X
3 12 (2.61%) OpenID
4 11 (2.39%) SAML
5 9 (1.96%) OAuth
5 9 (1.96%) REST
6 6 (1.30%) LDAP
6 6 (1.30%) Middleware
6 6 (1.30%) OAuth2
7 4 (0.87%) JSON
8 3 (0.65%) .NET
8 3 (0.65%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.43%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.43%) Kafka
9 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.43%) OpenTelemetry
9 2 (0.43%) RFC 2544
9 2 (0.43%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 78 (16.96%) Data Centre
2 31 (6.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 31 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.13%) PKI
3 19 (4.13%) Security Posture
4 18 (3.91%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 12 (2.61%) IoT
6 11 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.17%) CMDB
7 10 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.17%) Replication
8 9 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
8 9 (1.96%) Operational Technology
9 8 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.74%) Digital Signage
9 8 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.52%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 107 (23.26%) Windows
2 56 (12.17%) Linux
3 41 (8.91%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.61%) Unix
5 10 (2.17%) Ubuntu
6 8 (1.74%) Amazon Linux
6 8 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.65%) VMS
8 3 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.43%) Android
9 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.22%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (19.78%) Migration
2 80 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 79 (17.17%) DevOps
4 69 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 64 (13.91%) Cybersecurity
6 63 (13.70%) ITIL
7 62 (13.48%) CI/CD
8 57 (12.39%) Project Delivery
9 56 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 54 (11.74%) Zero Trust
11 50 (10.87%) Change Management
11 50 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
12 46 (10.00%) Agile
12 46 (10.00%) Cloud Security
13 44 (9.57%) Incident Response
13 44 (9.57%) Load Balancing
14 39 (8.48%) SIEM
15 37 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (7.39%) Observability
17 33 (7.17%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.09%) Python
2 73 (15.87%) PowerShell
3 42 (9.13%) Bash
4 15 (3.26%) Bicep
5 13 (2.83%) SQL
6 10 (2.17%) Java
7 9 (1.96%) Groovy
8 6 (1.30%) Perl
9 4 (0.87%) C++
10 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.22%) C
11 1 (0.22%) C#
11 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.22%) Korn
11 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.22%) VB
11 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 88 (19.13%) Security Cleared
2 69 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 60 (13.04%) CCNP
4 39 (8.48%) Degree
5 29 (6.30%) Azure Certification
6 23 (5.00%) CISSP
7 16 (3.48%) CCNA
7 16 (3.48%) CISM
7 16 (3.48%) DV Cleared
8 14 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (2.61%) AWS Certification
10 12 (2.61%) CCIE
11 10 (2.17%) PMI Certification
11 10 (2.17%) PMP
12 6 (1.30%) CCSE
12 6 (1.30%) JNCIP
12 6 (1.30%) JNCIS
12 6 (1.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (4.35%) NIST
3 12 (2.61%) SLA
4 9 (1.96%) NIST 800
5 8 (1.74%) GDPR
5 8 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.30%) QA
8 5 (1.09%) NCSC
9 4 (0.87%) COBIT
10 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.65%) GRC
11 2 (0.43%) GMP
11 2 (0.43%) GxP
11 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.43%) PMO
12 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (16.96%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (5.43%) Docker
4 15 (3.26%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.52%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.52%) Squid
8 5 (1.09%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.87%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.87%) NFS
9 4 (0.87%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.65%) Firmware
10 3 (0.65%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.65%) vSphere
11 2 (0.43%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.43%) Dovecot
11 2 (0.43%) Postfix
12 1 (0.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 66 (14.35%) Ansible
2 45 (9.78%) FortiGate
3 39 (8.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (7.61%) Kubernetes
5 32 (6.96%) Grafana
6 30 (6.52%) Prometheus
7 23 (5.00%) SCCM
8 13 (2.83%) Puppet
9 9 (1.96%) Cisco Prime
10 8 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (1.52%) systemd
11 7 (1.52%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.30%) Nessus
13 5 (1.09%) WSUS
14 4 (0.87%) CA Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.87%) Suricata
14 4 (0.87%) vMotion
15 3 (0.65%) ITRS Geneos
15 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 180 (39.13%) Cisco
2 127 (27.61%) Palo Alto
3 115 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 97 (21.09%) Fortinet
5 46 (10.00%) F5
6 44 (9.57%) VMware
7 40 (8.70%) Zscaler
8 38 (8.26%) CheckPoint
9 36 (7.83%) Juniper
10 27 (5.87%) Splunk
11 23 (5.00%) Arista
12 20 (4.35%) Meraki
13 19 (4.13%) ServiceNow
14 17 (3.70%) Citrix
14 17 (3.70%) Dynatrace
14 17 (3.70%) Google
15 15 (3.26%) Aruba
16 14 (3.04%) AppDynamics
17 11 (2.39%) Infoblox
17 11 (2.39%) Tenable