Firewall Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Firewall
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Firewall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 53 43
Rank change year-on-year -38 -10 -12
Contract jobs citing Firewall 753 677 727
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 2.66% 4.22% 4.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.67% 31.40% 28.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 413 399
10th Percentile £339 £293 £287
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £645
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 22 18
10th Percentile £21.08 £18.51 £19.55
25th Percentile £33.70 £29.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £66.35 £31.39 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.39% +25.54% -62.48%
75th Percentile £70.80 £69.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £98.82 £89.63 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £30.00 £25.65
% change year-on-year +124.90% +16.96% -61.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,933 2,156 2,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.36% 13.44% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,620 1,395 1,371
10th Percentile £213 £191 £200
25th Percentile £351 £300 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £583
90th Percentile £650 £648 £651
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 136 141
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.42 £16.30
25th Percentile £19.19 £17.74 £26.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £41.48 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.31% -21.00% -7.06%
75th Percentile £65.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year -4.41% -29.98% -13.90%

Firewall Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Firewall job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Firewall Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firewall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firewall

Firewall Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firewall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Firewall

Firewall Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Firewall in the UK excluding London

Firewall Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
North of England -4 279 £500 +2.83% 136
North West +5 165 £511 +7.47% 86
South East -51 159 £523 +4.50% 186
South West -4 97 £568 +17.92% 99
Midlands -62 96 £468 -1.47% 94
Yorkshire -32 92 £500 +2.56% 32
West Midlands -75 71 £450 -5.26% 65
East of England -11 66 £600 +19.70% 55
Scotland -26 59 £400 -17.95% 58
North East -17 29 £500 -13.04% 19
East Midlands -3 25 £500 +6.16% 29
Wales -19 3 £608 +203.75% 11
Channel Islands -6 2 £600 -17.24% 2
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Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1DNS31.6%238
2Network Security29.1%219
3VPN28.4%214
4WAN24.3%183
5DHCP20.3%153
6LAN20.2%152
7TCP/IP19.3%145
8BGP16.7%126
9VLAN16.2%122
10Wireless16.1%121
11OSPF14.2%107
12Wi-Fi10.1%76
13SD-WAN10.0%75
14BIG-IP7.4%56
15Cisco ASA7.2%54
16F5 BIG-IP LTM6.4%48
17IPsec6.2%47
17SSL6.2%47
19MPLS5.8%44
20Cisco Nexus5.7%43
653 Firewall jobs in the UK excluding London