Firewall Contracts in West London

Firewall
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 32 42
Rank change year-on-year +19 +10 +4
Contract jobs citing Firewall 18 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 8.57% 3.10% 3.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.03% 17.74% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 14
10th Percentile £315 £250 £249
25th Percentile £338 £436 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £596
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -11.95% +36.44%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £647
90th Percentile £459 - £675
London median daily rate £525 £525 £600
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +12.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - £23.80 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year - -30.51% -
75th Percentile - - £37.38
90th Percentile - - £38.95
London median hourly rate - £23.99 £47.50
% change year-on-year - -49.49% +66.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 58 62 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 27.62% 17.46% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 51 59
10th Percentile £220 £200 £163
25th Percentile £253 £215 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £280 £600
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -53.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £450 £525 £700
90th Percentile £487 £538 £728
London median daily rate £500 £500 £560
% change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 15
10th Percentile £26.43 - £31.25
25th Percentile £30.69 - £37.75
Median hourly rate £37.80 £23.80 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.80% -63.38% +55.69%
75th Percentile £44.90 - £75.00
90th Percentile £49.16 - -
London median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in West London

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Firewall in West London.

Daily rate trend for Firewall in West London

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in West London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in West London

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Firewall in West London.

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in West London

Firewall
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Hillingdon +8 8 £400 -23.81% 2
Hounslow +14 6 £400 +400.00% 1
Wembley -3 1 - - 4
Firewall
London

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) Network Security
2 11 (61.11%) BGP
2 11 (61.11%) VLAN
2 11 (61.11%) VPN
3 10 (55.56%) OSPF
3 10 (55.56%) WAN
4 8 (44.44%) DHCP
4 8 (44.44%) DNS
5 7 (38.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 7 (38.89%) LAN
6 6 (33.33%) EIGRP
6 6 (33.33%) SD-WAN
6 6 (33.33%) SSL
6 6 (33.33%) Wireless
7 5 (27.78%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (27.78%) Cisco Wireless
7 5 (27.78%) DMVPN
7 5 (27.78%) WLAN
8 1 (5.56%) NAS
8 1 (5.56%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Aviation
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Network Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Network Security Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Security Administrator
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Check Point Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Check Point Support
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Network Implementation Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Support
4 1 (5.56%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Support Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Change Management
3 3 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 2 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.11%) High Availability
4 2 (11.11%) Network Architecture
5 1 (5.56%) Analytics
5 1 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.56%) Network Management
5 1 (5.56%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (5.56%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (5.56%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
5 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) Security Patching
5 1 (5.56%) Task Automation
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (44.44%) CCNP
3 7 (38.89%) CCSA
4 3 (16.67%) CCNA
4 3 (16.67%) JNCIA
5 2 (11.11%) CCSE
5 2 (11.11%) JNCIS
6 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Firmware
2 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) CA Spectrum
2 1 (5.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
2 12 (66.67%) Juniper
3 10 (55.56%) CheckPoint
4 7 (38.89%) F5
5 6 (33.33%) SolarWinds
6 5 (27.78%) Meraki
7 1 (5.56%) EMC
7 1 (5.56%) HP
7 1 (5.56%) Mitel
7 1 (5.56%) NetApp
7 1 (5.56%) Veeam
7 1 (5.56%) Veritas
7 1 (5.56%) VMware