Firewall Contracts in London

Firewall
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 77 121
Rank change year-on-year +6 +44 +5
Contract jobs citing Firewall 563 866 939
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.16% 3.22% 2.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.98% 32.36% 25.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 617 659
10th Percentile £336 £370 £363
25th Percentile £400 £470 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £533
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.68% +12.11%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £775 £738 £700
England median daily rate £513 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -3.30% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 5
10th Percentile £13.73 £30.40 £25.31
25th Percentile £17.81 £32.31 £26.25
Median hourly rate £23.99 £47.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.49% +66.67% -43.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £70.00 £46.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £82.38 £47.75
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +117.54% +18.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,707 2,676 3,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.59% 9.94% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,881 2,550
10th Percentile £213 £256 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 54 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.07 £20.90
25th Percentile £18.36 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -48.84% +27.41% -25.00%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.88 £48.20
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Firewall in London

Firewall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024. 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 +20 94 £438 -27.08% 31
East London -7 14 £585 -22.00% 6
West London +9 11 £525 -11.95% 8
South London 0 1 £675 +50.00% 6
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 44 (7.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.31%) Confluence
3 11 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.78%) Apache
4 10 (1.78%) nginx
5 7 (1.24%) IIS
6 5 (0.89%) JBoss
6 5 (0.89%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.89%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.53%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.36%) CMS
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.36%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.18%) Endur
4 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 168 (29.84%) Azure
2 103 (18.29%) AWS
3 63 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (8.35%) Entra ID
5 46 (8.17%) IaaS
6 40 (7.10%) SaaS
7 37 (6.57%) GCP
8 29 (5.15%) PaaS
9 20 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (3.20%) Mimecast
11 17 (3.02%) GitHub
12 13 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 13 (2.31%) Nutanix
12 13 (2.31%) Serverless
13 11 (1.95%) Power Platform
14 10 (1.78%) Amazon S3
14 10 (1.78%) Rubrik
15 9 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 123 (21.85%) VPN
2 120 (21.31%) WAN
3 113 (20.07%) DNS
3 113 (20.07%) LAN
4 94 (16.70%) BGP
5 88 (15.63%) Network Security
6 79 (14.03%) OSPF
7 73 (12.97%) MPLS
8 70 (12.43%) Wireless
9 57 (10.12%) DHCP
9 57 (10.12%) IPsec
10 50 (8.88%) TCP/IP
11 43 (7.64%) SD-WAN
12 40 (7.10%) Cisco ASA
13 35 (6.22%) Wi-Fi
14 34 (6.04%) VLAN
15 33 (5.86%) WLAN
16 28 (4.97%) Cisco Nexus
16 28 (4.97%) EIGRP
17 24 (4.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.24%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.89%) MySQL
4 5 (0.89%) RDBMS
4 5 (0.89%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (0.71%) Power BI
6 3 (0.53%) NonStop SQL
6 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.18%) Adabas
7 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.18%) CockroachDB
7 1 (0.18%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) Metadata
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 37 (6.57%) Git
2 28 (4.97%) Jenkins
3 19 (3.37%) JIRA
4 16 (2.84%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.24%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.24%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.71%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.71%) GitLab
7 3 (0.53%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.36%) Postman
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Gradle
9 1 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Subversion
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 138 (24.51%) Finance
2 87 (15.45%) Social Skills
3 54 (9.59%) Banking
4 46 (8.17%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.66%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.78%) Financial Institution
8 10 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.42%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (1.07%) Retail
11 5 (0.89%) French Language
11 5 (0.89%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.71%) German Language
12 4 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.71%) Military
13 3 (0.53%) Legal
13 3 (0.53%) Local Government
13 3 (0.53%) Marketing
13 3 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 169 (30.02%) Network Engineer
2 82 (14.56%) Senior
3 68 (12.08%) Architect
4 41 (7.28%) Senior Network Engineer
5 36 (6.39%) Security Engineer
6 34 (6.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (6.04%) Support Engineer
7 28 (4.97%) Network Specialist
8 26 (4.62%) Analyst
8 26 (4.62%) Operations Engineer
8 26 (4.62%) Security Architect
9 24 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
10 22 (3.91%) Cisco Engineer
10 22 (3.91%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 21 (3.73%) Consultant
12 20 (3.55%) Network Operations Engineer
13 19 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.02%) Lead
15 16 (2.84%) Senior Architect
16 15 (2.66%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.80%) LDAP
2 15 (2.66%) JSON
2 15 (2.66%) SAML
3 13 (2.31%) Node.js
3 13 (2.31%) XML
4 11 (1.95%) NETCONF
4 11 (1.95%) YANG
5 9 (1.60%) Middleware
6 8 (1.42%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.07%) .NET
7 6 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.07%) RESTful
7 6 (1.07%) YAML
8 5 (0.89%) IBM Integration Bus
9 4 (0.71%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.71%) OAuth
9 4 (0.71%) React
9 4 (0.71%) Web Services
10 3 (0.53%) gRPC
10 3 (0.53%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.08%) Data Centre
2 46 (8.17%) PKI
3 28 (4.97%) Video Conferencing
4 18 (3.20%) Virtual Team
5 17 (3.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 17 (3.02%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.66%) Clustering
7 12 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (2.13%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (1.95%) Replication
9 10 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.60%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (1.07%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.07%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.89%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.89%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 146 (25.93%) Windows
2 74 (13.14%) Windows Server
3 71 (12.61%) Linux
4 37 (6.57%) Unix
5 34 (6.04%) Windows 10
6 19 (3.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (3.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (2.13%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.42%) Oracle Linux
10 8 (1.42%) Solaris
11 6 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.89%) Android
12 5 (0.89%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.89%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.89%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.53%) CentOS
14 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.36%) VMS
15 1 (0.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (12.26%) DevOps
2 65 (11.55%) Migration
3 61 (10.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 59 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (10.30%) Disaster Recovery
5 58 (10.30%) Infrastructure as Code
6 57 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
7 56 (9.95%) Cloud Security
8 54 (9.59%) SIEM
9 52 (9.24%) Agile
10 47 (8.35%) Roadmaps
11 40 (7.10%) ITIL
11 40 (7.10%) Load Balancing
12 39 (6.93%) Change Management
12 39 (6.93%) CI/CD
13 33 (5.86%) Data Loss Prevention
13 33 (5.86%) Network Design
14 32 (5.68%) Information Security
15 30 (5.33%) High Availability
16 29 (5.15%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (13.85%) Python
2 62 (11.01%) PowerShell
3 22 (3.91%) Bash
4 20 (3.55%) SQL
5 15 (2.66%) Go
6 11 (1.95%) Java
7 10 (1.78%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.89%) Perl
9 5 (0.89%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.71%) C
10 4 (0.71%) C#
10 4 (0.71%) VBScript
11 3 (0.53%) Ruby
11 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.36%) Bicep
12 2 (0.36%) C++
12 2 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 124 (22.02%) Security Cleared
2 71 (12.61%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (12.61%) DV Cleared
3 62 (11.01%) CCNP
4 57 (10.12%) SC Cleared
5 43 (7.64%) Degree
6 26 (4.62%) CCNA
7 18 (3.20%) CCIE
8 16 (2.84%) CISSP
9 15 (2.66%) Azure Certification
10 12 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.78%) CISM
12 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.24%) CISA
14 6 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.89%) GIAC
15 5 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (4.44%) NIST
3 20 (3.55%) GDPR
4 18 (3.20%) SLA
5 15 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 12 (2.13%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.60%) NCSC
7 9 (1.60%) QA
8 8 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.53%) GPG13
10 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.36%) COBIT
11 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.18%) ISA99
12 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 100 (17.76%) Active Directory
2 36 (6.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.09%) Docker
4 15 (2.66%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.49%) VMware NSX
6 13 (2.31%) Hyper-V
7 11 (1.95%) Firmware
7 11 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.71%) Samba
9 4 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.71%) XenApp
10 3 (0.53%) NFS
11 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.36%) KVM
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.36%) Squid
12 1 (0.18%) Ceph
12 1 (0.18%) iptables
12 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 56 (9.95%) Terraform
2 48 (8.53%) Ansible
3 44 (7.82%) FortiGate
4 42 (7.46%) SCCM
5 31 (5.51%) Kubernetes
6 29 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (1.78%) Puppet
8 8 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
8 8 (1.42%) Netcool
8 8 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.42%) Tivoli
8 8 (1.42%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 7 (1.24%) QRadar
10 5 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.89%) Nessus
10 5 (0.89%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.89%) SolarWinds Orion
10 5 (0.89%) vRealize
10 5 (0.89%) VxRail
11 4 (0.71%) logstash
Vendors
1 187 (33.21%) Cisco
2 110 (19.54%) Microsoft
3 102 (18.12%) Palo Alto
4 74 (13.14%) F5
5 72 (12.79%) Fortinet
6 62 (11.01%) VMware
7 60 (10.66%) CheckPoint
8 47 (8.35%) Juniper
9 42 (7.46%) Dell
10 27 (4.80%) Citrix
11 26 (4.62%) SolarWinds
12 24 (4.26%) HP
13 23 (4.09%) EMC
14 22 (3.91%) ServiceNow
15 21 (3.73%) Qualys
16 19 (3.37%) Infoblox
17 17 (3.02%) Nokia
18 16 (2.84%) Aruba
18 16 (2.84%) Oracle
18 16 (2.84%) Splunk