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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 69 110
Rank change year-on-year -5 +41 +11
Contract jobs citing Firewall 543 866 987
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.08% 3.43% 2.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.48% 33.59% 26.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 618 700
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £403 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £647 £663 £650
90th Percentile £739 £738 £713
England median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 4
10th Percentile £13.40 £29.55 £25.31
25th Percentile £16.00 £31.25 £26.23
Median hourly rate £23.80 £40.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.50% +8.84% -26.50%
75th Percentile £25.00 £70.00 £47.02
90th Percentile £53.00 £72.00 £47.96
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -3.23% +117.54% +16.33%

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 1,672 2,578 3,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.47% 10.20% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,122 1,816 2,601
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.46%
75th Percentile £619 £671 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 48 90
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.48
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.27 £27.88
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +30.12% -43.86%
75th Percentile £41.25 £67.44 £44.33
90th Percentile £59.75 £75.00 £65.93
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.07 £23.91
% change year-on-year +134.40% -28.63% +3.02%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +14 107 £450 -25.00% 16
West London +15 14 £525 -4.55% 8
East London -11 10 £585 -22.00% 7
South London -3 1 £675 +50.00% 2
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 40 (7.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.03%) Apache
3 11 (2.03%) nginx
4 9 (1.66%) Confluence
5 8 (1.47%) IIS
6 5 (0.92%) JBoss
6 5 (0.92%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.92%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.74%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.18%) MQSeries
Applications
1 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.47%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.55%) Endur
3 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 162 (29.83%) Azure
2 110 (20.26%) AWS
3 59 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (8.29%) Entra ID
5 41 (7.55%) IaaS
6 38 (7.00%) SaaS
7 32 (5.89%) GCP
8 30 (5.52%) PaaS
9 19 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (3.13%) GitHub
10 17 (3.13%) Mimecast
11 14 (2.58%) Serverless
12 12 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
13 11 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (2.03%) Nutanix
14 10 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (1.84%) WhatsApp
15 9 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (1.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 106 (19.52%) WAN
2 98 (18.05%) VPN
3 97 (17.86%) DNS
3 97 (17.86%) LAN
4 86 (15.84%) Network Security
5 76 (14.00%) BGP
6 64 (11.79%) OSPF
7 57 (10.50%) MPLS
7 57 (10.50%) Wireless
8 53 (9.76%) SD-WAN
9 47 (8.66%) DHCP
10 40 (7.37%) IPsec
10 40 (7.37%) TCP/IP
11 35 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
12 31 (5.71%) Cisco ASA
13 28 (5.16%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (4.97%) EIGRP
15 26 (4.79%) Internet
15 26 (4.79%) VLAN
16 24 (4.42%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.29%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.92%) MySQL
4 5 (0.92%) RDBMS
4 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.74%) Power BI
6 3 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.55%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.18%) Adabas
7 1 (0.18%) Bigtable
7 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.18%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.18%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (5.52%) Git
2 28 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 19 (3.50%) JIRA
4 16 (2.95%) TeamCity
5 10 (1.84%) Bitbucket
6 9 (1.66%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (1.29%) Artifactory
8 6 (1.10%) GitLab
9 3 (0.55%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.18%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.18%) Gradle
11 1 (0.18%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.18%) Subversion
11 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 143 (26.34%) Finance
2 99 (18.23%) Social Skills
3 60 (11.05%) Banking
4 40 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.00%) Public Sector
6 15 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.39%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 10 (1.84%) Retail
10 8 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
10 8 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.74%) Military
12 4 (0.74%) Publishing
13 3 (0.55%) French Language
13 3 (0.55%) Front Office
13 3 (0.55%) German Language
13 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.55%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.37%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 167 (30.76%) Network Engineer
2 72 (13.26%) Senior
3 64 (11.79%) Architect
4 39 (7.18%) Security Engineer
5 38 (7.00%) Senior Network Engineer
6 36 (6.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 35 (6.45%) Support Engineer
8 29 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
9 27 (4.97%) Operations Engineer
10 26 (4.79%) Consultant
11 24 (4.42%) Analyst
12 23 (4.24%) Security Architect
13 21 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (3.87%) Network Operations Engineer
14 19 (3.50%) Cisco Engineer
14 19 (3.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 19 (3.50%) Network Specialist
15 15 (2.76%) Security Consultant
15 15 (2.76%) Senior Network Operations Engineer
15 15 (2.76%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.87%) LDAP
2 13 (2.39%) Node.js
2 13 (2.39%) SAML
3 11 (2.03%) JSON
4 9 (1.66%) Middleware
5 8 (1.47%) .NET
6 7 (1.29%) 802.1X
6 7 (1.29%) NETCONF
6 7 (1.29%) XML
6 7 (1.29%) YANG
7 6 (1.10%) RESTful
8 5 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (0.92%) IBM Integration Bus
8 5 (0.92%) Web Services
8 5 (0.92%) YAML
9 4 (0.74%) ARM Templates
9 4 (0.74%) OAuth
9 4 (0.74%) React
10 3 (0.55%) gRPC
10 3 (0.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 61 (11.23%) Data Centre
2 36 (6.63%) PKI
3 29 (5.34%) Video Conferencing
4 23 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.68%) Virtual Team
6 19 (3.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 18 (3.31%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.39%) Product Ownership
9 12 (2.21%) Clustering
9 12 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.66%) Replication
13 8 (1.47%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
15 6 (1.10%) Fat Client
15 6 (1.10%) Hedge funds
15 6 (1.10%) Thin Client
16 5 (0.92%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 142 (26.15%) Windows
2 68 (12.52%) Windows Server
3 64 (11.79%) Linux
4 36 (6.63%) Unix
5 35 (6.45%) Windows 10
6 23 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (2.58%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.47%) Android
10 8 (1.47%) Apple iOS
11 6 (1.10%) Windows 7
12 5 (0.92%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (0.92%) Solaris
13 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.18%) CentOS
15 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (13.26%) DevOps
2 58 (10.68%) Cloud Security
2 58 (10.68%) SIEM
3 56 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
4 55 (10.13%) Migration
4 55 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 52 (9.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 45 (8.29%) Agile
8 44 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
8 44 (8.10%) Roadmaps
9 43 (7.92%) CI/CD
10 39 (7.18%) Information Security
11 35 (6.45%) ITIL
12 34 (6.26%) Change Management
12 34 (6.26%) Load Balancing
13 32 (5.89%) Vulnerability Management
14 31 (5.71%) Data Loss Prevention
15 30 (5.52%) Identity Access Management
16 26 (4.79%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 82 (15.10%) Python
2 59 (10.87%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.95%) Bash
3 16 (2.95%) SQL
4 15 (2.76%) Go
5 8 (1.47%) Java
6 7 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (0.92%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.92%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.74%) Bicep
8 4 (0.74%) C
8 4 (0.74%) C#
9 3 (0.55%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.55%) VBA
10 2 (0.37%) C++
10 2 (0.37%) Ruby
10 2 (0.37%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.37%) VBScript
11 1 (0.18%) Perl
11 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (19.71%) Security Cleared
2 75 (13.81%) Cisco Certification
3 68 (12.52%) CCNP
3 68 (12.52%) DV Cleared
4 46 (8.47%) Degree
5 41 (7.55%) SC Cleared
6 32 (5.89%) CCNA
7 22 (4.05%) CCIE
8 18 (3.31%) CISSP
9 17 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (2.76%) AWS Certification
10 15 (2.76%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.66%) CISM
13 8 (1.47%) CISA
13 8 (1.47%) GIAC
14 6 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (1.10%) GCIA
14 6 (1.10%) GCIH
15 4 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (3.87%) NIST
3 20 (3.68%) GDPR
4 18 (3.31%) SLA
5 15 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 9 (1.66%) NCSC
6 9 (1.66%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.29%) QA
8 5 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.55%) GPG13
10 3 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.37%) COBIT
12 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.18%) ISA99
12 1 (0.18%) PMO
12 1 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 91 (16.76%) Active Directory
2 38 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.05%) Docker
4 17 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (2.95%) Hyper-V
6 12 (2.21%) Firmware
7 11 (2.03%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (1.66%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.92%) XenApp
10 4 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.55%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.37%) Samba
12 2 (0.37%) Squid
13 1 (0.18%) iptables
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.18%) NFS
13 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (11.05%) Terraform
2 50 (9.21%) SCCM
3 44 (8.10%) Ansible
4 29 (5.34%) Kubernetes
5 28 (5.16%) FortiGate
6 24 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (2.21%) Puppet
8 9 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.47%) QRadar
10 7 (1.29%) Nessus
10 7 (1.29%) SolarWinds Orion
11 5 (0.92%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (0.92%) Netcool
11 5 (0.92%) Tivoli
11 5 (0.92%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.74%) CSIRT
12 4 (0.74%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.74%) SCOM
13 3 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 177 (32.60%) Cisco
2 108 (19.89%) Microsoft
3 101 (18.60%) Palo Alto
4 80 (14.73%) F5
5 78 (14.36%) Fortinet
6 63 (11.60%) CheckPoint
7 58 (10.68%) VMware
8 44 (8.10%) Juniper
9 37 (6.81%) Dell
10 32 (5.89%) Citrix
11 30 (5.52%) SolarWinds
12 23 (4.24%) HP
13 22 (4.05%) EMC
14 19 (3.50%) Qualys
15 18 (3.31%) Infoblox
15 18 (3.31%) ServiceNow
16 17 (3.13%) Avaya
17 15 (2.76%) Oracle
18 12 (2.21%) Bloomberg
18 12 (2.21%) Google