Firewall Jobs in Central London

Firewall
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 75 68
Rank change year-on-year -35 -7 +22
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 55 138 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 2.17% 3.65% 4.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.86% 28.28% 34.95%
Number of salaries quoted 51 112 171
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +4.84%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £100,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% +4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 277 488 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.91% 12.90% 12.04%
Number of salaries quoted 225 370 505
10th Percentile £35,300 £32,450 £34,509
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,063 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +4.84%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,897 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,000 £87,500 £105,000
London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Central London

Firewall
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Central London.

Salary trend for Firewall in Central London

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Central London

Firewall
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -28 41 £65,000 +8.33% 25
Camden - 3 £55,000 -
City of Westminster -11 1 £26,000 -74.00%
Firewall
London

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.64%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 34 (61.82%) Azure
2 22 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.45%) Entra ID
4 7 (12.73%) GCP
5 5 (9.09%) OneDrive
6 4 (7.27%) AWS
6 4 (7.27%) Nutanix
7 3 (5.45%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (5.45%) IaaS
8 2 (3.64%) Anthos
8 2 (3.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (3.64%) PaaS
8 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
8 2 (3.64%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (1.82%) Amazon Macie
9 1 (1.82%) AWS KMS
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) WAN
2 13 (23.64%) DNS
3 12 (21.82%) SD-WAN
3 12 (21.82%) VPN
4 10 (18.18%) DHCP
4 10 (18.18%) VLAN
5 9 (16.36%) LAN
5 9 (16.36%) Network Security
6 8 (14.55%) Intrusion Detection
6 8 (14.55%) TCP/IP
7 7 (12.73%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (10.91%) IPsec
8 6 (10.91%) Wireless
9 5 (9.09%) Ethernet
9 5 (9.09%) SSL
10 3 (5.45%) MPLS
10 3 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (3.64%) BIG-IP
11 2 (3.64%) NetScaler
11 2 (3.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.91%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.64%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.82%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Eclipse
1 1 (1.82%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 19 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.36%) Finance
4 7 (12.73%) Law
5 6 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (10.91%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (9.09%) Banking
7 4 (7.27%) Legal
8 3 (5.45%) Investment Banking
9 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.64%) Games
9 2 (3.64%) iGaming
9 2 (3.64%) Publishing
10 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (25.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (23.64%) Analyst
3 9 (16.36%) Senior
4 8 (14.55%) Architect
4 8 (14.55%) IT Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Security Analyst
6 6 (10.91%) Network Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Network Architect
7 5 (9.09%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Security Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Support Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Technical Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Technical Support
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Support Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Technical Support
8 4 (7.27%) Technical Support Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.09%) JSON
2 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.73%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (10.91%) Public Cloud
4 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.64%) Mobile Games
6 2 (3.64%) Online Games
6 2 (3.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.64%) Sports Betting
7 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.82%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.82%) NHS
7 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.18%) Windows
2 14 (25.45%) Windows Server
3 11 (20.00%) Linux
4 7 (12.73%) Windows 10
5 4 (7.27%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.82%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (29.09%) Business Continuity
2 16 (29.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (23.64%) ITIL
5 10 (18.18%) Business Continuity Planning
6 9 (16.36%) Information Security
7 8 (14.55%) Security Architecture
7 8 (14.55%) SIEM
8 7 (12.73%) Infrastructure Management
8 7 (12.73%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 6 (10.91%) BCP
9 6 (10.91%) Mentoring
10 5 (9.09%) Customer Service
10 5 (9.09%) Due Diligence
10 5 (9.09%) ITSM
10 5 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (9.09%) Security Operations
10 5 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.55%) Python
2 7 (12.73%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Degree
2 7 (12.73%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (10.91%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (10.91%) Security Cleared
4 5 (9.09%) CCNA
4 5 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (9.09%) GIAC
4 5 (9.09%) MCSA
4 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.45%) CCNP
5 3 (5.45%) CISSP
5 3 (5.45%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.64%) CEH
6 2 (3.64%) CISM
6 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.09%) NCSC
2 5 (9.09%) NIST
3 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 2 (3.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.82%) COBIT
4 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.82%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 15 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 14 (25.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (16.36%) Hyper-V
4 6 (10.91%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (9.09%) VMware NSX
6 3 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (3.64%) Docker
8 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.73%) FortiGate
2 7 (12.73%) SCCM
3 5 (9.09%) Ansible
3 5 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (9.09%) Terraform
4 3 (5.45%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.64%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.82%) Grafana
6 1 (1.82%) HP Fortify
6 1 (1.82%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.82%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (61.82%) Microsoft
2 21 (38.18%) VMware
3 19 (34.55%) Cisco
4 7 (12.73%) CheckPoint
4 7 (12.73%) F5
5 6 (10.91%) Palo Alto
6 5 (9.09%) Blue Coat
6 5 (9.09%) Fortinet
6 5 (9.09%) Google
7 4 (7.27%) Citrix
8 3 (5.45%) Arista
8 3 (5.45%) Dell
8 3 (5.45%) HP
8 3 (5.45%) iManage
8 3 (5.45%) Meraki
8 3 (5.45%) Veeam
9 2 (3.64%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (3.64%) FactSet
9 2 (3.64%) Mitel
9 2 (3.64%) Zscaler