NGFW Job Trends in Central London

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 156 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.026% 0.077% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% 0.70% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £61,495 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.09% - -
London median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% +15.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

NGFW 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 302 286 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 7.89% 11.06% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 210 225 366
10th Percentile £28,697 £34,400 £32,750
25th Percentile £39,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £76,897
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £88,750
London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NGFW relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

NGFW job vacancy trend in Central London

NGFW
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing NGFW

NGFW
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 NGFW within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -1 1 £80,000 +6.67% 1
NGFW
London

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco