Firewall Job Trends in the City of London

Firewall
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 54 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 +51
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 70 131 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.33% 4.83% 4.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.43% 31.12% 31.72%
Number of salaries quoted 58 74 112
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,675 £36,625
25th Percentile £51,688 £55,906 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £86,875 £90,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,025 £92,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +11.11% +1.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 187 421 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 8.89% 15.53% 13.18%
Number of salaries quoted 149 247 342
10th Percentile £33,400 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £50,000 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £63,309
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +2.67% -2.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £105,000 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -3.23%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in the City of London

Firewall
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the City of London

Firewall
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the City of London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
London Bridge - 1 £43,500 - 1
Firewall
Central London

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (55.71%) Azure
2 23 (32.86%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.71%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.14%) Mimecast
4 5 (7.14%) Tessian
5 4 (5.71%) OpenShift
5 4 (5.71%) Power Automate
6 3 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.43%) IaaS
8 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.43%) PaaS
8 1 (1.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (37.14%) VPN
2 21 (30.00%) Network Security
3 14 (20.00%) WAN
4 12 (17.14%) LAN
5 10 (14.29%) VoIP
6 9 (12.86%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (10.00%) SD-WAN
8 6 (8.57%) Wireless
9 5 (7.14%) BGP
9 5 (7.14%) OSPF
9 5 (7.14%) WLAN
10 4 (5.71%) DHCP
10 4 (5.71%) DNS
11 3 (4.29%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (4.29%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (4.29%) NetScaler
11 3 (4.29%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (2.86%) DKIM
12 2 (2.86%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Burp Suite
General
1 18 (25.71%) Finance
2 14 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.29%) Financial Institution
5 3 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.86%) Banking
6 2 (2.86%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.43%) Law
7 1 (1.43%) Legal
7 1 (1.43%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (22.86%) Network Engineer
2 15 (21.43%) Senior
3 10 (14.29%) Lead
4 9 (12.86%) Cloud Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Platform Engineer
5 8 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (11.43%) Security Engineer
6 7 (10.00%) IT Engineer
6 7 (10.00%) IT Support
6 7 (10.00%) Security Specialist
6 7 (10.00%) Support Engineer
7 6 (8.57%) Analyst
8 5 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (5.71%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (5.71%) IT Security Specialist
9 4 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (5.71%) Security Operations Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Management Information System
2 8 (11.43%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.57%) PKI
4 5 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (7.14%) Virtual Team
5 4 (5.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (5.71%) Public Cloud
5 4 (5.71%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (4.29%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.29%) CMDB
6 3 (4.29%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (4.29%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (32.86%) Windows
2 9 (12.86%) Linux
3 8 (11.43%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.71%) Unix
5 2 (2.86%) VMS
6 1 (1.43%) Kali Linux
6 1 (1.43%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.43%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.29%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (31.43%) SIEM
3 18 (25.71%) Incident Response
3 18 (25.71%) Information Security
4 15 (21.43%) Security Operations
5 12 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
6 10 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 10 (14.29%) ITIL
7 9 (12.86%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.43%) Roadmaps
9 7 (10.00%) Customer Service
9 7 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (10.00%) Risk Management
9 7 (10.00%) Security Management
9 7 (10.00%) Service Delivery
10 6 (8.57%) Computer Science
10 6 (8.57%) Mentoring
10 6 (8.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.14%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.29%) Bicep
3 1 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (30.00%) CISSP
2 11 (15.71%) Degree
3 10 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (14.29%) CISM
4 6 (8.57%) CCNA
4 6 (8.57%) CEH
4 6 (8.57%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (5.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (5.71%) CCNP
6 4 (5.71%) DBS Check
7 3 (4.29%) A+ Certification
7 3 (4.29%) GIAC
7 3 (4.29%) GSEC
7 3 (4.29%) Novell Certification
7 3 (4.29%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.29%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.86%) GCIH
8 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.86%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.57%) GDPR
3 5 (7.14%) NIST
4 3 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.86%) ITGC
6 1 (1.43%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.71%) XenApp
4 4 (5.71%) XenDesktop
5 3 (4.29%) KVM
5 3 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.43%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (8.57%) SCCM
3 6 (8.57%) Terraform
4 5 (7.14%) Kubernetes
5 3 (4.29%) Autotask
5 3 (4.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (4.29%) CSIRT
5 3 (4.29%) FortiGate
6 2 (2.86%) ArcSight ESM
6 2 (2.86%) QRadar
7 1 (1.43%) Nagios
7 1 (1.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 26 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.86%) Cisco
3 14 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 11 (15.71%) VMware
5 10 (14.29%) Citrix
6 5 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (7.14%) Meraki
7 4 (5.71%) CheckPoint
8 3 (4.29%) AppDynamics
8 3 (4.29%) Apple
8 3 (4.29%) EMC
8 3 (4.29%) F5
8 3 (4.29%) Forcepoint
8 3 (4.29%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.29%) Juniper
8 3 (4.29%) New Relic
8 3 (4.29%) Rapid7
8 3 (4.29%) Salesforce
8 3 (4.29%) SonicWALL
8 3 (4.29%) Zscaler