Firewall Jobs in the City of London

Firewall
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 76 70
Rank change year-on-year -21 -6 +32
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 38 119 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.87% 3.58% 4.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.10% 26.56% 36.54%
Number of salaries quoted 37 91 151
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £35,625
25th Percentile £46,000 £46,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £93,500 £93,750 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £69,250 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.91% -15.38% +4.42%

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 236 448 520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 11.60% 13.47% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 200 334 415
10th Percentile £35,675 £31,825 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +7.79%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,113 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,250 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £62,559
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.08% +3.74%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the City of London.

Salary trend for Firewall in the City of London

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Fidessa
2 1 (2.63%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 22 (57.89%) Azure
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.53%) AWS
4 4 (10.53%) GCP
4 4 (10.53%) Nutanix
5 3 (7.89%) IaaS
5 3 (7.89%) PaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (2.63%) Amazon Macie
6 1 (2.63%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (2.63%) AWS KMS
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.63%) SaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (36.84%) WAN
2 12 (31.58%) VPN
3 11 (28.95%) SD-WAN
4 9 (23.68%) Network Security
5 8 (21.05%) DNS
5 8 (21.05%) LAN
6 7 (18.42%) DHCP
6 7 (18.42%) TCP/IP
7 6 (15.79%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (15.79%) IPsec
8 5 (13.16%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (13.16%) SSL
8 5 (13.16%) VLAN
8 5 (13.16%) Wireless
9 4 (10.53%) Ethernet
10 3 (7.89%) MPLS
10 3 (7.89%) NetScaler
10 3 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Finance
3 6 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Law
5 3 (7.89%) Banking
6 2 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Legal
7 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Analyst
2 10 (26.32%) Senior
3 6 (15.79%) Support Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Architect
4 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Network Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Security Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) IT Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Network Architect
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Support Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Technical Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Technical Support
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Support
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Senior IT Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Network Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) JSON
2 1 (2.63%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.63%) EDI
2 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Data Centre
2 6 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (13.16%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.63%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (36.84%) Windows
2 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 7 (18.42%) Windows 10
4 6 (15.79%) Linux
5 4 (10.53%) Apple iOS
5 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Business Continuity
1 13 (34.21%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (28.95%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (23.68%) Business Continuity Planning
3 9 (23.68%) ITIL
4 8 (21.05%) Information Security
5 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 6 (15.79%) Security Architecture
5 6 (15.79%) SIEM
5 6 (15.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (10.53%) BCP
6 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.53%) Due Diligence
6 4 (10.53%) Incident Management
6 4 (10.53%) ITSM
7 3 (7.89%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) Python
2 3 (7.89%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Degree
2 7 (18.42%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (15.79%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (13.16%) CCNA
4 5 (13.16%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (13.16%) GIAC
4 5 (13.16%) MCSA
4 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.53%) CISSP
5 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
6 3 (7.89%) CCNP
6 3 (7.89%) CISM
7 2 (5.26%) AWS Certification
7 2 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 2 (5.26%) CEH
7 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (13.16%) NCSC
3 3 (7.89%) NIST
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.26%) GDPR
4 2 (5.26%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.63%) COBIT
5 1 (2.63%) NIST 800
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (10.53%) VMware NSX
4 3 (7.89%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (15.79%) FortiGate
2 5 (13.16%) SCCM
3 4 (10.53%) Ansible
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.53%) Terraform
4 3 (7.89%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (7.89%) vCenter Server
5 2 (5.26%) SCOM
6 1 (2.63%) CASB
6 1 (2.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (55.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (39.47%) Cisco
3 14 (36.84%) VMware
4 6 (15.79%) F5
4 6 (15.79%) Fortinet
5 5 (13.16%) CheckPoint
6 4 (10.53%) Blue Coat
6 4 (10.53%) Citrix
6 4 (10.53%) Google
7 3 (7.89%) Bloomberg
7 3 (7.89%) FactSet
7 3 (7.89%) HP
7 3 (7.89%) Juniper
7 3 (7.89%) Meraki
7 3 (7.89%) Mitel
7 3 (7.89%) NetApp
7 3 (7.89%) Refinitiv
7 3 (7.89%) Veeam
8 1 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (2.63%) Zscaler