Firewall Job Trends in London

Firewall
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 84 108
Rank change year-on-year -11 +24 -38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 545 460 624
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.28% 3.79% 3.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.07% 37.25% 24.52%
Number of salaries quoted 397 367 472
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,450 £38,100
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +0.78% +3.20%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,000 £95,000 £93,175
England median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.58% -5.00% -1.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,875 1,235 2,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.83% 10.18% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 878 1,349
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,373 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,085 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.87% -15.83% -2.63%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in London

Firewall
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in London

Firewall
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the London region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
Central London -23 51 £91,500 +35.56% 18
West London 0 30 £70,809 +44.51% 5
North London +11 14 £55,000 -21.43%
South London +9 13 £34,250 -25.54% 8
East London -13 7 £105,000 +208.82% 4
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 52 (9.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 52 (9.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.73%) Confluence
3 3 (0.55%) SAS
4 2 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (2.57%) MS Visio
2 12 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
4 2 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 315 (57.80%) Azure
2 190 (34.86%) Microsoft 365
3 121 (22.20%) AWS
4 112 (20.55%) Entra ID
5 44 (8.07%) SaaS
6 37 (6.79%) GCP
7 34 (6.24%) PaaS
8 33 (6.06%) Datadog
9 31 (5.69%) IaaS
10 23 (4.22%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 18 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
12 18 (3.30%) Mimecast
13 16 (2.94%) Serverless
14 15 (2.75%) Google Workspace
15 14 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (2.20%) GitHub
16 12 (2.20%) OneDrive
16 12 (2.20%) OpenShift
17 11 (2.02%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 209 (38.35%) VPN
2 184 (33.76%) Network Security
3 157 (28.81%) DNS
4 145 (26.61%) WAN
5 117 (21.47%) LAN
6 116 (21.28%) VLAN
7 105 (19.27%) Wi-Fi
8 104 (19.08%) DHCP
9 91 (16.70%) SD-WAN
10 89 (16.33%) TCP/IP
11 83 (15.23%) Wireless
12 63 (11.56%) BGP
12 63 (11.56%) Cisco ISE
13 59 (10.83%) OSPF
14 43 (7.89%) SAN
15 31 (5.69%) WLAN
16 26 (4.77%) MPLS
17 25 (4.59%) Cisco Wireless
18 20 (3.67%) Intrusion Detection
18 20 (3.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.01%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.83%) Power BI
3 7 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.55%) Big Data
4 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.18%) MySQL
6 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.94%) Chocolatey
1 16 (2.94%) JIRA
2 10 (1.83%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.47%) Git
4 7 (1.28%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.28%) Burp Suite
5 6 (1.10%) GitLab
6 3 (0.55%) Maven
7 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
General
1 188 (34.50%) Social Skills
2 126 (23.12%) Finance
3 43 (7.89%) Banking
4 39 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.87%) Legal
5 32 (5.87%) Telecoms
6 25 (4.59%) Law
7 15 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.39%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.02%) Mandarin Language
10 11 (2.02%) Retail
11 10 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.28%) Back Office
13 6 (1.10%) Billing
13 6 (1.10%) Digital Health
13 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.10%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 119 (21.83%) Senior
2 116 (21.28%) Network Engineer
3 62 (11.38%) Azure Engineer
3 62 (11.38%) IT Engineer
4 60 (11.01%) Architect
5 59 (10.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 44 (8.07%) Support Engineer
7 41 (7.52%) IT Support
7 41 (7.52%) Lead
7 41 (7.52%) Security Engineer
8 40 (7.34%) Senior Network Engineer
9 34 (6.24%) IT Support Engineer
10 32 (5.87%) Analyst
11 31 (5.69%) 2nd Line Support
11 31 (5.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 28 (5.14%) Network Architect
13 27 (4.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 26 (4.77%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 26 (4.77%) Cisco Engineer
15 25 (4.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.12%) OpenID
2 16 (2.94%) OAuth
3 15 (2.75%) REST
3 15 (2.75%) SAML
4 14 (2.57%) LDAP
5 13 (2.39%) 802.1X
5 13 (2.39%) FIX Protocol
6 11 (2.02%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.65%) ADO
8 5 (0.92%) Node.js
8 5 (0.92%) YAML
9 2 (0.37%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.37%) RESTful
9 2 (0.37%) Web Services
10 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 90 (16.51%) Data Centre
2 63 (11.56%) Security Posture
3 40 (7.34%) Cyber Threat
4 31 (5.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (5.14%) Onboarding
6 22 (4.04%) Management Information System
7 21 (3.85%) PKI
8 18 (3.30%) Cloud Native
8 18 (3.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 16 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.83%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.83%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.65%) Blog
13 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.28%) NHS
13 7 (1.28%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (1.10%) Operational Technology
14 6 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 179 (32.84%) Windows
2 75 (13.76%) Linux
3 59 (10.83%) Windows Server
4 31 (5.69%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.57%) Unix
6 13 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.65%) Ubuntu
7 9 (1.65%) VMS
8 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.10%) CentOS
9 6 (1.10%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.92%) Rocky
11 4 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.55%) Solaris
13 2 (0.37%) Android
13 2 (0.37%) tvOS
14 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (24.77%) Cybersecurity
2 111 (20.37%) Incident Response
3 110 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (17.06%) Disaster Recovery
5 90 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 86 (15.78%) SIEM
7 85 (15.60%) Roadmaps
8 83 (15.23%) Cloud Security
9 75 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 75 (13.76%) Zero Trust
10 73 (13.39%) Infrastructure as Code
11 69 (12.66%) ITIL
11 69 (12.66%) Migration
12 67 (12.29%) Project Delivery
13 60 (11.01%) Mentoring
14 59 (10.83%) High Availability
15 55 (10.09%) Technical Leadership
16 54 (9.91%) Information Security
16 54 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
17 53 (9.72%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 75 (13.76%) Python
2 74 (13.58%) PowerShell
3 35 (6.42%) Bash
4 18 (3.30%) Bicep
5 16 (2.94%) SQL
6 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (0.92%) C
7 5 (0.92%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.92%) Perl
7 5 (0.92%) Ruby
7 5 (0.92%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.37%) Java
8 2 (0.37%) Korn
8 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 127 (23.30%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (20.18%) CCNP
3 71 (13.03%) Degree
4 63 (11.56%) Azure Certification
4 63 (11.56%) CISSP
5 47 (8.62%) CCNA
6 33 (6.06%) Security Cleared
7 32 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (5.69%) CCIE
9 27 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (4.40%) CISM
11 22 (4.04%) AWS Certification
12 20 (3.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 16 (2.94%) CEH
14 14 (2.57%) DV Cleared
15 12 (2.20%) GIAC
15 12 (2.20%) Master's Degree
16 11 (2.02%) SC Cleared
17 10 (1.83%) OSCP
18 9 (1.65%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (13.58%) NIST
2 72 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (7.52%) GDPR
4 30 (5.50%) SLA
5 29 (5.32%) PCI DSS
6 18 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.65%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.10%) GRC
8 6 (1.10%) QA
9 5 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (0.73%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.73%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.55%) NCSC
12 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 153 (28.07%) Active Directory
2 55 (10.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (4.22%) Hyper-V
5 11 (2.02%) Docker
6 9 (1.65%) vSphere
7 6 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.73%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.55%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.18%) Firmware
11 1 (0.18%) KVM
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (13.39%) Terraform
2 72 (13.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 64 (11.74%) Ansible
4 55 (10.09%) FortiGate
5 41 (7.52%) Kubernetes
6 26 (4.77%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (4.04%) SCCM
8 19 (3.49%) Autotask
9 17 (3.12%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (2.20%) Nessus
11 10 (1.83%) Grafana
12 9 (1.65%) Prometheus
13 7 (1.28%) CASB
13 7 (1.28%) Cisco Prime
13 7 (1.28%) Nmap
14 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.73%) Check_MK
15 3 (0.55%) Argo
15 3 (0.55%) Istio
15 3 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 279 (51.19%) Microsoft
2 174 (31.93%) Cisco
3 121 (22.20%) Palo Alto
4 101 (18.53%) VMware
5 64 (11.74%) Meraki
6 63 (11.56%) Fortinet
7 53 (9.72%) Zscaler
8 34 (6.24%) CheckPoint
8 34 (6.24%) SolarWinds
9 30 (5.50%) Tenable
10 27 (4.95%) CrowdStrike
10 27 (4.95%) Splunk
11 26 (4.77%) F5
12 25 (4.59%) Aruba
13 23 (4.22%) Arista
14 21 (3.85%) Google
15 20 (3.67%) Dynatrace
15 20 (3.67%) HP
16 17 (3.12%) Rapid7
16 17 (3.12%) Ubiquiti