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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 82 64
Rank change year-on-year -8 -18 +38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 473 552 880
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.87% 3.89% 4.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.41% 33.15% 33.02%
Number of salaries quoted 320 403 740
10th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £40,450
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,313 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,425 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +14.50% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £48,445 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +10.00% -4.76%

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 1,938 1,665 2,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.77% 11.73% 12.48%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,001 2,100
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £63,132
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +6.92% +1.01%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +12.24% -4.58%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 +11 82 £80,000 - 74
East London +7 24 £35,000 - 2
North London +17 13 £55,000 -12.00% 4
West London -3 13 £95,000 +72.73% 6
South London +17 6 £36,750 -38.75% 14
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 34 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (5.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.06%) Apache
4 4 (0.85%) Confluence
5 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.42%) nginx
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.11%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.63%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.21%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 285 (60.25%) Azure
2 136 (28.75%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (21.56%) AWS
4 66 (13.95%) Entra ID
5 37 (7.82%) SaaS
6 36 (7.61%) GCP
7 29 (6.13%) Datadog
8 22 (4.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 22 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
8 22 (4.65%) IaaS
8 22 (4.65%) PaaS
9 21 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (4.23%) GitHub
11 18 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 15 (3.17%) AWS Direct Connect
14 14 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (2.75%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (2.75%) Mimecast
16 12 (2.54%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 197 (41.65%) VPN
2 147 (31.08%) WAN
3 109 (23.04%) LAN
4 107 (22.62%) Wi-Fi
5 95 (20.08%) DNS
6 88 (18.60%) Network Security
7 82 (17.34%) SD-WAN
8 80 (16.91%) VLAN
9 69 (14.59%) DHCP
10 61 (12.90%) Wireless
11 56 (11.84%) TCP/IP
12 49 (10.36%) BGP
13 47 (9.94%) OSPF
14 37 (7.82%) Cisco ASA
15 36 (7.61%) Cisco Firepower
15 36 (7.61%) Cisco ISE
16 31 (6.55%) SAN
17 27 (5.71%) WLAN
18 25 (5.29%) Intrusion Detection
19 23 (4.86%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.11%) Power BI
3 4 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.42%) Metadata
4 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.42%) MySQL
4 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 12 (2.54%) Chocolatey
2 11 (2.33%) Git
3 8 (1.69%) JIRA
4 7 (1.48%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.27%) GitLab
6 5 (1.06%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.85%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.63%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.42%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.42%) MLflow
10 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
General
1 138 (29.18%) Finance
2 119 (25.16%) Social Skills
3 53 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.46%) Banking
5 21 (4.44%) Telecoms
6 17 (3.59%) Legal
7 11 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.11%) Retail
9 9 (1.90%) Law
9 9 (1.90%) Retail Banking
10 8 (1.69%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.48%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.27%) Advertising
12 6 (1.27%) Aviation
12 6 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.27%) Marketing
13 5 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Back Office
14 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 76 (16.07%) Senior
3 67 (14.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 61 (12.90%) Analyst
5 53 (11.21%) Azure Engineer
6 51 (10.78%) IT Engineer
7 46 (9.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 45 (9.51%) IT Support
9 44 (9.30%) Support Engineer
10 39 (8.25%) Cisco Engineer
11 37 (7.82%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 27 (5.71%) Support Analyst
13 25 (5.29%) Architect
13 25 (5.29%) Platform Engineer
14 24 (5.07%) Lead
15 23 (4.86%) IT Support Engineer
15 23 (4.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 22 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
16 22 (4.65%) Security Analyst
16 22 (4.65%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.17%) OAuth
1 15 (3.17%) SAML
2 12 (2.54%) ADO
2 12 (2.54%) YAML
3 7 (1.48%) .NET
3 7 (1.48%) 802.1X
4 4 (0.85%) REST
5 3 (0.63%) LDAP
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.63%) OpenID
6 2 (0.42%) AWS SAM
6 2 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.42%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.42%) Kafka
6 2 (0.42%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.42%) RESTful
6 2 (0.42%) WebRTC
7 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.22%) Data Centre
2 30 (6.34%) Cyber Threat
2 30 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 29 (6.13%) Security Posture
4 27 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 22 (4.65%) Cloud Native
6 19 (4.02%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.81%) Driving Licence
8 15 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 14 (2.96%) PKI
10 12 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.90%) IoT
11 9 (1.90%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.69%) Blog
13 7 (1.48%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.48%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 158 (33.40%) Windows
2 69 (14.59%) Windows Server
3 60 (12.68%) Linux
4 20 (4.23%) VMS
5 18 (3.81%) Unix
5 18 (3.81%) Windows 10
6 16 (3.38%) Mac OS
7 14 (2.96%) Ubuntu
8 13 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.48%) CentOS
11 4 (0.85%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.63%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.42%) Android
13 2 (0.42%) Solaris
13 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (20.72%) Cybersecurity
1 98 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
2 93 (19.66%) Incident Response
3 86 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 84 (17.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 70 (14.80%) SIEM
6 67 (14.16%) Zero Trust
7 65 (13.74%) Migration
8 64 (13.53%) Computer Science
9 63 (13.32%) Infrastructure as Code
10 55 (11.63%) ITIL
11 54 (11.42%) Cloud Security
11 54 (11.42%) DevOps
12 49 (10.36%) CI/CD
13 48 (10.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 47 (9.94%) High Availability
15 45 (9.51%) Vulnerability Management
16 44 (9.30%) Information Security
17 41 (8.67%) Kalman Filter
17 41 (8.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 89 (18.82%) PowerShell
2 67 (14.16%) Python
3 28 (5.92%) Bash
4 20 (4.23%) SQL
5 16 (3.38%) Bicep
6 14 (2.96%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.27%) Go
8 5 (1.06%) Java
9 4 (0.85%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.42%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.21%) C#
11 1 (0.21%) Korn
11 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 111 (23.47%) Cisco Certification
2 85 (17.97%) CCNP
2 85 (17.97%) Degree
3 58 (12.26%) CISSP
4 49 (10.36%) CCNA
5 39 (8.25%) CCIE
6 38 (8.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (6.55%) Azure Certification
7 31 (6.55%) CISM
8 27 (5.71%) Security Cleared
9 23 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (3.81%) CCSA
10 18 (3.81%) CCSE
10 18 (3.81%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (3.59%) DBS Check
12 15 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (3.17%) SC Cleared
13 14 (2.96%) CISA
14 13 (2.75%) AWS Certification
14 13 (2.75%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (17.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (10.15%) NIST
3 44 (9.30%) GDPR
4 25 (5.29%) PCI DSS
5 24 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (4.23%) SOC 2
7 13 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (2.54%) SLA
9 7 (1.48%) GRC
10 5 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.85%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.63%) ITGC
13 2 (0.42%) Basel III
13 2 (0.42%) MiFID
13 2 (0.42%) PMO
14 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 153 (32.35%) Active Directory
2 48 (10.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.86%) Firmware
4 22 (4.65%) Hyper-V
5 21 (4.44%) Docker
6 19 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (2.33%) vSphere
9 9 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.27%) KVM
11 2 (0.42%) NFS
11 2 (0.42%) XenApp
11 2 (0.42%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.21%) NLBS
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 77 (16.28%) Terraform
2 65 (13.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 63 (13.32%) Ansible
4 43 (9.09%) Kubernetes
5 33 (6.98%) FortiGate
6 31 (6.55%) SCCM
7 11 (2.33%) Grafana
7 11 (2.33%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.90%) CASB
9 8 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.48%) Argo
10 7 (1.48%) Check_MK
11 6 (1.27%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.06%) Autotask
12 5 (1.06%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (1.06%) Istio
12 5 (1.06%) linkerd
12 5 (1.06%) Mesos
12 5 (1.06%) Nessus
12 5 (1.06%) SCOM
Vendors
1 175 (37.00%) Microsoft
2 159 (33.62%) Cisco
3 90 (19.03%) VMware
4 83 (17.55%) Palo Alto
5 70 (14.80%) Fortinet
6 61 (12.90%) CheckPoint
7 54 (11.42%) Meraki
8 46 (9.73%) SolarWinds
9 29 (6.13%) Juniper
10 26 (5.50%) Dynatrace
10 26 (5.50%) Zscaler
11 20 (4.23%) Google
12 19 (4.02%) Arista
13 17 (3.59%) Splunk
14 15 (3.17%) AppDynamics
14 15 (3.17%) Tenable
15 13 (2.75%) CrowdStrike
15 13 (2.75%) ServiceNow
16 10 (2.11%) F5
17 9 (1.90%) Aruba