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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 86 110
Rank change year-on-year -13 +24 -36
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 540 464 638
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.29% 3.80% 3.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.51% 37.51% 25.03%
Number of salaries quoted 386 373 495
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,300 £39,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +6.40% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,875 £95,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.96%

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 1,894 1,237 2,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.03% 10.12% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 884 1,394
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,425 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £44,136
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,773 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.62% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -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 6 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 6 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 -25 51 £90,000 +35.34% 40
West London -5 29 £72,500 +39.42% 7
North London +10 15 £55,000 -21.43%
South London +8 12 £30,000 -34.78% 5
East London -13 7 £105,000 +208.82% 3
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 49 (9.07%) Microsoft Exchange
1 49 (9.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.56%) Confluence
2 3 (0.56%) SAS
3 2 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (2.96%) MS Visio
2 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.56%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.37%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 316 (58.52%) Azure
2 183 (33.89%) Microsoft 365
3 125 (23.15%) AWS
4 111 (20.56%) Entra ID
5 43 (7.96%) SaaS
6 39 (7.22%) GCP
7 36 (6.67%) Datadog
8 29 (5.37%) IaaS
8 29 (5.37%) PaaS
9 22 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
10 19 (3.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 19 (3.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (2.96%) Mimecast
11 16 (2.96%) Serverless
12 15 (2.78%) Google Workspace
13 14 (2.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (2.41%) GitHub
15 12 (2.22%) OpenShift
16 11 (2.04%) Power Platform
16 11 (2.04%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 206 (38.15%) VPN
2 192 (35.56%) Network Security
3 152 (28.15%) DNS
4 147 (27.22%) WAN
5 118 (21.85%) LAN
6 115 (21.30%) VLAN
7 108 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
8 97 (17.96%) DHCP
8 97 (17.96%) SD-WAN
9 83 (15.37%) TCP/IP
10 79 (14.63%) Wireless
11 67 (12.41%) BGP
12 61 (11.30%) Cisco ISE
12 61 (11.30%) OSPF
13 43 (7.96%) SAN
14 33 (6.11%) WLAN
15 27 (5.00%) Cisco Wireless
15 27 (5.00%) MPLS
16 22 (4.07%) VXLAN
17 21 (3.89%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (10.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.85%) Power BI
3 7 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.56%) Big Data
4 3 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
4 3 (0.56%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.19%) MySQL
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.15%) Chocolatey
2 15 (2.78%) JIRA
3 8 (1.48%) Bitbucket
3 8 (1.48%) Git
3 8 (1.48%) Metasploit
4 6 (1.11%) GitLab
5 4 (0.74%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (0.56%) Maven
6 3 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 184 (34.07%) Social Skills
2 122 (22.59%) Finance
3 40 (7.41%) Banking
4 38 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.93%) Telecoms
6 31 (5.74%) Legal
7 20 (3.70%) Law
8 13 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.41%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.04%) Mandarin Language
10 11 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.04%) Retail
11 9 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.30%) Back Office
14 6 (1.11%) Billing
14 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.11%) Marketing
14 6 (1.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (22.41%) Network Engineer
2 119 (22.04%) Senior
3 66 (12.22%) Architect
4 60 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
5 59 (10.93%) IT Engineer
6 52 (9.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 44 (8.15%) Support Engineer
8 42 (7.78%) Senior Network Engineer
9 41 (7.59%) IT Support
10 40 (7.41%) Security Engineer
11 36 (6.67%) Lead
12 34 (6.30%) IT Support Engineer
13 32 (5.93%) Network Architect
14 30 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
14 30 (5.56%) Analyst
15 29 (5.37%) Cisco Engineer
16 28 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
17 27 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 26 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 24 (4.44%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.52%) OpenID
2 18 (3.33%) OAuth
3 17 (3.15%) REST
3 17 (3.15%) SAML
4 16 (2.96%) LDAP
5 12 (2.22%) 802.1X
6 11 (2.04%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.67%) ADO
7 9 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (0.93%) Node.js
8 5 (0.93%) YAML
9 2 (0.37%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.37%) RESTful
9 2 (0.37%) Web Services
10 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.85%) Data Centre
2 64 (11.85%) Security Posture
3 41 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (4.63%) PKI
6 24 (4.44%) Management Information System
7 23 (4.26%) Onboarding
8 18 (3.33%) Cloud Native
9 17 (3.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 16 (2.96%) Video Conferencing
11 15 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (2.04%) Blog
13 10 (1.85%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.67%) Driving Licence
15 7 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
15 7 (1.30%) Enterprise Storage
15 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.30%) Private Cloud
16 6 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 6 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 176 (32.59%) Windows
2 65 (12.04%) Linux
3 57 (10.56%) Windows Server
4 29 (5.37%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (2.04%) Unix
7 8 (1.48%) VMS
8 7 (1.30%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.93%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.56%) CentOS
11 2 (0.37%) Android
11 2 (0.37%) Rocky
11 2 (0.37%) tvOS
12 1 (0.19%) Solaris
12 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (23.70%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (20.37%) Incident Response
3 103 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (16.48%) Disaster Recovery
5 87 (16.11%) Roadmaps
6 85 (15.74%) Cloud Security
6 85 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 84 (15.56%) SIEM
8 80 (14.81%) Zero Trust
9 71 (13.15%) Migration
10 69 (12.78%) Infrastructure as Code
11 65 (12.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 65 (12.04%) Project Delivery
12 63 (11.67%) ITIL
13 57 (10.56%) Mentoring
14 55 (10.19%) High Availability
15 54 (10.00%) Business Continuity
16 52 (9.63%) Information Security
17 51 (9.44%) ITSM
17 51 (9.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (13.70%) PowerShell
2 72 (13.33%) Python
3 31 (5.74%) Bash
4 13 (2.41%) Bicep
4 13 (2.41%) SQL
5 9 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.11%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.56%) Java
7 3 (0.56%) Korn
7 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.37%) C
8 2 (0.37%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.37%) Perl
8 2 (0.37%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) Go
Qualifications
1 129 (23.89%) Cisco Certification
2 112 (20.74%) CCNP
3 66 (12.22%) CISSP
4 65 (12.04%) Degree
5 58 (10.74%) Azure Certification
6 47 (8.70%) CCNA
7 32 (5.93%) CCIE
7 32 (5.93%) Security Cleared
8 31 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (5.00%) CISM
10 26 (4.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (3.70%) AWS Certification
11 20 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
12 16 (2.96%) CEH
12 16 (2.96%) DV Cleared
13 14 (2.59%) SC Cleared
14 12 (2.22%) GIAC
15 11 (2.04%) Master's Degree
16 9 (1.67%) JNCIP
16 9 (1.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 72 (13.33%) NIST
2 36 (6.67%) GDPR
3 32 (5.93%) PCI DSS
4 30 (5.56%) SLA
5 17 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.67%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.11%) Government Security Classifications
7 6 (1.11%) GRC
7 6 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (1.11%) JSP 440
7 6 (1.11%) QA
8 5 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.56%) NCSC
10 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 152 (28.15%) Active Directory
2 55 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.44%) Hyper-V
3 24 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (1.48%) Docker
5 7 (1.30%) vSphere
6 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.74%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.56%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.19%) Firmware
9 1 (0.19%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) NLBS
9 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 72 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (12.78%) Terraform
3 68 (12.59%) Ansible
4 51 (9.44%) FortiGate
5 40 (7.41%) Kubernetes
6 25 (4.63%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (4.26%) SCCM
8 19 (3.52%) Autotask
9 16 (2.96%) Jamf Pro
10 11 (2.04%) Grafana
11 9 (1.67%) Prometheus
12 8 (1.48%) Cisco Prime
13 6 (1.11%) CASB
13 6 (1.11%) Nessus
14 5 (0.93%) Check_MK
15 4 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.74%) Nmap
16 3 (0.56%) Data Guard
16 3 (0.56%) Nagios
16 3 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 270 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 176 (32.59%) Cisco
3 118 (21.85%) Palo Alto
4 99 (18.33%) VMware
5 70 (12.96%) Meraki
6 62 (11.48%) Fortinet
7 53 (9.81%) Zscaler
8 40 (7.41%) SolarWinds
9 37 (6.85%) CheckPoint
10 27 (5.00%) F5
10 27 (5.00%) Splunk
10 27 (5.00%) Tenable
11 26 (4.81%) Arista
11 26 (4.81%) Aruba
12 25 (4.63%) CrowdStrike
13 24 (4.44%) Google
14 23 (4.26%) Dynatrace
15 20 (3.70%) HP
16 19 (3.52%) Juniper
17 18 (3.33%) SonicWALL