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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 88 98
Rank change year-on-year -21 +10 -35
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 544 443 656
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.17% 3.71% 3.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.79% 35.61% 24.57%
Number of salaries quoted 406 337 436
10th Percentile £37,875 £37,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% - +3.08%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,875
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -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 1,826 1,244 2,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.27% 10.43% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 857 1,265
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +3.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,600
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.16% -18.00% -3.85%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -18 45 £90,000 +28.57% 58
West London +5 31 £65,000 +18.18% 9
South London +12 22 £34,250 -25.54% 12
North London +10 12 £55,000 -21.43% 1
East London -10 6 £105,000 +208.82% 8
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 58 (10.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (10.48%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.92%) Confluence
4 3 (0.55%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Eikon
3 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 299 (54.96%) Azure
2 200 (36.76%) Microsoft 365
3 132 (24.26%) Entra ID
4 108 (19.85%) AWS
5 41 (7.54%) PaaS
5 41 (7.54%) SaaS
6 33 (6.07%) IaaS
7 31 (5.70%) Datadog
8 29 (5.33%) GCP
9 21 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (3.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 19 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (3.49%) Mimecast
12 17 (3.13%) OneDrive
12 17 (3.13%) Serverless
13 15 (2.76%) Google Workspace
14 13 (2.39%) Power Platform
15 12 (2.21%) OpenShift
16 11 (2.02%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 217 (39.89%) VPN
2 175 (32.17%) DNS
3 168 (30.88%) Network Security
4 135 (24.82%) WAN
5 128 (23.53%) VLAN
6 123 (22.61%) DHCP
7 108 (19.85%) Wi-Fi
8 107 (19.67%) LAN
9 95 (17.46%) Wireless
10 93 (17.10%) TCP/IP
11 78 (14.34%) SD-WAN
12 61 (11.21%) BGP
13 58 (10.66%) Cisco ISE
14 53 (9.74%) OSPF
15 45 (8.27%) SAN
16 24 (4.41%) MPLS
16 24 (4.41%) WLAN
17 23 (4.23%) SSL
18 21 (3.86%) Cisco Wireless
19 17 (3.13%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.21%) Power BI
3 9 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.55%) Big Data
4 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
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
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 17 (3.13%) JIRA
2 16 (2.94%) Chocolatey
3 12 (2.21%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.21%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.92%) Git
4 5 (0.92%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Maven
6 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 189 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 123 (22.61%) Finance
3 44 (8.09%) Banking
4 37 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.25%) Law
6 31 (5.70%) Legal
7 29 (5.33%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.39%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.02%) Mandarin Language
13 9 (1.65%) Retail
14 7 (1.29%) Back Office
15 6 (1.10%) Billing
15 6 (1.10%) Digital Health
15 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 112 (20.59%) Senior
2 105 (19.30%) Network Engineer
3 76 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 63 (11.58%) Azure Engineer
5 61 (11.21%) IT Engineer
6 54 (9.93%) Architect
7 47 (8.64%) Support Engineer
8 42 (7.72%) IT Support
8 42 (7.72%) Security Engineer
9 38 (6.99%) Lead
10 34 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
11 33 (6.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 32 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
13 30 (5.51%) Analyst
14 29 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support
14 29 (5.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (4.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 24 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 22 (4.04%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (13.24%) Terraform
2 16 (2.94%) FIX Protocol
3 15 (2.76%) OpenID
4 14 (2.57%) OAuth
4 14 (2.57%) REST
4 14 (2.57%) SAML
5 13 (2.39%) LDAP
6 12 (2.21%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.84%) 802.1X
8 8 (1.47%) ADO
9 5 (0.92%) Node.js
9 5 (0.92%) YAML
10 2 (0.37%) RESTful
10 2 (0.37%) Web Services
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Blueprints
11 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.73%) Data Centre
2 63 (11.58%) Security Posture
3 36 (6.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (6.43%) Cyber Threat
5 33 (6.07%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 23 (4.23%) Management Information System
8 22 (4.04%) PKI
9 18 (3.31%) Cloud Native
9 18 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.21%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.84%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.84%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.65%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.47%) Eurex
14 8 (1.47%) Public Cloud
15 7 (1.29%) IoT
15 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 192 (35.29%) Windows
2 78 (14.34%) Linux
3 63 (11.58%) Windows Server
4 35 (6.43%) Mac OS
5 16 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.39%) Unix
7 12 (2.21%) VMS
8 11 (2.02%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.47%) CentOS
9 8 (1.47%) Rocky
10 5 (0.92%) Solaris
11 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.55%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.37%) Android
13 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.37%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (26.10%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
3 98 (18.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 93 (17.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (17.10%) Disaster Recovery
5 90 (16.54%) Incident Response
6 83 (15.26%) Roadmaps
6 83 (15.26%) Zero Trust
7 82 (15.07%) Cloud Security
8 74 (13.60%) SIEM
9 73 (13.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 73 (13.42%) ITIL
9 73 (13.42%) Migration
10 66 (12.13%) Project Delivery
11 62 (11.40%) High Availability
11 62 (11.40%) Mentoring
12 59 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 59 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
13 54 (9.93%) Change Management
14 52 (9.56%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 70 (12.87%) PowerShell
2 67 (12.32%) Python
3 28 (5.15%) Bash
4 21 (3.86%) Bicep
4 21 (3.86%) SQL
5 8 (1.47%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (1.47%) Perl
5 8 (1.47%) Ruby
6 5 (0.92%) C
7 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.37%) Java
8 2 (0.37%) Korn
8 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 109 (20.04%) Cisco Certification
2 93 (17.10%) CCNP
3 69 (12.68%) Degree
4 61 (11.21%) Azure Certification
4 61 (11.21%) CISSP
5 42 (7.72%) CCNA
6 37 (6.80%) Security Cleared
7 33 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (4.60%) AWS Certification
9 25 (4.60%) CISM
10 22 (4.04%) CCIE
11 14 (2.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 12 (2.21%) Master's Degree
13 11 (2.02%) DV Cleared
13 11 (2.02%) GIAC
14 10 (1.84%) CEH
15 9 (1.65%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (13.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 74 (13.60%) NIST
2 39 (7.17%) GDPR
3 35 (6.43%) SLA
4 33 (6.07%) PCI DSS
5 16 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.65%) GRC
7 8 (1.47%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.10%) QA
9 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.55%) NCSC
11 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.37%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (28.31%) Active Directory
2 56 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.41%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (2.02%) Docker
5 11 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (2.02%) vSphere
6 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.92%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.18%) Samba
8 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (14.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (9.93%) Ansible
3 48 (8.82%) FortiGate
4 33 (6.07%) Single Sign-On
5 30 (5.51%) Kubernetes
6 24 (4.41%) SCCM
7 19 (3.49%) Autotask
8 17 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.76%) Nessus
10 12 (2.21%) Nmap
11 10 (1.84%) CASB
12 8 (1.47%) Grafana
12 8 (1.47%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.92%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.55%) Argo
14 3 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
14 3 (0.55%) Istio
14 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 3 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 294 (54.04%) Microsoft
2 170 (31.25%) Cisco
3 120 (22.06%) Palo Alto
4 104 (19.12%) VMware
5 59 (10.85%) Fortinet
6 58 (10.66%) Meraki
7 54 (9.93%) Zscaler
8 29 (5.33%) Tenable
9 27 (4.96%) CheckPoint
9 27 (4.96%) F5
9 27 (4.96%) SolarWinds
9 27 (4.96%) Splunk
10 26 (4.78%) Aruba
11 23 (4.23%) CrowdStrike
12 21 (3.86%) Arista
13 20 (3.68%) Dynatrace
13 20 (3.68%) HP
13 20 (3.68%) Juniper
14 19 (3.49%) Google
15 17 (3.13%) SonicWALL