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

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 85 88
Rank change year-on-year -24 +3 -25
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 546 433 611
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.08% 3.70% 3.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.58% 35.61% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 397 317 386
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,300 £38,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £49,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £84,688
90th Percentile £101,000 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £51,500 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.96% -12.38% -4.55%

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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,846 1,216 1,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.03% 10.38% 11.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 818 1,184
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,563 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.45% +3.08%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 October 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 October 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 -26 31 £86,250 +23.21% 77
West London -1 28 £72,500 +38.10% 14
South London +11 24 £38,500 -16.30% 8
North London +3 9 £55,000 -26.67% 1
East London -22 5 £105,000 +204.35% 9
Firewall
England

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1VPN44.0%240
2DNS34.1%186
3Network Security28.9%158
4WAN25.6%140
5DHCP24.0%131
6VLAN23.1%126
7LAN21.2%116
8TCP/IP20.9%114
8Wi-Fi20.9%114
10Wireless18.7%102
11SD-WAN12.6%69
12BGP11.9%65
13Cisco ISE10.3%56
14OSPF9.2%50
15SAN7.7%42
16MPLS4.4%24
17SSL4.0%22
18VXLAN3.5%19
19Cisco ASA3.3%18
19WLAN3.3%18