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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 87 96
Rank change year-on-year -21 +9 -33
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 542 433 639
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.10% 3.70% 3.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.73% 35.84% 25.81%
Number of salaries quoted 406 327 406
10th Percentile £39,500 £35,500 £37,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £94,250
England median annual salary £52,000 £46,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +11.83% -7.92% -3.81%

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 1,823 1,208 2,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.08% 10.31% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 822 1,202
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.79% -3.81%

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 29 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 29 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 -28 41 £90,000 +28.57% 73
West London +11 30 £60,000 +9.09% 11
South London +18 22 £38,500 -16.30% 10
North London +5 12 £55,000 -24.14% 1
East London -8 6 £105,000 +208.82% 10
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 59 (10.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (10.52%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.74%) 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 13 (2.40%) 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 (1.48%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Eikon
3 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 293 (54.06%) Azure
2 193 (35.61%) Microsoft 365
3 141 (26.01%) Entra ID
4 99 (18.27%) AWS
5 39 (7.20%) PaaS
6 37 (6.83%) SaaS
7 32 (5.90%) IaaS
8 26 (4.80%) Datadog
9 25 (4.61%) GCP
10 24 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (4.06%) Azure Monitor
12 21 (3.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 21 (3.87%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (3.69%) OneDrive
14 19 (3.51%) Mimecast
15 17 (3.14%) Serverless
16 16 (2.95%) Power Platform
17 14 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
17 14 (2.58%) Google Workspace
18 12 (2.21%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 223 (41.14%) VPN
2 183 (33.76%) DNS
3 168 (31.00%) Network Security
4 137 (25.28%) WAN
5 128 (23.62%) DHCP
6 127 (23.43%) VLAN
7 110 (20.30%) LAN
8 107 (19.74%) Wi-Fi
9 100 (18.45%) TCP/IP
10 97 (17.90%) Wireless
11 73 (13.47%) SD-WAN
12 58 (10.70%) BGP
13 56 (10.33%) Cisco ISE
14 51 (9.41%) OSPF
15 40 (7.38%) SAN
16 25 (4.61%) SSL
17 24 (4.43%) MPLS
18 23 (4.24%) WLAN
19 21 (3.87%) Cisco Wireless
20 17 (3.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.89%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.77%) Power BI
3 14 (2.58%) 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%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.18%) MySQL
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 16 (2.95%) JIRA
2 12 (2.21%) Burp Suite
2 12 (2.21%) Metasploit
3 11 (2.03%) Chocolatey
4 5 (0.92%) GitLab
5 4 (0.74%) Git
6 3 (0.55%) Maven
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 183 (33.76%) Social Skills
2 132 (24.35%) Finance
3 39 (7.20%) Banking
4 36 (6.64%) Law
5 32 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.35%) Legal
6 29 (5.35%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.14%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.03%) Mandarin Language
11 11 (2.03%) Retail
12 8 (1.48%) Back Office
13 7 (1.29%) Marketing
14 6 (1.11%) Billing
14 6 (1.11%) Digital Health
14 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 112 (20.66%) Senior
2 101 (18.63%) Network Engineer
3 76 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 60 (11.07%) Architect
5 59 (10.89%) Azure Engineer
6 57 (10.52%) IT Engineer
7 45 (8.30%) Lead
7 45 (8.30%) Support Engineer
8 43 (7.93%) IT Support
9 42 (7.75%) Security Engineer
10 33 (6.09%) Senior Network Engineer
11 32 (5.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (5.90%) IT Support Engineer
12 30 (5.54%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (5.17%) Analyst
14 26 (4.80%) 2nd Line Support
14 26 (4.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (4.24%) 3rd Line Support
16 22 (4.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 21 (3.87%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.84%) Terraform
2 16 (2.95%) FIX Protocol
2 16 (2.95%) OpenID
2 16 (2.95%) SAML
3 15 (2.77%) OAuth
3 15 (2.77%) REST
4 14 (2.58%) LDAP
5 11 (2.03%) ARM Templates
6 10 (1.85%) 802.1X
7 8 (1.48%) ADO
8 5 (0.92%) Node.js
8 5 (0.92%) YAML
9 2 (0.37%) RESTful
9 2 (0.37%) Web Services
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Blueprints
10 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.18%) Middleware
10 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.79%) Data Centre
2 64 (11.81%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (7.01%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.54%) Cyber Threat
6 26 (4.80%) Management Information System
7 25 (4.61%) PKI
8 23 (4.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 19 (3.51%) Cloud Native
10 18 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (3.14%) Video Conferencing
12 13 (2.40%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.85%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.66%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.66%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.48%) Eurex
16 7 (1.29%) IoT
16 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 195 (35.98%) Windows
2 81 (14.94%) Linux
3 72 (13.28%) Windows Server
4 33 (6.09%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.40%) Unix
6 13 (2.40%) VMS
7 12 (2.21%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.48%) CentOS
8 8 (1.48%) Rocky
9 6 (1.11%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.92%) Solaris
11 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.37%) Android
12 2 (0.37%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (26.20%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (18.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 98 (18.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (17.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 87 (16.05%) Incident Response
7 83 (15.31%) Cloud Security
7 83 (15.31%) Zero Trust
8 81 (14.94%) Roadmaps
9 76 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
10 75 (13.84%) Migration
11 68 (12.55%) SIEM
12 64 (11.81%) ITIL
13 63 (11.62%) High Availability
13 63 (11.62%) Mentoring
13 63 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 62 (11.44%) Project Delivery
15 57 (10.52%) Technical Leadership
16 54 (9.96%) Vulnerability Management
17 53 (9.78%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (14.21%) PowerShell
2 65 (11.99%) Python
3 28 (5.17%) Bash
4 26 (4.80%) SQL
5 25 (4.61%) Bicep
6 8 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.48%) Perl
6 8 (1.48%) Ruby
7 5 (0.92%) C
8 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.37%) Go
9 2 (0.37%) Java
10 1 (0.18%) Korn
10 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (18.63%) Cisco Certification
2 84 (15.50%) CCNP
3 69 (12.73%) Degree
4 63 (11.62%) CISSP
5 55 (10.15%) Azure Certification
6 42 (7.75%) CCNA
7 37 (6.83%) Security Cleared
8 33 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (4.43%) CISM
11 22 (4.06%) AWS Certification
12 19 (3.51%) CCIE
13 12 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (2.03%) Master's Degree
15 10 (1.85%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.66%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (1.66%) GIAC
16 9 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (1.48%) CCSP
17 8 (1.48%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (12.73%) NIST
3 37 (6.83%) GDPR
4 36 (6.64%) SLA
5 34 (6.27%) PCI DSS
6 14 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.66%) GRC
8 8 (1.48%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.11%) QA
10 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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%) NCSC
12 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 153 (28.23%) Active Directory
2 54 (9.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.80%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.14%) Docker
4 17 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.92%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.37%) Firmware
8 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.18%) NFS
9 1 (0.18%) Samba
9 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (13.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (9.78%) Ansible
3 49 (9.04%) FortiGate
4 35 (6.46%) Kubernetes
5 33 (6.09%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (3.32%) SCCM
7 17 (3.14%) Autotask
8 16 (2.95%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.77%) Nessus
10 12 (2.21%) Grafana
10 12 (2.21%) Nmap
11 11 (2.03%) CASB
12 9 (1.66%) Prometheus
13 6 (1.11%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.55%) Argo
14 3 (0.55%) Istio
14 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 3 (0.55%) VxRail
15 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 292 (53.87%) Microsoft
2 162 (29.89%) Cisco
3 117 (21.59%) Palo Alto
4 102 (18.82%) VMware
5 57 (10.52%) Fortinet
6 54 (9.96%) Meraki
6 54 (9.96%) Zscaler
7 29 (5.35%) F5
8 26 (4.80%) Aruba
8 26 (4.80%) SolarWinds
9 24 (4.43%) Juniper
9 24 (4.43%) Splunk
9 24 (4.43%) Tenable
10 23 (4.24%) CheckPoint
11 21 (3.87%) Arista
11 21 (3.87%) CrowdStrike
12 19 (3.51%) HP
13 17 (3.14%) Dynatrace
13 17 (3.14%) Google
14 16 (2.95%) Sophos