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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 83 77
Rank change year-on-year -5 -6 +10
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 501 496 856
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.48% 3.95% 3.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.89% 37.69% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 358 395 718
10th Percentile £37,125 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £50,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,750 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.03% +11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% +7.14% -2.00%

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 1,863 1,316 3,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.21% 10.49% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 986 946 2,015
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,625 £32,850
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 89 £80,000 +14.29% 39
East London +1 18 £105,000 +9.09% 4
North London +14 15 £55,000 -16.98% 1
West London -19 12 £77,500 +58.16% 9
South London +8 10 £31,000 -44.47% 4
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 35 (6.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) Confluence
4 4 (0.80%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (2.99%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 310 (61.88%) Azure
2 158 (31.54%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (25.35%) AWS
4 80 (15.97%) Entra ID
5 48 (9.58%) Datadog
6 45 (8.98%) SaaS
7 42 (8.38%) GCP
8 26 (5.19%) Azure Monitor
9 25 (4.99%) IaaS
10 24 (4.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 23 (4.59%) GitHub
11 23 (4.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 22 (4.39%) PaaS
13 20 (3.99%) Azure Sentinel
14 19 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (3.59%) Mimecast
16 17 (3.39%) AWS Direct Connect
16 17 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
17 14 (2.79%) Azure Key Vault
18 13 (2.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 211 (42.12%) VPN
2 154 (30.74%) WAN
3 144 (28.74%) Network Security
4 126 (25.15%) DNS
5 108 (21.56%) LAN
5 108 (21.56%) Wi-Fi
6 104 (20.76%) SD-WAN
7 94 (18.76%) VLAN
8 86 (17.17%) DHCP
9 69 (13.77%) Wireless
10 66 (13.17%) Cisco ISE
11 64 (12.77%) BGP
12 58 (11.58%) OSPF
13 56 (11.18%) TCP/IP
14 43 (8.58%) SAN
15 38 (7.58%) Cisco Firepower
15 38 (7.58%) WLAN
16 35 (6.99%) Cisco ASA
17 33 (6.59%) Cisco Wireless
18 28 (5.59%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (9.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.00%) Power BI
3 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.20%) MySQL
5 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.99%) Chocolatey
2 11 (2.20%) Git
2 11 (2.20%) JIRA
3 10 (2.00%) GitLab
4 8 (1.60%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.40%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.80%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 141 (28.14%) Finance
2 132 (26.35%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.78%) Banking
5 27 (5.39%) Legal
6 14 (2.79%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.00%) Retail Banking
9 8 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.60%) Retail
10 7 (1.40%) Aviation
10 7 (1.40%) Law
10 7 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.40%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.60%) German Language
12 3 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.60%) Marketing
12 3 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 136 (27.15%) Network Engineer
2 94 (18.76%) Senior
3 66 (13.17%) Azure Engineer
4 64 (12.77%) IT Engineer
5 54 (10.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 52 (10.38%) Architect
7 42 (8.38%) Cisco Engineer
7 42 (8.38%) Cloud Engineer
8 40 (7.98%) Support Engineer
9 38 (7.58%) IT Support
10 35 (6.99%) Analyst
10 35 (6.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 31 (6.19%) Network Architect
11 31 (6.19%) Security Engineer
12 30 (5.99%) Lead
12 30 (5.99%) Senior Network Engineer
13 29 (5.79%) Senior IT Engineer
14 27 (5.39%) IT Support Engineer
15 26 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
16 20 (3.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.19%) OAuth
2 20 (3.99%) SAML
3 16 (3.19%) ADO
4 12 (2.40%) 802.1X
4 12 (2.40%) YAML
5 11 (2.20%) OpenID
6 9 (1.80%) REST
7 8 (1.60%) LDAP
8 5 (1.00%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.60%) .NET
10 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.40%) Node.js
10 2 (0.40%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.20%) AWS SAM
11 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 87 (17.37%) Data Centre
2 49 (9.78%) Security Posture
3 39 (7.78%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (5.19%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (4.59%) PKI
6 17 (3.39%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 9 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.40%) Blog
11 6 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
11 6 (1.20%) IoT
11 6 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (1.00%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 160 (31.94%) Windows
2 55 (10.98%) Linux
3 54 (10.78%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.79%) Mac OS
4 19 (3.79%) VMS
5 15 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (2.20%) Unix
7 10 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (1.80%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.80%) Windows 10
9 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.80%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) Solaris
11 1 (0.20%) tvOS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (21.16%) Incident Response
2 105 (20.96%) Cybersecurity
3 97 (19.36%) Disaster Recovery
4 94 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (17.17%) SIEM
6 75 (14.97%) Zero Trust
7 72 (14.37%) Cloud Security
8 68 (13.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 68 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 65 (12.97%) Migration
10 59 (11.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (11.78%) Roadmaps
11 58 (11.58%) High Availability
12 55 (10.98%) ITIL
13 53 (10.58%) Business Continuity
14 52 (10.38%) Vulnerability Management
15 51 (10.18%) CI/CD
15 51 (10.18%) DevOps
16 47 (9.38%) ITSM
16 47 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.97%) PowerShell
2 66 (13.17%) Python
3 25 (4.99%) Bash
4 17 (3.39%) Kusto Query Language
5 16 (3.19%) SQL
6 13 (2.59%) Bicep
7 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.40%) Java
8 2 (0.40%) Korn
8 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) Go
9 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 126 (25.15%) Cisco Certification
2 105 (20.96%) CCNP
3 63 (12.57%) CISSP
3 63 (12.57%) Degree
4 44 (8.78%) Azure Certification
4 44 (8.78%) CCNA
5 41 (8.18%) CCIE
6 31 (6.19%) CISM
7 30 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (4.59%) Security Cleared
9 21 (4.19%) CompTIA Security+
10 19 (3.79%) CEH
11 17 (3.39%) CCSA
11 17 (3.39%) CCSE
12 16 (3.19%) DV Cleared
13 12 (2.40%) CISA
13 12 (2.40%) SC Cleared
14 11 (2.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 11 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (12.38%) NIST
3 50 (9.98%) GDPR
4 35 (6.99%) PCI DSS
5 24 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 20 (3.99%) SLA
7 19 (3.79%) SOC 2
8 12 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (1.40%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.80%) GRC
11 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.60%) NCSC
13 1 (0.20%) Basel III
13 1 (0.20%) MiFID
13 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 142 (28.34%) Active Directory
2 42 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (3.59%) Docker
5 16 (3.19%) Firmware
6 14 (2.79%) Hyper-V
6 14 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.80%) vSphere
8 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.20%) KVM
10 1 (0.20%) NLBS
10 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 80 (15.97%) Ansible
2 79 (15.77%) Terraform
3 70 (13.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (8.18%) FortiGate
4 41 (8.18%) Kubernetes
5 30 (5.99%) SCCM
6 14 (2.79%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (2.20%) Autotask
7 11 (2.20%) Grafana
7 11 (2.20%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.80%) Check_MK
8 9 (1.80%) Cisco Prime
9 8 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (1.20%) CASB
11 5 (1.00%) Nagios
11 5 (1.00%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.80%) Istio
12 4 (0.80%) linkerd
12 4 (0.80%) Mesos
Vendors
1 220 (43.91%) Microsoft
2 175 (34.93%) Cisco
3 104 (20.76%) Palo Alto
4 84 (16.77%) VMware
5 73 (14.57%) Fortinet
6 68 (13.57%) Meraki
7 55 (10.98%) SolarWinds
8 47 (9.38%) CheckPoint
9 36 (7.19%) Dynatrace
10 32 (6.39%) Zscaler
11 28 (5.59%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (5.39%) Juniper
12 27 (5.39%) Splunk
13 26 (5.19%) Tenable
14 22 (4.39%) AppDynamics
14 22 (4.39%) Arista
14 22 (4.39%) Google
15 21 (4.19%) Aruba
16 16 (3.19%) F5
17 14 (2.79%) Infoblox