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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 78 64
Rank change year-on-year -5 -14 +28
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 505 515 893
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.68% 4.00% 3.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.14% 35.89% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 347 423 751
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,875 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +16.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% -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 2,092 1,435 2,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.10% 11.14% 13.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,010 980 2,106
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,125 £96,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -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 11 April 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 11 April 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 88 £80,000 +14.29% 31
East London -4 18 £35,000 -60.00% 2
West London -15 17 £67,059 +28.96% 10
North London +12 13 £55,000 -16.98% 2
South London +7 6 £31,000 -48.33% 2
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 34 (6.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.99%) Apache
3 5 (0.99%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.18%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 309 (61.19%) Azure
2 154 (30.50%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (25.35%) AWS
4 69 (13.66%) Entra ID
5 46 (9.11%) GCP
6 44 (8.71%) SaaS
7 40 (7.92%) Datadog
8 27 (5.35%) GitHub
9 26 (5.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 26 (5.15%) Azure Monitor
10 23 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (4.55%) IaaS
11 21 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (3.96%) PaaS
13 19 (3.76%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (3.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 15 (2.97%) Mimecast
16 14 (2.77%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (2.57%) AWS Direct Connect
17 13 (2.57%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 210 (41.58%) VPN
2 146 (28.91%) WAN
3 123 (24.36%) Network Security
4 120 (23.76%) DNS
5 108 (21.39%) LAN
5 108 (21.39%) Wi-Fi
6 98 (19.41%) VLAN
7 91 (18.02%) SD-WAN
8 86 (17.03%) DHCP
9 69 (13.66%) Wireless
10 65 (12.87%) TCP/IP
11 56 (11.09%) BGP
12 50 (9.90%) OSPF
13 46 (9.11%) Cisco ISE
14 38 (7.52%) SAN
15 36 (7.13%) Cisco Firepower
16 34 (6.73%) Cisco ASA
17 32 (6.34%) Intrusion Detection
18 31 (6.14%) WLAN
19 30 (5.94%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.58%) Power BI
3 5 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.56%) Chocolatey
2 12 (2.38%) Git
3 10 (1.98%) JIRA
4 8 (1.58%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.39%) GitLab
6 6 (1.19%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.79%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 132 (26.14%) Finance
2 130 (25.74%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.91%) Banking
5 27 (5.35%) Legal
6 15 (2.97%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.18%) Retail
8 10 (1.98%) Retail Banking
9 9 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.39%) Aviation
10 7 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.19%) Marketing
12 5 (0.99%) Back Office
12 5 (0.99%) Law
12 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.99%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.79%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 130 (25.74%) Network Engineer
2 89 (17.62%) Senior
3 69 (13.66%) Azure Engineer
4 64 (12.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 62 (12.28%) IT Engineer
6 54 (10.69%) Analyst
7 50 (9.90%) Cloud Engineer
8 49 (9.70%) Support Engineer
9 46 (9.11%) Cisco Engineer
9 46 (9.11%) IT Support
10 42 (8.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 39 (7.72%) Architect
12 30 (5.94%) IT Support Engineer
13 28 (5.54%) Lead
14 27 (5.35%) Platform Engineer
15 26 (5.15%) Security Engineer
15 26 (5.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
16 25 (4.95%) Senior IT Engineer
17 23 (4.55%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.76%) OAuth
2 18 (3.56%) SAML
3 15 (2.97%) ADO
4 12 (2.38%) YAML
5 10 (1.98%) 802.1X
6 8 (1.58%) OpenID
7 7 (1.39%) .NET
8 6 (1.19%) REST
9 5 (0.99%) LDAP
10 3 (0.59%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.40%) AWS SAM
11 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.40%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
12 1 (0.20%) RESTful
12 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (15.25%) Data Centre
2 39 (7.72%) Security Posture
3 33 (6.53%) Cyber Threat
4 31 (6.14%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 23 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 14 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.77%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.77%) PKI
8 11 (2.18%) Blog
8 11 (2.18%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (1.78%) IoT
10 8 (1.58%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 162 (32.08%) Windows
2 63 (12.48%) Linux
3 62 (12.28%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.96%) VMS
5 18 (3.56%) Mac OS
6 17 (3.37%) Unix
7 16 (3.17%) Windows 10
8 15 (2.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (2.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (2.38%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.79%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.59%) CentOS
13 3 (0.59%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.40%) Solaris
15 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (21.58%) Incident Response
2 103 (20.40%) Cybersecurity
3 99 (19.60%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (18.02%) Disaster Recovery
5 82 (16.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 80 (15.84%) SIEM
7 75 (14.85%) Infrastructure as Code
8 72 (14.26%) Migration
9 71 (14.06%) Cloud Security
10 66 (13.07%) Zero Trust
11 64 (12.67%) ITIL
12 59 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (11.09%) Computer Science
14 55 (10.89%) DevOps
14 55 (10.89%) High Availability
15 52 (10.30%) CI/CD
15 52 (10.30%) Vulnerability Management
16 48 (9.50%) Business Continuity
17 47 (9.31%) Information Security
18 45 (8.91%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 81 (16.04%) PowerShell
2 71 (14.06%) Python
3 30 (5.94%) Bash
4 18 (3.56%) Kusto Query Language
4 18 (3.56%) SQL
5 16 (3.17%) Bicep
6 6 (1.19%) Go
7 5 (0.99%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.40%) Java
8 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.40%) Korn
8 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 128 (25.35%) Cisco Certification
2 102 (20.20%) CCNP
3 78 (15.45%) Degree
4 60 (11.88%) CISSP
5 51 (10.10%) CCNA
6 41 (8.12%) CCIE
7 39 (7.72%) Azure Certification
8 38 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.54%) CISM
10 27 (5.35%) Security Cleared
11 23 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (3.96%) CompTIA Security+
13 18 (3.56%) CCSA
13 18 (3.56%) CCSE
13 18 (3.56%) DBS Check
14 17 (3.37%) DV Cleared
14 17 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
15 16 (3.17%) CEH
15 16 (3.17%) SC Cleared
16 14 (2.77%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (10.89%) GDPR
2 55 (10.89%) NIST
3 31 (6.14%) PCI DSS
4 23 (4.55%) SOC 2
5 22 (4.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (3.56%) SLA
7 13 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.39%) Government Security Classifications
8 7 (1.39%) GRC
8 7 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 7 (1.39%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.59%) ITGC
13 2 (0.40%) NCSC
13 2 (0.40%) PMO
14 1 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 148 (29.31%) Active Directory
2 42 (8.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (3.96%) Docker
5 17 (3.37%) Firmware
5 17 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (3.17%) Hyper-V
7 10 (1.98%) vSphere
8 6 (1.19%) KVM
9 4 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.20%) NLBS
11 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 87 (17.23%) Terraform
2 73 (14.46%) Ansible
3 72 (14.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 47 (9.31%) Kubernetes
5 36 (7.13%) FortiGate
6 31 (6.14%) SCCM
7 12 (2.38%) Grafana
8 10 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.78%) Cisco Prime
9 9 (1.78%) Prometheus
10 8 (1.58%) Autotask
10 8 (1.58%) Check_MK
11 7 (1.39%) CASB
12 6 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.99%) Argo
13 5 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.99%) Istio
13 5 (0.99%) linkerd
13 5 (0.99%) Mesos
13 5 (0.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 201 (39.80%) Microsoft
2 165 (32.67%) Cisco
3 91 (18.02%) Palo Alto
4 87 (17.23%) VMware
5 72 (14.26%) Fortinet
6 62 (12.28%) Meraki
7 47 (9.31%) CheckPoint
7 47 (9.31%) SolarWinds
8 33 (6.53%) Zscaler
9 31 (6.14%) Dynatrace
10 27 (5.35%) Juniper
11 24 (4.75%) Splunk
12 23 (4.55%) Google
13 22 (4.36%) CrowdStrike
13 22 (4.36%) Tenable
14 21 (4.16%) AppDynamics
15 18 (3.56%) Arista
16 13 (2.57%) Aruba
16 13 (2.57%) F5
17 12 (2.38%) ServiceNow