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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 83 105
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 -31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 547 463 636
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.32% 3.79% 3.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.79% 37.37% 25.01%
Number of salaries quoted 394 372 493
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,800 £39,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £66,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% +6.40% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,813 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,625 £95,000 £93,650
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.96%

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 1,900 1,239 2,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.05% 10.14% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 886 1,390
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,338 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £44,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.91%

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 52 £90,000 +35.34% 38
West London -6 30 £70,809 +44.51% 4
North London +10 15 £55,000 -21.43%
South London +9 12 £30,000 -37.50% 5
East London -13 7 £105,000 +208.82% 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 50 (9.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 50 (9.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.55%) Confluence
2 3 (0.55%) SAS
3 2 (0.37%) Apache
4 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (2.74%) MS Visio
2 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.55%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.55%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Fidessa
1 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 321 (58.68%) Azure
2 185 (33.82%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (23.22%) AWS
4 112 (20.48%) Entra ID
5 45 (8.23%) SaaS
6 39 (7.13%) GCP
7 35 (6.40%) Datadog
8 31 (5.67%) PaaS
9 30 (5.48%) IaaS
10 23 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (3.66%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (3.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 17 (3.11%) Mimecast
14 16 (2.93%) Serverless
15 15 (2.74%) Google Workspace
16 14 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 13 (2.38%) GitHub
18 12 (2.19%) OpenShift
19 11 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
19 11 (2.01%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 209 (38.21%) VPN
2 193 (35.28%) Network Security
3 152 (27.79%) DNS
4 148 (27.06%) WAN
5 120 (21.94%) LAN
6 114 (20.84%) VLAN
7 107 (19.56%) Wi-Fi
8 97 (17.73%) DHCP
9 96 (17.55%) SD-WAN
10 86 (15.72%) TCP/IP
11 79 (14.44%) Wireless
12 67 (12.25%) BGP
13 62 (11.33%) OSPF
14 61 (11.15%) Cisco ISE
15 42 (7.68%) SAN
16 33 (6.03%) WLAN
17 28 (5.12%) MPLS
18 26 (4.75%) Cisco Wireless
19 22 (4.02%) Cisco Firepower
19 22 (4.02%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (10.05%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.83%) Power BI
3 7 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.55%) Big Data
4 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Exadata
4 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.18%) MySQL
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.11%) Chocolatey
2 15 (2.74%) JIRA
3 8 (1.46%) Bitbucket
3 8 (1.46%) Git
3 8 (1.46%) Metasploit
4 6 (1.10%) GitLab
5 4 (0.73%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (0.55%) Maven
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
General
1 187 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 123 (22.49%) Finance
3 42 (7.68%) Banking
4 39 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.85%) Telecoms
6 31 (5.67%) Legal
7 20 (3.66%) Law
8 13 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.38%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.01%) Mandarin Language
10 11 (2.01%) Retail
11 10 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Back Office
14 6 (1.10%) Billing
14 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.10%) Marketing
14 6 (1.10%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 122 (22.30%) Network Engineer
2 117 (21.39%) Senior
3 67 (12.25%) Architect
4 60 (10.97%) Azure Engineer
5 58 (10.60%) IT Engineer
6 53 (9.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 44 (8.04%) Support Engineer
8 42 (7.68%) IT Support
9 41 (7.50%) Senior Network Engineer
10 40 (7.31%) Security Engineer
11 37 (6.76%) Lead
12 34 (6.22%) IT Support Engineer
13 32 (5.85%) Analyst
13 32 (5.85%) Network Architect
14 31 (5.67%) 2nd Line Support
15 30 (5.48%) Cisco Engineer
16 29 (5.30%) Cloud Engineer
17 27 (4.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 26 (4.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 24 (4.39%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.47%) OpenID
2 18 (3.29%) OAuth
3 17 (3.11%) REST
3 17 (3.11%) SAML
4 16 (2.93%) LDAP
5 12 (2.19%) 802.1X
6 11 (2.01%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.83%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (1.65%) ADO
9 5 (0.91%) Node.js
9 5 (0.91%) YAML
10 2 (0.37%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.37%) RESTful
10 2 (0.37%) Web Services
11 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 90 (16.45%) Data Centre
2 66 (12.07%) Security Posture
3 41 (7.50%) Cyber Threat
4 27 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (4.75%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.39%) Management Information System
6 24 (4.39%) PKI
7 18 (3.29%) Cloud Native
8 17 (3.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 16 (2.93%) Video Conferencing
10 15 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.01%) Blog
12 10 (1.83%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.65%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
14 7 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
14 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.28%) Private Cloud
15 6 (1.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 176 (32.18%) Windows
2 66 (12.07%) Linux
3 57 (10.42%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.48%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (2.19%) Unix
7 9 (1.65%) VMS
8 8 (1.46%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.91%) Kali Linux
10 5 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.73%) CentOS
12 3 (0.55%) Rocky
13 2 (0.37%) Android
13 2 (0.37%) Solaris
13 2 (0.37%) tvOS
14 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (23.95%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (20.84%) Incident Response
3 105 (19.20%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (16.27%) Disaster Recovery
5 88 (16.09%) Roadmaps
6 87 (15.90%) SIEM
7 86 (15.72%) Cloud Security
7 86 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 81 (14.81%) Zero Trust
9 71 (12.98%) Migration
10 70 (12.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 67 (12.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 67 (12.25%) Project Delivery
12 64 (11.70%) ITIL
13 58 (10.60%) Mentoring
14 55 (10.05%) High Availability
15 53 (9.69%) Business Continuity
15 53 (9.69%) Information Security
15 53 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
15 53 (9.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 76 (13.89%) PowerShell
2 72 (13.16%) Python
3 32 (5.85%) Bash
4 15 (2.74%) Bicep
5 14 (2.56%) SQL
6 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.10%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.55%) Java
8 3 (0.55%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.55%) Korn
8 3 (0.55%) Perl
8 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.55%) Ruby
9 2 (0.37%) C
10 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 131 (23.95%) Cisco Certification
2 113 (20.66%) CCNP
3 66 (12.07%) CISSP
3 66 (12.07%) Degree
4 59 (10.79%) Azure Certification
5 48 (8.78%) CCNA
6 33 (6.03%) CCIE
7 32 (5.85%) Security Cleared
8 31 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (4.94%) CISM
9 27 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (3.84%) AWS Certification
11 20 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
12 16 (2.93%) CEH
12 16 (2.93%) DV Cleared
13 14 (2.56%) SC Cleared
14 12 (2.19%) GIAC
15 11 (2.01%) Master's Degree
16 9 (1.65%) JNCIP
16 9 (1.65%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (13.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (13.35%) NIST
3 37 (6.76%) GDPR
4 31 (5.67%) PCI DSS
5 30 (5.48%) SLA
6 18 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.65%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (1.10%) GRC
8 6 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 6 (1.10%) JSP 440
8 6 (1.10%) QA
9 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.55%) NCSC
11 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 152 (27.79%) Active Directory
2 55 (10.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 24 (4.39%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.46%) Docker
6 7 (1.28%) vSphere
7 4 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.73%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.55%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.18%) Firmware
10 1 (0.18%) KVM
10 1 (0.18%) NLBS
10 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (13.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 70 (12.80%) Terraform
3 67 (12.25%) Ansible
4 52 (9.51%) FortiGate
5 40 (7.31%) Kubernetes
6 25 (4.57%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (4.20%) SCCM
8 19 (3.47%) Autotask
9 17 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
10 11 (2.01%) Grafana
11 9 (1.65%) Prometheus
12 8 (1.46%) Cisco Prime
13 7 (1.28%) Nessus
14 6 (1.10%) CASB
15 5 (0.91%) Check_MK
16 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 4 (0.73%) Nmap
17 3 (0.55%) Data Guard
17 3 (0.55%) Nagios
17 3 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 272 (49.73%) Microsoft
2 177 (32.36%) Cisco
3 118 (21.57%) Palo Alto
4 98 (17.92%) VMware
5 70 (12.80%) Meraki
6 64 (11.70%) Fortinet
7 53 (9.69%) Zscaler
8 39 (7.13%) SolarWinds
9 37 (6.76%) CheckPoint
10 28 (5.12%) Tenable
11 26 (4.75%) Aruba
11 26 (4.75%) F5
11 26 (4.75%) Splunk
12 25 (4.57%) Arista
12 25 (4.57%) CrowdStrike
13 24 (4.39%) Google
14 23 (4.20%) Dynatrace
15 20 (3.66%) HP
16 19 (3.47%) Juniper
17 18 (3.29%) SonicWALL