Firewall Job Trends in London

Firewall
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London citing Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 82 82
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 -19
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 533 441 616
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.06% 3.62% 3.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.27% 34.81% 30.05%
Number of salaries quoted 379 325 391
10th Percentile £40,600 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £49,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £83,125
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.44% -14.29% -

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 citing communications or computer networking skills in London.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 1,821 1,267 2,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.04% 10.41% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 862 1,174
10th Percentile £36,425 £29,215 £36,575
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,900 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.26% -10.92% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £53,300
% change year-on-year +25.00% -24.95% +2.50%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Central London -23 31 £85,000 +21.43% 23
West London 0 29 £60,000 +20.00% 10
South London +4 23 £39,250 -14.67% 2
North London 0 7 £60,000 -20.00%
East London -29 2 £42,500 +21.43% 8
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
1VPN44.7%238
2DNS35.1%187
3Network Security27.0%144
4WAN25.1%134
5DHCP24.8%132
6TCP/IP23.5%125
7VLAN22.9%122
8Wi-Fi20.5%109
9LAN20.3%108
10Wireless18.8%100
11BGP12.8%68
12SD-WAN11.4%61
13OSPF9.0%48
14Cisco ISE7.7%41
15SAN7.1%38
16SSL3.6%19
17Internet3.0%16
17MPLS3.0%16
19Cisco Nexus2.8%15
20Kerberos2.6%14
211 Firewall jobs in London