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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 83 92
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 -28
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 545 446 654
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.15% 3.77% 3.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.88% 36.26% 24.80%
Number of salaries quoted 408 338 428
10th Percentile £38,025 £35,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,563 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,813 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,750 £95,000 £93,250
England median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.47% -5.00% -4.76%

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 1,824 1,230 2,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.21% 10.39% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 846 1,253
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,387 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -7.69% +2.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £97,250
England median annual salary £48,445 £40,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.62% -19.00% -3.85%

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 21 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 21 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 -20 43 £90,000 +28.57% 57
West London +7 31 £65,000 +18.18% 9
South London +14 22 £34,250 -25.54% 11
North London +8 12 £55,000 -21.43% 2
East London -14 6 £105,000 +208.82% 8
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 (10.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (10.64%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.92%) 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 14 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.20%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Eikon
3 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 297 (54.50%) Azure
2 199 (36.51%) Microsoft 365
3 135 (24.77%) Entra ID
4 103 (18.90%) AWS
5 42 (7.71%) PaaS
6 41 (7.52%) SaaS
7 34 (6.24%) IaaS
8 30 (5.50%) Datadog
9 25 (4.59%) GCP
10 21 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (3.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 18 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
12 18 (3.30%) OneDrive
13 17 (3.12%) Mimecast
13 17 (3.12%) Serverless
14 15 (2.75%) Google Workspace
15 14 (2.57%) Power Platform
16 12 (2.20%) OpenShift
17 11 (2.02%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 217 (39.82%) VPN
2 178 (32.66%) DNS
3 167 (30.64%) Network Security
4 136 (24.95%) WAN
5 129 (23.67%) VLAN
6 125 (22.94%) DHCP
7 109 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
8 107 (19.63%) LAN
9 95 (17.43%) TCP/IP
10 94 (17.25%) Wireless
11 76 (13.94%) SD-WAN
12 60 (11.01%) BGP
13 57 (10.46%) Cisco ISE
14 52 (9.54%) OSPF
15 44 (8.07%) SAN
16 24 (4.40%) MPLS
16 24 (4.40%) SSL
16 24 (4.40%) WLAN
17 21 (3.85%) Cisco Wireless
18 17 (3.12%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.39%) Power BI
3 11 (2.02%) 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%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
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%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.12%) JIRA
2 15 (2.75%) Chocolatey
3 12 (2.20%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.20%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.92%) Git
4 5 (0.92%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Maven
6 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 184 (33.76%) Social Skills
2 126 (23.12%) Finance
3 43 (7.89%) Banking
4 35 (6.42%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.42%) Law
5 31 (5.69%) Legal
6 29 (5.32%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.57%) Public Sector
10 12 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.02%) Mandarin Language
12 10 (1.83%) Retail
13 7 (1.28%) Back Office
14 6 (1.10%) Billing
14 6 (1.10%) Digital Health
14 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.10%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 110 (20.18%) Senior
2 105 (19.27%) Network Engineer
3 75 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 64 (11.74%) Azure Engineer
5 61 (11.19%) IT Engineer
6 56 (10.28%) Architect
7 48 (8.81%) Support Engineer
8 43 (7.89%) IT Support
9 42 (7.71%) Lead
10 41 (7.52%) Security Engineer
11 34 (6.24%) IT Support Engineer
11 34 (6.24%) Senior Network Engineer
12 33 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
13 30 (5.50%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (5.32%) 2nd Line Support
14 29 (5.32%) Analyst
15 26 (4.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (4.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 24 (4.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 22 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (13.03%) Terraform
2 16 (2.94%) FIX Protocol
3 15 (2.75%) OpenID
3 15 (2.75%) SAML
4 14 (2.57%) OAuth
4 14 (2.57%) REST
5 13 (2.39%) LDAP
6 11 (2.02%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.65%) 802.1X
8 8 (1.47%) ADO
9 5 (0.92%) Node.js
9 5 (0.92%) YAML
10 2 (0.37%) RESTful
10 2 (0.37%) Web Services
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Blueprints
11 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 90 (16.51%) Data Centre
2 62 (11.38%) Security Posture
3 38 (6.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (6.42%) Onboarding
5 34 (6.24%) Cyber Threat
6 23 (4.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 23 (4.22%) Management Information System
6 23 (4.22%) PKI
7 18 (3.30%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (3.12%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.20%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.83%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.83%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.65%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.47%) Eurex
13 8 (1.47%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.28%) IoT
14 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 193 (35.41%) Windows
2 78 (14.31%) Linux
3 66 (12.11%) Windows Server
4 35 (6.42%) Mac OS
5 16 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.39%) Unix
6 13 (2.39%) VMS
7 11 (2.02%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.47%) CentOS
8 8 (1.47%) Rocky
9 5 (0.92%) Solaris
10 4 (0.73%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.37%) Android
12 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.37%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (25.69%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (17.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 95 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (17.06%) Disaster Recovery
6 88 (16.15%) Incident Response
7 83 (15.23%) Cloud Security
8 82 (15.05%) Roadmaps
9 81 (14.86%) Zero Trust
10 74 (13.58%) Migration
11 72 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 70 (12.84%) ITIL
12 70 (12.84%) SIEM
13 64 (11.74%) Project Delivery
14 63 (11.56%) Mentoring
15 62 (11.38%) High Availability
16 61 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
17 58 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
18 54 (9.91%) Change Management
19 52 (9.54%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.21%) PowerShell
2 67 (12.29%) Python
3 29 (5.32%) Bash
4 23 (4.22%) SQL
5 21 (3.85%) Bicep
6 8 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.47%) Perl
6 8 (1.47%) Ruby
7 5 (0.92%) C
8 4 (0.73%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.37%) Java
9 2 (0.37%) Korn
9 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 104 (19.08%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (16.33%) CCNP
3 70 (12.84%) Degree
4 61 (11.19%) CISSP
5 59 (10.83%) Azure Certification
6 42 (7.71%) CCNA
7 36 (6.61%) Security Cleared
8 33 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (4.40%) CISM
11 22 (4.04%) AWS Certification
12 20 (3.67%) CCIE
13 12 (2.20%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (2.20%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.83%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.65%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (1.65%) GIAC
15 9 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (1.47%) CREST Certified
16 8 (1.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (13.03%) NIST
3 39 (7.16%) GDPR
4 36 (6.61%) SLA
5 33 (6.06%) PCI DSS
6 15 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.65%) GRC
8 7 (1.28%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.10%) QA
10 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.55%) NCSC
12 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (28.26%) Active Directory
2 56 (10.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.59%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.39%) Docker
6 12 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (2.02%) vSphere
8 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.92%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.37%) Firmware
9 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.18%) NFS
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.18%) Samba
10 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (14.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (9.91%) Ansible
3 49 (8.99%) FortiGate
4 32 (5.87%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (5.69%) Kubernetes
6 22 (4.04%) SCCM
7 19 (3.49%) Autotask
8 17 (3.12%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.75%) Nessus
10 12 (2.20%) Nmap
11 11 (2.02%) CASB
12 9 (1.65%) Grafana
12 9 (1.65%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.92%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.55%) Argo
14 3 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
14 3 (0.55%) Istio
14 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 3 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 293 (53.76%) Microsoft
2 165 (30.28%) Cisco
3 121 (22.20%) Palo Alto
4 103 (18.90%) VMware
5 58 (10.64%) Fortinet
6 57 (10.46%) Meraki
7 54 (9.91%) Zscaler
8 28 (5.14%) F5
8 28 (5.14%) Tenable
9 26 (4.77%) Aruba
9 26 (4.77%) SolarWinds
10 24 (4.40%) CheckPoint
10 24 (4.40%) Splunk
11 22 (4.04%) CrowdStrike
12 21 (3.85%) Arista
12 21 (3.85%) Juniper
13 20 (3.67%) HP
14 19 (3.49%) Dynatrace
15 18 (3.30%) Google
16 17 (3.12%) SonicWALL