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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 78 68
Rank change year-on-year -9 -10 +22
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 508 514 889
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.58% 4.01% 3.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.10% 37.68% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 357 417 747
10th Percentile £34,900 £40,000 £40,900
25th Percentile £50,625 £51,250 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +16.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £50,860 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -3.12% +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 2,108 1,364 3,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.69% 10.63% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 982 2,060
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,975
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £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 £86,250 £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 26 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 26 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 90 £80,000 +14.29% 37
East London -1 18 £105,000 +9.09%
West London -16 15 £67,059 +28.96% 9
North London +9 14 £55,000 -16.98% 1
South London +5 6 £31,000 -48.33% 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 36 (7.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (5.51%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.18%) Confluence
4 5 (0.98%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 307 (60.43%) Azure
2 158 (31.10%) Microsoft 365
3 125 (24.61%) AWS
4 78 (15.35%) Entra ID
5 47 (9.25%) SaaS
6 44 (8.66%) Datadog
6 44 (8.66%) GCP
7 26 (5.12%) Azure Monitor
8 25 (4.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 25 (4.92%) GitHub
8 25 (4.92%) IaaS
9 22 (4.33%) PaaS
10 21 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (3.94%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (3.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 19 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (3.54%) Mimecast
14 15 (2.95%) AWS Direct Connect
15 14 (2.76%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (2.56%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 218 (42.91%) VPN
2 147 (28.94%) WAN
3 133 (26.18%) Network Security
4 123 (24.21%) DNS
5 110 (21.65%) Wi-Fi
6 109 (21.46%) LAN
7 99 (19.49%) VLAN
8 93 (18.31%) SD-WAN
9 87 (17.13%) DHCP
10 64 (12.60%) Wireless
11 62 (12.20%) TCP/IP
12 57 (11.22%) BGP
13 53 (10.43%) Cisco ISE
14 51 (10.04%) OSPF
15 42 (8.27%) SAN
16 37 (7.28%) Cisco Firepower
17 35 (6.89%) WLAN
18 32 (6.30%) Cisco ASA
19 28 (5.51%) Cisco Wireless
20 27 (5.31%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (9.45%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.18%) Power BI
3 5 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.94%) Chocolatey
2 12 (2.36%) Git
3 11 (2.17%) JIRA
4 9 (1.77%) GitLab
5 8 (1.57%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.38%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.79%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 140 (27.56%) Finance
2 133 (26.18%) Social Skills
3 52 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (9.06%) Banking
5 26 (5.12%) Legal
6 15 (2.95%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.97%) Retail Banking
9 9 (1.77%) Retail
10 8 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.38%) Aviation
11 7 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.18%) Law
12 6 (1.18%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.79%) Advertising
13 4 (0.79%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.79%) Marketing
14 3 (0.59%) Electronics
14 3 (0.59%) German Language
Job Titles
1 131 (25.79%) Network Engineer
2 90 (17.72%) Senior
3 67 (13.19%) Azure Engineer
4 66 (12.99%) IT Engineer
5 61 (12.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 48 (9.45%) Support Engineer
7 47 (9.25%) Analyst
8 46 (9.06%) Cisco Engineer
9 44 (8.66%) Architect
9 44 (8.66%) Cloud Engineer
10 43 (8.46%) IT Support
11 39 (7.68%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 31 (6.10%) IT Support Engineer
13 29 (5.71%) Lead
14 28 (5.51%) Security Engineer
15 27 (5.31%) Senior IT Engineer
15 27 (5.31%) Senior Network Engineer
16 26 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
17 24 (4.72%) Network Architect
18 23 (4.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.13%) OAuth
2 20 (3.94%) SAML
3 16 (3.15%) ADO
4 12 (2.36%) YAML
5 10 (1.97%) 802.1X
5 10 (1.97%) OpenID
6 8 (1.57%) REST
7 7 (1.38%) LDAP
8 5 (0.98%) .NET
9 4 (0.79%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.39%) AWS SAM
11 2 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.39%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
12 1 (0.20%) RESTful
12 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (15.35%) Data Centre
2 44 (8.66%) Security Posture
3 38 (7.48%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (3.35%) Cloud Native
6 17 (3.35%) PKI
7 15 (2.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.95%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.57%) Blog
10 8 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.57%) IoT
11 7 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 164 (32.28%) Windows
2 60 (11.81%) Linux
3 58 (11.42%) Windows Server
4 21 (4.13%) Mac OS
5 20 (3.94%) VMS
6 15 (2.95%) Unix
7 14 (2.76%) Windows 10
8 13 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (2.36%) Ubuntu
9 12 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.79%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.39%) CentOS
13 2 (0.39%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (21.85%) Incident Response
2 108 (21.26%) Cybersecurity
3 102 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (18.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 88 (17.32%) SIEM
6 78 (15.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 73 (14.37%) Zero Trust
8 72 (14.17%) Infrastructure as Code
9 70 (13.78%) Cloud Security
9 70 (13.78%) Migration
10 62 (12.20%) ITIL
11 60 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (11.42%) High Availability
13 56 (11.02%) DevOps
14 52 (10.24%) Roadmaps
15 51 (10.04%) Vulnerability Management
16 50 (9.84%) Business Continuity
16 50 (9.84%) CI/CD
17 49 (9.65%) Information Security
18 48 (9.45%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 78 (15.35%) PowerShell
2 67 (13.19%) Python
3 27 (5.31%) Bash
4 18 (3.54%) Kusto Query Language
4 18 (3.54%) SQL
5 15 (2.95%) Bicep
6 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.59%) Go
8 2 (0.39%) Java
8 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.39%) Korn
8 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 127 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 102 (20.08%) CCNP
3 70 (13.78%) Degree
4 64 (12.60%) CISSP
5 49 (9.65%) CCNA
6 41 (8.07%) Azure Certification
7 38 (7.48%) CCIE
8 33 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.51%) CISM
10 26 (5.12%) Security Cleared
11 24 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (4.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (3.35%) CEH
14 16 (3.15%) CCSA
14 16 (3.15%) CCSE
14 16 (3.15%) DBS Check
14 16 (3.15%) DV Cleared
15 15 (2.95%) SC Cleared
16 14 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (2.36%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (11.61%) NIST
3 54 (10.63%) GDPR
4 31 (6.10%) PCI DSS
5 22 (4.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (4.13%) SOC 2
7 20 (3.94%) SLA
8 11 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.38%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.38%) JSP 440
10 6 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.79%) GRC
12 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.59%) ITGC
13 3 (0.59%) NCSC
14 1 (0.20%) MiFID
14 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 150 (29.53%) Active Directory
2 43 (8.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.72%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (4.13%) Docker
5 17 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (3.15%) Firmware
7 14 (2.76%) Hyper-V
8 10 (1.97%) vSphere
9 5 (0.98%) KVM
10 4 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.20%) NLBS
12 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 81 (15.94%) Terraform
2 77 (15.16%) Ansible
3 71 (13.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (8.66%) Kubernetes
5 35 (6.89%) FortiGate
6 30 (5.91%) SCCM
7 13 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (2.17%) Autotask
8 11 (2.17%) Grafana
9 9 (1.77%) Check_MK
9 9 (1.77%) Cisco Prime
9 9 (1.77%) Prometheus
10 8 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.98%) Argo
11 5 (0.98%) CASB
11 5 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.98%) Istio
11 5 (0.98%) linkerd
11 5 (0.98%) Mesos
11 5 (0.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 213 (41.93%) Microsoft
2 168 (33.07%) Cisco
3 95 (18.70%) Palo Alto
4 86 (16.93%) VMware
5 71 (13.98%) Fortinet
6 66 (12.99%) Meraki
7 50 (9.84%) SolarWinds
8 45 (8.86%) CheckPoint
9 35 (6.89%) Dynatrace
9 35 (6.89%) Zscaler
10 28 (5.51%) Juniper
11 27 (5.31%) CrowdStrike
12 26 (5.12%) Splunk
13 25 (4.92%) Google
13 25 (4.92%) Tenable
14 23 (4.53%) AppDynamics
15 20 (3.94%) Arista
16 19 (3.74%) Aruba
17 13 (2.56%) F5
17 13 (2.56%) iManage