Firewall Jobs in London

Firewall
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 73 84
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 +119
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 485 887 1,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.79% 3.68% 3.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.61% 27.29% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 379 704 939
10th Percentile £39,850 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £82,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -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 1,894 3,250 3,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.80% 13.49% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 913 1,981 2,636
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in London.

Salary trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

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 1 June 2025. 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 -36 58 £68,500 +24.55% 44
South London -5 14 £50,000 +13.64% 3
West London +13 10 £49,000 -10.91% 90
East London -12 8 £96,250 +126.47% 6
North London -18 3 £70,000 +55.56%
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 58 (11.96%) SharePoint
2 54 (11.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.24%) IIS
3 6 (1.24%) Moodle
4 3 (0.62%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) nginx
5 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (2.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.82%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (1.65%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 244 (50.31%) Azure
2 125 (25.77%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (22.68%) AWS
4 57 (11.75%) Entra ID
5 54 (11.13%) GCP
6 42 (8.66%) OneDrive
7 19 (3.92%) SaaS
8 17 (3.51%) PaaS
9 16 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
9 16 (3.30%) IaaS
10 15 (3.09%) Azure Sentinel
11 14 (2.89%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (2.89%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.68%) AWS Direct Connect
12 13 (2.68%) Azure AKS
12 13 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (2.47%) Power Platform
14 10 (2.06%) GitHub
15 8 (1.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 8 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 147 (30.31%) VPN
2 121 (24.95%) Network Security
3 107 (22.06%) WAN
4 85 (17.53%) DNS
5 79 (16.29%) BGP
6 74 (15.26%) LAN
7 72 (14.85%) OSPF
8 71 (14.64%) Wi-Fi
9 64 (13.20%) TCP/IP
10 58 (11.96%) DHCP
10 58 (11.96%) SD-WAN
11 51 (10.52%) MPLS
12 50 (10.31%) VLAN
13 34 (7.01%) Wireless
14 32 (6.60%) IPsec
15 28 (5.77%) Intrusion Detection
16 25 (5.15%) Cisco ASA
17 22 (4.54%) Cisco Firepower
17 22 (4.54%) WLAN
18 21 (4.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.86%) Power BI
3 4 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.62%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.41%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.41%) MySQL
6 1 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.21%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.21%) JasperReports
6 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.21%) Redis
6 1 (0.21%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (2.47%) Git
2 6 (1.24%) GitLab
2 6 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.03%) JIRA
3 5 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.82%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.21%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.21%) Maven
6 1 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.21%) TestRail
General
1 144 (29.69%) Finance
2 138 (28.45%) Social Skills
3 48 (9.90%) Banking
4 46 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (7.63%) Legal
6 22 (4.54%) Law
7 20 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (3.92%) Telecoms
9 16 (3.30%) Retail
10 11 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.65%) Mandarin Language
12 7 (1.44%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.24%) Front Office
13 6 (1.24%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.24%) Marketing
14 5 (1.03%) Games
15 4 (0.82%) Local Government
16 3 (0.62%) Back Office
16 3 (0.62%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 92 (18.97%) Network Engineer
2 79 (16.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 76 (15.67%) Analyst
4 71 (14.64%) Senior
5 49 (10.10%) Security Analyst
6 40 (8.25%) Architect
7 38 (7.84%) Support Engineer
8 32 (6.60%) Cloud Engineer
9 31 (6.39%) Lead
10 25 (5.15%) IT Support
11 24 (4.95%) Azure Engineer
12 23 (4.74%) IT Engineer
12 23 (4.74%) Security Engineer
13 20 (4.12%) IT Manager
13 20 (4.12%) Junior
13 20 (4.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (3.92%) Technical Support
15 18 (3.71%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 17 (3.51%) Cisco Engineer
16 17 (3.51%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.47%) 802.1X
2 6 (1.24%) LDAP
2 6 (1.24%) RESTful
3 5 (1.03%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.03%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.03%) REST
3 5 (1.03%) YAML
4 4 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.62%) JSON
5 3 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.21%) EDI
6 1 (0.21%) Kafka
6 1 (0.21%) Middleware
6 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.21%) Web Services
6 1 (0.21%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 75 (15.46%) Management Information System
2 68 (14.02%) Data Centre
3 39 (8.04%) Security Posture
4 29 (5.98%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.71%) Public Cloud
7 15 (3.09%) Hedge funds
8 12 (2.47%) PKI
9 11 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
11 9 (1.86%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.86%) Podcast
12 7 (1.44%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.24%) Clustering
13 6 (1.24%) IPTV
13 6 (1.24%) Learning Management System
13 6 (1.24%) Product Ownership
14 5 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
14 5 (1.03%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 191 (39.38%) Windows
2 94 (19.38%) Windows Server
3 84 (17.32%) Linux
4 28 (5.77%) Windows 10
5 13 (2.68%) Android
5 13 (2.68%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.86%) Unix
9 8 (1.65%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.24%) CentOS
11 5 (1.03%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.82%) Rocky
13 1 (0.21%) Debian
13 1 (0.21%) VMS
13 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
2 122 (25.15%) Cybersecurity
3 99 (20.41%) SIEM
4 94 (19.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 78 (16.08%) Incident Response
6 70 (14.43%) Information Security
7 56 (11.55%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (11.34%) DevOps
9 52 (10.72%) ITIL
10 50 (10.31%) Network Monitoring
11 48 (9.90%) Computer Science
12 46 (9.48%) Vulnerability Management
13 44 (9.07%) Cloud Security
13 44 (9.07%) Infrastructure as Code
14 42 (8.66%) Risk Management
15 41 (8.45%) Security Operations
16 40 (8.25%) Network Management
17 39 (8.04%) Incident Management
18 38 (7.84%) Data Security
19 37 (7.63%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (17.32%) Python
2 83 (17.11%) PowerShell
3 38 (7.84%) SQL
4 34 (7.01%) Bash
5 7 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.24%) Perl
7 5 (1.03%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.82%) Go
8 4 (0.82%) R
9 2 (0.41%) Bicep
9 2 (0.41%) Java
9 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.21%) C++
10 1 (0.21%) Rust
10 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 102 (21.03%) Cisco Certification
2 95 (19.59%) Degree
3 72 (14.85%) CCNP
4 69 (14.23%) CCNA
5 39 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (7.63%) CISSP
7 26 (5.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 20 (4.12%) CEH
8 20 (4.12%) OSCP
9 19 (3.92%) CCIE
10 18 (3.71%) Azure Certification
11 17 (3.51%) CISM
11 17 (3.51%) GCIH
11 17 (3.51%) Security Cleared
12 14 (2.89%) GCIA
12 14 (2.89%) SC Cleared
13 13 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (2.47%) SANS
15 11 (2.27%) Master's Degree
16 9 (1.86%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (14.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (11.55%) NIST
3 50 (10.31%) GDPR
4 24 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (4.95%) PCI DSS
5 12 (2.47%) SLA
6 11 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (2.06%) QA
8 9 (1.86%) NCSC
9 7 (1.44%) HIPAA
10 6 (1.24%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.82%) COBIT
11 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.82%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.62%) GRC
12 3 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 106 (21.86%) Active Directory
2 61 (12.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (6.80%) Hyper-V
4 27 (5.57%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (3.51%) Docker
6 16 (3.30%) Firmware
7 15 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.86%) vSphere
9 7 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.82%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 3 (0.62%) NFS
12 3 (0.62%) ProxySG
12 3 (0.62%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.41%) Postfix
13 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.41%) XenApp
13 2 (0.41%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.21%) Forefront TMG
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 61 (12.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (11.34%) Terraform
3 44 (9.07%) SCCM
4 37 (7.63%) Ansible
5 36 (7.42%) Kubernetes
6 26 (5.36%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (3.51%) FortiGate
7 17 (3.51%) Nagios
8 13 (2.68%) Grafana
9 10 (2.06%) Prometheus
10 8 (1.65%) Nessus
11 6 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (1.24%) Proxmox
11 6 (1.24%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (1.03%) CASB
12 5 (1.03%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (1.03%) Opsgenie
12 5 (1.03%) Puppet
13 4 (0.82%) Graylog
Vendors
1 163 (33.61%) Cisco
2 152 (31.34%) Microsoft
3 91 (18.76%) VMware
4 57 (11.75%) Fortinet
5 56 (11.55%) Meraki
6 55 (11.34%) Palo Alto
7 52 (10.72%) SolarWinds
8 46 (9.48%) CheckPoint
9 32 (6.60%) Juniper
10 22 (4.54%) Dell
11 20 (4.12%) F5
12 17 (3.51%) Google
13 16 (3.30%) Citrix
13 16 (3.30%) CrowdStrike
13 16 (3.30%) Red Hat
14 15 (3.09%) Infoblox
15 14 (2.89%) Arista
15 14 (2.89%) Bloomberg
15 14 (2.89%) Veeam
15 14 (2.89%) Zscaler