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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 79 100
Rank change year-on-year -27 +21 -38
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 537 446 618
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.07% 3.81% 3.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.67% 36.41% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 399 331 388
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,500 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £51,500 £46,500 £51,251
% change year-on-year +10.75% -9.27% -4.20%

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 1,810 1,225 2,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 6.97% 10.45% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,066 825 1,181
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £99,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.08% -0.95%

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 October 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 October 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 -26 38 £87,500 +25.00% 75
West London +8 29 £66,250 -7.02% 10
South London +15 23 £38,500 -16.30% 11
North London +3 10 £55,000 -24.14% 1
East London -12 6 £105,000 +208.82% 12
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 57 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 55 (10.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.74%) Confluence
4 3 (0.56%) SAS
5 2 (0.37%) Apache
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Moodle
6 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.86%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 8 (1.49%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.19%) Eikon
3 1 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 286 (53.26%) Azure
2 192 (35.75%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (26.07%) Entra ID
4 100 (18.62%) AWS
5 41 (7.64%) PaaS
6 38 (7.08%) SaaS
7 33 (6.15%) IaaS
8 27 (5.03%) GCP
9 25 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
10 24 (4.47%) Datadog
11 22 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
11 22 (4.10%) Mimecast
12 21 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (3.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 20 (3.72%) OneDrive
14 17 (3.17%) Serverless
15 16 (2.98%) Power Platform
16 15 (2.79%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (2.42%) OpenShift
17 13 (2.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 228 (42.46%) VPN
2 184 (34.26%) DNS
3 163 (30.35%) Network Security
4 136 (25.33%) WAN
5 130 (24.21%) DHCP
6 125 (23.28%) VLAN
7 109 (20.30%) Wi-Fi
8 108 (20.11%) LAN
9 104 (19.37%) TCP/IP
10 99 (18.44%) Wireless
11 69 (12.85%) SD-WAN
12 57 (10.61%) BGP
13 56 (10.43%) Cisco ISE
14 48 (8.94%) OSPF
15 41 (7.64%) SAN
16 24 (4.47%) MPLS
17 23 (4.28%) SSL
18 20 (3.72%) WLAN
19 17 (3.17%) Cisco ASA
19 17 (3.17%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.80%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.79%) Power BI
3 14 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.56%) Big Data
4 3 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.56%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.37%) MySQL
6 1 (0.19%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 16 (2.98%) JIRA
2 12 (2.23%) Burp Suite
2 12 (2.23%) Metasploit
3 11 (2.05%) Chocolatey
4 5 (0.93%) Git
5 4 (0.74%) GitLab
6 3 (0.56%) Maven
6 3 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 185 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 135 (25.14%) Finance
3 39 (7.26%) Law
4 38 (7.08%) Banking
5 33 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.40%) Legal
6 29 (5.40%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.35%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.86%) Mandarin Language
12 9 (1.68%) Back Office
12 9 (1.68%) Retail
13 7 (1.30%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.30%) Marketing
14 6 (1.12%) Billing
14 6 (1.12%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 108 (20.11%) Senior
2 100 (18.62%) Network Engineer
3 76 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 58 (10.80%) Architect
5 56 (10.43%) Azure Engineer
6 54 (10.06%) IT Engineer
7 47 (8.75%) Security Engineer
8 46 (8.57%) Lead
9 45 (8.38%) Support Engineer
10 43 (8.01%) IT Support
11 33 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
12 31 (5.77%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (5.59%) IT Support Engineer
13 30 (5.59%) Senior Network Engineer
14 28 (5.21%) Analyst
15 25 (4.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support
17 22 (4.10%) 3rd Line Support
18 21 (3.91%) Security Specialist
19 20 (3.72%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (13.78%) Terraform
2 15 (2.79%) FIX Protocol
2 15 (2.79%) OpenID
2 15 (2.79%) SAML
3 14 (2.61%) OAuth
3 14 (2.61%) REST
4 13 (2.42%) LDAP
5 10 (1.86%) ARM Templates
6 9 (1.68%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.30%) ADO
8 5 (0.93%) Node.js
8 5 (0.93%) YAML
9 2 (0.37%) Middleware
9 2 (0.37%) RESTful
9 2 (0.37%) Web Services
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Blueprints
10 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.19%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.19%) Rendezvous
10 1 (0.19%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 88 (16.39%) Data Centre
2 68 (12.66%) Security Posture
3 43 (8.01%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (7.45%) Onboarding
5 31 (5.77%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (5.21%) Management Information System
7 24 (4.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 23 (4.28%) Cloud Native
8 23 (4.28%) PKI
9 16 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.98%) Video Conferencing
10 13 (2.42%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.68%) Operational Technology
11 9 (1.68%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.68%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.68%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.49%) Blog
12 8 (1.49%) Eurex
13 7 (1.30%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 197 (36.69%) Windows
2 80 (14.90%) Linux
3 75 (13.97%) Windows Server
4 31 (5.77%) Mac OS
5 15 (2.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.42%) Unix
6 13 (2.42%) VMS
7 10 (1.86%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.68%) CentOS
8 9 (1.68%) Rocky
9 6 (1.12%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.93%) Solaris
11 3 (0.56%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.37%) Android
12 2 (0.37%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (27.19%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (21.23%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (19.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 101 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 90 (16.76%) Disaster Recovery
6 89 (16.57%) Incident Response
7 87 (16.20%) Cloud Security
7 87 (16.20%) Zero Trust
8 79 (14.71%) Roadmaps
9 76 (14.15%) Migration
10 75 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
11 72 (13.41%) SIEM
12 62 (11.55%) ITIL
12 62 (11.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 61 (11.36%) High Availability
14 60 (11.17%) Project Delivery
14 60 (11.17%) Vulnerability Management
15 59 (10.99%) Mentoring
16 51 (9.50%) Change Management
16 51 (9.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 77 (14.34%) PowerShell
2 67 (12.48%) Python
3 29 (5.40%) Bash
4 28 (5.21%) SQL
5 25 (4.66%) Bicep
6 8 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.49%) Perl
6 8 (1.49%) Ruby
7 5 (0.93%) C
8 4 (0.74%) Go
8 4 (0.74%) Java
9 3 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.19%) Korn
10 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (18.99%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (14.90%) CCNP
3 67 (12.48%) Degree
4 64 (11.92%) CISSP
5 54 (10.06%) Azure Certification
6 44 (8.19%) CCNA
7 38 (7.08%) Security Cleared
8 32 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (5.03%) CISM
11 22 (4.10%) AWS Certification
12 18 (3.35%) CCIE
13 12 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.86%) CCSP
14 10 (1.86%) DV Cleared
14 10 (1.86%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
15 9 (1.68%) GIAC
15 9 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (13.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (13.22%) NIST
3 38 (7.08%) SLA
4 36 (6.70%) GDPR
5 35 (6.52%) PCI DSS
6 13 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.86%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.68%) GRC
9 7 (1.30%) QA
10 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.37%) NCSC
12 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 151 (28.12%) Active Directory
2 55 (10.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.84%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.35%) Docker
5 17 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (2.61%) vSphere
8 6 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.93%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.37%) Firmware
10 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) NFS
11 1 (0.19%) Samba
11 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (13.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (9.50%) Ansible
3 50 (9.31%) FortiGate
4 37 (6.89%) Kubernetes
5 32 (5.96%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (3.35%) SCCM
7 15 (2.79%) Autotask
7 15 (2.79%) Jamf Pro
7 15 (2.79%) Nessus
8 14 (2.61%) Grafana
9 12 (2.23%) CASB
9 12 (2.23%) Nmap
10 9 (1.68%) Prometheus
11 6 (1.12%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.74%) Argo
13 3 (0.56%) Cilium
13 3 (0.56%) Istio
13 3 (0.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 3 (0.56%) VxRail
14 2 (0.37%) Mesos
Vendors
1 287 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 157 (29.24%) Cisco
3 114 (21.23%) Palo Alto
4 100 (18.62%) VMware
5 57 (10.61%) Fortinet
6 53 (9.87%) Meraki
7 52 (9.68%) Zscaler
8 26 (4.84%) F5
9 24 (4.47%) Tenable
10 23 (4.28%) Aruba
10 23 (4.28%) CheckPoint
10 23 (4.28%) CrowdStrike
10 23 (4.28%) SolarWinds
11 22 (4.10%) Juniper
11 22 (4.10%) Splunk
12 20 (3.72%) Arista
13 18 (3.35%) Dynatrace
13 18 (3.35%) Google
13 18 (3.35%) HP
14 15 (2.79%) Sophos