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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 86 102
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 -41
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 542 448 624
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.09% 3.79% 3.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.88% 36.22% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 406 334 395
10th Percentile £39,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,063 £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 £101,250 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,000 £46,500 £50,878
% change year-on-year +11.83% -8.60% -4.00%

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 1,814 1,237 2,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.00% 10.45% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,073 838 1,194
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,785 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £47,105
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 £51,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% -2.86%

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 4 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 4 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% 76
West London +5 29 £66,250 +20.45% 11
South London +17 23 £38,500 -16.30% 11
North London +5 12 £55,000 -24.14% 1
East London -15 6 £105,000 +208.82% 11
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 (10.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (10.33%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.74%) 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 13 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 8 (1.48%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Eikon
3 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 287 (52.95%) Azure
2 192 (35.42%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (25.65%) Entra ID
4 100 (18.45%) AWS
5 40 (7.38%) PaaS
6 38 (7.01%) SaaS
7 32 (5.90%) IaaS
8 27 (4.98%) GCP
9 26 (4.80%) Datadog
10 24 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (4.06%) Azure Sentinel
12 21 (3.87%) Mimecast
13 20 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (3.69%) OneDrive
14 19 (3.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 17 (3.14%) Serverless
16 16 (2.95%) Power Platform
17 14 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
18 13 (2.40%) OpenShift
18 13 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 227 (41.88%) VPN
2 183 (33.76%) DNS
3 167 (30.81%) Network Security
4 136 (25.09%) WAN
5 128 (23.62%) DHCP
6 126 (23.25%) VLAN
7 108 (19.93%) LAN
7 108 (19.93%) Wi-Fi
8 103 (19.00%) TCP/IP
9 100 (18.45%) Wireless
10 70 (12.92%) SD-WAN
11 59 (10.89%) BGP
12 58 (10.70%) Cisco ISE
13 50 (9.23%) OSPF
14 40 (7.38%) SAN
15 25 (4.61%) SSL
16 24 (4.43%) MPLS
17 20 (3.69%) Cisco Wireless
17 20 (3.69%) WLAN
18 17 (3.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.70%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.77%) Power BI
3 14 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.55%) Big Data
5 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.37%) MySQL
7 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 16 (2.95%) JIRA
2 12 (2.21%) Burp Suite
2 12 (2.21%) Metasploit
3 11 (2.03%) Chocolatey
4 5 (0.92%) Git
5 4 (0.74%) GitLab
6 3 (0.55%) Maven
6 3 (0.55%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 184 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 135 (24.91%) Finance
3 39 (7.20%) Law
4 38 (7.01%) Banking
5 33 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.35%) Legal
6 29 (5.35%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.14%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.03%) Mandarin Language
12 10 (1.85%) Back Office
13 9 (1.66%) Retail
14 7 (1.29%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.29%) Marketing
15 6 (1.11%) Billing
15 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (19.93%) Senior
2 102 (18.82%) Network Engineer
3 74 (13.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 60 (11.07%) Architect
5 56 (10.33%) Azure Engineer
6 54 (9.96%) IT Engineer
7 47 (8.67%) Security Engineer
8 46 (8.49%) Support Engineer
9 45 (8.30%) Lead
10 43 (7.93%) IT Support
11 33 (6.09%) Cloud Engineer
12 32 (5.90%) Senior Network Engineer
13 31 (5.72%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 31 (5.72%) IT Support Engineer
14 28 (5.17%) Analyst
15 25 (4.61%) 2nd Line Support
16 24 (4.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 22 (4.06%) 3rd Line Support
18 21 (3.87%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 21 (3.87%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (13.65%) Terraform
2 16 (2.95%) FIX Protocol
3 15 (2.77%) OpenID
3 15 (2.77%) SAML
4 14 (2.58%) OAuth
4 14 (2.58%) REST
5 13 (2.40%) LDAP
6 10 (1.85%) ARM Templates
7 9 (1.66%) 802.1X
8 7 (1.29%) 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%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.18%) Middleware
11 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.18%) Rendezvous
11 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 89 (16.42%) Data Centre
2 69 (12.73%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.93%) Hybrid Cloud
4 40 (7.38%) Onboarding
5 31 (5.72%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (5.17%) Management Information System
7 25 (4.61%) PKI
8 24 (4.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 22 (4.06%) Cloud Native
10 16 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
11 13 (2.40%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.85%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.66%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.66%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.48%) Blog
14 8 (1.48%) Eurex
15 7 (1.29%) IoT
15 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 197 (36.35%) Windows
2 80 (14.76%) Linux
3 74 (13.65%) Windows Server
4 32 (5.90%) Mac OS
5 15 (2.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.40%) Unix
6 13 (2.40%) VMS
7 10 (1.85%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.66%) CentOS
8 9 (1.66%) Rocky
9 6 (1.11%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.92%) Solaris
11 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.37%) Android
12 2 (0.37%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (26.94%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (18.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 99 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 92 (16.97%) Disaster Recovery
6 90 (16.61%) Incident Response
7 86 (15.87%) Cloud Security
7 86 (15.87%) Zero Trust
8 78 (14.39%) Roadmaps
9 75 (13.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 75 (13.84%) Migration
10 72 (13.28%) SIEM
11 64 (11.81%) ITIL
12 63 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (11.44%) High Availability
14 60 (11.07%) Mentoring
14 60 (11.07%) Project Delivery
15 59 (10.89%) Vulnerability Management
16 53 (9.78%) Technical Leadership
17 52 (9.59%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 70 (12.92%) Python
3 29 (5.35%) Bash
4 28 (5.17%) SQL
5 24 (4.43%) Bicep
6 8 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.48%) Perl
6 8 (1.48%) Ruby
7 5 (0.92%) C
8 4 (0.74%) Go
8 4 (0.74%) Java
9 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.18%) Korn
10 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (19.37%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (15.31%) CCNP
3 67 (12.36%) Degree
4 64 (11.81%) CISSP
5 53 (9.78%) Azure Certification
6 44 (8.12%) CCNA
7 37 (6.83%) Security Cleared
8 32 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (4.98%) CISM
9 27 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (4.06%) AWS Certification
11 18 (3.32%) CCIE
12 12 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (2.03%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.85%) CCSP
14 10 (1.85%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.66%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (1.66%) GIAC
15 9 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (13.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (13.47%) NIST
3 37 (6.83%) PCI DSS
3 37 (6.83%) SLA
4 36 (6.64%) GDPR
5 13 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.85%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.66%) GRC
8 7 (1.29%) QA
9 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.37%) NCSC
11 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 151 (27.86%) Active Directory
2 54 (9.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.80%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.32%) Docker
5 17 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.40%) 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%) Samba
10 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (13.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (9.78%) Ansible
3 49 (9.04%) FortiGate
4 37 (6.83%) Kubernetes
5 32 (5.90%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (3.32%) SCCM
7 16 (2.95%) Autotask
8 15 (2.77%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (2.77%) Nessus
9 14 (2.58%) Grafana
10 12 (2.21%) CASB
10 12 (2.21%) Nmap
11 9 (1.66%) Prometheus
12 6 (1.11%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.74%) Argo
14 3 (0.55%) Cilium
14 3 (0.55%) Istio
14 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 3 (0.55%) VxRail
15 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 289 (53.32%) Microsoft
2 160 (29.52%) Cisco
3 116 (21.40%) Palo Alto
4 100 (18.45%) VMware
5 57 (10.52%) Fortinet
6 53 (9.78%) Meraki
7 52 (9.59%) Zscaler
8 28 (5.17%) F5
9 25 (4.61%) Aruba
9 25 (4.61%) SolarWinds
10 24 (4.43%) Juniper
10 24 (4.43%) Splunk
10 24 (4.43%) Tenable
11 23 (4.24%) CheckPoint
11 23 (4.24%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (4.06%) Arista
13 18 (3.32%) Google
13 18 (3.32%) HP
14 17 (3.14%) Dynatrace
15 15 (2.77%) Sophos