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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 77 67
Rank change year-on-year -10 -10 +24
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 507 518 884
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.60% 4.01% 3.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.90% 36.82% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 355 423 745
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,600
25th Percentile £48,500 £51,250 £51,250
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 £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 2,121 1,407 3,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.87% 10.90% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 988 2,056
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £33,000
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 £85,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,625
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 22 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 22 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 +24 90 £80,000 +14.29% 40
East London -4 17 £62,500 -35.06%
West London -22 15 £67,059 +28.96% 10
North London +11 14 £55,000 -16.98%
South London +5 6 £31,000 -48.33% 3
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 (7.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (5.92%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.18%) Confluence
4 5 (0.99%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.17%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.58%) 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
1 305 (60.16%) Azure
2 159 (31.36%) Microsoft 365
3 123 (24.26%) AWS
4 79 (15.58%) Entra ID
5 45 (8.88%) GCP
6 44 (8.68%) SaaS
7 42 (8.28%) Datadog
8 26 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
8 26 (5.13%) GitHub
9 25 (4.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 23 (4.54%) IaaS
11 22 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (3.94%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (3.94%) PaaS
13 18 (3.55%) Mimecast
13 18 (3.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (2.76%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (2.56%) AWS Direct Connect
15 13 (2.56%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 211 (41.62%) VPN
2 146 (28.80%) WAN
3 128 (25.25%) Network Security
4 121 (23.87%) DNS
5 106 (20.91%) LAN
5 106 (20.91%) Wi-Fi
6 98 (19.33%) VLAN
7 92 (18.15%) SD-WAN
8 86 (16.96%) DHCP
9 67 (13.21%) Wireless
10 62 (12.23%) TCP/IP
11 56 (11.05%) BGP
12 51 (10.06%) Cisco ISE
13 50 (9.86%) OSPF
14 39 (7.69%) SAN
15 35 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
16 32 (6.31%) WLAN
17 30 (5.92%) Cisco ASA
17 30 (5.92%) Cisco Wireless
18 27 (5.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.07%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.58%) Power BI
3 5 (0.99%) 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 18 (3.55%) Chocolatey
2 12 (2.37%) Git
3 11 (2.17%) JIRA
4 9 (1.78%) GitLab
5 8 (1.58%) 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
8 2 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 135 (26.63%) Finance
2 133 (26.23%) Social Skills
3 49 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.68%) Banking
5 27 (5.33%) Legal
6 15 (2.96%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.97%) Retail
8 10 (1.97%) Retail Banking
9 8 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.38%) Aviation
10 7 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.18%) Law
11 6 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.18%) Public Sector
12 4 (0.79%) Advertising
12 4 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.79%) Marketing
13 3 (0.59%) Back Office
13 3 (0.59%) German Language
Job Titles
1 130 (25.64%) Network Engineer
2 91 (17.95%) Senior
3 67 (13.21%) Azure Engineer
4 64 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 64 (12.62%) IT Engineer
5 50 (9.86%) Analyst
6 49 (9.66%) Support Engineer
7 47 (9.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 45 (8.88%) Cisco Engineer
9 44 (8.68%) IT Support
10 40 (7.89%) Architect
11 39 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 30 (5.92%) IT Support Engineer
13 28 (5.52%) Lead
13 28 (5.52%) Security Engineer
14 26 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
14 26 (5.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (5.13%) Senior IT Engineer
14 26 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
15 22 (4.34%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.14%) OAuth
2 20 (3.94%) SAML
3 16 (3.16%) ADO
4 12 (2.37%) YAML
5 10 (1.97%) 802.1X
5 10 (1.97%) OpenID
6 8 (1.58%) REST
7 7 (1.38%) LDAP
8 6 (1.18%) .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 74 (14.60%) Data Centre
2 44 (8.68%) Security Posture
3 36 (7.10%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (5.72%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (3.75%) Cloud Native
7 17 (3.35%) PKI
8 15 (2.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (2.96%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.78%) Blog
12 8 (1.58%) IoT
13 7 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 6 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
14 6 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
14 6 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 163 (32.15%) Windows
2 61 (12.03%) Linux
3 60 (11.83%) Windows Server
4 21 (4.14%) Mac OS
5 20 (3.94%) VMS
6 16 (3.16%) Unix
7 14 (2.76%) Windows 10
8 13 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (2.37%) Ubuntu
9 12 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.99%) 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
1 110 (21.70%) Incident Response
2 108 (21.30%) Cybersecurity
3 98 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (18.54%) Disaster Recovery
5 87 (17.16%) SIEM
6 80 (15.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 73 (14.40%) Infrastructure as Code
8 72 (14.20%) Cloud Security
9 71 (14.00%) Zero Trust
10 69 (13.61%) Migration
11 61 (12.03%) ITIL
12 59 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
13 57 (11.24%) High Availability
14 55 (10.85%) DevOps
15 52 (10.26%) Vulnerability Management
16 51 (10.06%) Business Continuity
17 50 (9.86%) CI/CD
18 49 (9.66%) Computer Science
19 48 (9.47%) Information Security
19 48 (9.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 82 (16.17%) PowerShell
2 69 (13.61%) Python
3 28 (5.52%) Bash
4 18 (3.55%) Kusto Query Language
4 18 (3.55%) SQL
5 15 (2.96%) Bicep
6 4 (0.79%) Go
6 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.39%) Java
7 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.39%) Korn
7 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) C#
8 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 126 (24.85%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (19.72%) CCNP
3 72 (14.20%) Degree
4 64 (12.62%) CISSP
5 48 (9.47%) CCNA
6 39 (7.69%) Azure Certification
7 37 (7.30%) CCIE
8 34 (6.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.52%) CISM
10 26 (5.13%) Security Cleared
11 24 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (4.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 16 (3.16%) CCSA
13 16 (3.16%) CCSE
13 16 (3.16%) CEH
13 16 (3.16%) DBS Check
13 16 (3.16%) DV Cleared
14 15 (2.96%) Network+ Certification
14 15 (2.96%) SC Cleared
15 13 (2.56%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (11.64%) NIST
3 55 (10.85%) GDPR
4 32 (6.31%) PCI DSS
5 23 (4.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (4.34%) SOC 2
7 18 (3.55%) SLA
8 12 (2.37%) 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 (0.99%) GRC
11 5 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.79%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.79%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.59%) ITGC
14 2 (0.39%) NCSC
15 1 (0.20%) Basel III
15 1 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 151 (29.78%) Active Directory
2 42 (8.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (3.94%) Docker
5 17 (3.35%) Firmware
5 17 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.76%) Hyper-V
7 10 (1.97%) vSphere
8 5 (0.99%) KVM
9 4 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.39%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.20%) NLBS
11 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 84 (16.57%) Terraform
2 76 (14.99%) Ansible
3 72 (14.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 44 (8.68%) Kubernetes
5 35 (6.90%) FortiGate
6 30 (5.92%) SCCM
7 13 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (2.17%) Grafana
9 10 (1.97%) Autotask
10 9 (1.78%) Check_MK
10 9 (1.78%) Cisco Prime
10 9 (1.78%) Prometheus
11 8 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (1.18%) CASB
13 5 (0.99%) Argo
13 5 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.99%) Istio
13 5 (0.99%) linkerd
13 5 (0.99%) Mesos
13 5 (0.99%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 210 (41.42%) Microsoft
2 167 (32.94%) Cisco
3 96 (18.93%) Palo Alto
4 86 (16.96%) VMware
5 69 (13.61%) Fortinet
6 66 (13.02%) Meraki
7 48 (9.47%) SolarWinds
8 44 (8.68%) CheckPoint
9 34 (6.71%) Zscaler
10 31 (6.11%) Dynatrace
11 28 (5.52%) Juniper
12 27 (5.33%) CrowdStrike
13 26 (5.13%) Splunk
14 25 (4.93%) Google
15 23 (4.54%) Tenable
16 21 (4.14%) AppDynamics
17 20 (3.94%) Arista
18 18 (3.55%) Aruba
19 13 (2.56%) F5
19 13 (2.56%) iManage