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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 76 67
Rank change year-on-year -8 -9 +28
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 501 511 884
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.72% 3.96% 3.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.98% 35.51% 30.07%
Number of salaries quoted 342 423 744
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +16.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £93,375
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% -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 2,089 1,439 2,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.36% 11.15% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 986 2,099
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,614
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,188 £78,750
90th Percentile £106,875 £105,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,485 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.02% +10.49% -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 6 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 6 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 87 £80,000 +23.08% 31
East London -2 20 £35,000 -60.00% 2
West London -13 17 £67,059 +28.96% 10
North London +15 13 £55,000 -16.98% 2
South London +9 6 £31,000 -48.33% 2
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 33 (6.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (4.99%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) Apache
3 5 (1.00%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.00%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 305 (60.88%) Azure
2 151 (30.14%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (24.75%) AWS
4 67 (13.37%) Entra ID
5 46 (9.18%) GCP
6 43 (8.58%) SaaS
7 39 (7.78%) Datadog
8 27 (5.39%) GitHub
9 26 (5.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 25 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (4.59%) IaaS
12 21 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (3.99%) PaaS
14 18 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
15 17 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (2.79%) Mimecast
17 13 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (2.59%) AWS Direct Connect
17 13 (2.59%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 206 (41.12%) VPN
2 145 (28.94%) WAN
3 114 (22.75%) Network Security
4 112 (22.36%) DNS
5 111 (22.16%) Wi-Fi
6 107 (21.36%) LAN
7 95 (18.96%) VLAN
8 90 (17.96%) SD-WAN
9 79 (15.77%) DHCP
10 65 (12.97%) Wireless
11 62 (12.38%) TCP/IP
12 55 (10.98%) BGP
13 50 (9.98%) OSPF
14 45 (8.98%) Cisco ISE
15 37 (7.39%) SAN
16 36 (7.19%) Cisco Firepower
17 35 (6.99%) Cisco ASA
18 31 (6.19%) WLAN
19 29 (5.79%) Cisco Wireless
20 28 (5.59%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.60%) Power BI
3 5 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.59%) Chocolatey
2 12 (2.40%) Git
3 10 (2.00%) JIRA
4 8 (1.60%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.40%) GitLab
6 6 (1.20%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.80%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.80%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 130 (25.95%) Finance
2 124 (24.75%) Social Skills
3 49 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (9.18%) Banking
5 25 (4.99%) Legal
6 15 (2.99%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.40%) Retail
8 10 (2.00%) Retail Banking
9 9 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.40%) Aviation
10 7 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.20%) Marketing
12 5 (1.00%) Back Office
12 5 (1.00%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.00%) Law
12 5 (1.00%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.80%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 128 (25.55%) Network Engineer
2 84 (16.77%) Senior
3 67 (13.37%) Azure Engineer
4 65 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 61 (12.18%) IT Engineer
6 57 (11.38%) Analyst
7 50 (9.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 49 (9.78%) Support Engineer
9 47 (9.38%) IT Support
10 45 (8.98%) Cisco Engineer
11 42 (8.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 39 (7.78%) Architect
13 30 (5.99%) IT Support Engineer
14 28 (5.59%) Lead
15 27 (5.39%) Platform Engineer
16 25 (4.99%) Security Engineer
16 25 (4.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (4.99%) Senior Network Engineer
17 24 (4.79%) Senior IT Engineer
18 23 (4.59%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.59%) OAuth
2 17 (3.39%) SAML
3 14 (2.79%) ADO
4 12 (2.40%) YAML
5 10 (2.00%) 802.1X
6 7 (1.40%) .NET
7 6 (1.20%) OpenID
7 6 (1.20%) REST
8 5 (1.00%) LDAP
9 3 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.40%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.40%) AWS SAM
10 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.20%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.20%) RESTful
11 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.97%) Data Centre
2 35 (6.99%) Security Posture
3 32 (6.39%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (5.79%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.59%) Cloud Native
6 21 (4.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.99%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.40%) PKI
10 11 (2.20%) Blog
10 11 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.80%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.60%) IoT
12 8 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.60%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.40%) Cyber Security Posture
14 6 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 163 (32.53%) Windows
2 64 (12.77%) Linux
2 64 (12.77%) Windows Server
3 20 (3.99%) VMS
4 19 (3.79%) Unix
5 18 (3.59%) Mac OS
6 16 (3.19%) Windows 10
7 15 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (2.40%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.80%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.60%) CentOS
12 3 (0.60%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.40%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (21.16%) Incident Response
2 101 (20.16%) Cybersecurity
3 98 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (17.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 82 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 80 (15.97%) SIEM
7 72 (14.37%) Infrastructure as Code
8 70 (13.97%) Migration
9 67 (13.37%) Cloud Security
10 64 (12.77%) ITIL
10 64 (12.77%) Zero Trust
11 57 (11.38%) Computer Science
11 57 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (10.58%) DevOps
13 52 (10.38%) CI/CD
13 52 (10.38%) High Availability
14 51 (10.18%) Vulnerability Management
15 47 (9.38%) Information Security
16 45 (8.98%) Roadmaps
17 44 (8.78%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 79 (15.77%) PowerShell
2 70 (13.97%) Python
3 30 (5.99%) Bash
4 18 (3.59%) SQL
5 17 (3.39%) Kusto Query Language
6 15 (2.99%) Bicep
7 6 (1.20%) Go
8 5 (1.00%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.40%) Java
9 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.40%) Korn
9 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.20%) C#
10 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 129 (25.75%) Cisco Certification
2 99 (19.76%) CCNP
3 79 (15.77%) Degree
4 58 (11.58%) CISSP
5 53 (10.58%) CCNA
6 42 (8.38%) CCIE
7 37 (7.39%) Azure Certification
8 36 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.59%) CISM
10 27 (5.39%) Security Cleared
11 21 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (3.99%) CompTIA Security+
13 18 (3.59%) CCSA
13 18 (3.59%) CCSE
13 18 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
14 17 (3.39%) DBS Check
14 17 (3.39%) DV Cleared
15 16 (3.19%) CEH
15 16 (3.19%) SC Cleared
16 14 (2.79%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (16.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (10.58%) NIST
3 52 (10.38%) GDPR
4 29 (5.79%) PCI DSS
5 22 (4.39%) SOC 2
6 21 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 18 (3.59%) SLA
8 13 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.40%) GRC
9 7 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.40%) JSP 440
10 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.60%) ITGC
14 2 (0.40%) NCSC
14 2 (0.40%) PMO
15 1 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 152 (30.34%) Active Directory
2 46 (9.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (3.99%) Docker
5 18 (3.59%) Firmware
6 17 (3.39%) Hyper-V
6 17 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (2.20%) vSphere
8 6 (1.20%) KVM
9 5 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.40%) 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 (16.77%) Terraform
2 72 (14.37%) Ansible
3 70 (13.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (9.18%) Kubernetes
5 35 (6.99%) FortiGate
6 31 (6.19%) SCCM
7 12 (2.40%) Grafana
8 9 (1.80%) Cisco Prime
8 9 (1.80%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.60%) Autotask
9 8 (1.60%) Check_MK
10 7 (1.40%) CASB
11 6 (1.20%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.00%) Argo
12 5 (1.00%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (1.00%) Istio
12 5 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (1.00%) linkerd
12 5 (1.00%) Mesos
Vendors
1 199 (39.72%) Microsoft
2 167 (33.33%) Cisco
3 91 (18.16%) VMware
4 89 (17.76%) Palo Alto
5 74 (14.77%) Fortinet
6 61 (12.18%) Meraki
7 51 (10.18%) CheckPoint
8 46 (9.18%) SolarWinds
9 31 (6.19%) Dynatrace
9 31 (6.19%) Zscaler
10 28 (5.59%) Juniper
11 23 (4.59%) Google
11 23 (4.59%) Splunk
12 22 (4.39%) Tenable
13 21 (4.19%) AppDynamics
13 21 (4.19%) CrowdStrike
14 20 (3.99%) Arista
15 12 (2.40%) F5
15 12 (2.40%) iManage
15 12 (2.40%) ServiceNow