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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 84 80
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 517 477 850
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.38% 3.91% 3.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.10% 38.69% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 373 380 686
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +6.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £102,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 1,908 1,233 3,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.78% 10.11% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,048 908 1,950
10th Percentile £33,250 £33,200 £32,750
25th Percentile £44,938 £42,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -8 67 £80,000 +16.79% 12
West London -10 16 £73,750 +41.83% 11
South London +19 15 £31,000 -38.00% 4
North London +14 15 £55,000 -20.00% 1
East London +6 12 £105,000 +9.09% 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 46 (8.90%) SharePoint
2 45 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.58%) Apache
3 3 (0.58%) Confluence
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (3.48%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.58%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 312 (60.35%) Azure
2 168 (32.50%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (23.98%) AWS
4 100 (19.34%) Entra ID
5 44 (8.51%) Datadog
6 43 (8.32%) SaaS
7 40 (7.74%) GCP
8 26 (5.03%) Azure Monitor
9 25 (4.84%) IaaS
10 22 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (4.06%) PaaS
12 20 (3.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 19 (3.68%) GitHub
13 19 (3.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 18 (3.48%) Mimecast
15 15 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.51%) AWS Direct Connect
16 13 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (2.51%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (2.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 208 (40.23%) VPN
2 174 (33.66%) Network Security
3 150 (29.01%) WAN
4 130 (25.15%) DNS
5 109 (21.08%) LAN
6 108 (20.89%) VLAN
7 107 (20.70%) Wi-Fi
8 102 (19.73%) SD-WAN
9 84 (16.25%) DHCP
10 77 (14.89%) Wireless
11 74 (14.31%) BGP
12 70 (13.54%) Cisco ISE
13 68 (13.15%) OSPF
14 59 (11.41%) TCP/IP
15 42 (8.12%) SAN
16 36 (6.96%) WLAN
17 35 (6.77%) Cisco Firepower
18 33 (6.38%) Cisco Wireless
19 28 (5.42%) MPLS
20 25 (4.84%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.51%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.32%) Power BI
3 6 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database 12c
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.19%) Big Data
6 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.19%) MySQL
6 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (3.29%) Chocolatey
2 12 (2.32%) JIRA
3 10 (1.93%) Git
4 8 (1.55%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.55%) GitLab
5 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.77%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.58%) Bitbucket Server
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 155 (29.98%) Social Skills
2 124 (23.98%) Finance
3 43 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.16%) Banking
5 27 (5.22%) Legal
6 18 (3.48%) Telecoms
7 10 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (1.93%) Law
7 10 (1.93%) Retail Banking
8 9 (1.74%) Public Sector
8 9 (1.74%) Retail
9 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.35%) Aviation
10 7 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.16%) Billing
11 6 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (0.77%) Back Office
14 3 (0.58%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.58%) German Language
Job Titles
1 129 (24.95%) Network Engineer
2 115 (22.24%) Senior
3 67 (12.96%) IT Engineer
4 60 (11.61%) Architect
5 59 (11.41%) Azure Engineer
6 48 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 44 (8.51%) Support Engineer
8 42 (8.12%) Cloud Engineer
8 42 (8.12%) IT Support
9 39 (7.54%) Security Engineer
10 36 (6.96%) Cisco Engineer
11 35 (6.77%) Network Architect
12 34 (6.58%) Analyst
12 34 (6.58%) Lead
13 33 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
13 33 (6.38%) Senior Network Engineer
14 29 (5.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 27 (5.22%) 2nd Line Support
16 26 (5.03%) Senior IT Engineer
17 24 (4.64%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.68%) OAuth
2 18 (3.48%) SAML
3 15 (2.90%) ADO
4 14 (2.71%) 802.1X
4 14 (2.71%) OpenID
5 12 (2.32%) REST
6 11 (2.13%) LDAP
6 11 (2.13%) YAML
7 10 (1.93%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.97%) Node.js
9 4 (0.77%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.39%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 93 (17.99%) Data Centre
2 63 (12.19%) Security Posture
3 36 (6.96%) Cyber Threat
4 27 (5.22%) PKI
5 23 (4.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (4.45%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.48%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.71%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.51%) Video Conferencing
9 12 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.13%) Cyber Defence
10 11 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 10 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.55%) Blog
12 8 (1.55%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
14 6 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 4 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
16 4 (0.77%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 162 (31.33%) Windows
2 57 (11.03%) Linux
3 50 (9.67%) Windows Server
4 24 (4.64%) Mac OS
5 15 (2.90%) VMS
6 14 (2.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.74%) Unix
8 7 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.77%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.39%) tvOS
13 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.19%) CentOS
13 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (22.05%) Cybersecurity
2 104 (20.12%) Incident Response
3 95 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (17.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 85 (16.44%) Cloud Security
6 82 (15.86%) SIEM
7 78 (15.09%) Zero Trust
8 72 (13.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 70 (13.54%) Roadmaps
10 66 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 63 (12.19%) High Availability
12 62 (11.99%) Migration
13 58 (11.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 56 (10.83%) Business Continuity
15 53 (10.25%) Vulnerability Management
16 51 (9.86%) ITIL
17 50 (9.67%) Security Architecture
17 50 (9.67%) Technical Leadership
18 48 (9.28%) DevOps
19 47 (9.09%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.93%) PowerShell
2 69 (13.35%) Python
3 29 (5.61%) Bash
4 16 (3.09%) SQL
5 13 (2.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (2.13%) Bicep
7 6 (1.16%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.58%) Java
8 3 (0.58%) Korn
8 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 130 (25.15%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (21.28%) CCNP
3 62 (11.99%) Degree
4 58 (11.22%) CISSP
5 51 (9.86%) Azure Certification
6 50 (9.67%) CCNA
7 43 (8.32%) CCIE
8 32 (6.19%) CISM
9 30 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (4.84%) Security Cleared
11 22 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
12 21 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (3.48%) DV Cleared
14 17 (3.29%) CEH
15 15 (2.90%) CCSA
15 15 (2.90%) CCSE
16 13 (2.51%) AWS Certification
16 13 (2.51%) GIAC
17 12 (2.32%) SC Cleared
18 9 (1.74%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (15.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (14.12%) NIST
3 43 (8.32%) GDPR
4 36 (6.96%) PCI DSS
5 21 (4.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (3.68%) SLA
7 16 (3.09%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.35%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.35%) JSP 440
10 6 (1.16%) QA
11 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.77%) GRC
12 4 (0.77%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.58%) NCSC
14 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 144 (27.85%) Active Directory
2 45 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (3.09%) Hyper-V
5 11 (2.13%) Docker
6 8 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.55%) vSphere
7 4 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 4 (0.77%) Firmware
7 4 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.19%) KVM
9 1 (0.19%) NLBS
9 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (14.31%) Ansible
1 74 (14.31%) Terraform
2 68 (13.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (10.25%) FortiGate
4 37 (7.16%) Kubernetes
5 24 (4.64%) SCCM
6 19 (3.68%) Autotask
7 18 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (2.32%) Grafana
10 11 (2.13%) Prometheus
11 9 (1.74%) Check_MK
11 9 (1.74%) Cisco Prime
12 4 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.77%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.77%) VxRail
13 3 (0.58%) CASB
13 3 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.58%) Istio
13 3 (0.58%) linkerd
Vendors
1 243 (47.00%) Microsoft
2 175 (33.85%) Cisco
3 114 (22.05%) Palo Alto
4 84 (16.25%) VMware
5 70 (13.54%) Meraki
6 64 (12.38%) Fortinet
7 55 (10.64%) SolarWinds
8 44 (8.51%) CheckPoint
9 35 (6.77%) Zscaler
10 33 (6.38%) Splunk
11 30 (5.80%) Dynatrace
12 29 (5.61%) Arista
13 27 (5.22%) CrowdStrike
14 26 (5.03%) Aruba
14 26 (5.03%) Tenable
15 25 (4.84%) Google
16 21 (4.06%) F5
16 21 (4.06%) Juniper
17 20 (3.87%) SonicWALL
18 17 (3.29%) AppDynamics