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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 79 73
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 +15
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 502 512 883
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.51% 4.03% 3.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.74% 37.93% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 351 416 742
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £41,025
25th Percentile £52,500 £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 £51,750 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +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 2,115 1,350 3,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.57% 10.62% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 993 971 2,051
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £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 £86,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £109,500 £105,000 £95,000
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 1 May 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 1 May 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 89 £80,000 +14.29% 42
East London -1 18 £105,000 +9.09% 4
West London -28 15 £67,059 +28.96% 14
North London +9 14 £55,000 -16.98% 1
South London +2 6 £31,000 -48.33% 4
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 35 (6.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) Confluence
4 4 (0.80%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (2.39%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.59%) 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 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 307 (61.16%) Azure
2 156 (31.08%) Microsoft 365
3 125 (24.90%) AWS
4 80 (15.94%) Entra ID
5 47 (9.36%) SaaS
6 45 (8.96%) Datadog
7 43 (8.57%) GCP
8 26 (5.18%) Azure Monitor
9 25 (4.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 25 (4.98%) GitHub
9 25 (4.98%) IaaS
10 22 (4.38%) PaaS
10 22 (4.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 21 (4.18%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
13 19 (3.78%) Mimecast
14 18 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (3.19%) AWS Direct Connect
16 14 (2.79%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (2.59%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 217 (43.23%) VPN
2 147 (29.28%) WAN
3 135 (26.89%) Network Security
4 123 (24.50%) DNS
5 108 (21.51%) Wi-Fi
6 106 (21.12%) LAN
7 96 (19.12%) VLAN
8 94 (18.73%) SD-WAN
9 87 (17.33%) DHCP
10 61 (12.15%) Wireless
11 60 (11.95%) BGP
11 60 (11.95%) TCP/IP
12 57 (11.35%) Cisco ISE
13 54 (10.76%) OSPF
14 43 (8.57%) SAN
15 37 (7.37%) Cisco Firepower
16 35 (6.97%) WLAN
17 33 (6.57%) Cisco ASA
18 28 (5.58%) Cisco Wireless
19 27 (5.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (1.00%) Power BI
3 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (3.98%) Chocolatey
2 11 (2.19%) Git
3 10 (1.99%) JIRA
4 9 (1.79%) GitLab
5 8 (1.59%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.39%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.80%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 141 (28.09%) Finance
2 127 (25.30%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.96%) Banking
5 27 (5.38%) Legal
6 15 (2.99%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.99%) Retail Banking
9 9 (1.79%) Retail
10 8 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.39%) Aviation
11 7 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.39%) Law
11 7 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.20%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.80%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.80%) Marketing
14 3 (0.60%) Advertising
14 3 (0.60%) Electronics
14 3 (0.60%) German Language
Job Titles
1 132 (26.29%) Network Engineer
2 90 (17.93%) Senior
3 65 (12.95%) Azure Engineer
4 64 (12.75%) IT Engineer
5 58 (11.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 47 (9.36%) Architect
7 45 (8.96%) Analyst
8 44 (8.76%) Cisco Engineer
8 44 (8.76%) Support Engineer
9 43 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
10 40 (7.97%) IT Support
11 37 (7.37%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 29 (5.78%) Lead
12 29 (5.78%) Security Engineer
13 28 (5.58%) IT Support Engineer
13 28 (5.58%) Senior IT Engineer
13 28 (5.58%) Senior Network Engineer
14 26 (5.18%) Network Architect
14 26 (5.18%) Platform Engineer
15 22 (4.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.38%) OAuth
2 21 (4.18%) SAML
3 16 (3.19%) ADO
4 12 (2.39%) YAML
5 11 (2.19%) 802.1X
5 11 (2.19%) OpenID
6 9 (1.79%) REST
7 8 (1.59%) LDAP
8 4 (0.80%) .NET
8 4 (0.80%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.40%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.20%) AWS SAM
10 1 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.20%) RESTful
10 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (15.74%) Data Centre
2 46 (9.16%) Security Posture
3 39 (7.77%) Cyber Threat
4 30 (5.98%) Management Information System
5 25 (4.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (3.78%) PKI
7 16 (3.19%) Cloud Native
8 15 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (2.19%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 8 (1.59%) Blog
14 7 (1.39%) IoT
15 6 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
15 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
15 6 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (1.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 5 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 160 (31.87%) Windows
2 57 (11.35%) Linux
3 55 (10.96%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.98%) Mac OS
5 19 (3.78%) VMS
6 13 (2.59%) Unix
7 12 (2.39%) Windows 10
7 12 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.99%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.80%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.40%) CentOS
13 1 (0.20%) Solaris
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (22.31%) Incident Response
2 110 (21.91%) Cybersecurity
3 99 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (18.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 89 (17.73%) SIEM
6 75 (14.94%) Zero Trust
7 74 (14.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 70 (13.94%) Cloud Security
9 68 (13.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 68 (13.55%) Migration
10 62 (12.35%) ITIL
11 58 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 57 (11.35%) High Availability
13 54 (10.76%) Roadmaps
14 53 (10.56%) DevOps
15 52 (10.36%) Vulnerability Management
16 51 (10.16%) Business Continuity
17 49 (9.76%) Computer Science
17 49 (9.76%) Information Security
18 48 (9.56%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 76 (15.14%) PowerShell
2 65 (12.95%) Python
3 25 (4.98%) Bash
4 18 (3.59%) Kusto Query Language
5 17 (3.39%) SQL
6 14 (2.79%) Bicep
7 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.40%) Go
8 2 (0.40%) Java
8 2 (0.40%) Korn
8 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 125 (24.90%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (19.92%) CCNP
3 70 (13.94%) Degree
4 65 (12.95%) CISSP
5 48 (9.56%) CCNA
6 41 (8.17%) Azure Certification
7 37 (7.37%) CCIE
8 34 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (5.78%) CISM
10 24 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (4.58%) Security Cleared
12 21 (4.18%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (3.39%) CEH
14 15 (2.99%) CCSA
14 15 (2.99%) CCSE
14 15 (2.99%) DV Cleared
15 14 (2.79%) Network+ Certification
16 13 (2.59%) DBS Check
16 13 (2.59%) SC Cleared
17 12 (2.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (17.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (12.35%) NIST
3 55 (10.96%) GDPR
4 34 (6.77%) PCI DSS
5 23 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (4.18%) SOC 2
7 20 (3.98%) SLA
8 12 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.39%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (1.39%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.00%) GRC
10 5 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.60%) ITGC
12 3 (0.60%) NCSC
13 1 (0.20%) MiFID
13 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 148 (29.48%) Active Directory
2 43 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (3.78%) Docker
5 16 (3.19%) Firmware
5 16 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.59%) Hyper-V
7 10 (1.99%) vSphere
8 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.60%) KVM
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
Systems Management
1 77 (15.34%) Terraform
2 76 (15.14%) Ansible
3 71 (14.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 41 (8.17%) Kubernetes
5 35 (6.97%) FortiGate
6 30 (5.98%) SCCM
7 15 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (2.19%) Autotask
9 9 (1.79%) Check_MK
9 9 (1.79%) Cisco Prime
9 9 (1.79%) Grafana
10 8 (1.59%) Prometheus
11 7 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (1.20%) CASB
13 5 (1.00%) Nagios
13 5 (1.00%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.80%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.80%) Istio
14 4 (0.80%) linkerd
14 4 (0.80%) Mesos
Vendors
1 214 (42.63%) Microsoft
2 167 (33.27%) Cisco
3 98 (19.52%) Palo Alto
4 86 (17.13%) VMware
5 72 (14.34%) Fortinet
6 66 (13.15%) Meraki
7 52 (10.36%) SolarWinds
8 45 (8.96%) CheckPoint
9 36 (7.17%) Dynatrace
10 33 (6.57%) Zscaler
11 29 (5.78%) Juniper
12 28 (5.58%) CrowdStrike
13 27 (5.38%) Splunk
14 26 (5.18%) Tenable
15 23 (4.58%) AppDynamics
15 23 (4.58%) Google
16 22 (4.38%) Arista
17 20 (3.98%) Aruba
18 13 (2.59%) F5
18 13 (2.59%) iManage