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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 85 96
Rank change year-on-year -28 +11 -32
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 543 435 635
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.10% 3.70% 3.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.67% 35.86% 25.77%
Number of salaries quoted 406 328 403
10th Percentile £39,500 £35,500 £37,600
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -3.93% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £94,550
England median annual salary £52,000 £46,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +11.83% -7.92% -3.81%

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 1,830 1,213 2,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.07% 10.32% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 824 1,191
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.79% -3.81%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 41 £90,000 +28.57% 72
West London +6 30 £60,000 +9.09% 10
South London +14 22 £38,500 -16.30% 9
North London +5 12 £55,000 -24.14% 1
East London -10 6 £105,000 +208.82% 9
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 59 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (10.50%) 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 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.21%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.37%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) 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
1 293 (53.96%) Azure
2 193 (35.54%) Microsoft 365
3 141 (25.97%) Entra ID
4 100 (18.42%) AWS
5 39 (7.18%) PaaS
6 38 (7.00%) SaaS
7 32 (5.89%) IaaS
8 26 (4.79%) Datadog
8 26 (4.79%) GCP
9 24 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (3.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 21 (3.87%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (3.68%) OneDrive
13 19 (3.50%) Mimecast
14 17 (3.13%) Serverless
15 16 (2.95%) Power Platform
16 14 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
16 14 (2.58%) Google Workspace
17 12 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 224 (41.25%) VPN
2 183 (33.70%) DNS
3 169 (31.12%) Network Security
4 137 (25.23%) WAN
5 128 (23.57%) DHCP
6 127 (23.39%) VLAN
7 110 (20.26%) LAN
8 107 (19.71%) Wi-Fi
9 101 (18.60%) TCP/IP
10 97 (17.86%) Wireless
11 73 (13.44%) SD-WAN
12 59 (10.87%) BGP
13 56 (10.31%) Cisco ISE
14 51 (9.39%) OSPF
15 40 (7.37%) SAN
16 25 (4.60%) SSL
17 24 (4.42%) MPLS
18 23 (4.24%) WLAN
19 21 (3.87%) Cisco Wireless
20 17 (3.13%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.76%) Power BI
3 14 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.55%) Big Data
4 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.18%) MySQL
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database 12c
6 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%) GitLab
5 4 (0.74%) Git
6 3 (0.55%) Maven
7 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
General
1 184 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 133 (24.49%) Finance
3 39 (7.18%) Banking
4 36 (6.63%) Law
5 32 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.34%) Legal
6 29 (5.34%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 15 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.03%) Mandarin Language
11 11 (2.03%) Retail
12 9 (1.66%) Back Office
13 7 (1.29%) Marketing
14 6 (1.10%) Billing
14 6 (1.10%) Digital Health
14 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 112 (20.63%) Senior
2 101 (18.60%) Network Engineer
3 76 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 60 (11.05%) Architect
5 59 (10.87%) Azure Engineer
6 57 (10.50%) IT Engineer
7 45 (8.29%) Lead
7 45 (8.29%) Support Engineer
8 43 (7.92%) IT Support
8 43 (7.92%) Security Engineer
9 33 (6.08%) Cloud Engineer
9 33 (6.08%) Senior Network Engineer
10 32 (5.89%) IT Support Engineer
11 30 (5.52%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 28 (5.16%) Analyst
13 26 (4.79%) 2nd Line Support
13 26 (4.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 23 (4.24%) 3rd Line Support
15 22 (4.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 21 (3.87%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (14.00%) Terraform
2 16 (2.95%) FIX Protocol
2 16 (2.95%) OpenID
2 16 (2.95%) SAML
3 15 (2.76%) OAuth
3 15 (2.76%) REST
4 14 (2.58%) LDAP
5 11 (2.03%) ARM Templates
6 10 (1.84%) 802.1X
7 8 (1.47%) ADO
8 5 (0.92%) Node.js
8 5 (0.92%) YAML
9 2 (0.37%) RESTful
9 2 (0.37%) Web Services
10 1 (0.18%) Azure Blueprints
10 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.18%) Middleware
10 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.76%) Data Centre
2 65 (11.97%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 38 (7.00%) Onboarding
5 30 (5.52%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (4.97%) Management Information System
7 25 (4.60%) PKI
8 23 (4.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 20 (3.68%) Cloud Native
10 18 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
12 13 (2.39%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.84%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.66%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.66%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.47%) Eurex
16 7 (1.29%) IoT
16 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 195 (35.91%) Windows
2 81 (14.92%) Linux
3 72 (13.26%) Windows Server
4 33 (6.08%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.39%) Unix
6 13 (2.39%) VMS
7 12 (2.21%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.47%) CentOS
8 8 (1.47%) Rocky
9 6 (1.10%) 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
1 142 (26.15%) Cybersecurity
2 113 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (18.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 98 (18.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 94 (17.31%) Disaster Recovery
6 88 (16.21%) Incident Response
7 84 (15.47%) Cloud Security
8 83 (15.29%) Zero Trust
9 81 (14.92%) Roadmaps
10 77 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 75 (13.81%) Migration
12 68 (12.52%) SIEM
13 64 (11.79%) ITIL
14 63 (11.60%) High Availability
14 63 (11.60%) Mentoring
14 63 (11.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 62 (11.42%) Project Delivery
16 57 (10.50%) Technical Leadership
17 55 (10.13%) Vulnerability Management
18 53 (9.76%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (14.18%) PowerShell
2 66 (12.15%) Python
3 28 (5.16%) Bash
4 27 (4.97%) SQL
5 25 (4.60%) Bicep
6 8 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.47%) Perl
6 8 (1.47%) Ruby
7 5 (0.92%) C
8 3 (0.55%) Go
8 3 (0.55%) Java
8 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.18%) Korn
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (18.78%) Cisco Certification
2 84 (15.47%) CCNP
3 69 (12.71%) Degree
4 64 (11.79%) CISSP
5 55 (10.13%) Azure Certification
6 42 (7.73%) CCNA
7 37 (6.81%) Security Cleared
8 33 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (4.60%) CISM
11 22 (4.05%) AWS Certification
12 19 (3.50%) CCIE
13 12 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (2.03%) Master's Degree
15 10 (1.84%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.66%) CCSP
16 9 (1.66%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (1.66%) GIAC
16 9 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (1.47%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (13.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (12.89%) NIST
3 37 (6.81%) GDPR
4 36 (6.63%) SLA
5 35 (6.45%) PCI DSS
6 14 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.66%) GRC
7 9 (1.66%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.10%) QA
9 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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%) PMO
System Software
1 153 (28.18%) Active Directory
2 54 (9.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.79%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.13%) Docker
4 17 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.39%) vSphere
7 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.92%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.37%) Firmware
8 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.18%) NFS
9 1 (0.18%) Samba
9 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (13.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (9.76%) Ansible
3 49 (9.02%) FortiGate
4 36 (6.63%) Kubernetes
5 33 (6.08%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (3.31%) SCCM
7 17 (3.13%) Autotask
8 16 (2.95%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.76%) Nessus
10 13 (2.39%) Grafana
11 12 (2.21%) Nmap
12 11 (2.03%) CASB
13 9 (1.66%) Prometheus
14 6 (1.10%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.55%) Argo
15 3 (0.55%) Istio
15 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
15 3 (0.55%) VxRail
16 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 292 (53.78%) Microsoft
2 162 (29.83%) Cisco
3 117 (21.55%) Palo Alto
4 102 (18.78%) VMware
5 57 (10.50%) Fortinet
6 54 (9.94%) Meraki
6 54 (9.94%) Zscaler
7 29 (5.34%) F5
8 26 (4.79%) Aruba
8 26 (4.79%) SolarWinds
9 24 (4.42%) Juniper
9 24 (4.42%) Splunk
9 24 (4.42%) Tenable
10 23 (4.24%) CheckPoint
11 21 (3.87%) Arista
11 21 (3.87%) CrowdStrike
12 19 (3.50%) HP
13 18 (3.31%) Google
14 17 (3.13%) Dynatrace
15 16 (2.95%) Sophos