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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 84 82
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 518 479 846
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.38% 3.93% 3.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.11% 38.79% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 373 381 683
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +5.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,000 £102,500 £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 1,911 1,235 3,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.77% 10.13% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 907 1,932
10th Percentile £33,275 £33,200 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £107,500 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 27 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 27 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 -7 65 £80,000 +16.79% 15
West London -16 16 £73,750 +41.83% 9
South London +18 15 £31,000 -38.00% 4
North London +14 15 £55,000 -20.00% 1
East London +3 12 £105,000 +9.09% 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 48 (9.27%) SharePoint
2 47 (9.07%) 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 (3.47%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.54%) 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
1 313 (60.42%) Azure
2 170 (32.82%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (23.94%) AWS
4 102 (19.69%) Entra ID
5 44 (8.49%) Datadog
5 44 (8.49%) SaaS
6 39 (7.53%) GCP
7 26 (5.02%) IaaS
8 25 (4.83%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (4.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 22 (4.25%) PaaS
10 19 (3.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 19 (3.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 18 (3.47%) GitHub
11 18 (3.47%) Mimecast
12 14 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (2.51%) AWS Direct Connect
13 13 (2.51%) Serverless
14 12 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (2.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 208 (40.15%) VPN
2 175 (33.78%) Network Security
3 150 (28.96%) WAN
4 133 (25.68%) DNS
5 111 (21.43%) LAN
6 110 (21.24%) Wi-Fi
7 109 (21.04%) VLAN
8 101 (19.50%) SD-WAN
9 87 (16.80%) DHCP
10 77 (14.86%) Wireless
11 73 (14.09%) BGP
12 69 (13.32%) Cisco ISE
13 67 (12.93%) OSPF
14 60 (11.58%) TCP/IP
15 43 (8.30%) SAN
16 36 (6.95%) WLAN
17 35 (6.76%) Cisco Firepower
18 33 (6.37%) Cisco Wireless
19 28 (5.41%) MPLS
20 25 (4.83%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.88%) 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 18 (3.47%) Chocolatey
2 12 (2.32%) JIRA
3 10 (1.93%) Git
4 8 (1.54%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.54%) GitLab
5 5 (0.97%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.58%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Maven
General
1 156 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 123 (23.75%) Finance
3 44 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.34%) Banking
5 27 (5.21%) Legal
6 20 (3.86%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.93%) Law
8 10 (1.93%) Retail Banking
9 9 (1.74%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.54%) Retail
11 7 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.16%) Aviation
12 6 (1.16%) Billing
12 6 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (0.77%) Back Office
15 3 (0.58%) Digital Health
15 3 (0.58%) German Language
Job Titles
1 130 (25.10%) Network Engineer
2 117 (22.59%) Senior
3 67 (12.93%) IT Engineer
4 61 (11.78%) Architect
5 59 (11.39%) Azure Engineer
6 51 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 44 (8.49%) Support Engineer
8 42 (8.11%) IT Support
9 41 (7.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 39 (7.53%) Security Engineer
11 35 (6.76%) Cisco Engineer
11 35 (6.76%) Network Architect
12 34 (6.56%) Senior Network Engineer
13 33 (6.37%) Analyst
13 33 (6.37%) IT Support Engineer
13 33 (6.37%) Lead
14 28 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 27 (5.21%) 2nd Line Support
16 26 (5.02%) Senior IT Engineer
17 23 (4.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.67%) OAuth
2 18 (3.47%) SAML
3 15 (2.90%) OpenID
4 14 (2.70%) 802.1X
4 14 (2.70%) ADO
5 13 (2.51%) REST
6 12 (2.32%) LDAP
7 10 (1.93%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.93%) YAML
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 (17.95%) Data Centre
2 63 (12.16%) Security Posture
3 37 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 27 (5.21%) PKI
5 23 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (4.44%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.28%) Cloud Native
7 14 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.51%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (2.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 10 (1.93%) Cyber Defence
10 10 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.54%) Blog
11 8 (1.54%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.35%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 4 (0.77%) Educational Technology
15 4 (0.77%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 165 (31.85%) Windows
2 58 (11.20%) Linux
3 51 (9.85%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.83%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.70%) VMS
5 14 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (1.74%) Unix
7 7 (1.35%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.77%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.39%) tvOS
12 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.19%) CentOS
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (22.01%) Cybersecurity
2 105 (20.27%) Incident Response
3 96 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (17.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 84 (16.22%) Cloud Security
6 82 (15.83%) SIEM
7 78 (15.06%) Zero Trust
8 73 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (13.71%) Roadmaps
10 65 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
11 64 (12.36%) Migration
12 63 (12.16%) High Availability
13 61 (11.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 55 (10.62%) Business Continuity
15 53 (10.23%) ITIL
15 53 (10.23%) Vulnerability Management
16 50 (9.65%) Security Architecture
16 50 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
17 47 (9.07%) Information Security
17 47 (9.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 73 (14.09%) PowerShell
2 69 (13.32%) Python
3 29 (5.60%) Bash
4 15 (2.90%) SQL
5 12 (2.32%) Kusto Query Language
6 11 (2.12%) 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
1 131 (25.29%) Cisco Certification
2 111 (21.43%) CCNP
3 62 (11.97%) Degree
4 59 (11.39%) CISSP
5 52 (10.04%) Azure Certification
6 50 (9.65%) CCNA
7 43 (8.30%) CCIE
8 32 (6.18%) CISM
9 30 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (5.02%) Security Cleared
11 22 (4.25%) CompTIA Security+
11 22 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (3.47%) DV Cleared
13 17 (3.28%) CEH
14 15 (2.90%) CCSA
14 15 (2.90%) CCSE
15 13 (2.51%) AWS Certification
15 13 (2.51%) GIAC
16 12 (2.32%) SC Cleared
17 9 (1.74%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (15.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (13.90%) NIST
3 41 (7.92%) GDPR
4 35 (6.76%) PCI DSS
5 21 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (4.05%) SLA
6 15 (2.90%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.35%) Government Security Classifications
8 7 (1.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 7 (1.35%) JSP 440
9 6 (1.16%) QA
10 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.77%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.77%) GRC
11 4 (0.77%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.58%) NCSC
13 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 147 (28.38%) Active Directory
2 46 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (3.09%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.93%) Docker
6 8 (1.54%) vSphere
7 7 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.77%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 4 (0.77%) Firmware
8 4 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.39%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.19%) KVM
10 1 (0.19%) NLBS
10 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 72 (13.90%) Ansible
1 72 (13.90%) Terraform
2 71 (13.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 52 (10.04%) FortiGate
4 36 (6.95%) Kubernetes
5 25 (4.83%) SCCM
6 19 (3.67%) Autotask
7 18 (3.47%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (2.32%) Grafana
10 11 (2.12%) 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
1 246 (47.49%) Microsoft
2 174 (33.59%) Cisco
3 112 (21.62%) Palo Alto
4 86 (16.60%) VMware
5 70 (13.51%) Meraki
6 64 (12.36%) Fortinet
7 55 (10.62%) SolarWinds
8 44 (8.49%) CheckPoint
9 36 (6.95%) Zscaler
10 33 (6.37%) Splunk
11 31 (5.98%) Dynatrace
12 29 (5.60%) Arista
13 27 (5.21%) CrowdStrike
13 27 (5.21%) Tenable
14 26 (5.02%) Aruba
15 24 (4.63%) Google
16 21 (4.05%) F5
16 21 (4.05%) Juniper
17 20 (3.86%) SonicWALL
18 18 (3.47%) AppDynamics