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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 82 94
Rank change year-on-year -25 +12 -31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 544 444 645
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.14% 3.77% 3.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.82% 36.27% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 408 336 420
10th Percentile £38,025 £35,625 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,188 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,250
England median annual salary £52,250 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.00% -4.76%

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 1,824 1,224 2,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.18% 10.40% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,063 842 1,236
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +2.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £96,875
England median annual salary £48,445 £40,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.62% -19.00% -4.76%

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 22 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 22 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 -19 43 £90,000 +28.57% 57
West London +9 31 £65,000 +18.18% 9
South London +14 22 £34,250 -25.54% 11
North London +8 12 £55,000 -21.43% 2
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 (10.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (10.66%) 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 14 (2.57%) 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
1 298 (54.78%) Azure
2 200 (36.76%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (25.18%) Entra ID
4 101 (18.57%) AWS
5 43 (7.90%) PaaS
6 41 (7.54%) SaaS
7 35 (6.43%) IaaS
8 30 (5.51%) Datadog
9 25 (4.60%) GCP
10 23 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (4.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 18 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 18 (3.31%) OneDrive
12 18 (3.31%) Serverless
13 17 (3.13%) Mimecast
14 15 (2.76%) Google Workspace
15 14 (2.57%) Power Platform
16 12 (2.21%) Azure Key Vault
16 12 (2.21%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 219 (40.26%) VPN
2 179 (32.90%) DNS
3 168 (30.88%) Network Security
4 137 (25.18%) WAN
5 129 (23.71%) VLAN
6 126 (23.16%) DHCP
7 110 (20.22%) Wi-Fi
8 108 (19.85%) LAN
9 95 (17.46%) Wireless
10 94 (17.28%) TCP/IP
11 77 (14.15%) SD-WAN
12 58 (10.66%) BGP
13 57 (10.48%) Cisco ISE
14 52 (9.56%) OSPF
15 44 (8.09%) SAN
16 24 (4.41%) MPLS
16 24 (4.41%) SSL
16 24 (4.41%) WLAN
17 21 (3.86%) Cisco Wireless
18 17 (3.13%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.58%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.39%) Power BI
3 12 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.55%) Big Data
4 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
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%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.13%) JIRA
2 15 (2.76%) Chocolatey
3 12 (2.21%) Burp Suite
3 12 (2.21%) Metasploit
4 5 (0.92%) Git
4 5 (0.92%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Maven
6 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 186 (34.19%) Social Skills
2 126 (23.16%) Finance
3 43 (7.90%) Banking
4 35 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.43%) Law
5 30 (5.51%) Legal
6 29 (5.33%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 15 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.02%) Mandarin Language
13 10 (1.84%) Retail
14 7 (1.29%) Back Office
15 6 (1.10%) Billing
15 6 (1.10%) Digital Health
15 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.10%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 111 (20.40%) Senior
2 103 (18.93%) Network Engineer
3 75 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 64 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
5 61 (11.21%) IT Engineer
6 58 (10.66%) Architect
7 48 (8.82%) Support Engineer
8 43 (7.90%) IT Support
9 42 (7.72%) Lead
10 41 (7.54%) Security Engineer
11 34 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
11 34 (6.25%) Senior Network Engineer
12 32 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
13 30 (5.51%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support
15 28 (5.15%) Analyst
16 26 (4.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 25 (4.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 24 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 22 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (13.24%) Terraform
2 16 (2.94%) FIX Protocol
3 15 (2.76%) OpenID
3 15 (2.76%) SAML
4 14 (2.57%) OAuth
4 14 (2.57%) REST
5 13 (2.39%) LDAP
6 11 (2.02%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.84%) 802.1X
8 8 (1.47%) ADO
9 5 (0.92%) Node.js
9 5 (0.92%) YAML
10 2 (0.37%) RESTful
10 2 (0.37%) Web Services
11 1 (0.18%) Azure Blueprints
11 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.18%) Middleware
11 1 (0.18%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.73%) Data Centre
2 62 (11.40%) Security Posture
3 39 (7.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (6.43%) Onboarding
5 34 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (4.41%) Management Information System
7 23 (4.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 23 (4.23%) PKI
8 18 (3.31%) Cloud Native
8 18 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
9 16 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.21%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.84%) Operational Technology
11 10 (1.84%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.65%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.47%) Eurex
13 8 (1.47%) Public Cloud
14 7 (1.29%) IoT
14 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 194 (35.66%) Windows
2 78 (14.34%) Linux
3 66 (12.13%) Windows Server
4 35 (6.43%) Mac OS
5 16 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.39%) Unix
6 13 (2.39%) VMS
7 11 (2.02%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.47%) CentOS
8 8 (1.47%) Rocky
9 5 (0.92%) Solaris
9 5 (0.92%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.37%) Android
12 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.37%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (25.92%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 95 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 95 (17.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 87 (15.99%) Incident Response
6 84 (15.44%) Cloud Security
7 83 (15.26%) Roadmaps
7 83 (15.26%) Zero Trust
8 76 (13.97%) Migration
9 73 (13.42%) Infrastructure as Code
10 70 (12.87%) ITIL
11 69 (12.68%) SIEM
12 64 (11.76%) Mentoring
12 64 (11.76%) Project Delivery
13 63 (11.58%) High Availability
13 63 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
14 59 (10.85%) Technical Leadership
15 54 (9.93%) Change Management
16 52 (9.56%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 72 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 66 (12.13%) Python
3 29 (5.33%) Bash
4 24 (4.41%) SQL
5 23 (4.23%) 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 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.37%) Java
9 2 (0.37%) Korn
9 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 104 (19.12%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (16.36%) CCNP
3 70 (12.87%) Degree
4 61 (11.21%) Azure Certification
5 60 (11.03%) CISSP
6 42 (7.72%) CCNA
7 37 (6.80%) Security Cleared
8 33 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (4.23%) CISM
11 22 (4.04%) AWS Certification
12 20 (3.68%) CCIE
13 12 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (2.21%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.65%) CHECK Team Member
14 9 (1.65%) DV Cleared
14 9 (1.65%) GIAC
14 9 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
14 9 (1.65%) SC Cleared
15 8 (1.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (13.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (12.87%) NIST
3 39 (7.17%) GDPR
4 36 (6.62%) SLA
5 33 (6.07%) PCI DSS
6 15 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.65%) GRC
8 7 (1.29%) SOC 2
9 6 (1.10%) QA
10 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.55%) NCSC
12 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (28.31%) Active Directory
2 56 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.60%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (2.57%) Docker
6 13 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (2.02%) vSphere
8 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.92%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.37%) Firmware
9 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.18%) NFS
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.18%) Samba
10 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (14.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (9.93%) Ansible
3 49 (9.01%) FortiGate
4 32 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 32 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
5 22 (4.04%) SCCM
6 19 (3.49%) Autotask
7 17 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (2.76%) Nessus
9 12 (2.21%) Nmap
10 11 (2.02%) CASB
10 11 (2.02%) Grafana
11 9 (1.65%) Prometheus
12 5 (0.92%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.55%) Argo
13 3 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
13 3 (0.55%) Istio
13 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 3 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 295 (54.23%) Microsoft
2 166 (30.51%) Cisco
3 121 (22.24%) Palo Alto
4 103 (18.93%) VMware
5 59 (10.85%) Fortinet
6 57 (10.48%) Meraki
7 54 (9.93%) Zscaler
8 28 (5.15%) F5
8 28 (5.15%) Tenable
9 27 (4.96%) Aruba
10 26 (4.78%) SolarWinds
11 24 (4.41%) CheckPoint
11 24 (4.41%) Splunk
12 22 (4.04%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (4.04%) Juniper
13 21 (3.86%) Arista
13 21 (3.86%) Dynatrace
14 20 (3.68%) HP
15 17 (3.13%) Google
15 17 (3.13%) SonicWALL