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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 85 93
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 -31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 544 443 629
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.10% 3.75% 3.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.91% 36.07% 25.43%
Number of salaries quoted 406 331 399
10th Percentile £39,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £46,500 £50,654
% change year-on-year +12.90% -8.20% -5.32%

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 1,819 1,228 2,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.02% 10.39% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 833 1,196
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £47,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £87,813 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £99,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% -2.86%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -32 39 £87,500 +25.00% 72
West London +9 29 £66,250 +20.45% 9
South London +17 22 £38,500 -16.30% 11
North London +5 12 £55,000 -24.14% 1
East London -14 6 £105,000 +208.82% 11
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 58 (10.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (10.48%) 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%) 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
1 290 (53.31%) Azure
2 192 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (25.74%) Entra ID
4 100 (18.38%) AWS
5 40 (7.35%) PaaS
6 39 (7.17%) SaaS
7 32 (5.88%) IaaS
8 27 (4.96%) GCP
9 26 (4.78%) Datadog
10 24 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (4.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 21 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
12 21 (3.86%) Mimecast
13 20 (3.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 20 (3.68%) OneDrive
14 17 (3.13%) Serverless
15 16 (2.94%) Power Platform
16 14 (2.57%) Azure Key Vault
16 14 (2.57%) Google Workspace
17 13 (2.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 227 (41.73%) VPN
2 182 (33.46%) DNS
3 169 (31.07%) Network Security
4 136 (25.00%) WAN
5 128 (23.53%) DHCP
6 127 (23.35%) VLAN
7 110 (20.22%) LAN
8 108 (19.85%) Wi-Fi
9 101 (18.57%) TCP/IP
10 99 (18.20%) Wireless
11 72 (13.24%) SD-WAN
12 59 (10.85%) BGP
13 58 (10.66%) Cisco ISE
14 50 (9.19%) OSPF
15 40 (7.35%) SAN
16 25 (4.60%) SSL
17 24 (4.41%) MPLS
18 21 (3.86%) Cisco Wireless
19 20 (3.68%) WLAN
20 17 (3.13%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.66%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.76%) Power BI
3 14 (2.57%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.55%) Big Data
5 3 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
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 (2.94%) JIRA
2 12 (2.21%) Burp Suite
2 12 (2.21%) Metasploit
3 11 (2.02%) Chocolatey
4 4 (0.74%) Git
5 3 (0.55%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Maven
5 3 (0.55%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
General
1 184 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 134 (24.63%) Finance
3 39 (7.17%) Law
4 38 (6.99%) Banking
5 32 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (5.51%) Legal
7 29 (5.33%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 15 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
10 14 (2.57%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.02%) Mandarin Language
13 10 (1.84%) Back Office
14 9 (1.65%) Retail
15 7 (1.29%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.29%) Marketing
16 6 (1.10%) Billing
16 6 (1.10%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 110 (20.22%) Senior
2 101 (18.57%) Network Engineer
3 75 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 61 (11.21%) Architect
5 57 (10.48%) Azure Engineer
6 55 (10.11%) IT Engineer
7 48 (8.82%) Security Engineer
8 46 (8.46%) Lead
8 46 (8.46%) Support Engineer
9 43 (7.90%) IT Support
10 34 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (6.07%) Senior Network Engineer
12 32 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
13 31 (5.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (5.15%) Analyst
15 25 (4.60%) 2nd Line Support
15 25 (4.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 23 (4.23%) 3rd Line Support
17 21 (3.86%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 21 (3.86%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (13.60%) Terraform
2 16 (2.94%) FIX Protocol
2 16 (2.94%) OpenID
2 16 (2.94%) SAML
3 15 (2.76%) OAuth
3 15 (2.76%) REST
4 14 (2.57%) LDAP
5 11 (2.02%) ARM Templates
6 10 (1.84%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.29%) 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 88 (16.18%) Data Centre
2 68 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 43 (7.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (7.17%) Onboarding
5 31 (5.70%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (5.15%) Management Information System
7 25 (4.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 25 (4.60%) PKI
8 21 (3.86%) Cloud Native
9 17 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (2.39%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.84%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.65%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.65%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.65%) Public Cloud
14 8 (1.47%) Blog
14 8 (1.47%) Eurex
15 7 (1.29%) IoT
15 7 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 196 (36.03%) Windows
2 80 (14.71%) Linux
3 73 (13.42%) Windows Server
4 33 (6.07%) Mac OS
5 14 (2.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.39%) Unix
6 13 (2.39%) VMS
7 10 (1.84%) 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
1 147 (27.02%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (18.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 98 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 93 (17.10%) Disaster Recovery
6 91 (16.73%) Incident Response
7 87 (15.99%) Zero Trust
8 86 (15.81%) Cloud Security
9 79 (14.52%) Roadmaps
10 75 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 75 (13.79%) Migration
11 73 (13.42%) SIEM
12 64 (11.76%) ITIL
13 63 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
14 62 (11.40%) High Availability
15 61 (11.21%) Project Delivery
16 60 (11.03%) Mentoring
17 59 (10.85%) Vulnerability Management
18 53 (9.74%) Technical Leadership
19 51 (9.38%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 77 (14.15%) PowerShell
2 68 (12.50%) Python
3 28 (5.15%) Bash
3 28 (5.15%) SQL
4 25 (4.60%) Bicep
5 8 (1.47%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (1.47%) Perl
5 8 (1.47%) Ruby
6 5 (0.92%) C
7 4 (0.74%) Go
7 4 (0.74%) Java
8 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.18%) Korn
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (19.12%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (15.26%) CCNP
3 68 (12.50%) Degree
4 66 (12.13%) CISSP
5 53 (9.74%) Azure Certification
6 43 (7.90%) CCNA
7 37 (6.80%) Security Cleared
8 33 (6.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (4.96%) CISM
9 27 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (4.04%) AWS Certification
11 19 (3.49%) CCIE
12 12 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (2.02%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.84%) CCSP
14 10 (1.84%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.65%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (1.65%) GIAC
15 9 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (13.42%) NIST
3 37 (6.80%) PCI DSS
3 37 (6.80%) SLA
4 36 (6.62%) GDPR
5 13 (2.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.84%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.65%) GRC
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
1 151 (27.76%) Active Directory
2 54 (9.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (4.78%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.13%) Docker
4 17 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (2.57%) 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 73 (13.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (9.38%) Ansible
3 49 (9.01%) FortiGate
4 36 (6.62%) Kubernetes
5 33 (6.07%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (3.31%) SCCM
7 17 (3.13%) Autotask
8 16 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.76%) Nessus
10 14 (2.57%) Grafana
11 12 (2.21%) CASB
11 12 (2.21%) Nmap
12 9 (1.65%) Prometheus
13 6 (1.10%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.55%) Argo
14 3 (0.55%) Cilium
14 3 (0.55%) Istio
14 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 3 (0.55%) VxRail
15 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 290 (53.31%) Microsoft
2 162 (29.78%) Cisco
3 117 (21.51%) Palo Alto
4 100 (18.38%) VMware
5 55 (10.11%) Fortinet
6 53 (9.74%) Meraki
7 52 (9.56%) Zscaler
8 29 (5.33%) F5
9 26 (4.78%) Aruba
10 25 (4.60%) SolarWinds
11 24 (4.41%) CrowdStrike
11 24 (4.41%) Juniper
11 24 (4.41%) Splunk
11 24 (4.41%) Tenable
12 23 (4.23%) CheckPoint
13 21 (3.86%) Arista
14 19 (3.49%) Google
14 19 (3.49%) HP
15 17 (3.13%) Dynatrace
16 16 (2.94%) Ubiquiti