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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 79 78
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 514 479 855
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.45% 4.00% 3.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.62% 38.29% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 366 372 703
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,325 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -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 1,931 1,251 3,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.22% 10.44% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,014 898 1,978
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,235 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,594
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,875 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 3 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 3 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 +14 84 £80,000 +16.79% 39
North London +16 17 £55,000 -21.43% 1
East London -1 15 £105,000 +9.09% 4
South London +9 14 £31,000 -38.00% 7
West London -18 13 £77,500 +58.16% 8
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 40 (7.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (7.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.78%) Confluence
4 3 (0.58%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (3.50%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.36%) 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%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.19%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 316 (61.48%) Azure
2 163 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 129 (25.10%) AWS
4 87 (16.93%) Entra ID
5 48 (9.34%) Datadog
6 47 (9.14%) SaaS
7 45 (8.75%) GCP
8 27 (5.25%) Azure Monitor
8 27 (5.25%) IaaS
9 23 (4.47%) PaaS
10 22 (4.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 21 (4.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 21 (4.09%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (3.89%) GitHub
13 17 (3.31%) Mimecast
14 16 (3.11%) AWS Direct Connect
14 16 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (2.92%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (2.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 208 (40.47%) VPN
2 158 (30.74%) Network Security
3 157 (30.54%) WAN
4 127 (24.71%) DNS
5 112 (21.79%) LAN
6 109 (21.21%) Wi-Fi
7 106 (20.62%) SD-WAN
8 99 (19.26%) VLAN
9 81 (15.76%) DHCP
10 75 (14.59%) Wireless
11 72 (14.01%) Cisco ISE
12 71 (13.81%) BGP
13 66 (12.84%) OSPF
14 56 (10.89%) TCP/IP
15 45 (8.75%) SAN
16 41 (7.98%) WLAN
17 38 (7.39%) Cisco Firepower
18 34 (6.61%) Cisco Wireless
19 32 (6.23%) Cisco ASA
20 29 (5.64%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.75%) Power BI
3 6 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.19%) MySQL
6 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (3.70%) Chocolatey
2 11 (2.14%) JIRA
3 10 (1.95%) GitLab
4 9 (1.75%) Git
5 8 (1.56%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.36%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.78%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 146 (28.40%) Social Skills
2 136 (26.46%) Finance
3 49 (9.53%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.78%) Banking
5 29 (5.64%) Legal
6 17 (3.31%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.95%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.95%) Retail Banking
9 8 (1.56%) Retail
10 7 (1.36%) Aviation
10 7 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.17%) Law
12 5 (0.97%) Billing
13 4 (0.78%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (0.58%) Back Office
14 3 (0.58%) German Language
14 3 (0.58%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 138 (26.85%) Network Engineer
2 99 (19.26%) Senior
3 72 (14.01%) IT Engineer
4 64 (12.45%) Azure Engineer
5 58 (11.28%) Architect
6 47 (9.14%) Cloud Engineer
6 47 (9.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 46 (8.95%) Support Engineer
8 43 (8.37%) IT Support
9 41 (7.98%) Cisco Engineer
10 34 (6.61%) Analyst
10 34 (6.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 34 (6.61%) IT Support Engineer
10 34 (6.61%) Network Architect
11 33 (6.42%) Lead
12 32 (6.23%) Security Engineer
13 30 (5.84%) Senior Network Engineer
14 29 (5.64%) Senior IT Engineer
15 26 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support
16 23 (4.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.89%) OAuth
2 19 (3.70%) SAML
3 17 (3.31%) ADO
4 14 (2.72%) 802.1X
5 13 (2.53%) OpenID
5 13 (2.53%) YAML
6 12 (2.33%) REST
7 10 (1.95%) LDAP
8 9 (1.75%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.97%) Node.js
10 4 (0.78%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.39%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
12 1 (0.19%) .NET
12 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
12 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 93 (18.09%) Data Centre
2 56 (10.89%) Security Posture
3 39 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 24 (4.67%) PKI
6 19 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (3.31%) Cloud Native
8 15 (2.92%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (2.14%) Cyber Defence
10 11 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
11 10 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.56%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.36%) Blog
15 6 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
15 6 (1.17%) IoT
15 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 168 (32.68%) Windows
2 58 (11.28%) Linux
3 53 (10.31%) Windows Server
4 22 (4.28%) Mac OS
5 17 (3.31%) VMS
6 16 (3.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.95%) Unix
8 9 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.56%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.17%) Windows 10
11 5 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.78%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.39%) tvOS
14 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.19%) CentOS
14 1 (0.19%) Solaris
14 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (19.84%) Cybersecurity
2 99 (19.26%) Incident Response
3 97 (18.87%) Disaster Recovery
4 96 (18.68%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (15.37%) SIEM
6 78 (15.18%) Cloud Security
7 77 (14.98%) Zero Trust
8 63 (12.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 63 (12.26%) Migration
9 62 (12.06%) Roadmaps
10 60 (11.67%) High Availability
11 59 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (11.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 56 (10.89%) Business Continuity
14 53 (10.31%) ITIL
15 51 (9.92%) DevOps
16 50 (9.73%) CI/CD
17 48 (9.34%) Security Architecture
17 48 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
17 48 (9.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.59%) PowerShell
2 73 (14.20%) Python
3 28 (5.45%) Bash
4 17 (3.31%) SQL
5 16 (3.11%) Kusto Query Language
6 12 (2.33%) Bicep
7 5 (0.97%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.39%) Java
8 2 (0.39%) Korn
8 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) C
9 1 (0.19%) C#
9 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 131 (25.49%) Cisco Certification
2 109 (21.21%) CCNP
3 63 (12.26%) Degree
4 55 (10.70%) CISSP
5 49 (9.53%) Azure Certification
6 47 (9.14%) CCNA
7 42 (8.17%) CCIE
8 32 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (5.45%) CISM
10 25 (4.86%) Security Cleared
11 24 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
13 18 (3.50%) DV Cleared
14 17 (3.31%) CCSA
14 17 (3.31%) CCSE
14 17 (3.31%) CEH
15 13 (2.53%) SC Cleared
16 11 (2.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (1.95%) CISA
17 10 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (14.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (12.45%) NIST
3 43 (8.37%) GDPR
4 37 (7.20%) PCI DSS
5 22 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (3.70%) SLA
7 15 (2.92%) SOC 2
8 9 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.36%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.36%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.78%) GRC
11 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.58%) NCSC
12 3 (0.58%) QA
13 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 143 (27.82%) Active Directory
2 46 (8.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (3.50%) Hyper-V
5 13 (2.53%) Docker
6 11 (2.14%) Firmware
6 11 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.56%) vSphere
8 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.19%) KVM
11 1 (0.19%) NLBS
11 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (15.76%) Ansible
2 75 (14.59%) Terraform
3 67 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 53 (10.31%) FortiGate
5 36 (7.00%) Kubernetes
6 25 (4.86%) SCCM
7 17 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (3.11%) Autotask
9 13 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.53%) Prometheus
10 12 (2.33%) Grafana
11 9 (1.75%) Check_MK
11 9 (1.75%) Cisco Prime
12 5 (0.97%) CASB
12 5 (0.97%) Nagios
13 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.78%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.58%) Argo
14 3 (0.58%) Istio
14 3 (0.58%) VxRail
Vendors
1 230 (44.75%) Microsoft
2 179 (34.82%) Cisco
3 102 (19.84%) Palo Alto
4 87 (16.93%) VMware
5 76 (14.79%) Fortinet
6 69 (13.42%) Meraki
7 58 (11.28%) SolarWinds
8 46 (8.95%) CheckPoint
9 35 (6.81%) Dynatrace
10 31 (6.03%) Splunk
10 31 (6.03%) Zscaler
11 28 (5.45%) CrowdStrike
12 27 (5.25%) Arista
13 26 (5.06%) Google
14 25 (4.86%) Tenable
15 24 (4.67%) Juniper
16 23 (4.47%) Aruba
17 19 (3.70%) AppDynamics
18 18 (3.50%) SonicWALL
19 16 (3.11%) F5