Firewall Jobs in London

Firewall
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 87 67
Rank change year-on-year -3 -20 +129
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 490 814 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.70% 3.48% 4.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.44% 26.63% 36.33%
Number of salaries quoted 392 634 976
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £62,500 £60,276
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% +3.69% +0.46%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £82,512
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,985
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.84% -2.89%

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 1,926 3,057 3,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.55% 13.08% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 932 1,818 2,659
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £82,524
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -4.76%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in London.

Salary trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

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 13 July 2025. 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 -23 75 £67,500 +28.57% 45
West London +22 14 £55,000 0.00% 33
South London -2 13 £50,000 +25.00% 8
East London -13 7 £87,500 +90.22% 13
North London -19 4 £68,750 +52.78% 2
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (11.43%) SharePoint
2 54 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.84%) Moodle
4 7 (1.43%) IIS
5 3 (0.61%) Confluence
5 3 (0.61%) nginx
6 2 (0.41%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.82%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.41%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.41%) Revit
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.84%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 249 (50.82%) Azure
2 127 (25.92%) Microsoft 365
3 117 (23.88%) AWS
4 59 (12.04%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.35%) GCP
6 34 (6.94%) OneDrive
7 28 (5.71%) SaaS
8 25 (5.10%) IaaS
9 20 (4.08%) PaaS
10 17 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (3.06%) Power Platform
13 14 (2.86%) AWS Direct Connect
14 13 (2.65%) Azure AKS
14 13 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (2.45%) GitHub
16 10 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
16 10 (2.04%) Power Automate
17 9 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 156 (31.84%) VPN
2 120 (24.49%) Network Security
3 115 (23.47%) WAN
4 93 (18.98%) BGP
5 90 (18.37%) LAN
6 86 (17.55%) OSPF
7 75 (15.31%) DNS
8 69 (14.08%) Wi-Fi
9 58 (11.84%) TCP/IP
10 57 (11.63%) VLAN
11 56 (11.43%) SD-WAN
12 52 (10.61%) DHCP
12 52 (10.61%) MPLS
13 33 (6.73%) Wireless
14 30 (6.12%) Intrusion Detection
14 30 (6.12%) IPsec
15 29 (5.92%) Cisco ASA
16 27 (5.51%) WLAN
17 25 (5.10%) Cisco Firepower
18 20 (4.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.45%) Power BI
3 5 (1.02%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.02%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.82%) MySQL
5 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.61%) InfluxDB
5 3 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.20%) JasperReports
7 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.20%) Redis
7 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (2.65%) Git
2 6 (1.22%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.02%) GitLab
3 5 (1.02%) JIRA
4 4 (0.82%) Bitbucket Server
5 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.20%) IDA Disassembler
6 1 (0.20%) Maven
6 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 144 (29.39%) Finance
2 135 (27.55%) Social Skills
3 53 (10.82%) Banking
4 48 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (4.90%) Law
7 22 (4.49%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.88%) Legal
9 11 (2.24%) Mandarin Language
10 9 (1.84%) Marketing
10 9 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.63%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.43%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.22%) Front Office
14 5 (1.02%) Games
14 5 (1.02%) Retail
15 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.82%) Local Government
16 3 (0.61%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 115 (23.47%) Network Engineer
2 82 (16.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 72 (14.69%) Senior
4 67 (13.67%) Analyst
5 45 (9.18%) Support Engineer
6 33 (6.73%) Lead
6 33 (6.73%) Security Analyst
7 29 (5.92%) Security Engineer
8 27 (5.51%) IT Support
9 26 (5.31%) Architect
9 26 (5.31%) Cloud Engineer
10 25 (5.10%) IT Engineer
11 23 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (4.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (4.29%) Technical Support
13 20 (4.08%) Senior Network Engineer
14 19 (3.88%) IT Analyst
14 19 (3.88%) IT Manager
14 19 (3.88%) Support Analyst
15 18 (3.67%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.04%) 802.1X
2 7 (1.43%) LDAP
3 6 (1.22%) REST
3 6 (1.22%) YAML
4 5 (1.02%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.02%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (1.02%) RESTful
5 4 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.41%) EDI
7 1 (0.20%) .NET
7 1 (0.20%) JSON
7 1 (0.20%) Kafka
7 1 (0.20%) Middleware
7 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.20%) Web Services
7 1 (0.20%) WSH
7 1 (0.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.69%) Data Centre
2 53 (10.82%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.51%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (4.90%) Security Posture
6 15 (3.06%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 11 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.24%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (2.04%) Hedge funds
9 10 (2.04%) PKI
10 9 (1.84%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.84%) Learning Management System
11 8 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
12 7 (1.43%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.43%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.22%) iPhone
13 6 (1.22%) IPTV
13 6 (1.22%) Virtual Team
14 5 (1.02%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 194 (39.59%) Windows
2 105 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 82 (16.73%) Linux
4 24 (4.90%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.45%) Unix
5 12 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (2.04%) Android
7 10 (2.04%) Apple iOS
8 9 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.22%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.22%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.02%) CentOS
10 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.82%) Rocky
12 3 (0.61%) VMS
13 1 (0.20%) Debian
13 1 (0.20%) Solaris
13 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (20.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 99 (20.20%) Cybersecurity
4 81 (16.53%) SIEM
5 67 (13.67%) Incident Response
6 60 (12.24%) DevOps
7 59 (12.04%) Network Monitoring
8 58 (11.84%) Information Security
9 57 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
10 55 (11.22%) ITIL
11 52 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 47 (9.59%) Computer Science
13 44 (8.98%) Change Management
14 43 (8.78%) Cloud Security
14 43 (8.78%) Mentoring
15 40 (8.16%) Business Continuity
16 39 (7.96%) CI/CD
17 38 (7.76%) Vulnerability Management
18 37 (7.55%) High Availability
18 37 (7.55%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 87 (17.76%) Python
2 80 (16.33%) PowerShell
3 39 (7.96%) SQL
4 37 (7.55%) Bash
5 7 (1.43%) Shell Script
6 6 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.22%) Perl
7 5 (1.02%) R
8 3 (0.61%) Go
9 2 (0.41%) Bicep
10 1 (0.20%) C#
10 1 (0.20%) C++
10 1 (0.20%) Java
10 1 (0.20%) Rust
10 1 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (20.61%) Cisco Certification
2 92 (18.78%) Degree
3 71 (14.49%) CCNA
4 70 (14.29%) CCNP
5 28 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (5.10%) Azure Certification
7 24 (4.90%) CISSP
8 20 (4.08%) CCIE
9 19 (3.88%) Security Cleared
10 16 (3.27%) SC Cleared
11 15 (3.06%) CISM
12 14 (2.86%) Master's Degree
13 13 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
14 12 (2.45%) AWS Certification
15 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (1.84%) CISA
17 7 (1.43%) CEH
18 6 (1.22%) CCSA
18 6 (1.22%) GCIA
18 6 (1.22%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (10.61%) NIST
3 45 (9.18%) GDPR
4 25 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.45%) PCI DSS
5 12 (2.45%) QA
6 11 (2.24%) SLA
7 10 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.43%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.43%) NCSC
9 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.82%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.61%) COBIT
11 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.41%) GRC
11 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 113 (23.06%) Active Directory
2 76 (15.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (7.96%) Hyper-V
4 19 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (3.47%) Firmware
5 17 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (3.27%) Docker
7 13 (2.65%) vSphere
8 10 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.43%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.02%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 5 (1.02%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.82%) NFS
11 4 (0.82%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.61%) XenApp
12 3 (0.61%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.41%) Postfix
13 2 (0.41%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
14 1 (0.20%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 57 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (10.41%) Terraform
3 47 (9.59%) Ansible
4 38 (7.76%) SCCM
5 37 (7.55%) Kubernetes
6 20 (4.08%) Grafana
7 19 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (3.67%) FortiGate
9 16 (3.27%) Nagios
10 14 (2.86%) Prometheus
11 9 (1.84%) Nessus
12 7 (1.43%) vCenter Server
13 6 (1.22%) Autotask
13 6 (1.22%) Proxmox
14 5 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (1.02%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (1.02%) Puppet
14 5 (1.02%) VxRail
15 4 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
16 3 (0.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 176 (35.92%) Cisco
2 163 (33.27%) Microsoft
3 104 (21.22%) VMware
4 65 (13.27%) SolarWinds
5 61 (12.45%) Fortinet
6 54 (11.02%) Palo Alto
7 53 (10.82%) Meraki
8 50 (10.20%) CheckPoint
9 36 (7.35%) Juniper
10 24 (4.90%) F5
11 20 (4.08%) Dell
11 20 (4.08%) Google
12 18 (3.67%) Arista
13 17 (3.47%) Red Hat
13 17 (3.47%) Zscaler
14 15 (3.06%) Bloomberg
14 15 (3.06%) Citrix
15 14 (2.86%) Dynatrace
15 14 (2.86%) Infoblox
15 14 (2.86%) Splunk