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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 90 98
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -33
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 542 440 659
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.19% 3.67% 3.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.47% 35.71% 24.97%
Number of salaries quoted 406 337 454
10th Percentile £39,500 £37,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.31% +0.46%
75th Percentile £89,688 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -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 1,839 1,232 2,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.44% 10.28% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 853 1,289
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -6.25% +2.21%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,355 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.14% -17.29% -3.85%

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 12 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 12 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 -22 44 £90,000 +28.57% 46
West London +7 31 £65,000 +18.18% 6
South London +13 21 £34,250 -25.54% 9
North London +8 12 £55,000 -21.43%
East London -11 6 £105,000 +208.82% 10
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 (10.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (10.52%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.92%) 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 (2.58%) 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 (1.48%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Eikon
3 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 301 (55.54%) Azure
2 199 (36.72%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (23.62%) Entra ID
4 111 (20.48%) AWS
5 40 (7.38%) SaaS
6 38 (7.01%) PaaS
7 35 (6.46%) IaaS
8 31 (5.72%) Datadog
8 31 (5.72%) GCP
9 22 (4.06%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (3.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 20 (3.69%) Azure Sentinel
10 20 (3.69%) Mimecast
11 19 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (2.95%) OneDrive
12 16 (2.95%) Serverless
13 15 (2.77%) Google Workspace
14 12 (2.21%) OpenShift
14 12 (2.21%) Power Platform
15 11 (2.03%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 214 (39.48%) VPN
2 170 (31.37%) Network Security
3 168 (31.00%) DNS
4 132 (24.35%) WAN
5 123 (22.69%) VLAN
6 115 (21.22%) DHCP
7 103 (19.00%) LAN
7 103 (19.00%) Wi-Fi
8 88 (16.24%) TCP/IP
8 88 (16.24%) Wireless
9 79 (14.58%) SD-WAN
10 61 (11.25%) BGP
11 58 (10.70%) Cisco ISE
12 53 (9.78%) OSPF
13 44 (8.12%) SAN
14 25 (4.61%) WLAN
15 24 (4.43%) MPLS
16 22 (4.06%) SSL
17 21 (3.87%) Cisco Wireless
18 18 (3.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.03%) Power BI
3 7 (1.29%) 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%) 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 (3.14%) JIRA
2 15 (2.77%) Chocolatey
3 11 (2.03%) Burp Suite
3 11 (2.03%) 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%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 190 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 124 (22.88%) Finance
3 44 (8.12%) Banking
4 38 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (6.09%) Law
6 32 (5.90%) Legal
7 29 (5.35%) Telecoms
8 17 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Public Sector
11 12 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.03%) Mandarin Language
13 9 (1.66%) Retail
14 7 (1.29%) Back Office
15 6 (1.11%) Billing
15 6 (1.11%) Digital Health
15 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 111 (20.48%) Senior
2 105 (19.37%) Network Engineer
3 74 (13.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 63 (11.62%) Azure Engineer
5 61 (11.25%) IT Engineer
6 55 (10.15%) Architect
7 46 (8.49%) Support Engineer
8 44 (8.12%) Security Engineer
9 42 (7.75%) IT Support
10 38 (7.01%) Lead
11 35 (6.46%) Senior Network Engineer
12 33 (6.09%) Cloud Engineer
12 33 (6.09%) IT Support Engineer
13 32 (5.90%) Analyst
14 29 (5.35%) 2nd Line Support
15 28 (5.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (4.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 25 (4.61%) 2nd Line Engineer
18 24 (4.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 22 (4.06%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (13.10%) Terraform
2 16 (2.95%) FIX Protocol
2 16 (2.95%) OpenID
3 15 (2.77%) OAuth
4 14 (2.58%) REST
4 14 (2.58%) SAML
5 13 (2.40%) LDAP
6 11 (2.03%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.85%) 802.1X
8 8 (1.48%) ADO
9 5 (0.92%) Node.js
9 5 (0.92%) YAML
10 2 (0.37%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.37%) RESTful
10 2 (0.37%) Web Services
11 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 92 (16.97%) Data Centre
2 64 (11.81%) Security Posture
3 35 (6.46%) Hybrid Cloud
4 34 (6.27%) Cyber Threat
5 31 (5.72%) Onboarding
6 25 (4.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 22 (4.06%) Management Information System
7 22 (4.06%) PKI
8 18 (3.32%) Video Conferencing
9 17 (3.14%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.21%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.85%) Operational Technology
12 10 (1.85%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.66%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.48%) Eurex
15 7 (1.29%) Blog
15 7 (1.29%) IoT
15 7 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 189 (34.87%) Windows
2 78 (14.39%) Linux
3 62 (11.44%) Windows Server
4 35 (6.46%) Mac OS
5 15 (2.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.40%) Unix
7 12 (2.21%) VMS
8 10 (1.85%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.48%) CentOS
9 8 (1.48%) Rocky
10 5 (0.92%) Solaris
11 4 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.37%) Android
13 2 (0.37%) tvOS
13 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (26.20%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (17.90%) Incident Response
4 96 (17.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 93 (17.16%) Disaster Recovery
6 91 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (15.87%) Cloud Security
8 83 (15.31%) Roadmaps
9 82 (15.13%) Zero Trust
10 78 (14.39%) SIEM
11 73 (13.47%) Infrastructure as Code
12 72 (13.28%) ITIL
13 70 (12.92%) Migration
14 66 (12.18%) Project Delivery
15 62 (11.44%) High Availability
15 62 (11.44%) Mentoring
16 58 (10.70%) Stakeholder Management
16 58 (10.70%) Technical Leadership
17 54 (9.96%) Change Management
18 53 (9.78%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.73%) PowerShell
2 68 (12.55%) Python
3 30 (5.54%) Bash
4 20 (3.69%) Bicep
5 19 (3.51%) SQL
6 9 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.48%) Perl
7 8 (1.48%) Ruby
8 5 (0.92%) C
9 4 (0.74%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.37%) Java
10 2 (0.37%) Korn
10 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 110 (20.30%) Cisco Certification
2 95 (17.53%) CCNP
3 68 (12.55%) Degree
4 61 (11.25%) CISSP
5 60 (11.07%) Azure Certification
6 41 (7.56%) CCNA
7 35 (6.46%) Security Cleared
8 32 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (4.43%) AWS Certification
10 24 (4.43%) CISM
11 23 (4.24%) CCIE
12 16 (2.95%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (2.40%) CEH
14 12 (2.21%) GIAC
14 12 (2.21%) Master's Degree
15 11 (2.03%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
16 9 (1.66%) OSCP
17 8 (1.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (14.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 76 (14.02%) NIST
2 41 (7.56%) GDPR
3 33 (6.09%) PCI DSS
4 31 (5.72%) SLA
5 17 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.66%) GRC
6 9 (1.66%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.11%) QA
8 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.55%) NCSC
10 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.37%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 152 (28.04%) Active Directory
2 59 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (4.61%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.85%) Docker
5 10 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.85%) vSphere
6 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.92%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.37%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.18%) Samba
8 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (14.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (9.96%) Ansible
3 50 (9.23%) FortiGate
4 34 (6.27%) Single Sign-On
5 30 (5.54%) Kubernetes
6 23 (4.24%) SCCM
7 19 (3.51%) Autotask
8 18 (3.32%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.77%) Nessus
10 11 (2.03%) Nmap
11 9 (1.66%) CASB
11 9 (1.66%) Grafana
12 8 (1.48%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.74%) Cisco Prime
13 4 (0.74%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.55%) Argo
14 3 (0.55%) Istio
14 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
14 3 (0.55%) VxRail
Vendors
1 294 (54.24%) Microsoft
2 171 (31.55%) Cisco
3 121 (22.32%) Palo Alto
4 106 (19.56%) VMware
5 61 (11.25%) Fortinet
6 60 (11.07%) Meraki
7 54 (9.96%) Zscaler
8 29 (5.35%) SolarWinds
9 28 (5.17%) Tenable
10 27 (4.98%) CheckPoint
10 27 (4.98%) F5
10 27 (4.98%) Splunk
11 26 (4.80%) Aruba
11 26 (4.80%) CrowdStrike
12 22 (4.06%) Arista
13 20 (3.69%) HP
13 20 (3.69%) Juniper
14 19 (3.51%) Dynatrace
14 19 (3.51%) Google
15 17 (3.14%) SonicWALL