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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 83 63
Rank change year-on-year -1 -20 +37
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 482 524 891
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.91% 3.82% 4.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.99% 33.12% 33.02%
Number of salaries quoted 326 403 746
10th Percentile £34,875 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +13.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,375 £110,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% -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 1,929 1,582 2,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.64% 11.54% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 963 982 2,121
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £87,375 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £105,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £53,250 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.19% +9.79% -4.90%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +17 84 £80,000 +6.67% 16
East London +7 25 £35,000 - 2
North London +17 13 £55,000 -12.00% 3
West London -9 13 £95,000 +72.73% 7
South London +20 6 £36,750 -33.48% 6
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 34 (7.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.04%) Apache
4 4 (0.83%) Confluence
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (2.07%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.62%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.62%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.21%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 289 (59.96%) Azure
2 137 (28.42%) Microsoft 365
3 106 (21.99%) AWS
4 67 (13.90%) Entra ID
5 39 (8.09%) GCP
5 39 (8.09%) SaaS
6 30 (6.22%) Datadog
7 23 (4.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 23 (4.77%) Azure Monitor
7 23 (4.77%) IaaS
7 23 (4.77%) PaaS
8 21 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.36%) GitHub
9 18 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (3.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 15 (3.11%) AWS Direct Connect
12 14 (2.90%) Mimecast
12 14 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (2.49%) Azure AKS
13 12 (2.49%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 203 (42.12%) VPN
2 148 (30.71%) WAN
3 109 (22.61%) LAN
4 108 (22.41%) Wi-Fi
5 98 (20.33%) DNS
6 94 (19.50%) Network Security
7 85 (17.63%) SD-WAN
8 80 (16.60%) VLAN
9 70 (14.52%) DHCP
10 62 (12.86%) Wireless
11 57 (11.83%) TCP/IP
12 50 (10.37%) BGP
13 48 (9.96%) OSPF
14 42 (8.71%) Cisco ISE
15 39 (8.09%) Cisco ASA
16 38 (7.88%) Cisco Firepower
17 31 (6.43%) SAN
18 29 (6.02%) WLAN
19 25 (5.19%) Intrusion Detection
19 25 (5.19%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.07%) Power BI
3 4 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.21%) Metadata
4 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.21%) MySQL
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.70%) Chocolatey
2 11 (2.28%) Git
3 9 (1.87%) JIRA
4 7 (1.45%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.24%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.04%) GitLab
7 4 (0.83%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.83%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.21%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.21%) MLflow
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
General
1 137 (28.42%) Finance
2 125 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 53 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.51%) Banking
5 20 (4.15%) Telecoms
6 18 (3.73%) Legal
7 11 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.07%) Retail
8 10 (2.07%) Retail Banking
9 8 (1.66%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.66%) Law
10 7 (1.45%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.24%) Advertising
11 6 (1.24%) Aviation
11 6 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.24%) Marketing
12 5 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.83%) Billing
13 4 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (27.39%) Network Engineer
2 74 (15.35%) Senior
3 67 (13.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 61 (12.66%) Analyst
5 56 (11.62%) Azure Engineer
6 52 (10.79%) IT Engineer
7 46 (9.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 46 (9.54%) IT Support
8 45 (9.34%) Support Engineer
9 43 (8.92%) Cisco Engineer
10 41 (8.51%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 30 (6.22%) Architect
12 26 (5.39%) Lead
12 26 (5.39%) Support Analyst
13 24 (4.98%) IT Support Engineer
13 24 (4.98%) Platform Engineer
14 23 (4.77%) AWS Engineer
14 23 (4.77%) Security Engineer
14 23 (4.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (4.56%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.11%) OAuth
1 15 (3.11%) SAML
2 12 (2.49%) ADO
2 12 (2.49%) YAML
3 8 (1.66%) 802.1X
4 7 (1.45%) .NET
5 4 (0.83%) REST
6 3 (0.62%) LDAP
6 3 (0.62%) OpenID
7 2 (0.41%) AWS SAM
7 2 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.41%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.41%) RESTful
8 1 (0.21%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.21%) Kafka
8 1 (0.21%) Keycloak
8 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.21%) Web Services
8 1 (0.21%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 76 (15.77%) Data Centre
2 32 (6.64%) Cyber Threat
3 31 (6.43%) Security Posture
4 29 (6.02%) Management Information System
5 27 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (4.36%) Cloud Native
7 18 (3.73%) Driving Licence
7 18 (3.73%) Onboarding
8 15 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (3.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (2.70%) PKI
10 12 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
12 9 (1.87%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.66%) Blog
13 8 (1.66%) IoT
14 7 (1.45%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.45%) Private Cloud
15 6 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 164 (34.02%) Windows
2 73 (15.15%) Windows Server
3 63 (13.07%) Linux
4 20 (4.15%) VMS
5 19 (3.94%) Unix
6 18 (3.73%) Windows 10
7 16 (3.32%) Mac OS
8 14 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (2.70%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.24%) CentOS
12 4 (0.83%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.83%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.41%) Android
14 2 (0.41%) Solaris
14 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (20.33%) Cybersecurity
2 98 (20.33%) Incident Response
3 86 (17.84%) Disaster Recovery
3 86 (17.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 75 (15.56%) SIEM
5 68 (14.11%) Migration
6 65 (13.49%) Computer Science
7 64 (13.28%) Zero Trust
8 62 (12.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 56 (11.62%) ITIL
10 53 (11.00%) Cloud Security
11 52 (10.79%) DevOps
12 49 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (10.17%) High Availability
13 48 (9.96%) CI/CD
14 45 (9.34%) Information Security
14 45 (9.34%) Vulnerability Management
15 41 (8.51%) Kalman Filter
15 41 (8.51%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 89 (18.46%) PowerShell
2 67 (13.90%) Python
3 29 (6.02%) Bash
4 20 (4.15%) SQL
5 16 (3.32%) Bicep
5 16 (3.32%) Kusto Query Language
6 6 (1.24%) Go
7 5 (1.04%) Java
8 4 (0.83%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.41%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.21%) C#
10 1 (0.21%) Korn
10 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 116 (24.07%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (18.46%) CCNP
3 86 (17.84%) Degree
4 57 (11.83%) CISSP
5 51 (10.58%) CCNA
6 42 (8.71%) CCIE
7 39 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (6.43%) Azure Certification
9 29 (6.02%) CISM
9 29 (6.02%) Security Cleared
10 23 (4.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (3.94%) CCSA
11 19 (3.94%) CCSE
12 18 (3.73%) Network+ Certification
13 17 (3.53%) DBS Check
13 17 (3.53%) SC Cleared
14 16 (3.32%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (3.11%) DV Cleared
16 14 (2.90%) CISA
17 13 (2.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (17.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (9.96%) NIST
3 45 (9.34%) GDPR
4 26 (5.39%) PCI DSS
5 24 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (3.94%) SOC 2
7 13 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (2.70%) SLA
8 7 (1.45%) GRC
9 5 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.83%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.83%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.62%) ITGC
12 2 (0.41%) Basel III
12 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.41%) MiFID
12 2 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 156 (32.37%) Active Directory
2 49 (10.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.77%) Firmware
4 22 (4.56%) Hyper-V
5 20 (4.15%) Docker
6 19 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (3.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (2.28%) vSphere
9 9 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (1.24%) KVM
11 2 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.21%) NFS
12 1 (0.21%) NLBS
12 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.21%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.21%) XenApp
12 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 75 (15.56%) Terraform
2 67 (13.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 62 (12.86%) Ansible
4 43 (8.92%) Kubernetes
5 36 (7.47%) FortiGate
6 31 (6.43%) SCCM
7 10 (2.07%) Grafana
7 10 (2.07%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.66%) CASB
8 8 (1.66%) Check_MK
9 7 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.24%) Argo
10 6 (1.24%) vCenter Server
11 5 (1.04%) Autotask
11 5 (1.04%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (1.04%) Istio
11 5 (1.04%) linkerd
11 5 (1.04%) Mesos
11 5 (1.04%) Nessus
11 5 (1.04%) SCOM
Vendors
1 178 (36.93%) Microsoft
2 163 (33.82%) Cisco
3 91 (18.88%) VMware
4 85 (17.63%) Palo Alto
5 69 (14.32%) Fortinet
6 63 (13.07%) CheckPoint
7 57 (11.83%) Meraki
8 46 (9.54%) SolarWinds
9 29 (6.02%) Juniper
10 27 (5.60%) Dynatrace
10 27 (5.60%) Zscaler
11 20 (4.15%) Google
12 19 (3.94%) Arista
13 18 (3.73%) Tenable
14 17 (3.53%) Splunk
15 16 (3.32%) AppDynamics
15 16 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
16 13 (2.70%) ServiceNow
17 11 (2.28%) F5
18 8 (1.66%) Aruba