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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 71 67
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 +37
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 431 626 877
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.83% 4.17% 4.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 23.42% 33.46% 32.59%
Number of salaries quoted 302 420 743
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £57,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £73,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +12.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £48,445 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +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 1,840 1,871 2,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.10% 12.45% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 945 1,051 2,118
10th Percentile £28,697 £36,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% +0.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £97,500
England median annual salary £40,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.36% +10.00% -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 10 February 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 February 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 -9 76 £80,000 -3.03% 34
East London +6 24 £35,000 - 9
West London +6 14 £72,500 +28.89% 7
South London +25 8 £46,000 -23.33% 10
North London +13 8 £75,000 +20.00% 1
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 36 (8.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (6.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.16%) Apache
4 4 (0.93%) Confluence
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.46%) nginx
6 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (2.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.23%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 254 (58.93%) Azure
2 130 (30.16%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (21.35%) AWS
4 64 (14.85%) Entra ID
5 32 (7.42%) GCP
5 32 (7.42%) SaaS
6 26 (6.03%) Datadog
7 22 (5.10%) IaaS
7 22 (5.10%) PaaS
8 21 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (4.41%) GitHub
10 18 (4.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 18 (4.18%) Azure Monitor
11 17 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
12 15 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
13 13 (3.02%) Azure Key Vault
14 12 (2.78%) AWS Direct Connect
14 12 (2.78%) Azure AKS
15 10 (2.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (2.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 172 (39.91%) VPN
2 127 (29.47%) WAN
3 98 (22.74%) Wi-Fi
4 97 (22.51%) LAN
5 79 (18.33%) DNS
6 73 (16.94%) VLAN
7 71 (16.47%) Network Security
8 68 (15.78%) SD-WAN
9 62 (14.39%) DHCP
10 61 (14.15%) Wireless
11 47 (10.90%) TCP/IP
12 43 (9.98%) BGP
13 42 (9.74%) OSPF
14 34 (7.89%) Cisco ASA
15 29 (6.73%) Cisco Firepower
16 26 (6.03%) Cisco ISE
17 25 (5.80%) SAN
18 23 (5.34%) Cisco Wireless
19 22 (5.10%) MPLS
20 21 (4.87%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.32%) Power BI
3 4 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.46%) Metadata
5 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.46%) MySQL
5 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 10 (2.32%) Chocolatey
1 10 (2.32%) Git
2 7 (1.62%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.62%) JIRA
3 6 (1.39%) GitLab
4 4 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.93%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.46%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.46%) MLflow
6 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
General
1 136 (31.55%) Finance
2 117 (27.15%) Social Skills
3 50 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.89%) Banking
5 23 (5.34%) Telecoms
6 13 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.02%) Legal
7 9 (2.09%) Financial Institution
7 9 (2.09%) Law
8 8 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (1.86%) Retail
9 6 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.39%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.16%) Aviation
10 5 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.16%) Marketing
10 5 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.93%) Advertising
11 4 (0.93%) Back Office
11 4 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 118 (27.38%) Network Engineer
2 72 (16.71%) Senior
3 70 (16.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 62 (14.39%) Analyst
5 48 (11.14%) IT Engineer
6 47 (10.90%) Support Engineer
7 46 (10.67%) Azure Engineer
7 46 (10.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 44 (10.21%) IT Support
9 33 (7.66%) Cisco Engineer
10 31 (7.19%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 29 (6.73%) Support Analyst
12 23 (5.34%) IT Support Engineer
12 23 (5.34%) Security Analyst
12 23 (5.34%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (5.10%) AWS Engineer
13 22 (5.10%) Platform Engineer
14 21 (4.87%) IT Analyst
15 19 (4.41%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (4.41%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.78%) ADO
1 12 (2.78%) OAuth
1 12 (2.78%) SAML
1 12 (2.78%) YAML
2 7 (1.62%) .NET
3 4 (0.93%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.93%) RESTful
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.46%) AWS SAM
5 2 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.46%) FastAPI
5 2 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.46%) Kafka
5 2 (0.46%) Keycloak
5 2 (0.46%) WebRTC
6 1 (0.23%) REST
6 1 (0.23%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (15.78%) Data Centre
2 31 (7.19%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (5.34%) Cyber Threat
5 22 (5.10%) Cloud Native
6 21 (4.87%) Security Posture
7 18 (4.18%) Driving Licence
7 18 (4.18%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.55%) PKI
11 9 (2.09%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.86%) IoT
12 8 (1.86%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.62%) Private Cloud
14 6 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
14 6 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 144 (33.41%) Windows
2 62 (14.39%) Windows Server
3 61 (14.15%) Linux
4 23 (5.34%) VMS
5 19 (4.41%) Windows 10
6 16 (3.71%) Mac OS
7 14 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (3.02%) Ubuntu
8 13 (3.02%) Unix
9 11 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.86%) CentOS
11 6 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.93%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.70%) Android
13 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.46%) Debian
14 2 (0.46%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.46%) Solaris
14 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (20.88%) Cybersecurity
3 86 (19.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 80 (18.56%) Incident Response
5 78 (18.10%) Disaster Recovery
6 59 (13.69%) Computer Science
6 59 (13.69%) SIEM
7 58 (13.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 58 (13.46%) Zero Trust
8 55 (12.76%) Migration
9 51 (11.83%) ITIL
10 47 (10.90%) Cloud Security
10 47 (10.90%) DevOps
10 47 (10.90%) High Availability
11 44 (10.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (9.51%) Customer Service
13 40 (9.28%) Information Security
14 39 (9.05%) Security Operations
15 38 (8.82%) Change Management
15 38 (8.82%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 78 (18.10%) PowerShell
2 67 (15.55%) Python
3 25 (5.80%) Bash
4 20 (4.64%) SQL
5 15 (3.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 14 (3.25%) Bicep
7 6 (1.39%) Go
8 5 (1.16%) Java
9 3 (0.70%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.23%) C#
11 1 (0.23%) Korn
11 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.23%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 99 (22.97%) Cisco Certification
2 86 (19.95%) Degree
3 77 (17.87%) CCNP
4 50 (11.60%) CISSP
5 44 (10.21%) CCNA
6 38 (8.82%) CCIE
7 36 (8.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (6.26%) Azure Certification
8 27 (6.26%) CISM
9 22 (5.10%) Security Cleared
10 20 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (4.41%) Network+ Certification
12 18 (4.18%) CCSA
12 18 (4.18%) CCSE
13 17 (3.94%) AWS Certification
13 17 (3.94%) DBS Check
14 15 (3.48%) CompTIA Security+
15 12 (2.78%) CISA
15 12 (2.78%) HND
16 11 (2.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (17.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (10.21%) GDPR
3 43 (9.98%) NIST
4 24 (5.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (5.34%) PCI DSS
6 20 (4.64%) SOC 2
7 13 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (2.32%) SLA
9 6 (1.39%) GRC
10 3 (0.70%) ITGC
10 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.46%) Basel III
11 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.46%) MiFID
11 2 (0.46%) PMO
12 1 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 146 (33.87%) Active Directory
2 44 (10.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.10%) Firmware
4 21 (4.87%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (4.41%) Docker
6 16 (3.71%) Hyper-V
7 12 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.86%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.86%) vSphere
9 5 (1.16%) KVM
10 4 (0.93%) NFS
11 2 (0.46%) XenApp
11 2 (0.46%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.23%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.23%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 74 (17.17%) Terraform
2 64 (14.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 55 (12.76%) Ansible
4 36 (8.35%) Kubernetes
5 30 (6.96%) FortiGate
6 28 (6.50%) SCCM
7 11 (2.55%) CASB
8 10 (2.32%) Grafana
8 10 (2.32%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.62%) Argo
11 5 (1.16%) Autotask
11 5 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (1.16%) Istio
11 5 (1.16%) linkerd
11 5 (1.16%) Mesos
11 5 (1.16%) Nessus
11 5 (1.16%) SCOM
11 5 (1.16%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.93%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 162 (37.59%) Microsoft
2 149 (34.57%) Cisco
3 79 (18.33%) Palo Alto
4 78 (18.10%) VMware
5 65 (15.08%) Fortinet
6 59 (13.69%) CheckPoint
7 50 (11.60%) Meraki
8 40 (9.28%) SolarWinds
9 29 (6.73%) Juniper
10 23 (5.34%) Zscaler
11 22 (5.10%) Dynatrace
12 16 (3.71%) Arista
12 16 (3.71%) Google
12 16 (3.71%) Splunk
13 13 (3.02%) AppDynamics
13 13 (3.02%) ServiceNow
13 13 (3.02%) Tenable
14 12 (2.78%) F5
15 11 (2.55%) CrowdStrike
16 8 (1.86%) Red Hat