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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 83 102
Rank change year-on-year -17 +19 -37
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 548 450 648
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.24% 3.77% 3.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.38% 36.59% 24.85%
Number of salaries quoted 409 348 459
10th Percentile £39,800 £36,100 £38,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £93,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -3.05%

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 1,865 1,230 2,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.62% 10.32% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 863 1,298
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,000 £96,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -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 6 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 6 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 -21 46 £90,000 +28.57% 34
West London +2 32 £67,059 +21.93% 6
South London +8 21 £34,250 -25.54% 7
North London +10 12 £55,000 -21.43%
East London -9 7 £105,000 +208.82% 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 59 (10.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (10.22%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.55%) SAS
5 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.36%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 8 (1.46%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Eikon
3 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 303 (55.29%) Azure
2 202 (36.86%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (22.63%) Entra ID
4 116 (21.17%) AWS
5 41 (7.48%) SaaS
6 38 (6.93%) PaaS
7 34 (6.20%) IaaS
8 33 (6.02%) Datadog
9 32 (5.84%) GCP
10 21 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
10 21 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (3.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 19 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (3.47%) Mimecast
13 17 (3.10%) Serverless
14 16 (2.92%) OneDrive
15 15 (2.74%) Google Workspace
16 12 (2.19%) OpenShift
17 11 (2.01%) Power Platform
17 11 (2.01%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 211 (38.50%) VPN
2 174 (31.75%) Network Security
3 165 (30.11%) DNS
4 131 (23.91%) WAN
5 120 (21.90%) VLAN
6 112 (20.44%) DHCP
7 103 (18.80%) LAN
8 102 (18.61%) Wi-Fi
9 90 (16.42%) Wireless
10 85 (15.51%) TCP/IP
11 82 (14.96%) SD-WAN
12 60 (10.95%) BGP
12 60 (10.95%) Cisco ISE
13 54 (9.85%) OSPF
14 43 (7.85%) SAN
15 25 (4.56%) MPLS
15 25 (4.56%) WLAN
16 24 (4.38%) Cisco Wireless
17 22 (4.01%) SSL
18 18 (3.28%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.50%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.82%) Power BI
3 7 (1.28%) 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 (0.36%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database 11g
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database 12c
5 2 (0.36%) 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 18 (3.28%) JIRA
2 16 (2.92%) Chocolatey
3 11 (2.01%) Burp Suite
3 11 (2.01%) Metasploit
4 6 (1.09%) GitLab
5 5 (0.91%) Git
6 3 (0.55%) Maven
7 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 191 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 127 (23.18%) Finance
3 46 (8.39%) Banking
4 39 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.20%) Legal
6 32 (5.84%) Law
7 30 (5.47%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.01%) Mandarin Language
12 9 (1.64%) Retail
13 7 (1.28%) Back Office
14 6 (1.09%) Billing
14 6 (1.09%) Digital Health
14 6 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.91%) Military
Job Titles
1 113 (20.62%) Senior
2 108 (19.71%) Network Engineer
3 69 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 63 (11.50%) Azure Engineer
5 61 (11.13%) IT Engineer
6 54 (9.85%) Architect
7 45 (8.21%) Support Engineer
8 44 (8.03%) Security Engineer
9 42 (7.66%) IT Support
10 38 (6.93%) Lead
11 36 (6.57%) Senior Network Engineer
12 33 (6.02%) Analyst
12 33 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
12 33 (6.02%) IT Support Engineer
13 30 (5.47%) 2nd Line Support
14 26 (4.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 25 (4.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 25 (4.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (4.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
17 23 (4.20%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (13.32%) Terraform
2 16 (2.92%) FIX Protocol
2 16 (2.92%) OpenID
3 15 (2.74%) OAuth
4 14 (2.55%) REST
4 14 (2.55%) SAML
5 13 (2.37%) LDAP
6 11 (2.01%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.82%) 802.1X
8 9 (1.64%) ADO
9 5 (0.91%) Node.js
9 5 (0.91%) YAML
10 2 (0.36%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.36%) RESTful
10 2 (0.36%) Web Services
11 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.61%) Data Centre
2 66 (12.04%) Security Posture
3 36 (6.57%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (6.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 30 (5.47%) Onboarding
6 24 (4.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 23 (4.20%) Management Information System
8 22 (4.01%) PKI
9 18 (3.28%) Cloud Native
10 17 (3.10%) Video Conferencing
11 15 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (2.19%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.82%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.82%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.46%) Blog
14 8 (1.46%) Eurex
14 8 (1.46%) Private Cloud
15 7 (1.28%) IoT
15 7 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 189 (34.49%) Windows
2 77 (14.05%) Linux
3 61 (11.13%) Windows Server
4 35 (6.39%) Mac OS
5 16 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (2.37%) Unix
7 12 (2.19%) VMS
8 10 (1.82%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.46%) CentOS
9 8 (1.46%) Rocky
10 5 (0.91%) Solaris
10 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.55%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.36%) Android
12 2 (0.36%) tvOS
12 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (26.46%) Cybersecurity
2 111 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (18.61%) Incident Response
4 93 (16.97%) Disaster Recovery
5 92 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 88 (16.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 87 (15.88%) Cloud Security
8 85 (15.51%) Roadmaps
9 82 (14.96%) SIEM
10 80 (14.60%) Zero Trust
11 73 (13.32%) Infrastructure as Code
11 73 (13.32%) ITIL
12 69 (12.59%) Migration
13 65 (11.86%) Project Delivery
14 63 (11.50%) High Availability
15 60 (10.95%) Mentoring
16 56 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
16 56 (10.22%) Technical Leadership
17 53 (9.67%) Change Management
18 52 (9.49%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.59%) Python
2 68 (12.41%) PowerShell
3 31 (5.66%) Bash
4 19 (3.47%) SQL
5 18 (3.28%) Bicep
6 8 (1.46%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.46%) Perl
6 8 (1.46%) Ruby
7 5 (0.91%) C
8 4 (0.73%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.36%) Java
9 2 (0.36%) Korn
9 2 (0.36%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 116 (21.17%) Cisco Certification
2 102 (18.61%) CCNP
3 68 (12.41%) Degree
4 64 (11.68%) CISSP
5 61 (11.13%) Azure Certification
6 42 (7.66%) CCNA
7 36 (6.57%) Security Cleared
8 32 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (4.93%) CCIE
9 27 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (4.74%) CISM
11 24 (4.38%) AWS Certification
12 17 (3.10%) CompTIA Security+
13 14 (2.55%) CEH
14 13 (2.37%) DV Cleared
15 12 (2.19%) GIAC
15 12 (2.19%) Master's Degree
16 10 (1.82%) OSCP
16 10 (1.82%) SC Cleared
17 9 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (14.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 78 (14.23%) NIST
2 42 (7.66%) GDPR
3 33 (6.02%) PCI DSS
4 31 (5.66%) SLA
5 19 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.82%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.64%) GRC
8 6 (1.09%) QA
9 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.55%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.36%) NCSC
13 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 155 (28.28%) Active Directory
2 57 (10.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 23 (4.20%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.64%) Docker
5 9 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.46%) vSphere
7 4 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.73%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.55%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.36%) Firmware
9 2 (0.36%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.18%) NFS
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.18%) Samba
10 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (14.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (10.04%) Ansible
3 52 (9.49%) FortiGate
4 33 (6.02%) Single Sign-On
5 31 (5.66%) Kubernetes
6 24 (4.38%) SCCM
7 19 (3.47%) Autotask
8 18 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.74%) Nessus
10 11 (2.01%) Nmap
11 10 (1.82%) Grafana
12 9 (1.64%) CASB
13 8 (1.46%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
15 4 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (0.73%) vCenter Server
15 4 (0.73%) VxRail
16 3 (0.55%) Argo
16 3 (0.55%) Istio
16 3 (0.55%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 293 (53.47%) Microsoft
2 173 (31.57%) Cisco
3 120 (21.90%) Palo Alto
4 103 (18.80%) VMware
5 63 (11.50%) Meraki
6 60 (10.95%) Fortinet
7 55 (10.04%) Zscaler
8 30 (5.47%) SolarWinds
8 30 (5.47%) Tenable
9 29 (5.29%) CheckPoint
10 28 (5.11%) Splunk
11 26 (4.74%) Aruba
11 26 (4.74%) CrowdStrike
11 26 (4.74%) F5
12 22 (4.01%) Arista
13 20 (3.65%) Dynatrace
13 20 (3.65%) Google
13 20 (3.65%) HP
14 18 (3.28%) Juniper
15 17 (3.10%) Sophos