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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 78 64
Rank change year-on-year -6 -14 +31
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 501 500 885
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.78% 3.90% 3.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.04% 35.09% 30.94%
Number of salaries quoted 338 413 746
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,625
25th Percentile £47,125 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% +6.56%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% -2.00%

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 2,084 1,425 2,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.57% 11.11% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,015 971 2,116
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £96,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% -5.00%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 +29 86 £80,000 +23.08% 31
East London +2 24 £35,000 -60.00% 2
West London -15 16 £69,119 +25.67% 10
North London +13 11 £55,000 -16.98% 2
South London +17 6 £31,000 -48.33% 2
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 32 (6.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) Apache
3 5 (1.00%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (1.60%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 303 (60.48%) Azure
2 150 (29.94%) Microsoft 365
3 126 (25.15%) AWS
4 63 (12.57%) Entra ID
5 46 (9.18%) GCP
6 43 (8.58%) SaaS
7 37 (7.39%) Datadog
8 27 (5.39%) GitHub
9 26 (5.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 25 (4.99%) IaaS
11 23 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (4.39%) PaaS
13 21 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
15 17 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 15 (2.99%) Mimecast
17 14 (2.79%) AWS Direct Connect
18 13 (2.59%) Azure AKS
18 13 (2.59%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 210 (41.92%) VPN
2 146 (29.14%) WAN
3 113 (22.55%) Wi-Fi
4 111 (22.16%) DNS
5 108 (21.56%) Network Security
6 106 (21.16%) LAN
7 89 (17.76%) VLAN
8 86 (17.17%) SD-WAN
9 80 (15.97%) DHCP
10 62 (12.38%) TCP/IP
11 60 (11.98%) Wireless
12 52 (10.38%) BGP
13 47 (9.38%) OSPF
14 43 (8.58%) Cisco ISE
15 39 (7.78%) Cisco ASA
16 38 (7.58%) Cisco Firepower
17 37 (7.39%) SAN
18 30 (5.99%) WLAN
19 28 (5.59%) Intrusion Detection
20 25 (4.99%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.80%) Power BI
3 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.59%) Chocolatey
2 12 (2.40%) Git
3 10 (2.00%) JIRA
4 8 (1.60%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.00%) GitLab
7 4 (0.80%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.80%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 136 (27.15%) Finance
2 129 (25.75%) Social Skills
3 54 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.78%) Banking
5 24 (4.79%) Legal
6 16 (3.19%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.00%) Retail
7 10 (2.00%) Retail Banking
8 9 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.40%) Aviation
10 7 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.20%) Law
11 6 (1.20%) Marketing
11 6 (1.20%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.00%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.80%) Advertising
13 4 (0.80%) Back Office
13 4 (0.80%) Billing
13 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (26.35%) Network Engineer
2 81 (16.17%) Senior
3 68 (13.57%) Azure Engineer
4 67 (13.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 60 (11.98%) IT Engineer
6 58 (11.58%) Analyst
7 49 (9.78%) Cloud Engineer
7 49 (9.78%) Support Engineer
8 47 (9.38%) IT Support
9 46 (9.18%) Cisco Engineer
10 44 (8.78%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 34 (6.79%) Architect
12 29 (5.79%) IT Support Engineer
12 29 (5.79%) Lead
13 25 (4.99%) Platform Engineer
13 25 (4.99%) Security Engineer
14 24 (4.79%) AWS Engineer
14 24 (4.79%) Senior IT Engineer
15 23 (4.59%) Security Analyst
15 23 (4.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.19%) OAuth
2 15 (2.99%) SAML
3 14 (2.79%) ADO
4 12 (2.40%) YAML
5 9 (1.80%) 802.1X
6 7 (1.40%) .NET
7 4 (0.80%) OpenID
7 4 (0.80%) REST
8 3 (0.60%) LDAP
9 2 (0.40%) AWS SAM
9 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.40%) RESTful
9 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.20%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (14.77%) Data Centre
2 33 (6.59%) Security Posture
3 32 (6.39%) Cyber Threat
4 28 (5.59%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.59%) Cloud Native
6 22 (4.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (2.79%) Driving Licence
8 14 (2.79%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.20%) Blog
9 11 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
9 11 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.20%) PKI
10 10 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.60%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.40%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.40%) IoT
13 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 168 (33.53%) Windows
2 68 (13.57%) Windows Server
3 65 (12.97%) Linux
4 21 (4.19%) VMS
5 20 (3.99%) Unix
6 17 (3.39%) Mac OS
6 17 (3.39%) Windows 10
7 16 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (2.20%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (0.80%) CentOS
11 4 (0.80%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.80%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.40%) Solaris
14 1 (0.20%) Android
14 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (20.96%) Incident Response
2 103 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
3 99 (19.76%) Cybersecurity
4 86 (17.17%) Disaster Recovery
5 85 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 79 (15.77%) SIEM
7 70 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 69 (13.77%) Migration
9 67 (13.37%) Cloud Security
10 64 (12.77%) Zero Trust
11 63 (12.57%) ITIL
12 61 (12.18%) Computer Science
13 57 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (10.78%) DevOps
15 53 (10.58%) High Availability
16 52 (10.38%) CI/CD
17 51 (10.18%) Vulnerability Management
18 47 (9.38%) Information Security
19 44 (8.78%) ITSM
20 42 (8.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 81 (16.17%) PowerShell
2 70 (13.97%) Python
3 32 (6.39%) Bash
4 18 (3.59%) SQL
5 17 (3.39%) Kusto Query Language
6 14 (2.79%) Bicep
7 6 (1.20%) Go
8 5 (1.00%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.60%) Java
10 2 (0.40%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.40%) Korn
10 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) C#
11 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 128 (25.55%) Cisco Certification
2 98 (19.56%) CCNP
3 80 (15.97%) Degree
4 57 (11.38%) CISSP
5 54 (10.78%) CCNA
6 44 (8.78%) CCIE
7 38 (7.58%) Azure Certification
7 38 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (5.79%) CISM
8 29 (5.79%) Security Cleared
9 20 (3.99%) CCSA
9 20 (3.99%) CCSE
9 20 (3.99%) CompTIA Security+
10 19 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (3.59%) DBS Check
11 18 (3.59%) DV Cleared
11 18 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
12 17 (3.39%) SC Cleared
13 15 (2.99%) CEH
14 14 (2.79%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (17.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (10.78%) NIST
3 50 (9.98%) GDPR
4 28 (5.59%) PCI DSS
5 23 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (4.39%) SOC 2
7 18 (3.59%) SLA
8 13 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.40%) GRC
9 7 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.40%) JSP 440
10 5 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.60%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.60%) ITGC
13 2 (0.40%) NCSC
13 2 (0.40%) PMO
14 1 (0.20%) MiFID
System Software
1 154 (30.74%) Active Directory
2 47 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (4.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (4.19%) Firmware
5 19 (3.79%) Docker
5 19 (3.79%) Hyper-V
6 17 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (2.20%) vSphere
8 6 (1.20%) KVM
9 5 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.20%) NLBS
11 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.20%) XenApp
11 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 81 (16.17%) Terraform
2 72 (14.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 68 (13.57%) Ansible
4 45 (8.98%) Kubernetes
5 37 (7.39%) FortiGate
6 34 (6.79%) SCCM
7 11 (2.20%) Grafana
8 9 (1.80%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.60%) Check_MK
9 8 (1.60%) Cisco Prime
10 7 (1.40%) CASB
10 7 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.20%) Autotask
11 6 (1.20%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.00%) Argo
12 5 (1.00%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (1.00%) Istio
12 5 (1.00%) linkerd
12 5 (1.00%) Mesos
12 5 (1.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 194 (38.72%) Microsoft
2 166 (33.13%) Cisco
3 90 (17.96%) VMware
4 88 (17.56%) Palo Alto
5 76 (15.17%) Fortinet
6 58 (11.58%) Meraki
7 56 (11.18%) CheckPoint
8 44 (8.78%) SolarWinds
9 32 (6.39%) Dynatrace
10 29 (5.79%) Zscaler
11 28 (5.59%) Juniper
12 23 (4.59%) Google
13 22 (4.39%) Tenable
14 21 (4.19%) AppDynamics
14 21 (4.19%) CrowdStrike
14 21 (4.19%) Splunk
15 19 (3.79%) Arista
16 13 (2.59%) ServiceNow
17 11 (2.20%) iManage
18 10 (2.00%) CyberArk