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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 81 69
Rank change year-on-year 0 -12 +26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 501 488 875
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.86% 3.77% 3.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.42% 33.77% 31.33%
Number of salaries quoted 339 402 742
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,775
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,563 £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 £88,750 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% 0.00%

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 2,052 1,445 2,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.71% 11.16% 12.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 964 2,103
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,750 £33,213
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,875 £97,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,446
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.37% -3.59%

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 25 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 25 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 +35 85 £80,000 +20.75% 29
East London +3 25 £35,000 - 2
West London -15 15 £82,059 +49.20% 12
North London +15 12 £55,000 -12.00% 2
South London +12 6 £36,750 -38.75% 4
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 31 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.00%) Apache
3 5 (1.00%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (1.80%) 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
1 300 (59.88%) Azure
2 145 (28.94%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (24.75%) AWS
4 62 (12.38%) Entra ID
5 46 (9.18%) GCP
6 41 (8.18%) SaaS
7 36 (7.19%) Datadog
8 26 (5.19%) GitHub
9 25 (4.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 24 (4.79%) IaaS
11 22 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (4.19%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (4.19%) PaaS
13 18 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 16 (3.19%) Mimecast
16 15 (2.99%) AWS Direct Connect
17 13 (2.59%) Azure AKS
17 13 (2.59%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 210 (41.92%) VPN
2 146 (29.14%) WAN
3 111 (22.16%) Wi-Fi
4 108 (21.56%) LAN
5 107 (21.36%) DNS
6 106 (21.16%) Network Security
7 85 (16.97%) SD-WAN
7 85 (16.97%) VLAN
8 77 (15.37%) DHCP
9 60 (11.98%) Wireless
10 59 (11.78%) TCP/IP
11 53 (10.58%) BGP
12 48 (9.58%) OSPF
13 42 (8.38%) Cisco ISE
14 39 (7.78%) Cisco ASA
15 38 (7.58%) Cisco Firepower
16 35 (6.99%) SAN
17 29 (5.79%) WLAN
18 28 (5.59%) Intrusion Detection
19 25 (4.99%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (8.18%) 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 17 (3.39%) 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
1 138 (27.54%) Finance
2 129 (25.75%) Social Skills
3 54 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.38%) Banking
5 24 (4.79%) Legal
6 18 (3.59%) Telecoms
7 10 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.00%) Retail
7 10 (2.00%) Retail Banking
8 8 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.40%) Aviation
9 7 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.40%) Law
10 6 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.20%) Marketing
10 6 (1.20%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.80%) Advertising
11 4 (0.80%) Back Office
11 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (26.15%) Network Engineer
2 79 (15.77%) Senior
3 68 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 63 (12.57%) Azure Engineer
5 61 (12.18%) Analyst
6 55 (10.98%) IT Engineer
7 48 (9.58%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (9.18%) IT Support
8 46 (9.18%) Support Engineer
9 45 (8.98%) Cisco Engineer
10 43 (8.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 34 (6.79%) Architect
12 29 (5.79%) Lead
13 26 (5.19%) IT Support Engineer
14 25 (4.99%) Platform Engineer
14 25 (4.99%) Security Engineer
15 24 (4.79%) AWS Engineer
15 24 (4.79%) Security Analyst
15 24 (4.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 23 (4.59%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.19%) OAuth
2 15 (2.99%) SAML
3 13 (2.59%) 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 76 (15.17%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.79%) Security Posture
3 33 (6.59%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (5.79%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (4.39%) Cloud Native
7 16 (3.19%) Driving Licence
7 16 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 13 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.40%) PKI
11 11 (2.20%) Blog
11 11 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.80%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.40%) Cyber Security Posture
14 7 (1.40%) IoT
15 6 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 168 (33.53%) Windows
2 71 (14.17%) Windows Server
3 65 (12.97%) Linux
4 21 (4.19%) VMS
5 20 (3.99%) Unix
6 17 (3.39%) Windows 10
7 15 (2.99%) Mac OS
7 15 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.40%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.00%) 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
1 107 (21.36%) Incident Response
2 105 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (20.16%) Cybersecurity
4 88 (17.56%) Disaster Recovery
5 87 (17.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 81 (16.17%) SIEM
7 68 (13.57%) Infrastructure as Code
7 68 (13.57%) Migration
8 64 (12.77%) Cloud Security
8 64 (12.77%) Zero Trust
9 63 (12.57%) Computer Science
10 61 (12.18%) ITIL
11 55 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (10.58%) DevOps
12 53 (10.58%) High Availability
13 50 (9.98%) CI/CD
13 50 (9.98%) Vulnerability Management
14 47 (9.38%) Information Security
15 43 (8.58%) Security Operations
16 42 (8.38%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.57%) PowerShell
2 71 (14.17%) Python
3 33 (6.59%) Bash
4 19 (3.79%) 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 4 (0.80%) 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 83 (16.57%) Degree
4 58 (11.58%) CISSP
5 53 (10.58%) CCNA
6 46 (9.18%) CCIE
7 39 (7.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (6.99%) Azure Certification
9 30 (5.99%) CISM
10 28 (5.59%) Security Cleared
11 20 (3.99%) CCSA
11 20 (3.99%) CCSE
11 20 (3.99%) CompTIA Security+
12 19 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (3.59%) DV Cleared
13 18 (3.59%) Network+ Certification
14 17 (3.39%) DBS Check
15 16 (3.19%) SC Cleared
16 15 (2.99%) AWS Certification
17 14 (2.79%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (17.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (10.78%) NIST
3 49 (9.78%) GDPR
4 28 (5.59%) PCI DSS
5 24 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 22 (4.39%) SOC 2
7 17 (3.39%) 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%) PMO
14 1 (0.20%) MiFID
14 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 156 (31.14%) Active Directory
2 48 (9.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.39%) Firmware
3 22 (4.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 19 (3.79%) Docker
4 19 (3.79%) Hyper-V
5 16 (3.19%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.20%) vSphere
7 6 (1.20%) KVM
7 6 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.20%) NLBS
9 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.20%) XenApp
9 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 79 (15.77%) Terraform
2 71 (14.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 67 (13.37%) Ansible
4 44 (8.78%) Kubernetes
5 36 (7.19%) FortiGate
6 35 (6.99%) SCCM
7 11 (2.20%) Grafana
8 9 (1.80%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.60%) Check_MK
9 8 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (1.40%) CASB
10 7 (1.40%) Cisco Prime
11 6 (1.20%) vCenter Server
12 5 (1.00%) Argo
12 5 (1.00%) Autotask
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
1 188 (37.52%) Microsoft
2 166 (33.13%) Cisco
3 91 (18.16%) VMware
4 87 (17.37%) Palo Alto
5 73 (14.57%) Fortinet
6 59 (11.78%) CheckPoint
7 57 (11.38%) Meraki
8 45 (8.98%) SolarWinds
9 31 (6.19%) Dynatrace
10 28 (5.59%) Juniper
10 28 (5.59%) Zscaler
11 22 (4.39%) Google
12 21 (4.19%) CrowdStrike
12 21 (4.19%) Splunk
12 21 (4.19%) Tenable
13 20 (3.99%) AppDynamics
13 20 (3.99%) Arista
14 13 (2.59%) ServiceNow
15 10 (2.00%) F5
15 10 (2.00%) iManage