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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 80 80
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 497 490 851
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.44% 3.96% 3.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.68% 37.43% 26.53%
Number of salaries quoted 351 388 715
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £50,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,375 £95,000
England median annual salary £54,209 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.25% +7.14% -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 1,863 1,309 3,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.13% 10.59% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 979 936 2,011
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,594 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £45,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.00% +5.26% -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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +14 87 £80,000 +15.52% 44
East London +2 17 £105,000 +9.09% 3
North London +11 15 £55,000 -21.43% 2
West London -18 12 £77,500 +58.16% 12
South London +6 10 £31,000 -44.47% 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 35 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (5.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.01%) Confluence
4 4 (0.80%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (3.02%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 313 (62.98%) Azure
2 157 (31.59%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (25.75%) AWS
4 82 (16.50%) Entra ID
5 49 (9.86%) Datadog
6 46 (9.26%) SaaS
7 42 (8.45%) GCP
8 27 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
9 26 (5.23%) IaaS
10 24 (4.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 23 (4.63%) GitHub
11 23 (4.63%) PaaS
11 23 (4.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 20 (4.02%) Azure Sentinel
13 19 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (3.62%) Mimecast
15 17 (3.42%) AWS Direct Connect
15 17 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
16 15 (3.02%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (2.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 210 (42.25%) VPN
2 156 (31.39%) WAN
3 147 (29.58%) Network Security
4 126 (25.35%) DNS
5 109 (21.93%) LAN
5 109 (21.93%) Wi-Fi
6 105 (21.13%) SD-WAN
7 95 (19.11%) VLAN
8 86 (17.30%) DHCP
9 69 (13.88%) Wireless
10 67 (13.48%) Cisco ISE
11 66 (13.28%) BGP
12 60 (12.07%) OSPF
13 55 (11.07%) TCP/IP
14 45 (9.05%) SAN
15 39 (7.85%) WLAN
16 38 (7.65%) Cisco Firepower
17 35 (7.04%) Cisco ASA
18 33 (6.64%) Cisco Wireless
19 28 (5.63%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.80%) Power BI
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%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.20%) MySQL
5 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (4.23%) Chocolatey
2 11 (2.21%) Git
2 11 (2.21%) JIRA
3 10 (2.01%) GitLab
4 8 (1.61%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.41%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.80%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 143 (28.77%) Finance
2 132 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 51 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.85%) Banking
5 27 (5.43%) Legal
6 14 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.01%) Retail Banking
9 8 (1.61%) Retail
10 7 (1.41%) Aviation
10 7 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.41%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.21%) Law
12 3 (0.60%) German Language
12 3 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.60%) Marketing
12 3 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.40%) French Language
Job Titles
1 138 (27.77%) Network Engineer
2 94 (18.91%) Senior
3 67 (13.48%) Azure Engineer
4 66 (13.28%) IT Engineer
5 53 (10.66%) Architect
6 51 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (8.45%) Cisco Engineer
7 42 (8.45%) Cloud Engineer
8 40 (8.05%) Support Engineer
9 37 (7.44%) IT Support
10 35 (7.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 32 (6.44%) Analyst
12 31 (6.24%) Network Architect
13 30 (6.04%) Lead
13 30 (6.04%) Senior IT Engineer
13 30 (6.04%) Senior Network Engineer
14 29 (5.84%) Security Engineer
15 28 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
16 25 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
17 19 (3.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.43%) OAuth
2 21 (4.23%) SAML
3 17 (3.42%) ADO
4 13 (2.62%) 802.1X
4 13 (2.62%) YAML
5 12 (2.41%) OpenID
6 10 (2.01%) REST
7 9 (1.81%) LDAP
8 6 (1.21%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.40%) .NET
9 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.40%) Node.js
9 2 (0.40%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.40%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.20%) AWS SAM
10 1 (0.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 88 (17.71%) Data Centre
2 50 (10.06%) Security Posture
3 40 (8.05%) Cyber Threat
4 26 (5.23%) Management Information System
5 23 (4.63%) PKI
6 22 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (3.22%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (2.62%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.21%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 9 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.41%) Blog
13 6 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.21%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.21%) IoT
13 6 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 159 (31.99%) Windows
2 55 (11.07%) Linux
3 53 (10.66%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.82%) VMS
5 18 (3.62%) Mac OS
6 15 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (2.21%) Unix
8 10 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (1.81%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.61%) Windows 10
11 5 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (0.80%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.20%) CentOS
13 1 (0.20%) Solaris
13 1 (0.20%) tvOS
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (20.72%) Incident Response
2 102 (20.52%) Cybersecurity
3 96 (19.32%) Disaster Recovery
3 96 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (16.90%) SIEM
5 76 (15.29%) Zero Trust
6 72 (14.49%) Cloud Security
7 66 (13.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 65 (13.08%) Migration
9 59 (11.87%) High Availability
9 59 (11.87%) Roadmaps
10 58 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (11.07%) ITIL
12 52 (10.46%) Business Continuity
12 52 (10.46%) DevOps
13 51 (10.26%) CI/CD
14 50 (10.06%) Vulnerability Management
15 49 (9.86%) ITSM
16 47 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 74 (14.89%) PowerShell
2 66 (13.28%) Python
3 24 (4.83%) Bash
4 17 (3.42%) Kusto Query Language
4 17 (3.42%) SQL
5 12 (2.41%) Bicep
6 4 (0.80%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.40%) Java
7 2 (0.40%) Korn
7 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.20%) C#
8 1 (0.20%) Go
8 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.20%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 127 (25.55%) Cisco Certification
2 106 (21.33%) CCNP
3 62 (12.47%) Degree
4 61 (12.27%) CISSP
5 46 (9.26%) Azure Certification
6 44 (8.85%) CCNA
7 42 (8.45%) CCIE
8 31 (6.24%) CISM
8 31 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (4.63%) Security Cleared
11 19 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
12 18 (3.62%) CEH
13 17 (3.42%) CCSA
13 17 (3.42%) CCSE
14 16 (3.22%) DV Cleared
15 12 (2.41%) CISA
15 12 (2.41%) SC Cleared
16 11 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (16.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (12.47%) NIST
3 50 (10.06%) GDPR
4 35 (7.04%) PCI DSS
5 24 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 21 (4.23%) SLA
7 19 (3.82%) SOC 2
8 12 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.41%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.41%) JSP 440
10 6 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
12 4 (0.80%) GRC
12 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.60%) NCSC
14 1 (0.20%) Basel III
14 1 (0.20%) MiFID
14 1 (0.20%) QA
System Software
1 143 (28.77%) Active Directory
2 41 (8.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 18 (3.62%) Docker
5 16 (3.22%) Firmware
6 14 (2.82%) Hyper-V
6 14 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.41%) vSphere
8 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 2 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.20%) KVM
10 1 (0.20%) NLBS
10 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (16.30%) Ansible
2 78 (15.69%) Terraform
3 71 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (8.45%) FortiGate
5 40 (8.05%) Kubernetes
6 31 (6.24%) SCCM
7 14 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (2.21%) Autotask
8 11 (2.21%) Grafana
8 11 (2.21%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.81%) Check_MK
9 9 (1.81%) Cisco Prime
10 8 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (1.21%) CASB
12 5 (1.01%) Nagios
13 4 (0.80%) Argo
13 4 (0.80%) Istio
13 4 (0.80%) linkerd
13 4 (0.80%) Mesos
13 4 (0.80%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 220 (44.27%) Microsoft
2 175 (35.21%) Cisco
3 101 (20.32%) Palo Alto
4 83 (16.70%) VMware
5 72 (14.49%) Fortinet
6 66 (13.28%) Meraki
7 55 (11.07%) SolarWinds
8 47 (9.46%) CheckPoint
9 37 (7.44%) Dynatrace
10 32 (6.44%) Zscaler
11 27 (5.43%) CrowdStrike
11 27 (5.43%) Splunk
11 27 (5.43%) Tenable
12 26 (5.23%) Juniper
13 22 (4.43%) AppDynamics
13 22 (4.43%) Arista
14 21 (4.23%) Google
15 20 (4.02%) Aruba
16 17 (3.42%) F5
17 14 (2.82%) Infoblox