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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 77 80
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 515 482 865
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.40% 3.96% 3.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.60% 39.09% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 372 380 698
10th Percentile £36,375 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% +7.35%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £104,875 £107,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% -3.00%

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 1,866 1,233 3,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.69% 10.13% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 904 1,968
10th Percentile £33,250 £33,200 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.53% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +5 74 £80,000 +18.52% 25
West London -8 16 £77,500 +49.04% 7
South London +25 15 £31,000 -38.00% 6
North London +15 15 £55,000 -20.00% 1
East London -2 13 £105,000 +9.09% 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 41 (7.96%) SharePoint
2 40 (7.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.58%) Apache
3 3 (0.58%) Confluence
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (3.50%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.58%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Alphatax
1 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 312 (60.58%) Azure
2 163 (31.65%) Microsoft 365
3 125 (24.27%) AWS
4 96 (18.64%) Entra ID
5 46 (8.93%) Datadog
5 46 (8.93%) SaaS
6 41 (7.96%) GCP
7 27 (5.24%) IaaS
8 26 (5.05%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (4.47%) PaaS
10 21 (4.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 20 (3.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (3.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 19 (3.69%) GitHub
13 18 (3.50%) Mimecast
14 15 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (2.72%) AWS Direct Connect
15 14 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (2.72%) Azure Key Vault
16 13 (2.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 205 (39.81%) VPN
2 165 (32.04%) Network Security
3 150 (29.13%) WAN
4 125 (24.27%) DNS
5 107 (20.78%) LAN
6 105 (20.39%) VLAN
6 105 (20.39%) Wi-Fi
7 104 (20.19%) SD-WAN
8 80 (15.53%) DHCP
9 76 (14.76%) Wireless
10 71 (13.79%) BGP
11 70 (13.59%) Cisco ISE
12 66 (12.82%) OSPF
13 55 (10.68%) TCP/IP
14 43 (8.35%) SAN
15 37 (7.18%) Cisco Firepower
15 37 (7.18%) WLAN
16 33 (6.41%) Cisco Wireless
17 29 (5.63%) MPLS
18 28 (5.44%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (8.74%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.14%) Power BI
3 6 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 11g
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.19%) MySQL
5 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.50%) Chocolatey
2 11 (2.14%) JIRA
3 9 (1.75%) Git
3 9 (1.75%) GitLab
4 8 (1.55%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.78%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 153 (29.71%) Social Skills
2 127 (24.66%) Finance
3 46 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.38%) Banking
5 30 (5.83%) Legal
6 15 (2.91%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (1.94%) Law
8 10 (1.94%) Retail Banking
9 9 (1.75%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.75%) Retail
10 7 (1.36%) Aviation
10 7 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.17%) Billing
11 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.97%) Mandarin Language
13 4 (0.78%) Back Office
14 3 (0.58%) German Language
15 2 (0.39%) French Language
Job Titles
1 131 (25.44%) Network Engineer
2 107 (20.78%) Senior
3 69 (13.40%) IT Engineer
4 62 (12.04%) Azure Engineer
5 60 (11.65%) Architect
6 46 (8.93%) Cloud Engineer
7 45 (8.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 45 (8.74%) Support Engineer
8 43 (8.35%) IT Support
9 38 (7.38%) Cisco Engineer
10 37 (7.18%) Security Engineer
11 36 (6.99%) Analyst
12 35 (6.80%) Network Architect
13 34 (6.60%) IT Support Engineer
13 34 (6.60%) Lead
14 31 (6.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 31 (6.02%) Senior Network Engineer
15 27 (5.24%) 2nd Line Support
15 27 (5.24%) Senior IT Engineer
16 23 (4.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.88%) OAuth
2 19 (3.69%) SAML
3 16 (3.11%) ADO
4 14 (2.72%) 802.1X
4 14 (2.72%) OpenID
5 12 (2.33%) REST
5 12 (2.33%) YAML
6 11 (2.14%) LDAP
7 9 (1.75%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.97%) Node.js
9 4 (0.78%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.39%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.39%) SailPoint
11 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 92 (17.86%) Data Centre
2 63 (12.23%) Security Posture
3 37 (7.18%) Cyber Threat
4 25 (4.85%) PKI
5 24 (4.66%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (3.30%) Cloud Native
8 13 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.52%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (2.14%) Cyber Defence
9 11 (2.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 11 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.75%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.36%) Blog
13 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
13 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 4 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
15 4 (0.78%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 163 (31.65%) Windows
2 56 (10.87%) Linux
3 48 (9.32%) Windows Server
4 24 (4.66%) Mac OS
5 16 (3.11%) VMS
6 14 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.75%) Unix
8 7 (1.36%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.78%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.58%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.39%) tvOS
13 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.19%) CentOS
13 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (21.55%) Cybersecurity
2 102 (19.81%) Incident Response
3 97 (18.83%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (18.06%) Disaster Recovery
5 82 (15.92%) SIEM
6 81 (15.73%) Cloud Security
7 79 (15.34%) Zero Trust
8 69 (13.40%) Roadmaps
9 67 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (12.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 62 (12.04%) High Availability
11 62 (12.04%) Migration
12 56 (10.87%) Business Continuity
13 55 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 55 (10.68%) Vulnerability Management
14 53 (10.29%) ITIL
15 49 (9.51%) DevOps
15 49 (9.51%) Security Architecture
15 49 (9.51%) Technical Leadership
16 48 (9.32%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 70 (13.59%) PowerShell
2 69 (13.40%) Python
3 28 (5.44%) Bash
4 16 (3.11%) SQL
5 15 (2.91%) Kusto Query Language
6 12 (2.33%) Bicep
7 5 (0.97%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.39%) Java
8 2 (0.39%) Korn
8 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 130 (25.24%) Cisco Certification
2 110 (21.36%) CCNP
3 62 (12.04%) Degree
4 59 (11.46%) CISSP
5 51 (9.90%) Azure Certification
6 49 (9.51%) CCNA
7 43 (8.35%) CCIE
8 33 (6.41%) CISM
9 30 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (5.05%) Security Cleared
11 22 (4.27%) CompTIA Security+
12 21 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (3.50%) DV Cleared
14 17 (3.30%) CEH
15 16 (3.11%) CCSA
15 16 (3.11%) CCSE
16 13 (2.52%) SC Cleared
17 12 (2.33%) AWS Certification
17 12 (2.33%) GIAC
18 9 (1.75%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (15.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (13.98%) NIST
3 44 (8.54%) GDPR
4 38 (7.38%) PCI DSS
5 23 (4.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (3.69%) SLA
7 15 (2.91%) SOC 2
8 10 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (1.36%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (1.36%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.97%) QA
10 5 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 4 (0.78%) GRC
11 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.58%) NCSC
13 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 141 (27.38%) Active Directory
2 45 (8.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (4.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (3.11%) Hyper-V
5 12 (2.33%) Docker
6 10 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.55%) vSphere
8 6 (1.17%) Firmware
9 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.58%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 2 (0.39%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.39%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.19%) KVM
12 1 (0.19%) NLBS
12 1 (0.19%) Xen
Systems Management
1 77 (14.95%) Ansible
2 74 (14.37%) Terraform
3 66 (12.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 51 (9.90%) FortiGate
5 36 (6.99%) Kubernetes
6 25 (4.85%) SCCM
7 19 (3.69%) Autotask
8 18 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (2.91%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (2.33%) Grafana
10 12 (2.33%) Prometheus
11 9 (1.75%) Check_MK
11 9 (1.75%) Cisco Prime
12 5 (0.97%) CASB
13 4 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.78%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.58%) Istio
14 3 (0.58%) linkerd
14 3 (0.58%) VxRail
Vendors
1 240 (46.60%) Microsoft
2 176 (34.17%) Cisco
3 110 (21.36%) Palo Alto
4 84 (16.31%) VMware
5 70 (13.59%) Meraki
6 66 (12.82%) Fortinet
7 54 (10.49%) SolarWinds
8 46 (8.93%) CheckPoint
9 32 (6.21%) Dynatrace
10 31 (6.02%) Splunk
10 31 (6.02%) Zscaler
11 27 (5.24%) Arista
11 27 (5.24%) CrowdStrike
12 25 (4.85%) Aruba
12 25 (4.85%) Google
12 25 (4.85%) Tenable
13 22 (4.27%) Juniper
14 20 (3.88%) F5
14 20 (3.88%) SonicWALL
15 18 (3.50%) AppDynamics