Firewall Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Firewall
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 96 43
Rank change year-on-year +40 -53 +16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 159 87 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.79% 2.64% 4.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.65% 16.57% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 105 66 292
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £68,750 £59,688 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £84,875 £65,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% +11.76% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 446 525 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.82% 15.92% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 293 222 681
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -3.49% -4.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,125 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Firewall job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 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
Berkshire +38 84 £52,500 +5.00% 30
Buckinghamshire +17 54 £60,000 +60.00% 9
Oxfordshire -5 21 £35,000 -22.22% 11
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 24 (15.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (13.84%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.52%) Confluence
4 3 (1.89%) Apache
5 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 69 (43.40%) Azure
2 50 (31.45%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (27.67%) AWS
4 13 (8.18%) GCP
5 12 (7.55%) Entra ID
6 10 (6.29%) Azure Sentinel
6 10 (6.29%) OpenShift
7 8 (5.03%) Cloudflare
7 8 (5.03%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.77%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.14%) Apigee
9 5 (3.14%) Kong
10 3 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.89%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.89%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.26%) IaaS
12 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.63%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.63%) PaaS
12 1 (0.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (41.51%) DNS
2 54 (33.96%) VPN
3 27 (16.98%) TCP/IP
3 27 (16.98%) WAN
4 25 (15.72%) DHCP
4 25 (15.72%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (13.21%) VoIP
6 18 (11.32%) LAN
6 18 (11.32%) VLAN
7 13 (8.18%) PBX
7 13 (8.18%) SAN
8 12 (7.55%) Wireshark
9 11 (6.92%) DECT
9 11 (6.92%) Unified Communications
10 10 (6.29%) Network Security
10 10 (6.29%) Wireless
11 8 (5.03%) DSL
11 8 (5.03%) iSCSI
11 8 (5.03%) NAS
11 8 (5.03%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.29%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.03%) MySQL
2 8 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.81%) GitLab
2 6 (3.77%) Git
3 4 (2.52%) JIRA
General
1 61 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.35%) Telecoms
3 15 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (8.81%) Finance
5 13 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.03%) Marketing
8 6 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.52%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.52%) Retail
10 3 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Aviation
11 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.63%) Legal
11 1 (0.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (20.13%) Senior
2 28 (17.61%) Architect
3 24 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (13.21%) Network Engineer
5 20 (12.58%) IT Support
6 17 (10.69%) Analyst
7 15 (9.43%) Applications Architect
8 13 (8.18%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (8.18%) IT Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) Support Engineer
9 12 (7.55%) Security Architect
10 11 (6.92%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (6.29%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (6.29%) Support Technician
11 10 (6.29%) Telecoms Engineer
12 9 (5.66%) IT Support Technician
12 9 (5.66%) IT Technician
12 9 (5.66%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (5.66%) Security Engineer
12 9 (5.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.69%) Regular Expression
2 14 (8.81%) JSON
3 13 (8.18%) LDAP
3 13 (8.18%) XMPP
4 10 (6.29%) Jinja
4 10 (6.29%) YAML
5 9 (5.66%) XML
6 5 (3.14%) REST
6 5 (3.14%) YANG
7 4 (2.52%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.06%) Driving Licence
2 15 (9.43%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.18%) PKI
4 11 (6.92%) Web Conferencing
5 10 (6.29%) Cloud Native
6 9 (5.66%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (5.03%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (3.14%) Security Posture
9 5 (3.14%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.52%) Onboarding
10 4 (2.52%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.89%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.89%) Life Science
11 3 (1.89%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.89%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 95 (59.75%) Windows
2 69 (43.40%) Windows Server
3 68 (42.77%) Linux
4 25 (15.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (5.03%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.14%) Android
6 5 (3.14%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.14%) Unix
7 4 (2.52%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.26%) CentOS
8 2 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.63%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.63%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (20.13%) SIEM
3 31 (19.50%) ITIL
4 30 (18.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 27 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (10.69%) CI/CD
7 17 (10.69%) Containerisation
7 17 (10.69%) Platform Engineering
7 17 (10.69%) Task Automation
7 17 (10.69%) Validation
8 16 (10.06%) Application Security
8 16 (10.06%) Customer Service
8 16 (10.06%) Time Management
9 15 (9.43%) High Availability
10 14 (8.81%) Antivirus Management
10 14 (8.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (8.81%) Presales
10 14 (8.81%) Vulnerability Management
11 13 (8.18%) Pattern Matching
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.13%) PowerShell
2 29 (18.24%) Python
3 21 (13.21%) Bash
4 6 (3.77%) Korn
5 5 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.52%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (2.52%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.26%) C
8 1 (0.63%) Bicep
8 1 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (23.90%) Security Cleared
2 30 (18.87%) Degree
3 27 (16.98%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.03%) CCNA
5 8 (5.03%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (5.03%) GCIA
5 8 (5.03%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.40%) SANS
7 6 (3.77%) CCNP
7 6 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (3.14%) CISSP
8 5 (3.14%) CREST Certified
8 5 (3.14%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.14%) GCIH
8 5 (3.14%) GIAC
9 4 (2.52%) GCED
9 4 (2.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (5.03%) SLA
2 4 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.89%) QA
3 3 (1.89%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.26%) GRC
4 2 (1.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.63%) GDPR
5 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 66 (41.51%) Active Directory
2 31 (19.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (14.47%) Hyper-V
4 18 (11.32%) vSphere
5 12 (7.55%) Docker
6 10 (6.29%) VMware NSX
7 9 (5.66%) KVM
8 8 (5.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.89%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.89%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.26%) Samba
Systems Management
1 15 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.66%) Graylog
2 9 (5.66%) Proxmox
2 9 (5.66%) vRealize
3 8 (5.03%) ZABBIX
4 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.14%) Kibana
5 5 (3.14%) Terraform
6 4 (2.52%) Ansible
7 3 (1.89%) Grafana
7 3 (1.89%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.63%) Autotask
9 1 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.63%) QRadar
Vendors
1 85 (53.46%) Microsoft
2 64 (40.25%) VMware
3 31 (19.50%) Red Hat
4 19 (11.95%) Cisco
5 17 (10.69%) Palo Alto
6 11 (6.92%) Veeam
7 9 (5.66%) Google
7 9 (5.66%) McAfee
8 8 (5.03%) Dell
9 7 (4.40%) Juniper
9 7 (4.40%) Splunk
10 6 (3.77%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (3.77%) F5
11 5 (3.14%) Carbon Black
11 5 (3.14%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.52%) Aruba
12 4 (2.52%) Citrix
12 4 (2.52%) IBM
12 4 (2.52%) NetApp
12 4 (2.52%) Sophos