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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 85 72
Rank change year-on-year +19 -13 -34
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 172 129 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.29% 3.36% 3.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.75% 22.71% 23.77%
Number of salaries quoted 139 105 93
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £47,166 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.81% -10.00% 0.00%

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 495 568 669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.60% 14.79% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 365 258 302
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £66,125
90th Percentile £71,500 £71,325 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -17.48% +3.00%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 82 £47,500 -5.00% 32
Buckinghamshire +1 52 £62,500 +38.89% 28
Oxfordshire -24 38 £45,500 +9.64% 20
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 56 (32.56%) SharePoint
2 47 (27.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.91%) Apache
3 5 (2.91%) nginx
4 4 (2.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 102 (59.30%) Azure
2 71 (41.28%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (24.42%) AWS
4 39 (22.67%) Entra ID
5 15 (8.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (6.40%) Google Workspace
7 10 (5.81%) IaaS
8 8 (4.65%) Cloudflare
8 8 (4.65%) Power Automate
9 7 (4.07%) GCP
9 7 (4.07%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.58%) PaaS
12 1 (0.58%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.58%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 99 (57.56%) DNS
2 80 (46.51%) VPN
3 60 (34.88%) DHCP
4 52 (30.23%) Wi-Fi
5 45 (26.16%) VLAN
6 39 (22.67%) TCP/IP
7 38 (22.09%) Network Security
8 37 (21.51%) WAN
9 36 (20.93%) LAN
10 31 (18.02%) Wireless
11 17 (9.88%) SSL
12 16 (9.30%) SD-WAN
13 13 (7.56%) VoIP
14 10 (5.81%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
15 8 (4.65%) HTTP
15 8 (4.65%) SAN
16 6 (3.49%) OSPF
17 5 (2.91%) Cisco Nexus
17 5 (2.91%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.91%) MySQL
2 5 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.58%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.33%) JIRA
2 2 (1.16%) GitLab
General
1 73 (42.44%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.72%) Retail
3 13 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.56%) Finance
4 11 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.07%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 41 (23.84%) Senior
2 35 (20.35%) IT Support
3 30 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 30 (17.44%) Network Engineer
4 29 (16.86%) IT Engineer
5 25 (14.53%) Support Engineer
6 22 (12.79%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (10.47%) Architect
8 16 (9.30%) Security Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Analyst
10 11 (6.40%) Senior IT Engineer
10 11 (6.40%) Senior IT Support
10 11 (6.40%) Senior Support Engineer
11 10 (5.81%) Applications Architect
11 10 (5.81%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.23%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (5.23%) Lead
13 8 (4.65%) IT Support Technician
13 8 (4.65%) IT Technician
13 8 (4.65%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.14%) Regular Expression
2 13 (7.56%) XMPP
3 11 (6.40%) LDAP
4 5 (2.91%) Web Services
5 4 (2.33%) JSON
5 4 (2.33%) JSON Schema
5 4 (2.33%) XML
6 3 (1.74%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.86%) Driving Licence
2 15 (8.72%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (8.72%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (8.14%) PKI
4 8 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (4.07%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.07%) Private Cloud
5 7 (4.07%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.07%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (3.49%) CCTV
6 6 (3.49%) CSOC
6 6 (3.49%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.49%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.91%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.16%) IoT
9 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (59.30%) Windows
2 63 (36.63%) Windows Server
3 57 (33.14%) Linux
4 19 (11.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (6.40%) Mac OS
6 10 (5.81%) Windows 10
6 10 (5.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.16%) Android
7 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (30.81%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (28.49%) Disaster Recovery
3 47 (27.33%) SIEM
4 43 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (23.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 27 (15.70%) High Availability
7 26 (15.12%) ITIL
8 25 (14.53%) Zero Trust
9 24 (13.95%) Customer Service
10 23 (13.37%) Project Delivery
11 22 (12.79%) Incident Response
11 22 (12.79%) Validation
11 22 (12.79%) Vulnerability Management
12 19 (11.05%) Kalman Filter
12 19 (11.05%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (10.47%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 18 (10.47%) Migration
13 18 (10.47%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (10.47%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 54 (31.40%) PowerShell
2 29 (16.86%) Python
3 22 (12.79%) Bash
4 7 (4.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (4.07%) Search Processing Language
5 5 (2.91%) Korn
6 4 (2.33%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 43 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 37 (21.51%) Degree
3 32 (18.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (18.02%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (13.37%) CCNA
6 21 (12.21%) CompTIA Security+
6 21 (12.21%) DV Cleared
7 20 (11.63%) CCNP
8 19 (11.05%) SC Cleared
9 16 (9.30%) GCIA
10 15 (8.72%) Azure Certification
11 14 (8.14%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (7.56%) DBS Check
12 13 (7.56%) GIAC
13 11 (6.40%) CISSP
13 11 (6.40%) SANS
14 10 (5.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (4.65%) CREST Certified
15 8 (4.65%) GCIH
16 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 11 (6.40%) GDPR
4 10 (5.81%) NCSC
5 6 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.33%) NIST
7 2 (1.16%) QA
7 2 (1.16%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 82 (47.67%) Active Directory
2 41 (23.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (22.09%) Hyper-V
4 20 (11.63%) vSphere
5 8 (4.65%) KVM
6 7 (4.07%) Docker
6 7 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (4.07%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 5 (2.91%) Squid
7 5 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.74%) Firmware
9 2 (1.16%) iptables
10 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 43 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.98%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (5.23%) Graylog
3 9 (5.23%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.65%) Kibana
4 8 (4.65%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.65%) ZABBIX
5 7 (4.07%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.74%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.16%) Ansible
7 2 (1.16%) Grafana
7 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.16%) vRealize
8 1 (0.58%) Autotask
8 1 (0.58%) N-central
8 1 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 117 (68.02%) Microsoft
2 68 (39.53%) VMware
3 45 (26.16%) Cisco
4 30 (17.44%) Fortinet
5 24 (13.95%) Veeam
6 18 (10.47%) Red Hat
7 14 (8.14%) Apple
7 14 (8.14%) Palo Alto
8 12 (6.98%) Aruba
8 12 (6.98%) Datto
8 12 (6.98%) Google
9 11 (6.40%) SonicWALL
10 10 (5.81%) McAfee
10 10 (5.81%) Splunk
11 9 (5.23%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (4.65%) Juniper
13 7 (4.07%) Carbon Black
14 5 (2.91%) Dell
14 5 (2.91%) Meraki
15 4 (2.33%) Ruckus Wireless