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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 90 66
Rank change year-on-year +31 -24 -28
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 176 129 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.40% 3.35% 3.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.59% 22.51% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 141 104 110
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,756
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

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 481 573 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.57% 14.88% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 359 267 339
10th Percentile £28,900 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +40 85 £47,500 -5.00% 21
Buckinghamshire +8 55 £60,000 +33.33% 11
Oxfordshire -21 36 £45,500 +9.64% 18
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 54 (30.68%) SharePoint
2 45 (25.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.84%) Apache
3 5 (2.84%) nginx
4 4 (2.27%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (3.41%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 102 (57.95%) Azure
2 71 (40.34%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (25.57%) AWS
4 39 (22.16%) Entra ID
5 15 (8.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (6.25%) Google Workspace
7 10 (5.68%) IaaS
7 10 (5.68%) Power Automate
8 9 (5.11%) GCP
9 8 (4.55%) Cloudflare
10 6 (3.41%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.70%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.57%) PaaS
13 1 (0.57%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 101 (57.39%) DNS
2 81 (46.02%) VPN
3 57 (32.39%) DHCP
4 51 (28.98%) Wi-Fi
5 41 (23.30%) VLAN
6 36 (20.45%) TCP/IP
7 34 (19.32%) Network Security
7 34 (19.32%) WAN
8 33 (18.75%) LAN
9 27 (15.34%) Wireless
10 17 (9.66%) VoIP
11 16 (9.09%) SSL
12 15 (8.52%) SD-WAN
13 9 (5.11%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (4.55%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (4.55%) HTTP
14 8 (4.55%) SAN
15 6 (3.41%) NAS
16 5 (2.84%) Cisco Nexus
16 5 (2.84%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.84%) MySQL
2 5 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.27%) JIRA
2 2 (1.14%) GitLab
General
1 69 (39.20%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.52%) Retail
3 13 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (6.25%) Finance
6 8 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.98%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 43 (24.43%) Senior
2 34 (19.32%) IT Support
3 32 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (17.05%) IT Engineer
5 28 (15.91%) Network Engineer
6 26 (14.77%) Support Engineer
7 23 (13.07%) Architect
7 23 (13.07%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (9.09%) Security Engineer
9 13 (7.39%) Analyst
9 13 (7.39%) Applications Architect
10 11 (6.25%) Senior IT Engineer
10 11 (6.25%) Senior IT Support
10 11 (6.25%) Senior Support Engineer
11 10 (5.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.68%) Security Architect
12 9 (5.11%) 3rd Line Support
13 8 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
13 8 (4.55%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.66%) Regular Expression
2 16 (9.09%) XMPP
3 14 (7.95%) LDAP
4 5 (2.84%) Web Services
5 4 (2.27%) JSON
5 4 (2.27%) JSON Schema
5 4 (2.27%) Terraform
5 4 (2.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.48%) Driving Licence
2 16 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (7.95%) PKI
4 13 (7.39%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.55%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.98%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.98%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.41%) CCTV
7 6 (3.41%) CSOC
7 6 (3.41%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.41%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.41%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.70%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 107 (60.80%) Windows
2 70 (39.77%) Windows Server
3 60 (34.09%) Linux
4 22 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (6.82%) Windows 10
6 11 (6.25%) Mac OS
7 10 (5.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.14%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.57%) Android
9 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (28.41%) Cybersecurity
1 50 (28.41%) Disaster Recovery
2 48 (27.27%) SIEM
3 43 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (23.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (22.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (15.91%) ITIL
7 27 (15.34%) High Availability
8 25 (14.20%) Validation
8 25 (14.20%) Zero Trust
9 24 (13.64%) Customer Service
10 23 (13.07%) Project Delivery
11 21 (11.93%) Incident Response
12 20 (11.36%) Vulnerability Management
13 19 (10.80%) Root Cause Analysis
14 18 (10.23%) Kalman Filter
14 18 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (9.66%) Cloud Security
15 17 (9.66%) Migration
16 16 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 55 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 30 (17.05%) Python
3 23 (13.07%) Bash
4 7 (3.98%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (3.98%) Search Processing Language
5 5 (2.84%) Korn
6 4 (2.27%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 46 (26.14%) Security Cleared
2 40 (22.73%) Degree
3 32 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (17.05%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (13.64%) DV Cleared
6 22 (12.50%) CCNA
7 21 (11.93%) CompTIA Security+
8 19 (10.80%) CCNP
8 19 (10.80%) SC Cleared
9 16 (9.09%) GCIA
10 15 (8.52%) Azure Certification
11 14 (7.95%) DBS Check
11 14 (7.95%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (7.39%) GIAC
13 11 (6.25%) CISSP
13 11 (6.25%) SANS
14 10 (5.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (4.55%) CREST Certified
15 8 (4.55%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (5.68%) NCSC
4 9 (5.11%) GDPR
5 6 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.27%) NIST
7 3 (1.70%) QA
7 3 (1.70%) SLA
7 3 (1.70%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 84 (47.73%) Active Directory
2 44 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (21.59%) Hyper-V
4 23 (13.07%) vSphere
5 8 (4.55%) Docker
5 8 (4.55%) KVM
6 7 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (3.98%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.84%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 5 (2.84%) Squid
7 5 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.70%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.70%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.14%) Firmware
9 2 (1.14%) iptables
Systems Management
1 42 (23.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.25%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (5.68%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.11%) Graylog
5 8 (4.55%) Kibana
5 8 (4.55%) Proxmox
5 8 (4.55%) ZABBIX
6 6 (3.41%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.70%) Ansible
7 3 (1.70%) Grafana
7 3 (1.70%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.70%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (1.14%) vRealize
9 1 (0.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 121 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 76 (43.18%) VMware
3 43 (24.43%) Cisco
4 27 (15.34%) Fortinet
5 24 (13.64%) Veeam
6 21 (11.93%) Red Hat
7 14 (7.95%) Palo Alto
8 13 (7.39%) Apple
8 13 (7.39%) McAfee
9 12 (6.82%) Aruba
9 12 (6.82%) Google
10 11 (6.25%) Datto
10 11 (6.25%) SonicWALL
11 10 (5.68%) Splunk
12 9 (5.11%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (4.55%) Juniper
14 7 (3.98%) Carbon Black
15 5 (2.84%) Dell
16 4 (2.27%) IBM
16 4 (2.27%) Ruckus Wireless