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

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	71	82	75
Rank change year-on-year	+11	-7	-37
Permanent jobs citing Firewall	171	126	142
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley	2.22%	3.31%	3.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	32.14%	23.68%	24.70%
Number of salaries quoted	136	105	81
10^th Percentile	£32,500	£36,250	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£38,500	£39,750	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£47,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£63,750	£65,000	£62,500
90^th Percentile	£68,750	£70,000	£70,000
South East median annual salary	£47,166	£45,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+4.81%	-10.00%	-

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	532	532	575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	6.92%	13.97%	13.09%
Number of salaries quoted	373	256	268
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£28,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£32,500	£35,000	£38,438
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£45,000	£50,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-10.89%	-3.81%
75^th Percentile	£62,500	£63,750	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£72,500	£70,000	£80,000
South East median annual salary	£47,500	£42,500	£53,050
% change year-on-year	+11.76%	-19.89%	+6.10%

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 Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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 20 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 20 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	+28	80	£47,500	-5.00%	34
Buckinghamshire	-5	46	£61,250	+36.11%	20
Oxfordshire	-24	45	£45,500	+9.64%	16
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Firewall Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing Firewall also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region with a requirement for Firewall.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	67.8%	116
2	Azure	61.4%	105
3	Windows	57.9%	99
4	DNS	57.3%	98
5	VPN	50.3%	86
6	Active Directory	43.9%	75
7	Microsoft 365	39.2%	67
8	DHCP	38.0%	65
9	VMware	37.4%	64
10	Windows Server	33.9%	58
11	Cybersecurity	33.3%	57
12	SharePoint	31.6%	54
13	Linux	31.0%	53
13	VLAN	31.0%	53
15	Wi-Fi	30.4%	52
16	PowerShell	29.8%	51
17	Cisco	28.7%	49
17	Disaster Recovery	28.7%	49
19	Microsoft Intune	28.1%	48
19	Problem-Solving	28.1%	48
21	Entra ID	25.1%	43
21	SIEM	25.1%	43
23	TCP/IP	24.6%	42
23	VMware Infrastructure	24.6%	42
23	WAN	24.6%	42
26	Infrastructure Engineering	24.0%	41
26	LAN	24.0%	41
26	Microsoft Exchange	24.0%	41
29	Hyper-V	23.4%	40
29	Network Security	23.4%	40

Firewall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	57.3%	98
2	VPN	50.3%	86
3	DHCP	38.0%	65
4	VLAN	31.0%	53
5	Wi-Fi	30.4%	52
6	TCP/IP	24.6%	42
6	WAN	24.6%	42
8	LAN	24.0%	41
9	Network Security	23.4%	40
10	Wireless	20.5%	35
11	SD-WAN	9.9%	17
11	SSL	9.9%	17
13	VoIP	7.0%	12
14	Cisco Firepower	5.3%	9
15	HTTP	4.7%	8
16	OSPF	4.1%	7
17	Cisco Nexus	3.5%	6
17	Remote Desktop	3.5%	6
19	BGP	2.9%	5
19	Modbus	2.9%	5