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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 98 38
Rank change year-on-year +43 -60 +26
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 146 82 319
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.60% 2.63% 4.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.26% 16.21% 34.64%
Number of salaries quoted 92 68 293
10th Percentile £31,000 £33,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,812 £50,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.62% +6.95% +3.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,813 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £75,000 £63,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +17.65% -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 467 506 921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.31% 16.26% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 265 212 684
10th Percentile £26,100 £25,800 £28,325
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,750 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -3.68% +1.06% +4.44%

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 4 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 4 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 +30 81 £52,500 - 13
Buckinghamshire +6 44 £62,500 +38.89% 7
Oxfordshire +6 21 £34,000 -22.29% 10
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 21 (14.38%) SharePoint
2 19 (13.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.05%) Apache
4 1 (0.68%) CMS
4 1 (0.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) IIS
4 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (39.73%) Azure
2 48 (32.88%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (26.71%) AWS
4 14 (9.59%) GCP
5 11 (7.53%) Entra ID
6 10 (6.85%) OpenShift
7 8 (5.48%) Google Workspace
8 6 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (3.42%) Apigee
9 5 (3.42%) Kong
10 4 (2.74%) OneDrive
11 3 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.05%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.05%) Power Platform
11 3 (2.05%) SaaS
12 2 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.37%) Cloudflare
13 1 (0.68%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (40.41%) DNS
2 43 (29.45%) VPN
3 26 (17.81%) WAN
4 23 (15.75%) VoIP
5 22 (15.07%) DHCP
5 22 (15.07%) TCP/IP
6 18 (12.33%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (10.96%) VLAN
8 15 (10.27%) PBX
9 14 (9.59%) LAN
9 14 (9.59%) Wireshark
10 13 (8.90%) DECT
10 13 (8.90%) SAN
10 13 (8.90%) Unified Communications
11 11 (7.53%) Wireless
12 10 (6.85%) DSL
13 8 (5.48%) iSCSI
13 8 (5.48%) NAS
13 8 (5.48%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (4.79%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.48%) MySQL
2 8 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (9.59%) GitLab
2 6 (4.11%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 57 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.86%) Telecoms
3 15 (10.27%) Finance
4 14 (9.59%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.85%) Marketing
7 8 (5.48%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Retail
9 4 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.68%) Aviation
11 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.68%) Law
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 28 (19.18%) Architect
1 28 (19.18%) Senior
2 17 (11.64%) Analyst
2 17 (11.64%) IT Support
3 16 (10.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (10.27%) 2nd Line Support
4 15 (10.27%) Support Engineer
5 14 (9.59%) Applications Architect
5 14 (9.59%) Network Engineer
6 13 (8.90%) IT Engineer
7 11 (7.53%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (7.53%) Linux Engineer
7 11 (7.53%) Security Architect
8 10 (6.85%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (6.85%) Telecoms Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 6 (4.11%) Automation Specialist
10 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Engineer
10 6 (4.11%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.96%) Regular Expression
2 14 (9.59%) JSON
3 12 (8.22%) LDAP
3 12 (8.22%) XMPP
4 10 (6.85%) Jinja
4 10 (6.85%) YAML
5 9 (6.16%) XML
6 5 (3.42%) REST
6 5 (3.42%) YANG
7 4 (2.74%) JSON Schema
8 1 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.59%) Driving Licence
1 14 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (8.90%) Web Conferencing
3 10 (6.85%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.48%) PKI
5 7 (4.79%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (3.42%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.74%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.05%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.37%) Life Science
9 2 (1.37%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.37%) Replication
9 2 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 84 (57.53%) Windows
2 63 (43.15%) Windows Server
3 60 (41.10%) Linux
4 24 (16.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (4.79%) Mac OS
6 6 (4.11%) Android
6 6 (4.11%) Apple iOS
6 6 (4.11%) Windows 10
7 5 (3.42%) Unix
8 2 (1.37%) CentOS
9 1 (0.68%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.68%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (17.81%) ITIL
3 22 (15.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 22 (15.07%) SIEM
4 19 (13.01%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (12.33%) Time Management
6 17 (11.64%) Customer Service
7 16 (10.96%) CI/CD
7 16 (10.96%) Containerisation
7 16 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (10.96%) Platform Engineering
7 16 (10.96%) Task Automation
8 14 (9.59%) Application Security
8 14 (9.59%) Presales
8 14 (9.59%) Validation
9 12 (8.22%) Antivirus Management
9 12 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (8.22%) High Availability
9 12 (8.22%) Pattern Matching
10 11 (7.53%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.44%) PowerShell
2 21 (14.38%) Python
3 13 (8.90%) Bash
4 6 (4.11%) Korn
5 5 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.74%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.37%) C
7 2 (1.37%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (1.37%) SQL
8 1 (0.68%) Bicep
8 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 28 (19.18%) Degree
3 27 (18.49%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.79%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.11%) CISSP
5 6 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.42%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (3.42%) GCIA
6 5 (3.42%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.74%) CCNA
7 4 (2.74%) CISM
7 4 (2.74%) MCSE
7 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.74%) SANS
8 3 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.05%) CCNP
8 3 (2.05%) CCSP
8 3 (2.05%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.05%) GIAC
8 3 (2.05%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.85%) SLA
2 9 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.74%) GRC
5 3 (2.05%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.37%) NIST
6 2 (1.37%) QA
6 2 (1.37%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 63 (43.15%) Active Directory
2 23 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (11.64%) vSphere
4 15 (10.27%) Hyper-V
5 11 (7.53%) Docker
5 11 (7.53%) VMware NSX
6 8 (5.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (2.05%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.05%) KVM
7 3 (2.05%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.37%) Samba
8 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.85%) vRealize
3 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.11%) Terraform
5 5 (3.42%) Ansible
6 3 (2.05%) Kibana
6 3 (2.05%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.37%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.37%) Grafana
7 2 (1.37%) Graylog
7 2 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.37%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.68%) Autotask
8 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.68%) QRadar
Vendors
1 75 (51.37%) Microsoft
2 55 (37.67%) VMware
3 30 (20.55%) Red Hat
4 16 (10.96%) Palo Alto
5 14 (9.59%) Cisco
6 11 (7.53%) Google
7 8 (5.48%) Dell
7 8 (5.48%) McAfee
8 6 (4.11%) F5
9 5 (3.42%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.42%) Juniper
9 5 (3.42%) Sophos
10 4 (2.74%) Citrix
10 4 (2.74%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (2.74%) NetApp
10 4 (2.74%) Splunk
11 3 (2.05%) Atlassian
11 3 (2.05%) Barracuda Networks
11 3 (2.05%) Meraki
11 3 (2.05%) Tenable