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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 83 67
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 -30
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 173 132 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.29% 3.48% 3.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.79% 24.72% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 138 109 86
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,750 £41,063
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% -

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 512 534 647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.79% 14.09% 14.11%
Number of salaries quoted 370 259 285
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,450 £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 £61,813 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,250 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%

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 11 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 11 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 +31 82 £47,500 -5.00% 31
Buckinghamshire -1 48 £60,000 +33.33% 20
Oxfordshire -27 43 £45,500 +9.64% 16
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 55 (31.79%) SharePoint
2 43 (24.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.89%) Apache
3 5 (2.89%) nginx
4 4 (2.31%) Confluence
5 1 (0.58%) FactoryTalk
Business Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 103 (59.54%) Azure
2 67 (38.73%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (23.12%) Entra ID
4 39 (22.54%) AWS
5 16 (9.25%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (6.36%) Google Workspace
7 9 (5.20%) IaaS
8 8 (4.62%) Cloudflare
9 7 (4.05%) OneDrive
9 7 (4.05%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.47%) GCP
11 5 (2.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.58%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.58%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 101 (58.38%) DNS
2 83 (47.98%) VPN
3 63 (36.42%) DHCP
4 52 (30.06%) Wi-Fi
5 50 (28.90%) VLAN
6 43 (24.86%) TCP/IP
7 40 (23.12%) Network Security
7 40 (23.12%) WAN
8 39 (22.54%) LAN
9 35 (20.23%) Wireless
10 17 (9.83%) SD-WAN
10 17 (9.83%) SSL
11 12 (6.94%) VoIP
12 8 (4.62%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (4.62%) HTTP
13 7 (4.05%) OSPF
13 7 (4.05%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (2.89%) BGP
14 5 (2.89%) Cisco Nexus
14 5 (2.89%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.73%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.16%) MySQL
2 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.31%) JIRA
2 2 (1.16%) GitLab
General
1 74 (42.77%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.09%) Retail
4 12 (6.94%) Finance
5 11 (6.36%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.78%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.58%) Military
11 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (21.97%) Senior
2 36 (20.81%) IT Support
3 32 (18.50%) Network Engineer
4 30 (17.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (17.34%) IT Engineer
5 26 (15.03%) Support Engineer
6 23 (13.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (9.83%) Architect
8 15 (8.67%) Security Engineer
9 11 (6.36%) Analyst
9 11 (6.36%) Lead
9 11 (6.36%) Senior IT Engineer
9 11 (6.36%) Senior IT Support
9 11 (6.36%) Senior Support Engineer
10 10 (5.78%) Applications Architect
10 10 (5.78%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.20%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (4.62%) IT Support Technician
12 8 (4.62%) IT Technician
12 8 (4.62%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.09%) Regular Expression
2 13 (7.51%) XMPP
3 11 (6.36%) LDAP
4 5 (2.89%) Terraform
4 5 (2.89%) Web Services
5 4 (2.31%) JSON
5 4 (2.31%) JSON Schema
5 4 (2.31%) XML
6 1 (0.58%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.76%) Driving Licence
2 15 (8.67%) Cyber Defence
2 15 (8.67%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (8.09%) PKI
4 8 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (4.05%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (4.05%) Private Cloud
5 7 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (4.05%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (3.47%) CCTV
6 6 (3.47%) CSOC
7 5 (2.89%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.31%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.31%) IoT
8 4 (2.31%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.31%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.73%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 102 (58.96%) Windows
2 62 (35.84%) Windows Server
3 56 (32.37%) Linux
4 16 (9.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (6.36%) macOS
6 10 (5.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (5.20%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.16%) Android
8 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.58%) CentOS
9 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.37%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (28.32%) Disaster Recovery
3 46 (26.59%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (26.59%) SIEM
4 42 (24.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (23.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (14.45%) Validation
7 24 (13.87%) Customer Service
7 24 (13.87%) Project Delivery
7 24 (13.87%) Zero Trust
8 23 (13.29%) High Availability
9 22 (12.72%) Incident Response
9 22 (12.72%) Vulnerability Management
10 21 (12.14%) ITIL
11 19 (10.98%) Kalman Filter
11 19 (10.98%) Root Cause Analysis
11 19 (10.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (10.40%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 18 (10.40%) Security Operations
12 18 (10.40%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 52 (30.06%) PowerShell
2 29 (16.76%) Python
3 20 (11.56%) Bash
4 7 (4.05%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (4.05%) Search Processing Language
5 4 (2.31%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.16%) Go
6 2 (1.16%) Korn
7 1 (0.58%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 43 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 34 (19.65%) Degree
3 31 (17.92%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (17.92%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (13.29%) CCNA
5 21 (12.14%) DV Cleared
6 20 (11.56%) CCNP
6 20 (11.56%) CompTIA Security+
7 19 (10.98%) SC Cleared
8 15 (8.67%) GCIA
9 14 (8.09%) Azure Certification
10 13 (7.51%) GIAC
10 13 (7.51%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (6.94%) DBS Check
12 10 (5.78%) CISSP
12 10 (5.78%) SANS
12 10 (5.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 8 (4.62%) CREST Certified
13 8 (4.62%) GCIH
14 7 (4.05%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.34%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (6.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 11 (6.36%) GDPR
3 10 (5.78%) NCSC
4 6 (3.47%) NIST
5 5 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.16%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.16%) QA
6 2 (1.16%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.58%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.58%) GxP
System Software
1 79 (45.66%) Active Directory
2 42 (24.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (23.12%) Hyper-V
4 21 (12.14%) vSphere
5 8 (4.62%) KVM
6 7 (4.05%) VMware NSX
7 6 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (2.89%) Squid
8 5 (2.89%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (2.31%) Docker
9 4 (2.31%) Firmware
10 2 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (1.16%) iptables
11 1 (0.58%) LXC
11 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 44 (25.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (6.94%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (5.20%) Graylog
4 8 (4.62%) FortiGate
4 8 (4.62%) Kibana
4 8 (4.62%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.62%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.47%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.31%) Ansible
7 3 (1.73%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (1.16%) Grafana
8 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.58%) Autotask
9 1 (0.58%) N-central
9 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.58%) Puppet
9 1 (0.58%) QRadar
9 1 (0.58%) SCCM
9 1 (0.58%) vRealize
Vendors
1 116 (67.05%) Microsoft
2 67 (38.73%) VMware
3 48 (27.75%) Cisco
4 34 (19.65%) Fortinet
5 24 (13.87%) Veeam
6 16 (9.25%) Apple
6 16 (9.25%) Red Hat
7 14 (8.09%) Palo Alto
8 12 (6.94%) Aruba
8 12 (6.94%) Datto
8 12 (6.94%) Google
9 11 (6.36%) SonicWALL
10 10 (5.78%) CrowdStrike
10 10 (5.78%) McAfee
10 10 (5.78%) Splunk
11 8 (4.62%) Juniper
12 7 (4.05%) Carbon Black
12 7 (4.05%) Meraki
13 4 (2.31%) IBM
13 4 (2.31%) Ruckus Wireless