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 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 77 40
Rank change year-on-year -7 -37 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 104 119 175
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.62% 3.39% 5.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.89% 24.79% 38.29%
Number of salaries quoted 77 78 168
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £53,750 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.84% +9.69% +15.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,931 £68,250 £75,300
South East median annual salary £46,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.38% +5.00% +11.11%

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 360 480 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.07% 13.66% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 196 230 380
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,531 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,602 £90,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

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 23 December 2025.

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 23 December 2025. 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 -1 57 £49,000 -10.91% 44
Oxfordshire +12 25 £41,500 -30.83% 17
Buckinghamshire +1 22 £58,500 +17.00% 25
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 16 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (3.85%) IIS
5 3 (2.88%) WinCC
6 2 (1.92%) CMS
6 2 (1.92%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (1.92%) WordPress
7 1 (0.96%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 44 (42.31%) Azure
2 42 (40.38%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (27.88%) AWS
4 9 (8.65%) GCP
5 8 (7.69%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.85%) SaaS
7 3 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.92%) OCI
9 1 (0.96%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.96%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (30.77%) DNS
2 26 (25.00%) DHCP
3 25 (24.04%) TCP/IP
4 23 (22.12%) VPN
5 22 (21.15%) VLAN
6 20 (19.23%) Wireless
7 19 (18.27%) WAN
8 15 (14.42%) SAN
9 14 (13.46%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (11.54%) Network Security
11 11 (10.58%) LAN
12 10 (9.62%) VoIP
13 6 (5.77%) DECT
13 6 (5.77%) DSL
13 6 (5.77%) NAS
13 6 (5.77%) PBX
13 6 (5.77%) Unified Communications
13 6 (5.77%) Wireshark
14 4 (3.85%) iSCSI
14 4 (3.85%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.65%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.85%) MySQL
2 4 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.96%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.96%) GitLab
General
1 38 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.62%) Telecoms
3 7 (6.73%) Finance
4 6 (5.77%) Marketing
4 6 (5.77%) Retail
5 4 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.96%) Humanities
6 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.96%) Law
6 1 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (22.12%) Senior
2 13 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (11.54%) Infrastructure Manager
3 12 (11.54%) IT Support
4 11 (10.58%) Support Engineer
5 10 (9.62%) Security Engineer
6 9 (8.65%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (8.65%) Analyst
6 9 (8.65%) Cisco Engineer
6 9 (8.65%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 9 (8.65%) Senior Security Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) Cisco Field Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) Field Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) IT Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) Lead
7 8 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
7 8 (7.69%) Security Manager
8 7 (6.73%) IT Manager
8 7 (6.73%) IT Security Manager
8 7 (6.73%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) Web Services
2 1 (0.96%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.58%) Driving Licence
2 8 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (6.73%) Replication
4 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.77%) Web Conferencing
5 4 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.85%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.85%) SCADA
5 4 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.92%) Clustering
7 2 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.92%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.96%) CMDB
8 1 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.96%) PKI
8 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (53.85%) Windows
2 34 (32.69%) Windows Server
3 20 (19.23%) Linux
4 12 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (5.77%) Android
5 6 (5.77%) Apple iOS
6 5 (4.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
7 4 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.81%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (25.00%) ITIL
3 20 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (14.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (13.46%) Mentoring
6 13 (12.50%) Business Continuity
7 12 (11.54%) Agile
7 12 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (11.54%) Presales
7 12 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 12 (11.54%) Security Operations
8 11 (10.58%) SIEM
9 10 (9.62%) High Availability
9 10 (9.62%) Time Management
10 9 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (8.65%) Customer Service
11 8 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
11 8 (7.69%) Migration
11 8 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
11 8 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.69%) Bash
3 6 (5.77%) Python
4 4 (3.85%) Korn
4 4 (3.85%) SQL
5 2 (1.92%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.96%) Bicep
6 1 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.96%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (19.23%) Degree
2 13 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (11.54%) CISSP
3 12 (11.54%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.65%) CCNP
5 8 (7.69%) CCNA
5 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (6.73%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (6.73%) GCIA
6 7 (6.73%) SANS
7 6 (5.77%) DV Cleared
7 6 (5.77%) MCSE
8 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared
9 4 (3.85%) CISM
10 3 (2.88%) CCSP
10 3 (2.88%) CEH
10 3 (2.88%) CISA
10 3 (2.88%) MCP
10 3 (2.88%) MCSA
10 3 (2.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (19.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (18.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (3.85%) GRC
4 4 (3.85%) SLA
5 3 (2.88%) IEC 61508
5 3 (2.88%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.88%) QA
6 2 (1.92%) GDPR
6 2 (1.92%) IEC 61131
6 2 (1.92%) NIST
7 1 (0.96%) NIST 800
System Software
1 34 (32.69%) Active Directory
2 25 (24.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (21.15%) Hyper-V
4 11 (10.58%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (5.77%) Docker
5 6 (5.77%) vSphere
6 5 (4.81%) VMware NSX
7 4 (3.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (21.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.77%) SCCM
2 6 (5.77%) Terraform
3 5 (4.81%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.81%) vRealize
4 4 (3.85%) Ansible
5 2 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.92%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 50 (48.08%) Microsoft
2 43 (41.35%) VMware
3 19 (18.27%) Cisco
4 15 (14.42%) Palo Alto
5 12 (11.54%) Draytek
5 12 (11.54%) Sophos
6 11 (10.58%) Google
7 10 (9.62%) Meraki
8 6 (5.77%) LogicMonitor
9 5 (4.81%) arcserve
9 5 (4.81%) Aruba
9 5 (4.81%) Red Hat
9 5 (4.81%) Splunk
10 4 (3.85%) Atlassian
10 4 (3.85%) CheckPoint
10 4 (3.85%) Dell
10 4 (3.85%) Fortinet
10 4 (3.85%) Tenable
11 3 (2.88%) Rockwell
11 3 (2.88%) Siemens