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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 73 42
Rank change year-on-year +4 -31 +17
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 112 138 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.96% 3.42% 5.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.91% 26.34% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 90 88 170
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,850 £32,375
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,259 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,250 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% +6.63% +15.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,800 £74,250
South East median annual salary £46,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +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 351 524 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.28% 13.00% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 218 249 393
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £30,650
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +6.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.43% +9.00% +3.90%

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 3 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 3 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 -14 55 £49,000 -10.91% 27
Oxfordshire +19 29 £41,500 -7.97% 18
Buckinghamshire +16 28 £60,000 +20.00% 12
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 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (15.18%) SharePoint
3 8 (7.14%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (6.25%) IIS
5 3 (2.68%) WinCC
6 2 (1.79%) CMS
6 2 (1.79%) Confluence
6 2 (1.79%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (1.79%) WordPress
7 1 (0.89%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 52 (46.43%) Azure
1 52 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (30.36%) AWS
3 9 (8.04%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.14%) GCP
5 5 (4.46%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.57%) SaaS
7 3 (2.68%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.79%) Amazon ELB
8 2 (1.79%) Amazon Glacier
8 2 (1.79%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.79%) AWS KMS
8 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.79%) OCI
8 2 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.89%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.89%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (29.46%) DNS
2 26 (23.21%) DHCP
3 25 (22.32%) VPN
4 24 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 24 (21.43%) VLAN
5 23 (20.54%) SAN
6 21 (18.75%) WAN
7 19 (16.96%) Wireless
8 16 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (12.50%) LAN
10 12 (10.71%) Network Security
11 9 (8.04%) VoIP
12 7 (6.25%) iSCSI
12 7 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
13 6 (5.36%) NAS
14 5 (4.46%) DECT
14 5 (4.46%) DSL
14 5 (4.46%) PBX
14 5 (4.46%) Unified Communications
14 5 (4.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (6.25%) MySQL
2 7 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.89%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Git
1 3 (2.68%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.79%) JIRA
2 2 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.79%) Vagrant
3 1 (0.89%) Maven
3 1 (0.89%) MSBuild
General
1 47 (41.96%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.04%) Telecoms
3 7 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (5.36%) Retail
5 5 (4.46%) Marketing
6 4 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.57%) Finance
6 4 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.89%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.89%) Humanities
8 1 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.89%) Law
8 1 (0.89%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (23.21%) Senior
2 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 14 (12.50%) IT Support
4 13 (11.61%) Support Engineer
5 11 (9.82%) Linux Engineer
5 11 (9.82%) Support Technician
6 10 (8.93%) IT Engineer
6 10 (8.93%) Security Engineer
7 9 (8.04%) Cisco Engineer
7 9 (8.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 9 (8.04%) IT Support Engineer
7 9 (8.04%) Senior Security Engineer
8 8 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 8 (7.14%) Cisco Field Engineer
8 8 (7.14%) Field Engineer
8 8 (7.14%) Lead
8 8 (7.14%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.79%) Web Services
2 1 (0.89%) .NET
2 1 (0.89%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.71%) Replication
2 11 (9.82%) Driving Licence
3 8 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 8 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.46%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.57%) Operational Technology
6 4 (3.57%) SCADA
7 3 (2.68%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.68%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.79%) Clustering
8 2 (1.79%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.89%) CMDB
9 1 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.89%) PKI
9 1 (0.89%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 67 (59.82%) Windows
2 40 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 26 (23.21%) Linux
4 15 (13.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (6.25%) Mac OS
7 5 (4.46%) Apple iOS
8 4 (3.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (2.68%) Android
10 2 (1.79%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (1.79%) Unix
10 2 (1.79%) VMS
10 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (27.68%) ITIL
3 19 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (16.07%) Agile
4 18 (16.07%) Business Continuity
5 17 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 13 (11.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (10.71%) Project Delivery
8 12 (10.71%) Security Operations
8 12 (10.71%) Time Management
9 11 (9.82%) High Availability
9 11 (9.82%) Information Security
9 11 (9.82%) Migration
9 11 (9.82%) Presales
9 11 (9.82%) SIEM
10 10 (8.93%) Knowledge Transfer
11 9 (8.04%) Customer Service
11 9 (8.04%) Service Delivery
12 8 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.18%) PowerShell
2 12 (10.71%) Bash
3 8 (7.14%) Python
4 7 (6.25%) Korn
5 4 (3.57%) SQL
6 2 (1.79%) Groovy
6 2 (1.79%) Java
6 2 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.79%) Perl
6 2 (1.79%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.89%) Bicep
7 1 (0.89%) C#
7 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.89%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (21.43%) Degree
2 12 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (9.82%) CISSP
4 9 (8.04%) CCNP
5 8 (7.14%) CCNA
5 8 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (7.14%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (6.25%) GCIA
6 7 (6.25%) SANS
7 6 (5.36%) MCSE
8 4 (3.57%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.68%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.68%) CISM
9 3 (2.68%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.68%) MCP
9 3 (2.68%) MCSA
9 3 (2.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (20.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (6.25%) SLA
5 3 (2.68%) GDPR
5 3 (2.68%) GRC
5 3 (2.68%) IEC 61508
5 3 (2.68%) QA
6 2 (1.79%) IEC 61131
6 2 (1.79%) NIST
6 2 (1.79%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.89%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.89%) NIST 800
System Software
1 41 (36.61%) Active Directory
2 27 (24.11%) Hyper-V
3 26 (23.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (10.71%) Docker
5 11 (9.82%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (6.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 6 (5.36%) vSphere
8 3 (2.68%) Terminal Services
8 3 (2.68%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.79%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (26.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (9.82%) SCCM
3 8 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.14%) Terraform
4 4 (3.57%) Ansible
5 3 (2.68%) vRealize
6 2 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.79%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.79%) Grafana
6 2 (1.79%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (55.36%) Microsoft
2 42 (37.50%) VMware
3 21 (18.75%) Cisco
4 14 (12.50%) Sophos
5 12 (10.71%) Draytek
6 10 (8.93%) Meraki
6 10 (8.93%) Palo Alto
7 8 (7.14%) arcserve
7 8 (7.14%) Red Hat
7 8 (7.14%) Splunk
8 7 (6.25%) Dell
8 7 (6.25%) Google
9 6 (5.36%) LogicMonitor
10 5 (4.46%) Apple
10 5 (4.46%) Aruba
11 4 (3.57%) Atlassian
11 4 (3.57%) Fortinet
12 3 (2.68%) Forcepoint
12 3 (2.68%) ServiceNow
12 3 (2.68%) Siemens