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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 90 48
Rank change year-on-year +46 -42 +2
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 183 111 320
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.02% 3.16% 4.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 40.58% 19.44% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 136 88 279
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £45,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -3.74% +3.89%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,875 £65,000
South East median annual salary £47,750 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.53% +11.76% -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 451 571 937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.45% 16.26% 13.13%
Number of salaries quoted 322 272 659
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,089
Median % change year-on-year - +2.07% -2.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,063 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +3.83%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +43 97 £55,000 +4.76% 20
Buckinghamshire +10 59 £62,500 +66.67% 13
Oxfordshire -10 27 £37,500 -9.64% 19
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 31 (16.94%) SharePoint
2 30 (16.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.19%) Apache
3 4 (2.19%) Confluence
4 1 (0.55%) IIS
4 1 (0.55%) nginx
Business Applications
1 5 (2.73%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 86 (46.99%) Azure
2 58 (31.69%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (28.42%) AWS
4 19 (10.38%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.10%) GCP
6 11 (6.01%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (5.46%) OpenShift
8 8 (4.37%) Cloudflare
9 7 (3.83%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.28%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.73%) Apigee
11 5 (2.73%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.73%) Kong
12 3 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.64%) IaaS
12 3 (1.64%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.55%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 85 (46.45%) DNS
2 76 (41.53%) VPN
3 44 (24.04%) Wi-Fi
4 37 (20.22%) WAN
5 35 (19.13%) DHCP
6 29 (15.85%) LAN
7 28 (15.30%) VLAN
8 27 (14.75%) TCP/IP
9 23 (12.57%) VoIP
10 19 (10.38%) Network Security
10 19 (10.38%) Wireless
11 12 (6.56%) PBX
11 12 (6.56%) SAN
12 11 (6.01%) Unified Communications
12 11 (6.01%) Wireshark
13 10 (5.46%) DECT
13 10 (5.46%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (4.92%) HTTP
14 9 (4.92%) SD-WAN
15 8 (4.37%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.37%) MySQL
2 8 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (7.10%) GitLab
2 6 (3.28%) Git
3 4 (2.19%) JIRA
General
1 71 (38.80%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.66%) Telecoms
3 18 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (7.65%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (6.01%) Finance
7 7 (3.83%) Marketing
8 6 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.73%) Retail
10 4 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.09%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.55%) Aviation
12 1 (0.55%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.55%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 37 (20.22%) Senior
2 31 (16.94%) Architect
3 27 (14.75%) Network Engineer
4 26 (14.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (13.66%) IT Support
6 22 (12.02%) IT Engineer
7 18 (9.84%) Applications Architect
8 16 (8.74%) Analyst
8 16 (8.74%) Support Engineer
9 15 (8.20%) Security Architect
10 14 (7.65%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (6.56%) 2nd Line Support
11 12 (6.56%) Security Engineer
11 12 (6.56%) Support Technician
12 11 (6.01%) IT Support Technician
12 11 (6.01%) IT Technician
13 10 (5.46%) Automation Engineer
13 10 (5.46%) Telecoms Engineer
14 9 (4.92%) Linux Engineer
14 9 (4.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.02%) Regular Expression
2 18 (9.84%) LDAP
2 18 (9.84%) XMPP
3 16 (8.74%) JSON
4 11 (6.01%) XML
5 10 (5.46%) Jinja
5 10 (5.46%) YAML
6 6 (3.28%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.73%) REST
7 5 (2.73%) YANG
8 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.11%) Self-Motivation
2 21 (11.48%) Driving Licence
3 15 (8.20%) PKI
4 11 (6.01%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (5.46%) Web Conferencing
6 9 (4.92%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.92%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (4.37%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.37%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.83%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.73%) CCTV
10 5 (2.73%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.73%) Private Cloud
11 4 (2.19%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.64%) Life Science
12 3 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 108 (59.02%) Windows
2 78 (42.62%) Linux
3 76 (41.53%) Windows Server
4 30 (16.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.46%) Mac OS
6 8 (4.37%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.73%) Unix
8 4 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.09%) CentOS
10 1 (0.55%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.55%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (27.32%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (22.95%) SIEM
3 38 (20.77%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (18.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 30 (16.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (15.30%) ITIL
7 27 (14.75%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (13.66%) Validation
9 23 (12.57%) Customer Service
10 20 (10.93%) Time Management
11 19 (10.38%) Application Security
11 19 (10.38%) High Availability
11 19 (10.38%) Platform Engineering
12 18 (9.84%) Task Automation
13 17 (9.29%) Antivirus Management
13 17 (9.29%) Incident Response
14 16 (8.74%) CI/CD
14 16 (8.74%) Containerisation
14 16 (8.74%) Pattern Matching
14 16 (8.74%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 44 (24.04%) PowerShell
2 35 (19.13%) Python
3 23 (12.57%) Bash
4 7 (3.83%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (3.28%) Korn
5 6 (3.28%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.73%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.09%) C
9 1 (0.55%) Bicep
9 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 32 (17.49%) Degree
3 30 (16.39%) DV Cleared
4 15 (8.20%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (7.10%) CCNA
6 12 (6.56%) GCIA
7 11 (6.01%) CCNP
7 11 (6.01%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (6.01%) SC Cleared
8 10 (5.46%) SANS
9 9 (4.92%) GIAC
9 9 (4.92%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (4.37%) CREST Certified
10 8 (4.37%) GCIH
11 7 (3.83%) DBS Check
11 7 (3.83%) GCED
12 6 (3.28%) OSCP
13 5 (2.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.37%) SLA
3 7 (3.83%) GDPR
4 5 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.64%) NCSC
5 3 (1.64%) QA
5 3 (1.64%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.09%) NIST
7 1 (0.55%) GRC
System Software
1 84 (45.90%) Active Directory
2 33 (18.03%) Hyper-V
3 32 (17.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (14.75%) vSphere
5 12 (6.56%) Docker
6 9 (4.92%) KVM
6 9 (4.92%) VMware NSX
7 8 (4.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.64%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.64%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.09%) Samba
11 1 (0.55%) Squid
11 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (8.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.65%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.92%) Graylog
3 9 (4.92%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.37%) Kibana
4 8 (4.37%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.28%) Terraform
5 6 (3.28%) vRealize
6 4 (2.19%) Ansible
6 4 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.64%) Grafana
7 3 (1.64%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.55%) Autotask
8 1 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 106 (57.92%) Microsoft
2 72 (39.34%) VMware
3 36 (19.67%) Red Hat
4 30 (16.39%) Cisco
5 17 (9.29%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.65%) McAfee
6 14 (7.65%) Veeam
7 13 (7.10%) Fortinet
8 12 (6.56%) Aruba
9 11 (6.01%) Juniper
10 10 (5.46%) Splunk
11 9 (4.92%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (4.37%) Dell
13 7 (3.83%) Carbon Black
14 6 (3.28%) Google
15 5 (2.73%) Datto
15 5 (2.73%) F5
16 4 (2.19%) Citrix
16 4 (2.19%) SonicWALL
16 4 (2.19%) Sophos