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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 94 42
Rank change year-on-year +40 -52 +15
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 163 93 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.88% 2.74% 4.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.55% 17.22% 34.86%
Number of salaries quoted 112 72 293
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,875 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £49,881
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -9.79% +10.85%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,375 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £86,775 £65,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +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 446 540 938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.88% 15.91% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 297 234 684
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

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 June 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 June 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 +48 87 £52,500 +5.00% 31
Buckinghamshire +16 56 £62,500 +66.67% 7
Oxfordshire -3 20 £35,000 -15.66% 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 25 (15.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (13.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.45%) Confluence
4 3 (1.84%) Apache
5 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 72 (44.17%) Azure
2 53 (32.52%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (27.61%) AWS
4 14 (8.59%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.98%) GCP
6 11 (6.75%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (6.13%) OpenShift
8 8 (4.91%) Cloudflare
8 8 (4.91%) Google Workspace
9 6 (3.68%) OneDrive
10 5 (3.07%) Apigee
10 5 (3.07%) Kong
11 3 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.84%) IaaS
11 3 (1.84%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.84%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.61%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.61%) PaaS
12 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (41.72%) DNS
2 57 (34.97%) VPN
3 29 (17.79%) WAN
3 29 (17.79%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (16.56%) TCP/IP
5 25 (15.34%) DHCP
6 22 (13.50%) VoIP
7 20 (12.27%) LAN
8 19 (11.66%) VLAN
9 13 (7.98%) PBX
10 12 (7.36%) SAN
10 12 (7.36%) Wireshark
11 11 (6.75%) DECT
11 11 (6.75%) Network Security
11 11 (6.75%) Unified Communications
12 10 (6.13%) Wireless
13 8 (4.91%) DSL
13 8 (4.91%) iSCSI
13 8 (4.91%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (4.29%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.91%) MySQL
2 8 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.59%) GitLab
2 6 (3.68%) Git
3 4 (2.45%) JIRA
General
1 63 (38.65%) Social Skills
2 26 (15.95%) Telecoms
3 16 (9.82%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.36%) Finance
6 10 (6.13%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.91%) Marketing
8 6 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.45%) Retail
11 3 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.61%) Aviation
13 1 (0.61%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.61%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 33 (20.25%) Senior
2 27 (16.56%) Architect
3 26 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (13.50%) IT Support
4 22 (13.50%) Network Engineer
5 17 (10.43%) Analyst
6 16 (9.82%) Applications Architect
7 15 (9.20%) IT Engineer
8 14 (8.59%) Support Engineer
9 13 (7.98%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (7.98%) Security Architect
10 12 (7.36%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (6.75%) Support Technician
12 10 (6.13%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (6.13%) IT Support Technician
12 10 (6.13%) IT Technician
12 10 (6.13%) Security Engineer
12 10 (6.13%) Telecoms Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (5.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.04%) Regular Expression
2 14 (8.59%) JSON
2 14 (8.59%) LDAP
2 14 (8.59%) XMPP
3 10 (6.13%) Jinja
3 10 (6.13%) YAML
4 9 (5.52%) XML
5 5 (3.07%) REST
5 5 (3.07%) YANG
6 4 (2.45%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.04%) Driving Licence
2 15 (9.20%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.98%) PKI
4 11 (6.75%) Web Conferencing
5 10 (6.13%) Cloud Native
5 10 (6.13%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (4.91%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (3.07%) Security Posture
9 4 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.45%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.84%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.84%) Life Science
10 3 (1.84%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.84%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 98 (60.12%) Windows
2 71 (43.56%) Linux
3 70 (42.94%) Windows Server
4 26 (15.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (5.52%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.07%) Unix
7 4 (2.45%) Android
7 4 (2.45%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.45%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.23%) CentOS
10 1 (0.61%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.61%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (21.47%) SIEM
3 32 (19.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 31 (19.02%) ITIL
5 29 (17.79%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (11.66%) Validation
8 18 (11.04%) Platform Engineering
8 18 (11.04%) Task Automation
9 17 (10.43%) Application Security
9 17 (10.43%) CI/CD
9 17 (10.43%) Containerisation
9 17 (10.43%) Customer Service
10 16 (9.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (9.82%) Time Management
11 15 (9.20%) Antivirus Management
11 15 (9.20%) High Availability
12 14 (8.59%) Pattern Matching
12 14 (8.59%) Presales
12 14 (8.59%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.25%) PowerShell
2 29 (17.79%) Python
3 21 (12.88%) Bash
4 6 (3.68%) Korn
5 5 (3.07%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.07%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (2.45%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.23%) C
8 1 (0.61%) Bicep
8 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 30 (18.40%) Degree
3 26 (15.95%) DV Cleared
4 10 (6.13%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (5.52%) CCNA
5 9 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (5.52%) GCIA
6 8 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.91%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (4.91%) SANS
6 8 (4.91%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.68%) CCNP
7 6 (3.68%) CREST Certified
7 6 (3.68%) DBS Check
7 6 (3.68%) GCIH
7 6 (3.68%) GIAC
8 5 (3.07%) CISSP
8 5 (3.07%) GCED
8 5 (3.07%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.91%) SLA
4 5 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.84%) QA
5 3 (1.84%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.23%) GDPR
6 2 (1.23%) GRC
6 2 (1.23%) NIST
7 1 (0.61%) NCSC
7 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 70 (42.94%) Active Directory
2 30 (18.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (14.72%) Hyper-V
4 18 (11.04%) vSphere
5 12 (7.36%) Docker
6 9 (5.52%) KVM
7 8 (4.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (4.91%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.84%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.84%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.23%) Samba
Systems Management
1 15 (9.20%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.52%) Graylog
2 9 (5.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.52%) Proxmox
3 8 (4.91%) ZABBIX
4 7 (4.29%) vRealize
5 6 (3.68%) Kibana
6 5 (3.07%) Terraform
7 4 (2.45%) Ansible
8 3 (1.84%) Grafana
8 3 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.84%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.61%) Autotask
9 1 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.61%) QRadar
Vendors
1 89 (54.60%) Microsoft
2 62 (38.04%) VMware
3 32 (19.63%) Red Hat
4 21 (12.88%) Cisco
5 15 (9.20%) Palo Alto
6 12 (7.36%) Veeam
7 10 (6.13%) McAfee
8 9 (5.52%) Google
9 8 (4.91%) Dell
9 8 (4.91%) Juniper
9 8 (4.91%) Splunk
10 7 (4.29%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (3.68%) Aruba
11 6 (3.68%) Carbon Black
11 6 (3.68%) F5
11 6 (3.68%) Fortinet
12 4 (2.45%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.45%) Citrix
12 4 (2.45%) IBM
12 4 (2.45%) Sophos