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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 92 47
Rank change year-on-year +44 -45 +6
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 176 105 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.97% 3.04% 4.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 39.73% 18.39% 34.66%
Number of salaries quoted 129 82 290
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,075 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,000 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year +36.90% -12.04% +6.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,125 £65,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,920
% change year-on-year +5.26% +10.67% -4.62%

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 443 571 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.47% 16.55% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 318 264 680
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,475
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,875 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +4.40%

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 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 23 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 +49 96 £57,500 +12.20% 16
Buckinghamshire +17 57 £62,500 +66.67% 10
Oxfordshire -4 23 £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 28 (15.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (14.20%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.27%) Confluence
4 3 (1.70%) Apache
5 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 82 (46.59%) Azure
2 56 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (28.98%) AWS
4 17 (9.66%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.39%) GCP
6 11 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (5.68%) OpenShift
8 8 (4.55%) Cloudflare
9 6 (3.41%) Google Workspace
9 6 (3.41%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.84%) Apigee
10 5 (2.84%) Kong
10 5 (2.84%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.70%) IaaS
11 3 (1.70%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.57%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.57%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 79 (44.89%) DNS
2 69 (39.20%) VPN
3 39 (22.16%) Wi-Fi
4 36 (20.45%) WAN
5 30 (17.05%) DHCP
6 28 (15.91%) LAN
7 27 (15.34%) TCP/IP
8 23 (13.07%) VLAN
8 23 (13.07%) VoIP
9 18 (10.23%) Network Security
10 14 (7.95%) Wireless
11 12 (6.82%) PBX
11 12 (6.82%) SAN
12 11 (6.25%) Unified Communications
12 11 (6.25%) Wireshark
13 10 (5.68%) DECT
13 10 (5.68%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (5.11%) HTTP
15 8 (4.55%) iSCSI
15 8 (4.55%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.68%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.55%) MySQL
2 8 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (7.39%) GitLab
2 6 (3.41%) Git
3 4 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 69 (39.20%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.20%) Telecoms
3 18 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (7.95%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.68%) Finance
7 7 (3.98%) Marketing
8 6 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.27%) Retail
11 3 (1.70%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.14%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.57%) Aviation
13 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 36 (20.45%) Senior
2 30 (17.05%) Architect
3 26 (14.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (13.64%) IT Support
5 23 (13.07%) Network Engineer
6 18 (10.23%) Applications Architect
7 17 (9.66%) Analyst
7 17 (9.66%) IT Engineer
8 15 (8.52%) Security Architect
8 15 (8.52%) Support Engineer
9 13 (7.39%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (6.82%) Security Engineer
10 12 (6.82%) Support Technician
11 11 (6.25%) IT Support Technician
11 11 (6.25%) IT Technician
12 10 (5.68%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (5.68%) Telecoms Engineer
13 9 (5.11%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (5.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.50%) Regular Expression
2 18 (10.23%) LDAP
2 18 (10.23%) XMPP
3 16 (9.09%) JSON
4 11 (6.25%) XML
5 10 (5.68%) Jinja
5 10 (5.68%) YAML
6 6 (3.41%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.84%) REST
7 5 (2.84%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.36%) Driving Licence
2 19 (10.80%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (8.52%) PKI
4 11 (6.25%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (5.68%) Web Conferencing
6 9 (5.11%) Cloud Native
6 9 (5.11%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (4.55%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.55%) Security Posture
8 6 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (3.41%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.27%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.27%) Private Cloud
9 4 (2.27%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.70%) Life Science
10 3 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.70%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.14%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 106 (60.23%) Windows
2 77 (43.75%) Linux
3 74 (42.05%) Windows Server
4 30 (17.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.68%) Mac OS
6 6 (3.41%) Windows 10
7 5 (2.84%) Unix
8 4 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.14%) CentOS
10 1 (0.57%) Android
10 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.57%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.57%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.14%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (23.86%) SIEM
3 38 (21.59%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 28 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (15.91%) ITIL
6 25 (14.20%) Validation
7 22 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (10.80%) Application Security
8 19 (10.80%) Customer Service
8 19 (10.80%) Platform Engineering
9 18 (10.23%) High Availability
9 18 (10.23%) Task Automation
10 17 (9.66%) Antivirus Management
10 17 (9.66%) Incident Response
11 16 (9.09%) CI/CD
11 16 (9.09%) Containerisation
11 16 (9.09%) Pattern Matching
11 16 (9.09%) Presales
11 16 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (21.59%) PowerShell
2 31 (17.61%) Python
3 23 (13.07%) Bash
4 7 (3.98%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (3.41%) Korn
5 6 (3.41%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.84%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.14%) C
9 1 (0.57%) Bicep
9 1 (0.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (24.43%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.61%) Degree
3 29 (16.48%) DV Cleared
4 13 (7.39%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (6.82%) CCNA
5 12 (6.82%) GCIA
6 11 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (5.68%) CCNP
7 10 (5.68%) SANS
7 10 (5.68%) SC Cleared
8 9 (5.11%) GIAC
8 9 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (5.11%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.55%) CREST Certified
9 8 (4.55%) GCIH
10 7 (3.98%) DBS Check
10 7 (3.98%) GCED
11 6 (3.41%) OSCP
12 5 (2.84%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.55%) SLA
3 5 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.70%) GDPR
4 3 (1.70%) QA
4 3 (1.70%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.14%) NCSC
5 2 (1.14%) NIST
6 1 (0.57%) GRC
System Software
1 79 (44.89%) Active Directory
2 29 (16.48%) Hyper-V
3 28 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (13.07%) vSphere
5 12 (6.82%) Docker
6 9 (5.11%) KVM
7 8 (4.55%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (4.55%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.70%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.70%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 14 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (5.11%) Graylog
3 9 (5.11%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.55%) Kibana
4 8 (4.55%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.41%) Terraform
5 6 (3.41%) vRealize
6 4 (2.27%) Ansible
6 4 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.70%) Grafana
7 3 (1.70%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.57%) Autotask
8 1 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.57%) QRadar
Vendors
1 99 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 67 (38.07%) VMware
3 36 (20.45%) Red Hat
4 29 (16.48%) Cisco
5 17 (9.66%) Palo Alto
6 14 (7.95%) McAfee
7 13 (7.39%) Fortinet
7 13 (7.39%) Veeam
8 12 (6.82%) Aruba
9 11 (6.25%) Juniper
10 10 (5.68%) Splunk
11 9 (5.11%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (4.55%) Dell
13 7 (3.98%) Carbon Black
13 7 (3.98%) Google
14 5 (2.84%) Datto
14 5 (2.84%) F5
15 4 (2.27%) Citrix
15 4 (2.27%) SonicWALL
15 4 (2.27%) Sophos