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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 79 42
Rank change year-on-year +22 -37 +19
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 127 92 302
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.72% 3.26% 5.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 29.88% 23.00% 39.58%
Number of salaries quoted 84 73 287
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,563 £42,500 £35,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £60,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.42% +37.93% +16.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £94,500 £62,500
South East median annual salary £49,000 £53,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.55% +24.71% -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 425 400 763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.10% 14.17% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 230 212 638
10th Percentile £26,225 £27,500 £27,925
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £59,688 £65,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +17 74 £49,000 -10.91% 27
Buckinghamshire -1 27 £60,000 +20.00% 9
Oxfordshire +5 26 £34,000 -48.68% 7
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 20 (15.75%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.15%) IIS
4 3 (2.36%) Apache
5 2 (1.57%) CMS
5 2 (1.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 57 (44.88%) Azure
2 46 (36.22%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (23.62%) AWS
4 12 (9.45%) Entra ID
5 11 (8.66%) GCP
6 10 (7.87%) Google Workspace
6 10 (7.87%) OpenShift
7 5 (3.94%) Apigee
7 5 (3.94%) Kong
7 5 (3.94%) SaaS
8 4 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.79%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.79%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (33.86%) DNS
1 43 (33.86%) VPN
2 27 (21.26%) WAN
3 25 (19.69%) DHCP
4 23 (18.11%) VoIP
5 22 (17.32%) VLAN
6 20 (15.75%) TCP/IP
7 18 (14.17%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (12.60%) PBX
8 16 (12.60%) Wireless
9 14 (11.02%) DECT
9 14 (11.02%) Unified Communications
9 14 (11.02%) Wireshark
10 13 (10.24%) DSL
11 11 (8.66%) LAN
12 6 (4.72%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (4.72%) Network Security
12 6 (4.72%) SAN
13 3 (2.36%) iSCSI
13 3 (2.36%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.36%) MySQL
2 3 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) GitLab
2 6 (4.72%) Git
General
1 61 (48.03%) Social Skills
2 34 (26.77%) Telecoms
3 13 (10.24%) Marketing
4 12 (9.45%) Finance
5 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.09%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.72%) Retail
8 5 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.79%) Aviation
11 1 (0.79%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.79%) Law
11 1 (0.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (16.54%) IT Support
2 18 (14.17%) 2nd Line Support
2 18 (14.17%) Senior
2 18 (14.17%) Support Engineer
3 15 (11.81%) IT Engineer
4 14 (11.02%) Architect
4 14 (11.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (10.24%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (10.24%) Network Engineer
6 11 (8.66%) Analyst
7 10 (7.87%) Automation Engineer
7 10 (7.87%) Telecoms Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) Linux Engineer
8 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) Automation Specialist
9 6 (4.72%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (4.72%) Lead
9 6 (4.72%) Network Specialist
9 6 (4.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.24%) JSON
2 10 (7.87%) Jinja
2 10 (7.87%) YAML
3 8 (6.30%) XML
4 5 (3.94%) Regular Expression
4 5 (3.94%) REST
4 5 (3.94%) YANG
5 4 (3.15%) LDAP
6 3 (2.36%) JSON Schema
7 2 (1.57%) Web Services
7 2 (1.57%) XMPP
8 1 (0.79%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.02%) Web Conferencing
2 12 (9.45%) Driving Licence
3 11 (8.66%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.94%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.15%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.36%) PKI
6 3 (2.36%) Replication
6 3 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.57%) Clustering
7 2 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.57%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.79%) SCADA
8 1 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 69 (54.33%) Windows
2 45 (35.43%) Windows Server
3 40 (31.50%) Linux
4 8 (6.30%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (5.51%) Android
5 7 (5.51%) Apple iOS
5 7 (5.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.94%) Unix
6 5 (3.94%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.57%) CentOS
8 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.79%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.79%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (30.71%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (15.75%) Customer Service
3 16 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (12.60%) Time Management
4 15 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (11.81%) Presales
5 14 (11.02%) ITIL
6 13 (10.24%) Case Management
6 13 (10.24%) Project Delivery
6 13 (10.24%) Task Automation
7 12 (9.45%) CI/CD
7 12 (9.45%) Containerisation
8 10 (7.87%) API Management
8 10 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (7.87%) Network Design
9 9 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (6.30%) High Availability
10 8 (6.30%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (6.30%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.81%) PowerShell
2 13 (10.24%) Python
3 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.15%) Bash
4 4 (3.15%) SQL
5 3 (2.36%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.57%) Bicep
6 2 (1.57%) C
6 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.79%) Korn
Qualifications
1 23 (18.11%) Degree
2 20 (15.75%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.81%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.94%) MCSE
7 4 (3.15%) CISSP
8 3 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.36%) CCNA
8 3 (2.36%) CCSP
8 3 (2.36%) CEH
8 3 (2.36%) CISA
8 3 (2.36%) CISM
8 3 (2.36%) MCSA
8 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.57%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (7.09%) SLA
2 8 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.15%) GRC
4 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.36%) NIST
4 3 (2.36%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 49 (38.58%) Active Directory
2 16 (12.60%) Hyper-V
3 14 (11.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (7.87%) VMware NSX
5 7 (5.51%) vSphere
6 5 (3.94%) Docker
7 3 (2.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.57%) Samba
9 1 (0.79%) KVM
9 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.09%) vRealize
3 6 (4.72%) Terraform
4 5 (3.94%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.36%) Ansible
5 3 (2.36%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.79%) Autotask
7 1 (0.79%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 59 (46.46%) Microsoft
2 36 (28.35%) VMware
3 19 (14.96%) Cisco
4 17 (13.39%) Palo Alto
5 15 (11.81%) Red Hat
6 13 (10.24%) Google
7 6 (4.72%) F5
7 6 (4.72%) Meraki
8 5 (3.94%) Atlassian
8 5 (3.94%) CheckPoint
8 5 (3.94%) Juniper
8 5 (3.94%) Sophos
9 4 (3.15%) Draytek
9 4 (3.15%) Tenable
10 3 (2.36%) Dell
10 3 (2.36%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (1.57%) ConnectWise
11 2 (1.57%) D-Link
12 1 (0.79%) Citrix
12 1 (0.79%) Datto