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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 97 45
Rank change year-on-year +44 -52 +16
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 162 91 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.85% 2.70% 4.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 36.16% 16.98% 34.91%
Number of salaries quoted 110 70 292
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £49,940
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -9.89% +10.98%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,625 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,525 £65,000
South East median annual salary £51,250 £48,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.22% +13.53% -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 448 536 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.87% 15.92% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 299 230 681
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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +42 85 £52,500 +2.44% 23
Buckinghamshire +22 56 £62,500 +66.67% 6
Oxfordshire -2 21 £35,000 -22.22% 9
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 24 (14.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (12.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.47%) Confluence
4 3 (1.85%) Apache
5 1 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 70 (43.21%) Azure
2 52 (32.10%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (27.78%) AWS
4 13 (8.02%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.02%) GCP
5 11 (6.79%) Azure Sentinel
6 10 (6.17%) OpenShift
7 8 (4.94%) Cloudflare
7 8 (4.94%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.70%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.09%) Apigee
9 5 (3.09%) Kong
10 3 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.85%) IaaS
10 3 (1.85%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.85%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.62%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.62%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.62%) PaaS
11 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (41.98%) DNS
2 56 (34.57%) VPN
3 29 (17.90%) WAN
4 28 (17.28%) TCP/IP
5 27 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 25 (15.43%) DHCP
7 21 (12.96%) VoIP
8 20 (12.35%) LAN
9 18 (11.11%) VLAN
10 13 (8.02%) PBX
11 12 (7.41%) SAN
11 12 (7.41%) Wireshark
12 11 (6.79%) DECT
12 11 (6.79%) Network Security
12 11 (6.79%) Unified Communications
13 10 (6.17%) Wireless
14 8 (4.94%) DSL
14 8 (4.94%) iSCSI
14 8 (4.94%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (4.32%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.94%) MySQL
2 8 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.64%) GitLab
2 6 (3.70%) Git
3 4 (2.47%) JIRA
General
1 62 (38.27%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.05%) Telecoms
3 16 (9.88%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.02%) Finance
6 10 (6.17%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.94%) Marketing
8 6 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.47%) Retail
11 3 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.62%) Aviation
13 1 (0.62%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.62%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (19.75%) Senior
2 27 (16.67%) Architect
3 26 (16.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (13.58%) Network Engineer
5 20 (12.35%) IT Support
6 18 (11.11%) Analyst
7 16 (9.88%) Applications Architect
8 14 (8.64%) IT Engineer
9 13 (8.02%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (8.02%) Security Architect
9 13 (8.02%) Support Engineer
10 11 (6.79%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (6.17%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (6.17%) Security Engineer
11 10 (6.17%) Support Technician
11 10 (6.17%) Telecoms Engineer
12 9 (5.56%) IT Support Technician
12 9 (5.56%) IT Technician
12 9 (5.56%) Linux Engineer
12 9 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.11%) Regular Expression
2 14 (8.64%) JSON
2 14 (8.64%) LDAP
2 14 (8.64%) XMPP
3 10 (6.17%) Jinja
3 10 (6.17%) YAML
4 9 (5.56%) XML
5 5 (3.09%) REST
5 5 (3.09%) YANG
6 4 (2.47%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.88%) Driving Licence
2 15 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.02%) PKI
4 11 (6.79%) Web Conferencing
5 10 (6.17%) Cloud Native
5 10 (6.17%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (4.94%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (3.09%) Security Posture
8 5 (3.09%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.47%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.47%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.85%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.85%) Life Science
10 3 (1.85%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.85%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 97 (59.88%) Windows
2 72 (44.44%) Linux
3 69 (42.59%) Windows Server
4 26 (16.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (4.94%) Mac OS
6 5 (3.09%) Android
6 5 (3.09%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.09%) Unix
7 4 (2.47%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.23%) CentOS
8 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.62%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.62%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (26.54%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (21.60%) SIEM
3 32 (19.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 32 (19.75%) ITIL
4 27 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (11.73%) Validation
7 18 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
7 18 (11.11%) Task Automation
8 17 (10.49%) Application Security
8 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
8 17 (10.49%) Containerisation
9 16 (9.88%) Customer Service
9 16 (9.88%) Time Management
10 15 (9.26%) Antivirus Management
10 15 (9.26%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (9.26%) High Availability
11 14 (8.64%) Presales
11 14 (8.64%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (8.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.37%) PowerShell
2 29 (17.90%) Python
3 21 (12.96%) Bash
4 6 (3.70%) Korn
5 5 (3.09%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.09%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (2.47%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.23%) C
8 1 (0.62%) Bicep
8 1 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (23.46%) Security Cleared
2 30 (18.52%) Degree
3 26 (16.05%) DV Cleared
4 10 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (5.56%) CCNA
5 9 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (5.56%) GCIA
5 9 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.94%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.94%) SANS
7 7 (4.32%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (3.70%) CCNP
8 6 (3.70%) CREST Certified
8 6 (3.70%) GCIH
8 6 (3.70%) GIAC
9 5 (3.09%) CISSP
9 5 (3.09%) DBS Check
9 5 (3.09%) GCED
9 5 (3.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.94%) SLA
4 4 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.85%) QA
5 3 (1.85%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.23%) GDPR
6 2 (1.23%) GRC
6 2 (1.23%) NIST
7 1 (0.62%) NCSC
7 1 (0.62%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 69 (42.59%) Active Directory
2 30 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (14.20%) Hyper-V
4 18 (11.11%) vSphere
5 12 (7.41%) Docker
6 9 (5.56%) KVM
7 8 (4.94%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (4.94%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.85%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.85%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.23%) Samba
Systems Management
1 15 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.56%) Graylog
2 9 (5.56%) Proxmox
3 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.94%) ZABBIX
4 7 (4.32%) vRealize
5 6 (3.70%) Kibana
6 5 (3.09%) Terraform
7 4 (2.47%) Ansible
8 3 (1.85%) Grafana
8 3 (1.85%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.23%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.62%) Autotask
10 1 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.62%) QRadar
Vendors
1 88 (54.32%) Microsoft
2 62 (38.27%) VMware
3 32 (19.75%) Red Hat
4 20 (12.35%) Cisco
5 16 (9.88%) Palo Alto
6 11 (6.79%) Veeam
7 10 (6.17%) McAfee
8 9 (5.56%) Google
9 8 (4.94%) Dell
9 8 (4.94%) Juniper
9 8 (4.94%) Splunk
10 7 (4.32%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (3.70%) Aruba
11 6 (3.70%) Carbon Black
11 6 (3.70%) F5
11 6 (3.70%) Fortinet
12 5 (3.09%) CheckPoint
13 4 (2.47%) Citrix
13 4 (2.47%) IBM
13 4 (2.47%) NetApp