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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 84 43
Rank change year-on-year +38 -41 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 197 127 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.94% 3.50% 4.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 42.09% 21.64% 33.87%
Number of salaries quoted 159 103 187
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,050 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,000 £67,200
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +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 468 587 685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.98% 16.18% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 358 283 458
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,563 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £64,688 £63,125 £62,188
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% +5.26%

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 93 £52,500 +5.00% 13
Buckinghamshire +7 66 £62,500 +38.89% 4
Oxfordshire -14 38 £45,500 +9.64% 12
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 41 (20.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 41 (20.81%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.06%) Apache
3 5 (2.54%) nginx
4 4 (2.03%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 103 (52.28%) Azure
2 65 (32.99%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (29.44%) AWS
4 30 (15.23%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.61%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (6.09%) GCP
7 10 (5.08%) OpenShift
7 10 (5.08%) Power Automate
8 9 (4.57%) IaaS
9 8 (4.06%) Cloudflare
9 8 (4.06%) Google Workspace
10 6 (3.05%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.54%) Apigee
11 5 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.54%) Kong
12 3 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.51%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 106 (53.81%) DNS
2 83 (42.13%) VPN
3 50 (25.38%) DHCP
4 47 (23.86%) Wi-Fi
5 34 (17.26%) TCP/IP
6 33 (16.75%) VLAN
7 32 (16.24%) WAN
8 31 (15.74%) LAN
9 29 (14.72%) Network Security
10 22 (11.17%) Wireless
11 20 (10.15%) VoIP
12 15 (7.61%) SD-WAN
13 13 (6.60%) SSL
14 12 (6.09%) SAN
15 11 (5.58%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (4.57%) HTTP
17 8 (4.06%) iSCSI
18 7 (3.55%) Cisco Firepower
18 7 (3.55%) NAS
19 5 (2.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.06%) MySQL
2 8 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.09%) GitLab
2 6 (3.05%) Git
3 4 (2.03%) JIRA
General
1 82 (41.62%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.64%) Telecoms
3 17 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (8.63%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (6.09%) Retail
5 10 (5.08%) Finance
6 8 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.06%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.02%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.51%) Aviation
9 1 (0.51%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.51%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 47 (23.86%) Senior
2 35 (17.77%) Network Engineer
3 34 (17.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (16.75%) IT Support
5 30 (15.23%) Architect
5 30 (15.23%) IT Engineer
6 23 (11.68%) Support Engineer
7 21 (10.66%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (9.14%) Applications Architect
9 16 (8.12%) Security Engineer
10 15 (7.61%) Security Architect
11 14 (7.11%) Analyst
12 12 (6.09%) Support Technician
13 11 (5.58%) IT Support Technician
13 11 (5.58%) IT Technician
14 10 (5.08%) Automation Engineer
14 10 (5.08%) Senior IT Engineer
14 10 (5.08%) Telecoms Engineer
15 9 (4.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 8 (4.06%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.68%) Regular Expression
2 19 (9.64%) LDAP
2 19 (9.64%) XMPP
3 17 (8.63%) JSON
4 12 (6.09%) XML
5 10 (5.08%) Jinja
5 10 (5.08%) YAML
6 7 (3.55%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.54%) REST
7 5 (2.54%) Web Services
7 5 (2.54%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.21%) Driving Licence
2 22 (11.17%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (7.61%) PKI
4 10 (5.08%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (4.06%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.06%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.06%) Data Centre
5 8 (4.06%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.06%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.06%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.55%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.05%) CCTV
7 6 (3.05%) CSOC
7 6 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.54%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.03%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.03%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.52%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 118 (59.90%) Windows
2 85 (43.15%) Linux
3 79 (40.10%) Windows Server
4 31 (15.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (6.60%) Windows 10
6 10 (5.08%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.54%) Unix
9 2 (1.02%) CentOS
9 2 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.51%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.51%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.38%) SIEM
2 49 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (23.86%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (23.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 44 (22.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (20.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (15.74%) ITIL
7 30 (15.23%) High Availability
8 28 (14.21%) Validation
9 24 (12.18%) Project Delivery
9 24 (12.18%) Zero Trust
10 22 (11.17%) Customer Service
11 20 (10.15%) Application Security
11 20 (10.15%) Vulnerability Management
12 18 (9.14%) Incident Response
12 18 (9.14%) Platform Engineering
12 18 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 17 (8.63%) Antivirus Management
14 16 (8.12%) Pattern Matching
14 16 (8.12%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (28.43%) PowerShell
2 41 (20.81%) Python
3 27 (13.71%) Bash
4 7 (3.55%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (3.55%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (3.55%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.05%) Korn
6 5 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.02%) C
7 2 (1.02%) Go
8 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (26.40%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.24%) Degree
3 30 (15.23%) DV Cleared
4 28 (14.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (12.69%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (9.64%) CCNP
6 19 (9.64%) SC Cleared
7 18 (9.14%) CCNA
7 18 (9.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (8.12%) GCIA
9 13 (6.60%) GIAC
10 12 (6.09%) Azure Certification
10 12 (6.09%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (6.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 11 (5.58%) DBS Check
12 10 (5.08%) SANS
13 9 (4.57%) CISSP
14 8 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (4.06%) CREST Certified
14 8 (4.06%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (14.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (4.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 9 (4.57%) NCSC
3 8 (4.06%) GDPR
3 8 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.55%) SLA
5 3 (1.52%) QA
5 3 (1.52%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.02%) NIST
System Software
1 92 (46.70%) Active Directory
2 41 (20.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (18.27%) Hyper-V
4 29 (14.72%) vSphere
5 12 (6.09%) Docker
6 9 (4.57%) KVM
7 8 (4.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (4.06%) VMware NSX
8 7 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.54%) Squid
9 5 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.52%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.52%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.02%) iptables
11 2 (1.02%) Samba
12 1 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (18.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.60%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.57%) Graylog
3 9 (4.57%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.06%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (4.06%) Kibana
4 8 (4.06%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.05%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.54%) Terraform
7 4 (2.03%) Ansible
8 3 (1.52%) Grafana
8 3 (1.52%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.02%) Stealthwatch
9 2 (1.02%) vRealize
10 1 (0.51%) Autotask
10 1 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 124 (62.94%) Microsoft
2 82 (41.62%) VMware
3 47 (23.86%) Cisco
4 37 (18.78%) Red Hat
5 23 (11.68%) Fortinet
6 21 (10.66%) Veeam
7 19 (9.64%) Palo Alto
8 15 (7.61%) McAfee
9 12 (6.09%) Aruba
10 11 (5.58%) Juniper
11 10 (5.08%) Splunk
12 9 (4.57%) Apple
12 9 (4.57%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (4.57%) Datto
12 9 (4.57%) Google
13 8 (4.06%) Dell
13 8 (4.06%) SonicWALL
14 7 (3.55%) Carbon Black
15 5 (2.54%) F5
16 4 (2.03%) Citrix