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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 96 43
Rank change year-on-year +46 -53 +7
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 173 98 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.99% 2.91% 4.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 39.77% 17.53% 34.94%
Number of salaries quoted 126 77 294
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,625 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £84,400 £65,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,710
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.22% -5.09%

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 435 559 953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.51% 16.57% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 311 254 684
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile £65,625 £62,375 £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 14 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 14 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 +44 96 £52,500 +5.00% 17
Buckinghamshire +17 56 £62,500 +66.67% 8
Oxfordshire -6 21 £36,250 -12.65% 14
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 (16.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (13.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.31%) Confluence
4 3 (1.73%) Apache
5 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (45.09%) Azure
2 56 (32.37%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (27.75%) AWS
4 16 (9.25%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.94%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (6.94%) GCP
6 10 (5.78%) OpenShift
7 8 (4.62%) Cloudflare
8 7 (4.05%) Google Workspace
9 6 (3.47%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.89%) Apigee
10 5 (2.89%) Kong
11 4 (2.31%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.73%) IaaS
12 3 (1.73%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.58%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.58%) PaaS
13 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (43.93%) DNS
2 64 (36.99%) VPN
3 35 (20.23%) Wi-Fi
4 33 (19.08%) WAN
5 27 (15.61%) DHCP
5 27 (15.61%) TCP/IP
6 25 (14.45%) LAN
7 23 (13.29%) VoIP
8 21 (12.14%) VLAN
9 15 (8.67%) Network Security
10 12 (6.94%) PBX
10 12 (6.94%) SAN
10 12 (6.94%) Wireless
11 11 (6.36%) Unified Communications
11 11 (6.36%) Wireshark
12 10 (5.78%) DECT
12 10 (5.78%) Remote Desktop
13 9 (5.20%) HTTP
14 8 (4.62%) iSCSI
15 7 (4.05%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.62%) MySQL
2 8 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (7.51%) GitLab
2 6 (3.47%) Git
3 4 (2.31%) JIRA
General
1 67 (38.73%) Social Skills
2 25 (14.45%) Telecoms
3 17 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.25%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (6.36%) Finance
7 7 (4.05%) Marketing
8 6 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.31%) Retail
11 3 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.58%) Aviation
13 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 35 (20.23%) Senior
2 29 (16.76%) Architect
3 26 (15.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (13.87%) IT Support
5 22 (12.72%) Network Engineer
6 18 (10.40%) Analyst
6 18 (10.40%) Applications Architect
7 16 (9.25%) IT Engineer
8 15 (8.67%) Security Architect
8 15 (8.67%) Support Engineer
9 13 (7.51%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (6.94%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (6.94%) Security Engineer
10 12 (6.94%) Support Technician
11 11 (6.36%) IT Support Technician
11 11 (6.36%) IT Technician
12 10 (5.78%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (5.78%) Telecoms Engineer
13 9 (5.20%) Linux Engineer
13 9 (5.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.72%) Regular Expression
2 18 (10.40%) LDAP
2 18 (10.40%) XMPP
3 16 (9.25%) JSON
4 11 (6.36%) XML
5 10 (5.78%) Jinja
5 10 (5.78%) YAML
6 6 (3.47%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.89%) REST
7 5 (2.89%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.56%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.83%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (8.67%) PKI
4 11 (6.36%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (5.78%) Web Conferencing
6 9 (5.20%) Cloud Native
6 9 (5.20%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (4.62%) Management Information System
8 7 (4.05%) Security Posture
9 6 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.89%) Onboarding
11 4 (2.31%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.73%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.73%) Life Science
12 3 (1.73%) Private Cloud
12 3 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (1.73%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 2 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 106 (61.27%) Windows
2 77 (44.51%) Linux
3 75 (43.35%) Windows Server
4 30 (17.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.78%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.89%) Unix
6 5 (2.89%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.16%) Android
8 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.16%) CentOS
9 1 (0.58%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.58%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (25.43%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (24.28%) SIEM
3 38 (21.97%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (18.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (16.76%) ITIL
6 26 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (14.45%) Validation
8 20 (11.56%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (10.98%) Application Security
9 19 (10.98%) Platform Engineering
10 18 (10.40%) Customer Service
10 18 (10.40%) Task Automation
11 17 (9.83%) Antivirus Management
11 17 (9.83%) High Availability
12 16 (9.25%) CI/CD
12 16 (9.25%) Containerisation
12 16 (9.25%) Incident Response
12 16 (9.25%) Pattern Matching
13 15 (8.67%) Presales
13 15 (8.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 35 (20.23%) PowerShell
2 29 (16.76%) Python
3 22 (12.72%) Bash
4 7 (4.05%) Search Processing Language
5 6 (3.47%) Korn
5 6 (3.47%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.89%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.16%) C
9 1 (0.58%) Bicep
9 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (24.28%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.92%) Degree
3 29 (16.76%) DV Cleared
4 12 (6.94%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (6.94%) GCIA
5 11 (6.36%) CCNA
5 11 (6.36%) CompTIA Security+
6 10 (5.78%) SANS
6 10 (5.78%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.20%) GIAC
7 9 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (5.20%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (4.62%) CCNP
8 8 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.62%) CREST Certified
8 8 (4.62%) GCIH
9 7 (4.05%) DBS Check
9 7 (4.05%) GCED
10 6 (3.47%) CISSP
10 6 (3.47%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.62%) SLA
4 6 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.73%) QA
5 3 (1.73%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.16%) GDPR
6 2 (1.16%) GRC
6 2 (1.16%) NIST
7 1 (0.58%) NCSC
7 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (44.51%) Active Directory
2 28 (16.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (15.61%) Hyper-V
4 22 (12.72%) vSphere
5 12 (6.94%) Docker
6 9 (5.20%) KVM
7 8 (4.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (4.62%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.73%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.73%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.16%) Samba
Systems Management
1 14 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (5.20%) Graylog
3 9 (5.20%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.62%) Kibana
4 8 (4.62%) ZABBIX
5 7 (4.05%) vRealize
6 5 (2.89%) Terraform
7 4 (2.31%) Ansible
7 4 (2.31%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.73%) Grafana
8 3 (1.73%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.58%) Autotask
9 1 (0.58%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.58%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 96 (55.49%) Microsoft
2 66 (38.15%) VMware
3 36 (20.81%) Red Hat
4 26 (15.03%) Cisco
5 16 (9.25%) Palo Alto
6 14 (8.09%) McAfee
7 13 (7.51%) Veeam
8 11 (6.36%) Fortinet
9 10 (5.78%) Aruba
9 10 (5.78%) Juniper
9 10 (5.78%) Splunk
10 9 (5.20%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (4.62%) Dell
11 8 (4.62%) Google
12 7 (4.05%) Carbon Black
13 5 (2.89%) Datto
13 5 (2.89%) F5
14 4 (2.31%) Citrix
14 4 (2.31%) IBM
14 4 (2.31%) SonicWALL