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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 89 39
Rank change year-on-year +37 -50 +23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 138 77 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.60% 2.73% 5.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.36% 25.93% 36.62%
Number of salaries quoted 87 68 306
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £53,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.70% +19.44% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,125 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,825 £63,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -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 440 297 893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.29% 10.53% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 237 203 687
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,300 £29,150
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.67% +0.99%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £75,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -3.16% +2.15% +3.33%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +29 73 £52,500 -4.55% 16
Buckinghamshire +10 39 £60,000 +20.00% 8
Oxfordshire +4 26 £34,000 -45.60% 5
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 21 (15.22%) SharePoint
2 14 (10.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.17%) Apache
4 2 (1.45%) CMS
4 2 (1.45%) WordPress
5 1 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (40.58%) Azure
2 46 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (23.19%) AWS
4 13 (9.42%) Entra ID
5 12 (8.70%) GCP
6 10 (7.25%) OpenShift
7 8 (5.80%) Google Workspace
8 5 (3.62%) Apigee
8 5 (3.62%) Kong
9 3 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.17%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.17%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.17%) SaaS
10 2 (1.45%) PaaS
11 1 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.72%) IaaS
11 1 (0.72%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.72%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 48 (34.78%) DNS
2 43 (31.16%) VPN
3 29 (21.01%) WAN
4 28 (20.29%) VoIP
5 22 (15.94%) DHCP
6 21 (15.22%) VLAN
7 20 (14.49%) TCP/IP
7 20 (14.49%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (13.04%) PBX
9 16 (11.59%) DECT
9 16 (11.59%) Unified Communications
9 16 (11.59%) Wireless
10 14 (10.14%) LAN
10 14 (10.14%) Wireshark
11 13 (9.42%) DSL
12 9 (6.52%) SAN
13 6 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (4.35%) iSCSI
13 6 (4.35%) NAS
13 6 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.35%) MySQL
2 6 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (9.42%) GitLab
2 6 (4.35%) Git
General
1 60 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 34 (24.64%) Telecoms
3 14 (10.14%) Finance
4 13 (9.42%) Marketing
5 12 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.62%) Retail
9 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.17%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.72%) Aviation
11 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Law
11 1 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (15.94%) Architect
1 22 (15.94%) Senior
2 21 (15.22%) IT Support
3 20 (14.49%) 2nd Line Support
4 17 (12.32%) Support Engineer
5 15 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (10.87%) IT Engineer
6 14 (10.14%) Analyst
7 13 (9.42%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (8.70%) Network Engineer
9 10 (7.25%) Automation Engineer
9 10 (7.25%) Telecoms Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) Applications Architect
11 8 (5.80%) Security Architect
11 8 (5.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Automation Specialist
12 6 (4.35%) Network Specialist
12 6 (4.35%) Senior Linux Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.42%) JSON
2 10 (7.25%) Jinja
2 10 (7.25%) YAML
3 9 (6.52%) Regular Expression
4 8 (5.80%) LDAP
4 8 (5.80%) XML
5 6 (4.35%) XMPP
6 5 (3.62%) REST
6 5 (3.62%) YANG
7 3 (2.17%) JSON Schema
8 2 (1.45%) Web Services
9 1 (0.72%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.59%) Web Conferencing
2 15 (10.87%) Driving Licence
3 13 (9.42%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.80%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.62%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.17%) PKI
8 3 (2.17%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.45%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.45%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.45%) Replication
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (53.62%) Windows
2 53 (38.41%) Windows Server
3 46 (33.33%) Linux
4 15 (10.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (5.80%) Mac OS
5 8 (5.80%) Windows 10
6 7 (5.07%) Android
6 7 (5.07%) Apple iOS
7 5 (3.62%) Unix
8 4 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.45%) CentOS
10 1 (0.72%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.72%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (15.22%) ITIL
3 20 (14.49%) Customer Service
4 19 (13.77%) Time Management
5 18 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (12.32%) Presales
7 16 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (10.87%) Task Automation
9 14 (10.14%) CI/CD
9 14 (10.14%) Containerisation
10 13 (9.42%) Case Management
10 13 (9.42%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (8.70%) SIEM
12 11 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (7.97%) High Availability
12 11 (7.97%) Network Design
12 11 (7.97%) Project Delivery
13 10 (7.25%) API Management
14 9 (6.52%) Infrastructure as Code
14 9 (6.52%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.77%) PowerShell
2 16 (11.59%) Python
3 8 (5.80%) Bash
4 5 (3.62%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.90%) Korn
6 3 (2.17%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.17%) SQL
7 2 (1.45%) Bicep
7 2 (1.45%) C
7 2 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (21.01%) Degree
2 26 (18.84%) Security Cleared
3 20 (14.49%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.62%) CISSP
5 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.90%) CISM
6 4 (2.90%) MCSE
6 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (2.17%) CCNA
7 3 (2.17%) CCSP
7 3 (2.17%) CEH
7 3 (2.17%) CISA
7 3 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (2.17%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.17%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.45%) RHCSA
8 2 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.70%) SLA
2 9 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.90%) GRC
4 3 (2.17%) NIST
4 3 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.72%) GDPR
5 1 (0.72%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.72%) QA
5 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (37.68%) Active Directory
2 19 (13.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.42%) Hyper-V
4 11 (7.97%) VMware NSX
4 11 (7.97%) vSphere
5 8 (5.80%) Docker
6 6 (4.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 3 (2.17%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.17%) Terminal Services
7 3 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.45%) Samba
9 1 (0.72%) KVM
Systems Management
1 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.25%) vRealize
3 6 (4.35%) Terraform
4 4 (2.90%) Ansible
5 2 (1.45%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.72%) Autotask
6 1 (0.72%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.72%) Grafana
6 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.72%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 64 (46.38%) Microsoft
2 44 (31.88%) VMware
3 22 (15.94%) Red Hat
4 17 (12.32%) Palo Alto
5 15 (10.87%) Cisco
6 11 (7.97%) Google
7 6 (4.35%) Dell
7 6 (4.35%) F5
7 6 (4.35%) Sophos
8 5 (3.62%) CheckPoint
8 5 (3.62%) Juniper
8 5 (3.62%) McAfee
9 4 (2.90%) Meraki
10 3 (2.17%) Atlassian
10 3 (2.17%) Barracuda Networks
10 3 (2.17%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (2.17%) Tenable
11 2 (1.45%) ConnectWise
11 2 (1.45%) D-Link
11 2 (1.45%) Draytek