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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 82 48
Rank change year-on-year +33 -34 -10
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 193 132 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.84% 3.50% 4.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 41.15% 22.34% 32.58%
Number of salaries quoted 155 107 172
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £40,753
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £49,940
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -9.89% +3.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,000 £67,450
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,151
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.49% -0.75%

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 469 591 663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.89% 15.68% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 359 287 442
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -10.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,250 £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 17 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 17 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 +43 92 £52,500 +6.06% 10
Buckinghamshire +12 66 £62,500 +38.89% 3
Oxfordshire -17 35 £46,333 +11.65% 13
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 44 (22.80%) Microsoft Exchange
1 44 (22.80%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.15%) Apache
3 5 (2.59%) nginx
4 4 (2.07%) Confluence
5 1 (0.52%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 102 (52.85%) Azure
2 65 (33.68%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (28.50%) AWS
4 32 (16.58%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.77%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (5.70%) GCP
7 10 (5.18%) IaaS
7 10 (5.18%) Power Automate
8 9 (4.66%) Google Workspace
9 8 (4.15%) Cloudflare
9 8 (4.15%) OpenShift
10 6 (3.11%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.59%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.07%) Apigee
12 4 (2.07%) Kong
13 3 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.52%) PaaS
14 1 (0.52%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 105 (54.40%) DNS
2 79 (40.93%) VPN
3 52 (26.94%) DHCP
4 48 (24.87%) Wi-Fi
5 33 (17.10%) TCP/IP
5 33 (17.10%) VLAN
6 30 (15.54%) WAN
7 29 (15.03%) LAN
7 29 (15.03%) Network Security
8 22 (11.40%) Wireless
9 21 (10.88%) VoIP
10 15 (7.77%) SD-WAN
11 13 (6.74%) SSL
12 12 (6.22%) SAN
13 11 (5.70%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (4.15%) HTTP
14 8 (4.15%) iSCSI
15 7 (3.63%) Cisco Firepower
15 7 (3.63%) NAS
16 5 (2.59%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.15%) MySQL
2 8 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (5.18%) GitLab
2 4 (2.07%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) JIRA
General
1 81 (41.97%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.81%) Telecoms
3 16 (8.29%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.74%) Retail
6 10 (5.18%) Finance
6 10 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.15%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.52%) Aviation
10 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 47 (24.35%) Senior
2 34 (17.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (17.62%) IT Support
3 33 (17.10%) Network Engineer
4 30 (15.54%) Architect
4 30 (15.54%) IT Engineer
5 23 (11.92%) Support Engineer
6 21 (10.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (9.33%) Applications Architect
8 16 (8.29%) Security Engineer
9 15 (7.77%) Security Architect
10 14 (7.25%) Analyst
11 12 (6.22%) Support Technician
12 11 (5.70%) IT Support Technician
12 11 (5.70%) IT Technician
12 11 (5.70%) Senior IT Engineer
13 9 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
13 9 (4.66%) Senior IT Support
13 9 (4.66%) Senior Support Engineer
14 8 (4.15%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.92%) Regular Expression
2 19 (9.84%) LDAP
2 19 (9.84%) XMPP
3 15 (7.77%) JSON
4 11 (5.70%) XML
5 8 (4.15%) Jinja
5 8 (4.15%) YAML
6 7 (3.63%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.59%) Web Services
8 4 (2.07%) REST
8 4 (2.07%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.03%) Driving Licence
2 22 (11.40%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (7.77%) PKI
4 10 (5.18%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (4.15%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.15%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.15%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.63%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (3.63%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.11%) CCTV
7 6 (3.11%) CSOC
7 6 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.59%) Virtual Team
9 4 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 117 (60.62%) Windows
2 81 (41.97%) Linux
3 78 (40.41%) Windows Server
4 31 (16.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (6.74%) Windows 10
6 10 (5.18%) Mac OS
7 8 (4.15%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.07%) Unix
9 2 (1.04%) CentOS
9 2 (1.04%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.91%) SIEM
2 48 (24.87%) Disaster Recovery
3 47 (24.35%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (22.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (16.06%) High Availability
7 31 (16.06%) ITIL
8 28 (14.51%) Validation
9 25 (12.95%) Zero Trust
10 24 (12.44%) Project Delivery
11 22 (11.40%) Customer Service
12 20 (10.36%) Application Security
12 20 (10.36%) Vulnerability Management
13 18 (9.33%) Incident Response
13 18 (9.33%) Platform Engineering
13 18 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (8.81%) Antivirus Management
15 16 (8.29%) Pattern Matching
15 16 (8.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (29.02%) PowerShell
2 38 (19.69%) Python
3 26 (13.47%) Bash
4 7 (3.63%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (3.63%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (3.63%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.11%) Korn
6 4 (2.07%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.04%) C
7 2 (1.04%) Go
8 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (26.94%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.62%) Degree
3 30 (15.54%) DV Cleared
4 29 (15.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (12.95%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (9.84%) CCNP
6 19 (9.84%) CompTIA Security+
6 19 (9.84%) SC Cleared
7 18 (9.33%) CCNA
8 16 (8.29%) GCIA
9 13 (6.74%) GIAC
9 13 (6.74%) Network+ Certification
10 12 (6.22%) Azure Certification
10 12 (6.22%) DBS Check
11 11 (5.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (5.18%) SANS
13 9 (4.66%) CISSP
14 8 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (4.15%) CREST Certified
14 8 (4.15%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (5.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 9 (4.66%) NCSC
4 8 (4.15%) GDPR
4 8 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.11%) SLA
6 3 (1.55%) QA
6 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.04%) NIST
System Software
1 94 (48.70%) Active Directory
2 40 (20.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (18.13%) Hyper-V
4 29 (15.03%) vSphere
5 12 (6.22%) Docker
6 8 (4.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 8 (4.15%) KVM
7 7 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.63%) VMware NSX
8 5 (2.59%) Squid
8 5 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.55%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.55%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.04%) iptables
10 2 (1.04%) Samba
11 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (20.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.74%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.66%) Graylog
3 9 (4.66%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (4.15%) Kibana
4 8 (4.15%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.15%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.11%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.07%) Terraform
7 3 (1.55%) Ansible
7 3 (1.55%) Grafana
7 3 (1.55%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.04%) Stealthwatch
8 2 (1.04%) vRealize
9 1 (0.52%) Autotask
9 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 122 (63.21%) Microsoft
2 80 (41.45%) VMware
3 46 (23.83%) Cisco
4 35 (18.13%) Red Hat
5 23 (11.92%) Fortinet
6 22 (11.40%) Veeam
7 18 (9.33%) Palo Alto
8 15 (7.77%) McAfee
9 12 (6.22%) Aruba
10 10 (5.18%) Apple
10 10 (5.18%) Datto
10 10 (5.18%) Google
10 10 (5.18%) Juniper
10 10 (5.18%) Splunk
11 9 (4.66%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (4.66%) SonicWALL
12 8 (4.15%) Dell
13 7 (3.63%) Carbon Black
14 4 (2.07%) Citrix
14 4 (2.07%) F5