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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 87 59
Rank change year-on-year +38 -28 -23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 193 133 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.79% 3.42% 3.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 41.59% 22.47% 29.92%
Number of salaries quoted 159 108 143
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% 0.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £56,525
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,500 £67,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,096
% change year-on-year +5.56% -0.21% -5.06%

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 464 592 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.71% 15.21% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 365 286 399
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £34,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,438 £63,125
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,625 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% +3.63%

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 29 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 29 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 +53 95 £52,500 +5.00% 16
Buckinghamshire +4 61 £62,500 +38.89% 5
Oxfordshire -12 37 £45,500 +9.64% 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 52 (26.94%) SharePoint
2 46 (23.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (3.11%) Apache
4 5 (2.59%) nginx
5 4 (2.07%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 106 (54.92%) Azure
2 70 (36.27%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (26.94%) AWS
4 38 (19.69%) Entra ID
5 15 (7.77%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (5.70%) GCP
6 11 (5.70%) Google Workspace
7 10 (5.18%) IaaS
7 10 (5.18%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.15%) Cloudflare
9 6 (3.11%) OneDrive
9 6 (3.11%) OpenShift
10 5 (2.59%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.55%) Apigee
11 3 (1.55%) Kong
11 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.52%) PaaS
12 1 (0.52%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 110 (56.99%) DNS
2 84 (43.52%) VPN
3 57 (29.53%) DHCP
4 51 (26.42%) Wi-Fi
5 39 (20.21%) VLAN
6 36 (18.65%) TCP/IP
7 33 (17.10%) WAN
8 32 (16.58%) LAN
8 32 (16.58%) Network Security
9 25 (12.95%) Wireless
10 21 (10.88%) VoIP
11 15 (7.77%) SD-WAN
11 15 (7.77%) SSL
12 10 (5.18%) SAN
13 9 (4.66%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (4.15%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (4.15%) HTTP
15 7 (3.63%) NAS
16 6 (3.11%) iSCSI
17 5 (2.59%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.66%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.11%) MySQL
2 6 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.15%) GitLab
2 4 (2.07%) JIRA
3 3 (1.55%) Git
General
1 79 (40.93%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (7.77%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (7.25%) Retail
5 13 (6.74%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.18%) Finance
7 8 (4.15%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
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
Job Titles
1 47 (24.35%) Senior
2 36 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (17.62%) IT Support
4 33 (17.10%) Network Engineer
5 32 (16.58%) IT Engineer
6 30 (15.54%) Architect
7 26 (13.47%) Support Engineer
8 23 (11.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 18 (9.33%) Applications Architect
10 17 (8.81%) Security Engineer
11 15 (7.77%) Security Architect
12 13 (6.74%) Analyst
12 13 (6.74%) Senior IT Engineer
13 11 (5.70%) Senior IT Support
13 11 (5.70%) Senior Support Engineer
14 10 (5.18%) Support Technician
15 9 (4.66%) 3rd Line Support
15 9 (4.66%) IT Support Technician
15 9 (4.66%) IT Technician
15 9 (4.66%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.92%) Regular Expression
2 19 (9.84%) LDAP
2 19 (9.84%) XMPP
3 13 (6.74%) JSON
4 10 (5.18%) XML
5 7 (3.63%) JSON Schema
6 6 (3.11%) Jinja
6 6 (3.11%) YAML
7 5 (2.59%) Web Services
8 4 (2.07%) Terraform
9 3 (1.55%) REST
9 3 (1.55%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.54%) Driving Licence
2 21 (10.88%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (7.77%) PKI
4 10 (5.18%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.15%) Private Cloud
6 7 (3.63%) Cloud Native
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
7 6 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.11%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 120 (62.18%) Windows
2 81 (41.97%) Windows Server
3 76 (39.38%) Linux
4 29 (15.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (6.74%) Windows 10
6 11 (5.70%) Mac OS
7 10 (5.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.55%) Unix
9 2 (1.04%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.52%) CentOS
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.42%) Disaster Recovery
2 50 (25.91%) SIEM
3 48 (24.87%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (23.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 40 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (15.54%) ITIL
8 29 (15.03%) High Availability
9 28 (14.51%) Validation
10 26 (13.47%) Project Delivery
11 25 (12.95%) Zero Trust
12 24 (12.44%) Customer Service
13 20 (10.36%) Application Security
14 19 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (9.33%) Incident Response
15 18 (9.33%) Platform Engineering
15 18 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 18 (9.33%) Vulnerability Management
16 17 (8.81%) Antivirus Management
16 17 (8.81%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.53%) PowerShell
2 36 (18.65%) Python
3 24 (12.44%) Bash
4 7 (3.63%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (3.63%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (3.63%) Shell Script
5 5 (2.59%) Korn
6 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.04%) Go
8 1 (0.52%) C
Qualifications
1 52 (26.94%) Security Cleared
2 38 (19.69%) Degree
3 33 (17.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (15.54%) DV Cleared
5 29 (15.03%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (10.88%) CCNA
6 21 (10.88%) CompTIA Security+
7 20 (10.36%) CCNP
8 19 (9.84%) SC Cleared
9 16 (8.29%) GCIA
10 15 (7.77%) Azure Certification
10 15 (7.77%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (7.25%) DBS Check
12 13 (6.74%) GIAC
13 11 (5.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (5.18%) SANS
15 9 (4.66%) CISSP
16 8 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (4.15%) CREST Certified
16 8 (4.15%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (16.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 9 (4.66%) NCSC
4 8 (4.15%) GDPR
4 8 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.59%) SLA
6 3 (1.55%) QA
6 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.04%) NIST
System Software
1 93 (48.19%) Active Directory
2 44 (22.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (19.69%) Hyper-V
4 29 (15.03%) vSphere
5 10 (5.18%) Docker
6 8 (4.15%) KVM
7 7 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (3.63%) VMware NSX
8 6 (3.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 5 (2.59%) Squid
9 5 (2.59%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.55%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.55%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.04%) iptables
12 1 (0.52%) Firmware
12 1 (0.52%) Samba
Systems Management
1 43 (22.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.70%) Jamf Pro
2 11 (5.70%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.66%) Graylog
4 8 (4.15%) Kibana
4 8 (4.15%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.15%) ZABBIX
5 7 (3.63%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.55%) Ansible
6 3 (1.55%) Grafana
6 3 (1.55%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.55%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.04%) vRealize
8 1 (0.52%) Autotask
8 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 127 (65.80%) Microsoft
2 84 (43.52%) VMware
3 48 (24.87%) Cisco
4 31 (16.06%) Red Hat
5 25 (12.95%) Fortinet
6 24 (12.44%) Veeam
7 17 (8.81%) Palo Alto
8 15 (7.77%) McAfee
9 12 (6.22%) Apple
9 12 (6.22%) Aruba
9 12 (6.22%) Datto
9 12 (6.22%) Google
10 11 (5.70%) SonicWALL
11 10 (5.18%) Juniper
11 10 (5.18%) Splunk
12 9 (4.66%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (3.63%) Carbon Black
14 6 (3.11%) Dell
15 4 (2.07%) Citrix
15 4 (2.07%) NetApp