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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 92 36
Rank change year-on-year +34 -56 +21
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 136 74 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.65% 2.69% 4.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.34% 28.68% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 87 66 301
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +26.44% +16.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £93,750 £62,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +22.35% -3.41%

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 434 258 825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.46% 9.38% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 235 200 669
10th Percentile £26,100 £27,500 £28,970
25th Percentile £31,125 £35,750 £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 £63,329 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,125 £70,000
South East median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £46,625
% change year-on-year -8.00% +7.24% +3.61%

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 8 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 8 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 - 21
Buckinghamshire +2 35 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Oxfordshire +4 28 £34,000 -45.60% 6
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 20 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 12 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.21%) Apache
4 2 (1.47%) CMS
4 2 (1.47%) IIS
4 2 (1.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 57 (41.91%) Azure
2 48 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (24.26%) AWS
4 13 (9.56%) Entra ID
4 13 (9.56%) GCP
5 10 (7.35%) Google Workspace
5 10 (7.35%) OpenShift
6 5 (3.68%) Apigee
6 5 (3.68%) Kong
6 5 (3.68%) SaaS
7 3 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.47%) PaaS
8 2 (1.47%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.47%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.74%) IaaS
9 1 (0.74%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.74%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 49 (36.03%) DNS
2 45 (33.09%) VPN
3 30 (22.06%) WAN
4 27 (19.85%) VoIP
5 25 (18.38%) DHCP
6 22 (16.18%) VLAN
7 19 (13.97%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (13.24%) PBX
8 18 (13.24%) TCP/IP
9 17 (12.50%) Wireless
10 16 (11.76%) DECT
10 16 (11.76%) Unified Communications
11 14 (10.29%) LAN
11 14 (10.29%) Wireshark
12 13 (9.56%) DSL
13 8 (5.88%) SAN
14 6 (4.41%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (3.68%) iSCSI
15 5 (3.68%) NAS
15 5 (3.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.68%) MySQL
2 5 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (8.82%) GitLab
2 6 (4.41%) Git
General
1 60 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 34 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 13 (9.56%) Marketing
4 12 (8.82%) Finance
5 11 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (8.09%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.94%) Retail
8 3 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Aviation
9 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.74%) Law
9 1 (0.74%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (16.18%) IT Support
2 21 (15.44%) Architect
3 20 (14.71%) 2nd Line Support
3 20 (14.71%) Senior
4 19 (13.97%) Support Engineer
5 16 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (11.76%) IT Engineer
6 14 (10.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 13 (9.56%) Analyst
7 13 (9.56%) Network Engineer
8 10 (7.35%) Automation Engineer
8 10 (7.35%) Linux Engineer
8 10 (7.35%) Telecoms Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Applications Architect
9 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Security Architect
9 8 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Automation Specialist
10 6 (4.41%) Network Specialist
10 6 (4.41%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.56%) JSON
2 10 (7.35%) Jinja
2 10 (7.35%) YAML
3 9 (6.62%) Regular Expression
4 8 (5.88%) LDAP
4 8 (5.88%) XML
5 6 (4.41%) XMPP
6 5 (3.68%) REST
6 5 (3.68%) YANG
7 3 (2.21%) JSON Schema
8 2 (1.47%) Web Services
9 1 (0.74%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.76%) Web Conferencing
2 14 (10.29%) Driving Licence
3 12 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.41%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.68%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.21%) PKI
7 3 (2.21%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.47%) Replication
9 1 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (54.41%) Windows
2 50 (36.76%) Windows Server
3 45 (33.09%) Linux
4 14 (10.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (5.88%) Mac OS
6 7 (5.15%) Android
6 7 (5.15%) Apple iOS
6 7 (5.15%) Windows 10
7 6 (4.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (3.68%) Unix
9 2 (1.47%) CentOS
9 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.74%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.74%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (16.18%) Customer Service
3 18 (13.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (13.24%) ITIL
3 18 (13.24%) Time Management
4 17 (12.50%) Presales
5 15 (11.03%) Task Automation
6 13 (9.56%) Case Management
6 13 (9.56%) CI/CD
6 13 (9.56%) Containerisation
6 13 (9.56%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (9.56%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (8.82%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.35%) API Management
8 10 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (7.35%) High Availability
8 10 (7.35%) Network Design
8 10 (7.35%) SIEM
9 9 (6.62%) Kalman Filter
9 9 (6.62%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 14 (10.29%) Python
3 7 (5.15%) Bash
4 5 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.94%) SQL
6 3 (2.21%) Korn
6 3 (2.21%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.47%) Bicep
7 2 (1.47%) C
7 2 (1.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (21.32%) Degree
2 24 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 19 (13.97%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.41%) MCSE
6 4 (2.94%) CISM
6 4 (2.94%) CISSP
6 4 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (2.21%) CCNA
7 3 (2.21%) CCSP
7 3 (2.21%) CEH
7 3 (2.21%) CISA
7 3 (2.21%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.21%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.47%) MCSA
8 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.09%) SLA
2 8 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.94%) GRC
4 3 (2.21%) NIST
4 3 (2.21%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.74%) QA
5 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (38.97%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (11.03%) Hyper-V
4 11 (8.09%) vSphere
5 10 (7.35%) VMware NSX
6 7 (5.15%) Docker
7 5 (3.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.47%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.47%) Samba
9 2 (1.47%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.74%) KVM
10 1 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.62%) vRealize
3 8 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.15%) Terraform
5 4 (2.94%) Ansible
6 3 (2.21%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.74%) Autotask
7 1 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.74%) Grafana
7 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.74%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 66 (48.53%) Microsoft
2 42 (30.88%) VMware
3 21 (15.44%) Red Hat
4 17 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 16 (11.76%) Cisco
6 13 (9.56%) Google
7 6 (4.41%) F5
8 5 (3.68%) Atlassian
8 5 (3.68%) CheckPoint
8 5 (3.68%) Dell
8 5 (3.68%) Juniper
8 5 (3.68%) McAfee
8 5 (3.68%) Sophos
9 4 (2.94%) Meraki
10 3 (2.21%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (2.21%) Tenable
11 2 (1.47%) Barracuda Networks
11 2 (1.47%) ConnectWise
11 2 (1.47%) D-Link
11 2 (1.47%) Draytek