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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 87 45
Rank change year-on-year +39 -42 -7
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 192 119 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.03% 3.31% 4.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 41.56% 20.38% 33.29%
Number of salaries quoted 153 97 215
10th Percentile £32,100 £35,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £57,013
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,000 £65,900
South East median annual salary £48,000 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.23% +3.33% -

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 462 584 778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.29% 16.26% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 346 280 522
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,719 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £45,000 £45,096
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -0.21% -5.06%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +13.10% -13.40% +4.30%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +49 91 £52,500 +2.44% 11
Buckinghamshire +11 67 £62,500 +38.89% 10
Oxfordshire -9 34 £42,500 +2.41% 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 34 (17.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (17.19%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.17%) Apache
4 5 (2.60%) nginx
5 4 (2.08%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.13%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 99 (51.56%) Azure
2 61 (31.77%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (29.69%) AWS
4 25 (13.02%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.29%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (6.25%) GCP
7 10 (5.21%) OpenShift
7 10 (5.21%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.17%) Cloudflare
9 6 (3.13%) Google Workspace
9 6 (3.13%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.60%) Apigee
10 5 (2.60%) IaaS
10 5 (2.60%) Kong
11 4 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.56%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.52%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 99 (51.56%) DNS
2 82 (42.71%) VPN
3 46 (23.96%) Wi-Fi
4 44 (22.92%) DHCP
5 37 (19.27%) WAN
6 35 (18.23%) TCP/IP
7 33 (17.19%) LAN
8 32 (16.67%) VLAN
9 27 (14.06%) Network Security
10 23 (11.98%) Wireless
11 21 (10.94%) VoIP
12 15 (7.81%) SD-WAN
13 12 (6.25%) SAN
14 11 (5.73%) Remote Desktop
15 9 (4.69%) HTTP
15 9 (4.69%) SSL
16 8 (4.17%) iSCSI
16 8 (4.17%) PBX
17 7 (3.65%) NAS
17 7 (3.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.17%) MySQL
2 8 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.25%) GitLab
2 6 (3.13%) Git
3 4 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 78 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.46%) Telecoms
3 18 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.85%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.21%) Finance
6 10 (5.21%) Retail
7 8 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.56%) Marketing
10 2 (1.04%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.52%) Aviation
11 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 43 (22.40%) Senior
2 32 (16.67%) IT Support
3 31 (16.15%) Network Engineer
4 30 (15.63%) Architect
4 30 (15.63%) IT Engineer
5 28 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (10.94%) IT Support Engineer
6 21 (10.94%) Support Engineer
7 18 (9.38%) Applications Architect
8 15 (7.81%) Analyst
8 15 (7.81%) Security Architect
9 14 (7.29%) Security Engineer
10 12 (6.25%) Support Technician
11 11 (5.73%) IT Support Technician
11 11 (5.73%) IT Technician
12 10 (5.21%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (5.21%) Telecoms Engineer
13 9 (4.69%) 3rd Line Support
13 9 (4.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (4.17%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (11.98%) Regular Expression
2 19 (9.90%) LDAP
2 19 (9.90%) XMPP
3 17 (8.85%) JSON
4 12 (6.25%) XML
5 10 (5.21%) Jinja
5 10 (5.21%) YAML
6 7 (3.65%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.60%) REST
7 5 (2.60%) Web Services
7 5 (2.60%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.02%) Driving Licence
2 23 (11.98%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (7.81%) PKI
4 10 (5.21%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.17%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.17%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.17%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.13%) CCTV
7 6 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.13%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (2.60%) CSOC
8 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.08%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 115 (59.90%) Windows
2 84 (43.75%) Linux
3 78 (40.63%) Windows Server
4 31 (16.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (6.77%) Windows 10
6 10 (5.21%) Mac OS
7 6 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.60%) Unix
9 2 (1.04%) CentOS
10 1 (0.52%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.52%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.04%) Problem-Solving
1 50 (26.04%) SIEM
2 45 (23.44%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 39 (20.31%) Disaster Recovery
4 38 (19.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 29 (15.10%) ITIL
6 26 (13.54%) High Availability
6 26 (13.54%) Validation
7 24 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 20 (10.42%) Application Security
8 20 (10.42%) Zero Trust
9 19 (9.90%) Vulnerability Management
10 18 (9.38%) Incident Response
10 18 (9.38%) Platform Engineering
10 18 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (8.85%) Antivirus Management
11 17 (8.85%) Time Management
12 16 (8.33%) Project Delivery
12 16 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.04%) PowerShell
2 38 (19.79%) Python
3 26 (13.54%) Bash
4 7 (3.65%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (3.65%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.13%) Korn
5 6 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (2.60%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.04%) C
8 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (26.56%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.67%) Degree
3 30 (15.63%) DV Cleared
4 23 (11.98%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (11.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (9.38%) CCNA
6 18 (9.38%) SC Cleared
7 17 (8.85%) CCNP
8 15 (7.81%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (7.81%) GCIA
9 12 (6.25%) GIAC
9 12 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (5.21%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (5.21%) SANS
11 9 (4.69%) DBS Check
12 8 (4.17%) Azure Certification
12 8 (4.17%) CISSP
12 8 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (4.17%) CREST Certified
12 8 (4.17%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.17%) GDPR
4 7 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (3.65%) NCSC
4 7 (3.65%) SLA
5 3 (1.56%) NIST
5 3 (1.56%) QA
5 3 (1.56%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.52%) GRC
System Software
1 88 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 39 (20.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (18.23%) Hyper-V
4 29 (15.10%) vSphere
5 12 (6.25%) Docker
6 9 (4.69%) KVM
7 8 (4.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (4.17%) VMware NSX
8 7 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.60%) Squid
9 5 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.56%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.56%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.04%) Samba
12 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (14.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.77%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.69%) Graylog
3 9 (4.69%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.17%) Kibana
4 8 (4.17%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.60%) Terraform
7 4 (2.08%) Ansible
7 4 (2.08%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.56%) Grafana
8 3 (1.56%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.04%) vRealize
10 1 (0.52%) Autotask
10 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 120 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 80 (41.67%) VMware
3 42 (21.88%) Cisco
4 37 (19.27%) Red Hat
5 20 (10.42%) Fortinet
6 19 (9.90%) Palo Alto
6 19 (9.90%) Veeam
7 15 (7.81%) McAfee
8 12 (6.25%) Aruba
9 11 (5.73%) Juniper
10 10 (5.21%) Splunk
11 9 (4.69%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (4.17%) Dell
13 7 (3.65%) Apple
13 7 (3.65%) Carbon Black
13 7 (3.65%) Datto
13 7 (3.65%) Google
14 6 (3.13%) SonicWALL
15 5 (2.60%) F5
16 4 (2.08%) NetApp