Firewall Jobs in the Thames Valley

Firewall
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 42 58
Rank change year-on-year -58 +16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 82 324 299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.65% 4.83% 4.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.15% 33.51% 30.76%
Number of salaries quoted 68 294 240
10th Percentile £33,625 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,125 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% +4.72% -8.16%
75th Percentile £62,813 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -8.16%

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 478 967 972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.47% 14.40% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 212 687 545
10th Percentile £25,800 £28,400 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £74,550
South East median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Firewall in the Thames Valley

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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 4 May 2025. 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 -33 45 £52,500 +5.00% 45
Buckinghamshire -5 21 £45,000 +8.43% 25
Oxfordshire -24 16 £43,750 +2.94% 33
Firewall
South East

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (20.73%) SharePoint
3 8 (9.76%) IIS
4 6 (7.32%) Apache
5 3 (3.66%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.22%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.88%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Cloud Services
1 32 (39.02%) Azure
2 26 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (20.73%) AWS
4 9 (10.98%) Entra ID
5 4 (4.88%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (4.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 4 (4.88%) Amazon S3
5 4 (4.88%) AWS KMS
5 4 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.88%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.88%) Serverless
5 4 (4.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (3.66%) SaaS
7 2 (2.44%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.49%) DNS
2 20 (24.39%) VPN
3 18 (21.95%) DHCP
4 16 (19.51%) WAN
5 13 (15.85%) Network Security
5 13 (15.85%) TCP/IP
5 13 (15.85%) VLAN
6 12 (14.63%) LAN
7 10 (12.20%) VoIP
8 8 (9.76%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (8.54%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (7.32%) BGP
10 6 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (7.32%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (7.32%) OSPF
10 6 (7.32%) SD-WAN
11 5 (6.10%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (6.10%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (4.88%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (4.88%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.10%) Relational Database
3 4 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 31 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.76%) Finance
3 7 (8.54%) Manufacturing
3 7 (8.54%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.32%) Retail
4 6 (7.32%) Spanish Language
5 5 (6.10%) Back Office
5 5 (6.10%) Local Government
5 5 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (19.51%) Analyst
2 13 (15.85%) Network Engineer
3 11 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (13.41%) Senior
4 10 (12.20%) 1st Line Support
4 10 (12.20%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) IT Engineer
4 10 (12.20%) Support Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) Support Engineer
5 9 (10.98%) Help Desk Support
5 9 (10.98%) Security Engineer
6 8 (9.76%) IT Support
6 8 (9.76%) Technical Support
7 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (7.32%) Support Technician
8 6 (7.32%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) Help Desk Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) Help Desk Support Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) Project Engineer
9 5 (6.10%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.88%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.51%) Data Centre
2 11 (13.41%) Onboarding
3 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
4 6 (7.32%) Replication
4 6 (7.32%) Security Posture
5 5 (6.10%) Client/Server
5 5 (6.10%) Operational Technology
6 3 (3.66%) Clustering
6 3 (3.66%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.66%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (2.44%) IoT
7 2 (2.44%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 41 (50.00%) Windows
2 37 (45.12%) Windows Server
3 14 (17.07%) Linux
4 12 (14.63%) Mac OS
5 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (6.10%) Ubuntu
6 5 (6.10%) Windows 10
7 3 (3.66%) Android
8 1 (1.22%) CentOS
8 1 (1.22%) Debian
8 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (20.73%) Customer Service
2 17 (20.73%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (19.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (17.07%) Information Security
4 14 (17.07%) ITIL
5 12 (14.63%) Project Delivery
6 11 (13.41%) Service Delivery
7 10 (12.20%) Server Management
8 9 (10.98%) Analytics
9 8 (9.76%) Change Management
9 8 (9.76%) SIEM
10 7 (8.54%) Agile
10 7 (8.54%) Business Continuity
10 7 (8.54%) High Availability
10 7 (8.54%) Incident Management
10 7 (8.54%) Project Management
10 7 (8.54%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 6 (7.32%) Patch Management
11 6 (7.32%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.41%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.76%) Python
3 5 (6.10%) SQL
4 4 (4.88%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.44%) Bash
6 1 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (14.63%) CCNP
3 9 (10.98%) Degree
4 8 (9.76%) Security Cleared
5 7 (8.54%) CCNA
5 7 (8.54%) CISSP
5 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.10%) MCP
6 5 (6.10%) MCSA
7 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (3.66%) DBS Check
8 3 (3.66%) GCIA
8 3 (3.66%) SANS
9 2 (2.44%) CCSE
9 2 (2.44%) CCSM
9 2 (2.44%) MCSE
10 1 (1.22%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (10.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.66%) GDPR
3 3 (3.66%) NIST
4 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (40.24%) Active Directory
2 32 (39.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (25.61%) Hyper-V
4 11 (13.41%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (12.20%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (8.54%) Docker
7 4 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (3.66%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.22%) Firmware
9 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.22%) pfSense
9 1 (1.22%) Squid
9 1 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.98%) vCenter Server
3 6 (7.32%) Terraform
3 6 (7.32%) ZABBIX
4 5 (6.10%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.88%) Ansible
5 4 (4.88%) Nessus
5 4 (4.88%) Proxmox
5 4 (4.88%) WSUS
6 3 (3.66%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (3.66%) SCCM
6 3 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (2.44%) ZENworks
8 1 (1.22%) Grafana
8 1 (1.22%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 50 (60.98%) Microsoft
2 32 (39.02%) VMware
3 18 (21.95%) Cisco
4 9 (10.98%) Juniper
5 8 (9.76%) Apple
6 7 (8.54%) Fortinet
6 7 (8.54%) Sophos
7 5 (6.10%) Oracle
7 5 (6.10%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (4.88%) F5
8 4 (4.88%) Meraki
8 4 (4.88%) Veeam
9 3 (3.66%) arcserve
9 3 (3.66%) HP
9 3 (3.66%) SonicWALL
10 2 (2.44%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.44%) ConnectWise
10 2 (2.44%) Palo Alto
11 1 (1.22%) Draytek
11 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow