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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 83 67
Rank change year-on-year +18 -16 -29
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 172 129 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.32% 3.44% 3.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 35.54% 22.51% 23.44%
Number of salaries quoted 139 104 99
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -4.31%
75th Percentile £64,375 £65,313 £59,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%

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 484 573 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.53% 15.27% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 359 265 320
10th Percentile £28,900 £27,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,250 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,500 £70,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +33 84 £47,500 -5.00% 24
Buckinghamshire +4 53 £60,000 +33.33% 18
Oxfordshire -25 35 £45,500 +9.64% 16
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 55 (31.98%) SharePoint
2 46 (26.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.91%) Apache
3 5 (2.91%) nginx
4 4 (2.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 100 (58.14%) Azure
2 71 (41.28%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (25.00%) AWS
4 39 (22.67%) Entra ID
5 15 (8.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (6.40%) Google Workspace
7 10 (5.81%) IaaS
8 9 (5.23%) Power Automate
9 8 (4.65%) Cloudflare
9 8 (4.65%) GCP
10 6 (3.49%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.58%) PaaS
13 1 (0.58%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 99 (57.56%) DNS
2 80 (46.51%) VPN
3 57 (33.14%) DHCP
4 50 (29.07%) Wi-Fi
5 42 (24.42%) VLAN
6 37 (21.51%) TCP/IP
7 34 (19.77%) Network Security
7 34 (19.77%) WAN
8 33 (19.19%) LAN
9 28 (16.28%) Wireless
10 17 (9.88%) SSL
11 15 (8.72%) SD-WAN
11 15 (8.72%) VoIP
12 10 (5.81%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (4.65%) HTTP
13 8 (4.65%) SAN
14 5 (2.91%) iSCSI
14 5 (2.91%) NGFW
14 5 (2.91%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.07%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.91%) MySQL
2 5 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.33%) JIRA
2 2 (1.16%) GitLab
General
1 69 (40.12%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.72%) Retail
3 13 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (6.40%) Finance
5 7 (4.07%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.58%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 42 (24.42%) Senior
2 34 (19.77%) IT Support
3 31 (18.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (16.86%) IT Engineer
5 28 (16.28%) Network Engineer
6 25 (14.53%) Support Engineer
7 22 (12.79%) IT Support Engineer
8 21 (12.21%) Architect
9 16 (9.30%) Security Engineer
10 13 (7.56%) Analyst
11 12 (6.98%) Applications Architect
12 11 (6.40%) Senior IT Engineer
12 11 (6.40%) Senior IT Support
12 11 (6.40%) Senior Support Engineer
13 10 (5.81%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (5.23%) 3rd Line Support
14 9 (5.23%) Security Architect
15 8 (4.65%) IT Support Technician
15 8 (4.65%) IT Technician
15 8 (4.65%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.30%) Regular Expression
2 15 (8.72%) XMPP
3 13 (7.56%) LDAP
4 5 (2.91%) Web Services
5 4 (2.33%) JSON
5 4 (2.33%) JSON Schema
5 4 (2.33%) XML
6 3 (1.74%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.86%) Driving Licence
2 15 (8.72%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (8.14%) PKI
4 13 (7.56%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (4.07%) Cloud Native
6 7 (4.07%) Private Cloud
6 7 (4.07%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (4.07%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.49%) CCTV
7 6 (3.49%) CSOC
7 6 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.49%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.91%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.74%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 104 (60.47%) Windows
2 67 (38.95%) Windows Server
3 59 (34.30%) Linux
4 21 (12.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (6.40%) Mac OS
5 11 (6.40%) Windows 10
6 10 (5.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.16%) Android
7 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (29.07%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (28.49%) Disaster Recovery
3 47 (27.33%) SIEM
4 42 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (23.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (22.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 27 (15.70%) High Availability
7 27 (15.70%) ITIL
8 25 (14.53%) Zero Trust
9 24 (13.95%) Customer Service
9 24 (13.95%) Validation
10 23 (13.37%) Project Delivery
11 20 (11.63%) Incident Response
11 20 (11.63%) Vulnerability Management
12 19 (11.05%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (10.47%) Kalman Filter
14 17 (9.88%) Migration
14 17 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (9.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 16 (9.30%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 54 (31.40%) PowerShell
2 29 (16.86%) Python
3 22 (12.79%) Bash
4 7 (4.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (4.07%) Search Processing Language
5 5 (2.91%) Korn
6 4 (2.33%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 45 (26.16%) Security Cleared
2 38 (22.09%) Degree
3 32 (18.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (17.44%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (13.37%) DV Cleared
6 22 (12.79%) CCNA
7 21 (12.21%) CompTIA Security+
8 19 (11.05%) CCNP
8 19 (11.05%) SC Cleared
9 16 (9.30%) GCIA
10 15 (8.72%) Azure Certification
11 14 (8.14%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (7.56%) DBS Check
12 13 (7.56%) GIAC
13 11 (6.40%) CISSP
13 11 (6.40%) SANS
14 10 (5.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 8 (4.65%) CREST Certified
15 8 (4.65%) GCIH
16 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (18.60%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (5.81%) NCSC
4 9 (5.23%) GDPR
5 6 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.33%) NIST
7 2 (1.16%) QA
7 2 (1.16%) SLA
7 2 (1.16%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
System Software
1 83 (48.26%) Active Directory
2 42 (24.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (21.51%) Hyper-V
4 22 (12.79%) vSphere
5 8 (4.65%) KVM
6 7 (4.07%) Docker
6 7 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (4.07%) VMware NSX
7 5 (2.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 5 (2.91%) Squid
7 5 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.16%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.16%) Firmware
8 2 (1.16%) iptables
8 2 (1.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 42 (24.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.40%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (5.23%) Graylog
3 9 (5.23%) Kubernetes
4 8 (4.65%) Kibana
4 8 (4.65%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.65%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.49%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.74%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (1.16%) Ansible
7 2 (1.16%) Grafana
7 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.16%) vRealize
8 1 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 119 (69.19%) Microsoft
2 72 (41.86%) VMware
3 43 (25.00%) Cisco
4 27 (15.70%) Fortinet
5 24 (13.95%) Veeam
6 20 (11.63%) Red Hat
7 14 (8.14%) Palo Alto
8 13 (7.56%) Apple
9 12 (6.98%) Aruba
9 12 (6.98%) Google
9 12 (6.98%) McAfee
10 11 (6.40%) Datto
10 11 (6.40%) SonicWALL
11 10 (5.81%) Splunk
12 9 (5.23%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (4.65%) Juniper
14 7 (4.07%) Carbon Black
15 5 (2.91%) Dell
16 4 (2.33%) IBM
16 4 (2.33%) Ruckus Wireless