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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 89 42
Rank change year-on-year +42 -47 +3
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 186 117 296
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.01% 3.25% 4.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 41.61% 19.93% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 145 94 250
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,750 £63,875
South East median annual salary £48,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.13% +10.59% -5.56%

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 447 587 878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.23% 16.32% 13.81%
Number of salaries quoted 327 282 607
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,650
25th Percentile £31,625 £31,406 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £45,000 £44,175
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% +1.87% -7.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +3.26%

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 17 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 17 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 +48 92 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Buckinghamshire +7 63 £62,500 +38.89% 9
Oxfordshire -9 31 £41,250 -0.60% 12
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 32 (17.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 32 (17.20%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.23%) Apache
3 4 (2.15%) Confluence
4 3 (1.61%) nginx
5 1 (0.54%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 91 (48.92%) Azure
2 58 (31.18%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (29.03%) AWS
4 21 (11.29%) Entra ID
5 13 (6.99%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (5.91%) GCP
7 10 (5.38%) OpenShift
8 9 (4.84%) Power Automate
9 8 (4.30%) Cloudflare
10 6 (3.23%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.69%) Apigee
11 5 (2.69%) Kong
12 4 (2.15%) Google Workspace
12 4 (2.15%) IaaS
13 3 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.61%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.54%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.54%) Mimecast
14 1 (0.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 93 (50.00%) DNS
2 78 (41.94%) VPN
3 44 (23.66%) Wi-Fi
4 40 (21.51%) DHCP
5 37 (19.89%) WAN
6 32 (17.20%) LAN
6 32 (17.20%) TCP/IP
7 30 (16.13%) VLAN
8 23 (12.37%) Network Security
8 23 (12.37%) Wireless
9 20 (10.75%) VoIP
10 13 (6.99%) SD-WAN
11 12 (6.45%) SAN
12 11 (5.91%) Remote Desktop
13 9 (4.84%) HTTP
13 9 (4.84%) PBX
14 8 (4.30%) iSCSI
14 8 (4.30%) Unified Communications
14 8 (4.30%) Wireshark
15 7 (3.76%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.30%) MySQL
2 8 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.45%) GitLab
2 6 (3.23%) Git
3 4 (2.15%) JIRA
General
1 72 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.83%) Telecoms
3 18 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.60%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.38%) Finance
7 8 (4.30%) Retail
8 6 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.15%) Marketing
11 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.54%) Aviation
12 1 (0.54%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.54%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 40 (21.51%) Senior
2 31 (16.67%) Architect
3 30 (16.13%) Network Engineer
4 28 (15.05%) IT Support
5 27 (14.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (13.98%) IT Engineer
7 18 (9.68%) Applications Architect
8 17 (9.14%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (9.14%) Support Engineer
9 15 (8.06%) Analyst
9 15 (8.06%) Security Architect
10 13 (6.99%) Security Engineer
11 12 (6.45%) Support Technician
12 11 (5.91%) IT Support Technician
12 11 (5.91%) IT Technician
13 10 (5.38%) Automation Engineer
13 10 (5.38%) Telecoms Engineer
14 9 (4.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 8 (4.30%) 2nd Line Support
15 8 (4.30%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.37%) Regular Expression
2 19 (10.22%) LDAP
2 19 (10.22%) XMPP
3 17 (9.14%) JSON
4 12 (6.45%) XML
5 10 (5.38%) Jinja
5 10 (5.38%) YAML
6 7 (3.76%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.69%) REST
7 5 (2.69%) YANG
8 3 (1.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.90%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (11.83%) Driving Licence
3 16 (8.60%) PKI
4 10 (5.38%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (4.84%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (4.30%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.30%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.30%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.76%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.76%) Private Cloud
7 7 (3.76%) Web Conferencing
8 6 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (3.23%) CCTV
8 6 (3.23%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (2.15%) CSOC
10 4 (2.15%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 111 (59.68%) Windows
2 82 (44.09%) Linux
3 76 (40.86%) Windows Server
4 31 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.38%) Windows 10
6 9 (4.84%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.69%) Unix
8 4 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.08%) CentOS
10 1 (0.54%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.54%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.34%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (25.27%) SIEM
3 41 (22.04%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (19.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (17.74%) Disaster Recovery
6 29 (15.59%) ITIL
7 26 (13.98%) Validation
8 23 (12.37%) Customer Service
9 22 (11.83%) High Availability
10 19 (10.22%) Application Security
11 18 (9.68%) Platform Engineering
11 18 (9.68%) Time Management
11 18 (9.68%) Zero Trust
12 17 (9.14%) Antivirus Management
12 17 (9.14%) Incident Response
12 17 (9.14%) Task Automation
12 17 (9.14%) Vulnerability Management
13 16 (8.60%) Pattern Matching
14 15 (8.06%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 49 (26.34%) PowerShell
2 37 (19.89%) Python
3 25 (13.44%) Bash
4 7 (3.76%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (3.76%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.23%) Korn
6 5 (2.69%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.69%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.08%) C
8 1 (0.54%) Bicep
8 1 (0.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.67%) Degree
2 31 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 21 (11.29%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (9.14%) CCNA
5 16 (8.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (8.06%) CCNP
6 15 (8.06%) SC Cleared
7 14 (7.53%) GCIA
8 12 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 11 (5.91%) GIAC
10 10 (5.38%) SANS
11 9 (4.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 8 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (4.30%) CREST Certified
12 8 (4.30%) GCIH
12 8 (4.30%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (3.76%) CISSP
13 7 (3.76%) DBS Check
13 7 (3.76%) GCED
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (4.30%) GDPR
2 8 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.76%) SLA
4 5 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.69%) NCSC
5 3 (1.61%) QA
5 3 (1.61%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.08%) NIST
7 1 (0.54%) GRC
System Software
1 85 (45.70%) Active Directory
2 35 (18.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (17.74%) Hyper-V
4 29 (15.59%) vSphere
5 12 (6.45%) Docker
6 9 (4.84%) KVM
6 9 (4.84%) VMware NSX
7 8 (4.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 6 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.61%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.61%) Squid
9 3 (1.61%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (1.08%) Samba
Systems Management
1 20 (10.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.99%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.84%) Graylog
3 9 (4.84%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.30%) Kibana
4 8 (4.30%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.23%) Terraform
6 4 (2.15%) Ansible
6 4 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (2.15%) vRealize
7 3 (1.61%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.61%) Grafana
7 3 (1.61%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.54%) Autotask
8 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.54%) QRadar
Vendors
1 113 (60.75%) Microsoft
2 76 (40.86%) VMware
3 37 (19.89%) Red Hat
4 36 (19.35%) Cisco
5 19 (10.22%) Palo Alto
6 17 (9.14%) Fortinet
7 16 (8.60%) Veeam
8 15 (8.06%) McAfee
9 12 (6.45%) Aruba
10 11 (5.91%) Juniper
11 10 (5.38%) Splunk
12 9 (4.84%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (4.30%) Dell
14 7 (3.76%) Carbon Black
15 5 (2.69%) Datto
15 5 (2.69%) F5
15 5 (2.69%) Google
16 4 (2.15%) Citrix
16 4 (2.15%) IBM
16 4 (2.15%) SonicWALL