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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 80 43
Rank change year-on-year +31 -37 -5
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 191 121 252
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.97% 3.36% 4.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 41.34% 20.58% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 153 99 208
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,950 £33,025
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £49,940
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -9.89% +10.98%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,500 £66,650
South East median annual salary £48,000 £45,000 £45,802
% change year-on-year +6.67% -1.75% +1.78%

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 462 588 738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.18% 16.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 347 282 509
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,375 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +14.46% -14.43% +2.11%

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 30 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 30 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 +5.00% 11
Buckinghamshire +10 66 £62,500 +38.89% 11
Oxfordshire -16 34 £42,500 +2.41% 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 36 (18.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (17.80%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.19%) Apache
4 5 (2.62%) nginx
5 4 (2.09%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) IIS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.14%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 99 (51.83%) Azure
2 61 (31.94%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (29.84%) AWS
4 27 (14.14%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (6.28%) GCP
7 10 (5.24%) OpenShift
7 10 (5.24%) Power Automate
8 8 (4.19%) Cloudflare
9 7 (3.66%) IaaS
10 6 (3.14%) Google Workspace
10 6 (3.14%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.62%) Apigee
11 5 (2.62%) Kong
12 4 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
14 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
14 1 (0.52%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 101 (52.88%) DNS
2 81 (42.41%) VPN
3 46 (24.08%) DHCP
4 45 (23.56%) Wi-Fi
5 36 (18.85%) WAN
6 35 (18.32%) TCP/IP
7 33 (17.28%) LAN
8 31 (16.23%) VLAN
9 27 (14.14%) Network Security
10 22 (11.52%) Wireless
11 20 (10.47%) VoIP
12 15 (7.85%) SD-WAN
13 12 (6.28%) SAN
14 11 (5.76%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (5.24%) SSL
16 9 (4.71%) HTTP
17 8 (4.19%) iSCSI
18 7 (3.66%) NAS
18 7 (3.66%) PBX
19 6 (3.14%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.19%) MySQL
2 8 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.28%) GitLab
2 6 (3.14%) Git
3 4 (2.09%) JIRA
General
1 78 (40.84%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.99%) Telecoms
3 18 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.90%) Documentation Skills
5 14 (7.33%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (5.76%) Retail
7 10 (5.24%) Finance
8 8 (4.19%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.05%) Marketing
11 2 (1.05%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.52%) Aviation
12 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 43 (22.51%) Senior
2 32 (16.75%) IT Support
3 31 (16.23%) Network Engineer
4 30 (15.71%) Architect
4 30 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (15.71%) IT Engineer
5 21 (10.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 21 (10.99%) Support Engineer
6 18 (9.42%) Applications Architect
7 15 (7.85%) Analyst
7 15 (7.85%) Security Architect
8 14 (7.33%) Security Engineer
9 12 (6.28%) Support Technician
10 11 (5.76%) IT Support Technician
10 11 (5.76%) IT Technician
11 10 (5.24%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (5.24%) Telecoms Engineer
12 9 (4.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support
13 8 (4.19%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.04%) Regular Expression
2 19 (9.95%) LDAP
2 19 (9.95%) XMPP
3 17 (8.90%) JSON
4 12 (6.28%) XML
5 10 (5.24%) Jinja
5 10 (5.24%) YAML
6 7 (3.66%) JSON Schema
7 5 (2.62%) REST
7 5 (2.62%) Web Services
7 5 (2.62%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.57%) Driving Licence
2 22 (11.52%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (7.85%) PKI
4 10 (5.24%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (4.71%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (4.19%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.19%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.19%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.19%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.19%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.14%) CCTV
7 6 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.14%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.62%) CSOC
8 5 (2.62%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.09%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 114 (59.69%) Windows
2 84 (43.98%) Linux
3 77 (40.31%) Windows Server
4 31 (16.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (6.81%) Windows 10
6 10 (5.24%) Mac OS
7 6 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (2.62%) Unix
9 2 (1.05%) CentOS
10 1 (0.52%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.52%) OpenBSD
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.18%) SIEM
2 49 (25.65%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (23.56%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (21.47%) Disaster Recovery
5 40 (20.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (20.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 29 (15.18%) ITIL
7 28 (14.66%) High Availability
8 26 (13.61%) Validation
9 23 (12.04%) Customer Service
10 22 (11.52%) Zero Trust
11 20 (10.47%) Application Security
12 19 (9.95%) Vulnerability Management
13 18 (9.42%) Incident Response
13 18 (9.42%) Platform Engineering
13 18 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
14 17 (8.90%) Antivirus Management
14 17 (8.90%) Project Delivery
15 16 (8.38%) Pattern Matching
15 16 (8.38%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.70%) PowerShell
2 38 (19.90%) Python
3 26 (13.61%) Bash
4 7 (3.66%) Search Processing Language
4 7 (3.66%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.14%) Korn
5 6 (3.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 5 (2.62%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.05%) C
8 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (26.70%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.23%) Degree
3 30 (15.71%) DV Cleared
4 24 (12.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (12.04%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (9.42%) CCNA
6 18 (9.42%) SC Cleared
7 17 (8.90%) CCNP
8 15 (7.85%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (7.85%) GCIA
9 12 (6.28%) GIAC
9 12 (6.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 10 (5.24%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (5.24%) SANS
11 9 (4.71%) Azure Certification
11 9 (4.71%) DBS Check
12 8 (4.19%) CISSP
12 8 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (4.19%) CREST Certified
12 8 (4.19%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.19%) GDPR
3 8 (4.19%) NCSC
4 7 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (3.66%) SLA
5 3 (1.57%) NIST
5 3 (1.57%) QA
5 3 (1.57%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.52%) GRC
System Software
1 89 (46.60%) Active Directory
2 39 (20.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (17.80%) Hyper-V
4 29 (15.18%) vSphere
5 12 (6.28%) Docker
6 9 (4.71%) KVM
7 8 (4.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (4.19%) VMware NSX
8 7 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.62%) Squid
9 5 (2.62%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (1.57%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.57%) Terminal Services
11 2 (1.05%) Samba
12 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (15.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.81%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.71%) Graylog
3 9 (4.71%) Proxmox
4 8 (4.19%) Kibana
4 8 (4.19%) ZABBIX
5 6 (3.14%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.62%) Terraform
7 4 (2.09%) Ansible
7 4 (2.09%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.57%) Grafana
8 3 (1.57%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.05%) vRealize
10 1 (0.52%) Autotask
10 1 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 120 (62.83%) Microsoft
2 80 (41.88%) VMware
3 42 (21.99%) Cisco
4 37 (19.37%) Red Hat
5 20 (10.47%) Fortinet
6 19 (9.95%) Palo Alto
6 19 (9.95%) Veeam
7 15 (7.85%) McAfee
8 12 (6.28%) Aruba
9 11 (5.76%) Juniper
10 10 (5.24%) Splunk
11 9 (4.71%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (4.19%) Dell
13 7 (3.66%) Apple
13 7 (3.66%) Carbon Black
13 7 (3.66%) Datto
13 7 (3.66%) Google
14 6 (3.14%) SonicWALL
15 5 (2.62%) F5
16 4 (2.09%) NetApp