Firewall Engineer
UK
The median Firewall Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 717 | 902 | 890 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +185 | -12 | +356 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Firewall Engineer | 11 | 20 | 27 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.019% | 0.019% | 0.030% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.021% | 0.020% | 0.033% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 20 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £31,250 | £33,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,875 | £55,313 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £66,250 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.30% | +20.45% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,625 | £77,500 | £70,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £55,000 | £90,000 | £89,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £67,500 | £37,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.63% | +80.00% | -18.92% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 52,152 | 102,300 | 81,659 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.82% | 94.79% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,176 | 72,142 | 54,048 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,118 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.87% | +5.18% |
Firewall Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Firewall Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Firewall Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall Engineer.
Firewall Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall Engineer over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.
Firewall Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 July 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 |
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| England | +168 | 9 | £47,500 | -25.49% | 19 |
| UK excluding London | +180 | 6 | £47,500 | -29.63% | 13 |
| London | - | 5 | £47,500 | - | 7 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 4 | £45,000 | -28.00% | 6 |
| North of England | +57 | 2 | £52,500 | -30.00% | 10 |
| East of England | +32 | 2 | £42,500 | -43.33% | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £47,500 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +46 | 1 | £47,500 | -36.67% | 4 |
| North West | +14 | 1 | £57,500 | -23.33% | 6 |
Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 July 2025, Firewall Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Firewall Engineer in the job title.
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Firewall Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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