Firewall
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 73 65
Rank change year-on-year -28 -8 +21
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 1,665 1,699 3,601
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 3.86% 3.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.77% 25.84% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 1,397 3,118
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £27,175
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £48,625
Median % change year-on-year - +7.97% -2.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,871 6,575 12,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.68% 14.93% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,068 3,787 9,394
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,776 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Firewall job vacancy trend in the UK

Firewall
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the UK

Firewall
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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
England -22 1,549 £54,498 +3.80% 479
UK excluding London -31 1,090 £45,000 -5.26% 421
London -16 502 £73,500 +2.44% 131
Work from Home +14 466 £55,000 +10.00% 265
South East -6 332 £52,500 +7.14% 135
North of England +1 290 £46,500 +3.33% 121
North West +26 156 £46,500 -11.43% 71
Midlands -63 154 £45,000 - 58
East of England -15 122 £40,500 -19.00% 31
South West -54 116 £42,500 -10.53% 43
Yorkshire -45 98 £48,445 +12.66% 35
West Midlands -75 82 £55,500 +23.33% 36
East Midlands -18 72 £42,500 -7.61% 22
Wales -18 38 £45,000 -5.26% 15
North East -23 36 £45,000 +20.00% 17
Scotland -7 32 £39,000 -15.68% 29
Northern Ireland - 7 £31,500 -

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 210 (12.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 203 (12.19%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.44%) Confluence
4 16 (0.96%) IIS
5 9 (0.54%) Apache
6 5 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.18%) WordPress
8 1 (0.060%) nginx
8 1 (0.060%) SAS
8 1 (0.060%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 87 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.10%) MS Visio
3 25 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.18%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.24%) Sage X3
4 3 (0.18%) Alphatax
5 2 (0.12%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.060%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 818 (49.13%) Azure
2 648 (38.92%) Microsoft 365
3 355 (21.32%) AWS
4 341 (20.48%) Entra ID
5 103 (6.19%) GCP
6 77 (4.62%) SaaS
7 71 (4.26%) IaaS
8 58 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (3.48%) GitHub
8 58 (3.48%) PaaS
9 52 (3.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 50 (3.00%) Datadog
11 49 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
11 49 (2.94%) Mimecast
12 43 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
12 43 (2.58%) OneDrive
13 41 (2.46%) Google Workspace
14 34 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
15 32 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 28 (1.68%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 616 (37.00%) VPN
2 470 (28.23%) WAN
3 435 (26.13%) DNS
4 377 (22.64%) LAN
5 319 (19.16%) Network Security
6 295 (17.72%) DHCP
7 282 (16.94%) VLAN
8 243 (14.59%) Wi-Fi
9 208 (12.49%) TCP/IP
10 189 (11.35%) SD-WAN
11 165 (9.91%) Wireless
12 153 (9.19%) BGP
13 126 (7.57%) OSPF
14 96 (5.77%) VoIP
15 91 (5.47%) Cisco ASA
16 86 (5.17%) Cisco ISE
17 80 (4.80%) SAN
18 72 (4.32%) WLAN
19 71 (4.26%) Cisco Firepower
20 65 (3.90%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.26%) MySQL
3 15 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (0.84%) GIS
5 11 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (0.60%) Power BI
7 7 (0.42%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.18%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.18%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.12%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database 11g
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Database 12c
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.060%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (1.74%) GitLab
2 28 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.62%) JIRA
4 26 (1.56%) Git
5 21 (1.26%) Chocolatey
6 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
General
1 526 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 220 (13.21%) Finance
3 195 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (5.83%) Telecoms
5 95 (5.71%) Public Sector
6 59 (3.54%) Banking
7 58 (3.48%) Retail
8 57 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 52 (3.12%) Organisational Skills
10 46 (2.76%) Manufacturing
11 43 (2.58%) Law
12 40 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
13 35 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (1.86%) Legal
15 29 (1.74%) Marketing
16 22 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (0.90%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.72%) Billing
19 10 (0.60%) Retail Banking
20 8 (0.48%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 314 (18.86%) Network Engineer
2 285 (17.12%) IT Engineer
3 278 (16.70%) IT Support
4 276 (16.58%) Senior
5 271 (16.28%) Support Engineer
6 207 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 201 (12.07%) IT Support Engineer
8 130 (7.81%) Architect
9 115 (6.91%) Analyst
10 105 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 105 (6.31%) Azure Engineer
11 101 (6.07%) Senior Network Engineer
12 92 (5.53%) Security Engineer
13 89 (5.35%) Cloud Engineer
14 86 (5.17%) Lead
15 77 (4.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 67 (4.02%) Cisco Engineer
17 65 (3.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 54 (3.24%) Support Technician
19 53 (3.18%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.74%) REST
2 28 (1.68%) LDAP
2 28 (1.68%) SAML
3 25 (1.50%) YAML
4 23 (1.38%) OAuth
5 22 (1.32%) XMPP
6 19 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
7 18 (1.08%) 802.1X
8 17 (1.02%) ADO
8 17 (1.02%) JSON
9 16 (0.96%) Regular Expression
10 13 (0.78%) OpenID
11 12 (0.72%) Jinja
12 10 (0.60%) Node.js
12 10 (0.60%) XML
13 7 (0.42%) .NET
13 7 (0.42%) ARM Templates
14 6 (0.36%) YANG
15 5 (0.30%) FreeSWITCH
16 4 (0.24%) JSON Schema
Miscellaneous
1 224 (13.45%) Data Centre
2 130 (7.81%) Driving Licence
3 85 (5.11%) Security Posture
4 71 (4.26%) PKI
5 64 (3.84%) Onboarding
6 62 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 55 (3.30%) Cyber Threat
8 53 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
9 49 (2.94%) Management Information System
10 41 (2.46%) Cloud Native
11 39 (2.34%) Replication
12 25 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
13 24 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
14 22 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.26%) IoT
16 20 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
17 16 (0.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 16 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
17 16 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
18 15 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 672 (40.36%) Windows
2 382 (22.94%) Windows Server
3 230 (13.81%) Linux
4 88 (5.29%) Windows 10
5 55 (3.30%) Mac OS
6 46 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 44 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 35 (2.10%) VMS
9 30 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 29 (1.74%) Unix
11 27 (1.62%) Apple iOS
12 26 (1.56%) Ubuntu
13 23 (1.38%) Android
14 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
15 9 (0.54%) Debian
16 8 (0.48%) Windows 7
17 7 (0.42%) CentOS
17 7 (0.42%) Windows 8
17 7 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
18 4 (0.24%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 375 (22.52%) Cybersecurity
3 278 (16.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 249 (14.95%) Disaster Recovery
5 226 (13.57%) ITIL
6 212 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 208 (12.49%) SIEM
8 200 (12.01%) Incident Response
9 182 (10.93%) Customer Service
10 180 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
11 152 (9.13%) Mentoring
12 148 (8.89%) High Availability
13 141 (8.47%) DevOps
14 137 (8.23%) CI/CD
15 135 (8.11%) Cloud Security
16 119 (7.15%) Zero Trust
17 116 (6.97%) Project Delivery
18 114 (6.85%) Business Continuity
19 113 (6.79%) Migration
20 106 (6.37%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 237 (14.23%) PowerShell
1 237 (14.23%) Python
2 99 (5.95%) Bash
3 80 (4.80%) SQL
4 29 (1.74%) Bicep
5 24 (1.44%) Go
6 19 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
7 18 (1.08%) JavaScript
8 14 (0.84%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.54%) C++
10 8 (0.48%) Java
10 8 (0.48%) Korn
11 7 (0.42%) C#
12 6 (0.36%) Perl
13 3 (0.18%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.18%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.18%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.12%) C
14 2 (0.12%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.060%) PHP
Qualifications
1 293 (17.60%) Cisco Certification
2 224 (13.45%) Security Cleared
3 211 (12.67%) CCNP
4 203 (12.19%) Degree
5 129 (7.75%) SC Cleared
6 127 (7.63%) CCNA
7 105 (6.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 93 (5.59%) DV Cleared
9 85 (5.11%) CISSP
10 83 (4.98%) Azure Certification
11 79 (4.74%) CCIE
12 71 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 46 (2.76%) CISM
13 46 (2.76%) CompTIA Security+
14 43 (2.58%) Network+ Certification
15 42 (2.52%) DBS Check
16 34 (2.04%) CEH
17 27 (1.62%) AWS Certification
18 24 (1.44%) JNCIA
19 18 (1.08%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (12.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 128 (7.69%) NIST
3 122 (7.33%) GDPR
4 119 (7.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 94 (5.65%) SLA
6 57 (3.42%) PCI DSS
7 37 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 26 (1.56%) GRC
8 26 (1.56%) SOC 2
9 18 (1.08%) JSP 440
10 16 (0.96%) PMO
11 11 (0.66%) NCSC
12 9 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 8 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 7 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 7 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.42%) QA
System Software
1 567 (34.05%) Active Directory
2 263 (15.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 194 (11.65%) Hyper-V
4 59 (3.54%) vSphere
5 54 (3.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 53 (3.18%) Docker
7 38 (2.28%) Firmware
7 38 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
8 37 (2.22%) VMware NSX
9 18 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
10 16 (0.96%) ProxySG
11 11 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 7 (0.42%) KVM
13 7 (0.42%) Terminal Services
13 7 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.36%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.12%) EMC RecoverPoint
15 2 (0.12%) Samba
Systems Management
1 207 (12.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 193 (11.59%) Terraform
3 181 (10.87%) Ansible
4 93 (5.59%) Kubernetes
5 88 (5.29%) FortiGate
6 56 (3.36%) Grafana
7 51 (3.06%) SCCM
8 45 (2.70%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.56%) Proxmox
10 22 (1.32%) Autotask
11 21 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
12 20 (1.20%) vCenter Server
13 14 (0.84%) CASB
14 13 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
15 11 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 11 (0.66%) Nagios
16 10 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
16 10 (0.60%) Cisco Prime
17 9 (0.54%) Check_MK
17 9 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 822 (49.37%) Microsoft
2 461 (27.69%) Cisco
3 374 (22.46%) VMware
4 192 (11.53%) Fortinet
5 177 (10.63%) Palo Alto
6 125 (7.51%) Meraki
7 102 (6.13%) Juniper
8 98 (5.89%) CheckPoint
9 97 (5.83%) SolarWinds
10 77 (4.62%) Aruba
11 70 (4.20%) Google
12 61 (3.66%) Veeam
13 59 (3.54%) F5
14 58 (3.48%) Splunk
15 47 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
16 46 (2.76%) Red Hat
16 46 (2.76%) Tenable
17 44 (2.64%) Arista
18 43 (2.58%) Dell
18 43 (2.58%) Zscaler