Firewall Job Trends in West London

Firewall
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West London requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 50 13
Rank change year-on-year +11 -37 +56
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 16 6 29
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 3.12% 1.57% 9.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.04% 7.69% 46.77%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 28
10th Percentile - £34,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £67,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.60% +30.73% -14.58%
75th Percentile £97,500 £77,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £98,250 - £61,250
London median annual salary £67,250 £71,200 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.55% +9.54% +4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West London

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 West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 177 78 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 34.50% 20.37% 19.81%
Number of salaries quoted 37 43 53
10th Percentile £29,750 £43,000 £27,725
25th Percentile £31,000 - £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £75,000 £59,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £71,400 £66,250
London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in West London

Firewall
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in West London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in West London

Firewall
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the West London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Wembley +6 6 £95,000 +137.50% 4
Hounslow - 4 £38,000 - 1
Hillingdon - 2 £49,500 -
Ealing - 1 - - 1
Firewall
London

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) AWS
2 7 (43.75%) Nutanix
3 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) WAN
2 7 (43.75%) SD-WAN
3 6 (37.50%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) VLAN
5 2 (12.50%) LAN
5 2 (12.50%) Wireless
6 1 (6.25%) BGP
6 1 (6.25%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (6.25%) DHCP
6 1 (6.25%) DNS
6 1 (6.25%) Network Security
6 1 (6.25%) OSPF
6 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (6.25%) Wireless Security
6 1 (6.25%) WPA2
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Legal
2 7 (43.75%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) French Language
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Head of Security
2 5 (31.25%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (31.25%) Head of IT
2 5 (31.25%) Head of IT Security
3 4 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support
3 4 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Network Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) Senior
5 2 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 1 (6.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) ITSM Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Wireless Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) BYOD
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Windows Server
2 1 (6.25%) Android
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 8 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) Data Mapping
2 7 (43.75%) Data Protection
2 7 (43.75%) Data Security
2 7 (43.75%) Due Diligence
2 7 (43.75%) Impact Assessments
2 7 (43.75%) Incident Response
2 7 (43.75%) Information Security
2 7 (43.75%) Risk Management
2 7 (43.75%) Service Delivery
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (43.75%) Strategic Roadmap
2 7 (43.75%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (43.75%) Zero Trust
3 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 2 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CISA
1 7 (43.75%) CISM
1 7 (43.75%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) CCIE
3 1 (6.25%) CCNA
3 1 (6.25%) CCNP
3 1 (6.25%) CWDP
3 1 (6.25%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (43.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 7 (43.75%) GDPR
1 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (43.75%) NIST
1 7 (43.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (43.75%) CASB
2 7 (43.75%) SCCM
3 4 (25.00%) Autotask
4 2 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Arista
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Apple
3 1 (6.25%) Aruba
3 1 (6.25%) Ekahau
3 1 (6.25%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) Meraki
3 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds