Hybrid/Remote Firewall Job Trends

Firewall
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 120 71
Rank change year-on-year +21 -49 -12
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 651 440 863
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.72% 2.70% 3.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.27% 24.06% 23.38%
Number of salaries quoted 460 350 605
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,735 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,813 £71,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% -4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,303 1,829 3,691
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.62% 11.23% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,336 1,061 1,649
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Firewall job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Firewall
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Firewall over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Firewall salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 93 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 87 (13.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.92%) IIS
4 7 (1.08%) Apache
4 7 (1.08%) Confluence
4 7 (1.08%) nginx
5 3 (0.46%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 316 (48.54%) Azure
2 234 (35.94%) Microsoft 365
3 182 (27.96%) Entra ID
4 106 (16.28%) AWS
5 27 (4.15%) Mimecast
6 19 (2.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (2.92%) GCP
7 18 (2.76%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (1.69%) PaaS
9 10 (1.54%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.23%) IaaS
10 8 (1.23%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 7 (1.08%) SaaS
11 7 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.92%) Cloudflare
12 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 183 (28.11%) Network Security
2 182 (27.96%) VPN
3 163 (25.04%) WAN
4 162 (24.88%) DNS
5 152 (23.35%) LAN
6 142 (21.81%) VLAN
7 124 (19.05%) TCP/IP
8 117 (17.97%) DHCP
9 71 (10.91%) Wi-Fi
10 70 (10.75%) Wireless
11 65 (9.98%) SD-WAN
12 48 (7.37%) BGP
13 47 (7.22%) OSPF
14 38 (5.84%) VoIP
15 35 (5.38%) Cisco Nexus
16 33 (5.07%) Cisco ISE
17 26 (3.99%) VXLAN
17 26 (3.99%) WLAN
18 23 (3.53%) MPLS
19 21 (3.23%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.08%) MySQL
3 3 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.46%) Power BI
4 2 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.15%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (0.92%) JIRA
2 5 (0.77%) Burp Suite
2 5 (0.77%) Git
2 5 (0.77%) Metasploit
2 5 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.15%) GitLab
3 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 286 (43.93%) Social Skills
2 63 (9.68%) Telecoms
3 55 (8.45%) Finance
4 32 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (4.92%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.45%) Retail
6 24 (3.69%) Banking
7 19 (2.92%) Manufacturing
8 18 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (2.46%) Legal
9 16 (2.46%) Marketing
10 14 (2.15%) Law
11 13 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.23%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.77%) Aviation
15 4 (0.61%) Advertising
15 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 156 (23.96%) Senior
2 106 (16.28%) Network Engineer
3 95 (14.59%) Support Engineer
4 90 (13.82%) IT Support
5 87 (13.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 82 (12.60%) IT Engineer
7 76 (11.67%) Security Engineer
8 60 (9.22%) IT Support Engineer
9 47 (7.22%) Senior Security Engineer
10 46 (7.07%) Analyst
11 39 (5.99%) Consultant
12 37 (5.68%) Architect
13 35 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
14 33 (5.07%) Support Technician
15 29 (4.45%) Senior Network Engineer
16 26 (3.99%) Security Analyst
16 26 (3.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 24 (3.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 21 (3.23%) 3rd Line Support
18 21 (3.23%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (7.53%) Terraform
2 12 (1.84%) Middleware
3 10 (1.54%) 802.1X
3 10 (1.54%) LDAP
4 7 (1.08%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.08%) XMPP
5 6 (0.92%) SAML
5 6 (0.92%) Web Services
6 5 (0.77%) OAuth
6 5 (0.77%) OpenID
6 5 (0.77%) REST
6 5 (0.77%) YAML
7 4 (0.61%) COM
7 4 (0.61%) DCOM
7 4 (0.61%) React
8 3 (0.46%) ADO
9 2 (0.31%) ModSecurity
10 1 (0.15%) LAPP Stack
10 1 (0.15%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.14%) Data Centre
2 58 (8.91%) Security Posture
3 56 (8.60%) Driving Licence
4 36 (5.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.84%) Cyber Threat
7 22 (3.38%) PKI
8 21 (3.23%) Replication
9 19 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (2.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 13 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
11 13 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
12 12 (1.84%) Cloud Native
13 11 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
13 11 (1.69%) iSeries
13 11 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
14 10 (1.54%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.54%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.38%) Cloud Security Posture
15 9 (1.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 255 (39.17%) Windows
2 153 (23.50%) Windows Server
3 74 (11.37%) Linux
4 14 (2.15%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 11 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.77%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.61%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.46%) Android
9 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.46%) Debian
10 2 (0.31%) Unix
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.15%) CentOS
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (38.25%) Cybersecurity
2 176 (27.04%) Problem-Solving
3 145 (22.27%) Project Delivery
4 136 (20.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 101 (15.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 89 (13.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 88 (13.52%) Business Continuity
8 81 (12.44%) Customer Service
9 77 (11.83%) ITIL
9 77 (11.83%) Mentoring
10 75 (11.52%) Incident Response
11 71 (10.91%) Vulnerability Management
12 70 (10.75%) Cloud Security
13 68 (10.45%) SIEM
14 62 (9.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 61 (9.37%) Network Architecture
15 61 (9.37%) Stakeholder Management
16 58 (8.91%) Decision-Making
17 54 (8.29%) Infrastructure as Code
18 51 (7.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 90 (13.82%) PowerShell
2 67 (10.29%) Python
3 29 (4.45%) SQL
4 18 (2.76%) Bash
5 13 (2.00%) Bicep
6 6 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (0.77%) Go
8 4 (0.61%) C#
8 4 (0.61%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.61%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.46%) Java
9 3 (0.46%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.15%) Korn
11 1 (0.15%) PHP
11 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (13.06%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (12.75%) Degree
3 56 (8.60%) CCNP
4 51 (7.83%) CCNA
5 50 (7.68%) Security Cleared
6 48 (7.37%) Azure Certification
6 48 (7.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (5.68%) CISSP
8 31 (4.76%) DBS Check
8 31 (4.76%) SC Cleared
9 20 (3.07%) CISM
10 17 (2.61%) DV Cleared
11 16 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (2.00%) AWS Certification
13 12 (1.84%) CCIE
13 12 (1.84%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.69%) GIAC
14 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 11 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (1.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (11.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (9.37%) NIST
3 60 (9.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 31 (4.76%) GDPR
5 27 (4.15%) SLA
6 26 (3.99%) PCI DSS
7 18 (2.76%) GRC
8 15 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (1.38%) Accessibility
10 7 (1.08%) JSP 440
11 6 (0.92%) NCSC
12 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 4 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
15 2 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
15 2 (0.31%) NIST 800
16 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
16 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
16 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 192 (29.49%) Active Directory
2 123 (18.89%) Hyper-V
3 106 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (3.07%) vSphere
6 16 (2.46%) Firmware
7 13 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.54%) Docker
9 9 (1.38%) Virtual Servers
10 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.92%) Squid
11 6 (0.92%) VMware NSX
12 5 (0.77%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.77%) KVM
13 4 (0.61%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.46%) iptables
15 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 106 (16.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (5.38%) Ansible
3 28 (4.30%) FortiGate
4 25 (3.84%) SCCM
5 21 (3.23%) Kubernetes
5 21 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.23%) Grafana
7 7 (1.08%) CASB
7 7 (1.08%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.77%) Nmap
9 5 (0.77%) Proxmox
9 5 (0.77%) Puppet
10 4 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.61%) Graylog
10 4 (0.61%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 4 (0.61%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.46%) QRadar
11 3 (0.46%) Stealthwatch
12 2 (0.31%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 346 (53.15%) Microsoft
2 175 (26.88%) Cisco
3 138 (21.20%) VMware
4 102 (15.67%) Palo Alto
5 97 (14.90%) Fortinet
6 71 (10.91%) Veeam
7 44 (6.76%) SonicWALL
8 37 (5.68%) Meraki
9 29 (4.45%) Aruba
10 25 (3.84%) Zscaler
11 22 (3.38%) HP
12 21 (3.23%) WatchGuard
13 20 (3.07%) CheckPoint
13 20 (3.07%) Juniper
14 18 (2.76%) Splunk
15 17 (2.61%) Qualys
15 17 (2.61%) Sophos
16 15 (2.30%) F5
16 15 (2.30%) N-able
17 13 (2.00%) CrowdStrike