Firewall Jobs in London

Firewall
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Firewall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Firewall over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 87 188
Rank change year-on-year +13 +101 -74
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 885 1,258 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.75% 3.66% 2.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.98% 31.50% 20.45%
Number of salaries quoted 718 938 1,114
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £34,225
25th Percentile £50,531 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £76,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £50,450
% change year-on-year -2.00% -0.89% +0.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

Firewall is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,280 3,994 7,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 13.90% 11.61% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,015 2,741 4,238
10th Percentile £33,000 £33,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,477 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in London.

Salary trend for Firewall in London

Firewall
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Firewall in London

Firewall
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Central London -4 133 £55,500 -14.62% 30
South London -7 21 £44,000 -16.19% 5
West London -40 19 £53,500 +7.00% 13
North London -6 7 £45,000 +12.50%
East London -18 4 £42,500 -22.73% 3
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 90 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (5.42%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.15%) Confluence
4 16 (1.81%) IIS
5 9 (1.02%) Apache
6 8 (0.90%) Skype for Business
6 8 (0.90%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.56%) WordPress
8 4 (0.45%) nginx
8 4 (0.45%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.34%) SAS
10 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 38 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.68%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.34%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.81%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.11%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 368 (41.58%) Azure
2 257 (29.04%) Microsoft 365
3 178 (20.11%) AWS
4 61 (6.89%) GCP
5 53 (5.99%) Entra ID
6 37 (4.18%) IaaS
7 34 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (3.84%) PaaS
8 29 (3.28%) SaaS
9 25 (2.82%) Amazon S3
10 22 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
12 17 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 16 (1.81%) GitHub
14 14 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
14 14 (1.58%) Mimecast
15 13 (1.47%) AWS Direct Connect
15 13 (1.47%) Datadog
15 13 (1.47%) Google Workspace
15 13 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 256 (28.93%) WAN
2 246 (27.80%) VPN
3 233 (26.33%) LAN
4 224 (25.31%) DNS
5 141 (15.93%) DHCP
6 136 (15.37%) Wi-Fi
7 129 (14.58%) Wireless
8 117 (13.22%) TCP/IP
9 116 (13.11%) Network Security
10 89 (10.06%) Internet
10 89 (10.06%) MPLS
11 88 (9.94%) VLAN
12 76 (8.59%) BGP
13 74 (8.36%) SD-WAN
14 59 (6.67%) SAN
15 56 (6.33%) Intrusion Detection
16 53 (5.99%) OSPF
17 45 (5.08%) IPsec
18 40 (4.52%) SSL
19 38 (4.29%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.12%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.39%) MySQL
3 17 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (1.69%) MongoDB
6 11 (1.24%) Power BI
7 8 (0.90%) DB2
8 7 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.56%) CockroachDB
10 4 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.45%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.34%) Big Data
11 3 (0.34%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.34%) Redis
12 2 (0.23%) NonStop SQL
12 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.23%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 52 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 35 (3.95%) JIRA
3 28 (3.16%) Bitbucket
4 19 (2.15%) GitLab
5 11 (1.24%) Git
6 7 (0.79%) Katalon Studio
7 5 (0.56%) Jaeger
7 5 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (0.56%) Subversion
8 2 (0.23%) git-flow
8 2 (0.23%) Maven
8 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.11%) Ant
9 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 251 (28.36%) Social Skills
2 211 (23.84%) Finance
3 108 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (7.80%) Law
5 60 (6.78%) Legal
6 52 (5.88%) Banking
7 44 (4.97%) Retail
8 36 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (3.16%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 20 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.81%) Games
14 15 (1.69%) Billing
15 14 (1.58%) Financial Institution
16 13 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (1.36%) Marketing
18 8 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.90%) Investment Banking
18 8 (0.90%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 197 (22.26%) Senior
2 149 (16.84%) Network Engineer
3 144 (16.27%) Analyst
4 97 (10.96%) Security Analyst
5 90 (10.17%) Architect
6 78 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 68 (7.68%) Security Engineer
8 64 (7.23%) Lead
9 52 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
10 50 (5.65%) IT Engineer
11 49 (5.54%) Support Engineer
12 46 (5.20%) Consultant
13 44 (4.97%) Infrastructure Architect
14 41 (4.63%) Azure Engineer
14 41 (4.63%) IT Analyst
15 40 (4.52%) Systems Engineer
16 32 (3.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 29 (3.28%) IT Security Analyst
18 27 (3.05%) Linux Engineer
18 27 (3.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.05%) 802.1X
2 24 (2.71%) YAML
3 16 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
4 13 (1.47%) SAML
5 10 (1.13%) OAuth
6 8 (0.90%) Kafka
6 8 (0.90%) WebSphere MQ
7 7 (0.79%) HTML
7 7 (0.79%) LAMP
7 7 (0.79%) LDAP
7 7 (0.79%) XML
8 5 (0.56%) .NET
8 5 (0.56%) Middleware
8 5 (0.56%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (0.56%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.56%) XMPP
9 4 (0.45%) EDI
9 4 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 139 (15.71%) Data Centre
2 95 (10.73%) Management Information System
3 53 (5.99%) PKI
4 49 (5.54%) Public Cloud
5 43 (4.86%) Cyber Threat
6 42 (4.75%) Security Posture
7 34 (3.84%) Replication
8 24 (2.71%) Video Conferencing
9 23 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 23 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (2.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (2.15%) Onboarding
12 16 (1.81%) Eurex
13 15 (1.69%) Cyberattack
14 13 (1.47%) Client/Server
15 12 (1.36%) Cloud Security Posture
15 12 (1.36%) Clustering
15 12 (1.36%) Private Cloud
16 10 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 348 (39.32%) Windows
2 208 (23.50%) Linux
3 155 (17.51%) Windows Server
4 63 (7.12%) Ubuntu
5 44 (4.97%) Windows 10
6 43 (4.86%) VMS
7 42 (4.75%) Mac OS
8 34 (3.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 31 (3.50%) Unix
10 28 (3.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 27 (3.05%) Windows Server 2016
12 23 (2.60%) CentOS
13 22 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
14 21 (2.37%) Apple iOS
15 19 (2.15%) Android
16 12 (1.36%) Solaris
16 12 (1.36%) SUSE
17 7 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
18 5 (0.56%) Data ONTAP
18 5 (0.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (32.43%) Cybersecurity
2 180 (20.34%) Information Security
3 176 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
4 159 (17.97%) SIEM
5 140 (15.82%) ITIL
6 110 (12.43%) Agile
7 106 (11.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 96 (10.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 94 (10.62%) DevOps
10 84 (9.49%) Application Security
11 78 (8.81%) Mentoring
12 73 (8.25%) Incident Management
12 73 (8.25%) Project Management
13 72 (8.14%) Cloud Security
14 70 (7.91%) Incident Response
15 66 (7.46%) DevSecOps
16 65 (7.34%) Business Continuity
17 62 (7.01%) Security Operations
17 62 (7.01%) Vulnerability Management
18 61 (6.89%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 143 (16.16%) PowerShell
2 131 (14.80%) Python
3 89 (10.06%) Bash
4 81 (9.15%) SQL
5 33 (3.73%) Perl
6 25 (2.82%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.37%) Java
8 16 (1.81%) Ruby
9 13 (1.47%) C#
10 10 (1.13%) RPG
11 4 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.34%) C++
12 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.11%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.11%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 152 (17.18%) Cisco Certification
2 139 (15.71%) CISSP
3 110 (12.43%) Degree
4 81 (9.15%) CCNA
5 73 (8.25%) Security Cleared
6 61 (6.89%) CCNP
6 61 (6.89%) CISM
7 47 (5.31%) DV Cleared
8 46 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (4.41%) GIAC
10 35 (3.95%) CCSP
11 33 (3.73%) CISA
12 32 (3.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 27 (3.05%) CEH
14 24 (2.71%) Azure Certification
14 24 (2.71%) MCSA
15 23 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
16 21 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 20 (2.26%) MCSE
17 20 (2.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (13.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (8.59%) NIST
3 55 (6.21%) PCI DSS
4 53 (5.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (4.75%) GDPR
6 30 (3.39%) SOC 2
7 27 (3.05%) GRC
8 26 (2.94%) SLA
9 18 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (1.81%) COBIT
10 16 (1.81%) HIPAA
11 13 (1.47%) NCSC
12 10 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.68%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.34%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
15 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 263 (29.72%) Active Directory
2 148 (16.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (7.68%) VMware ESXi
4 60 (6.78%) Hyper-V
5 40 (4.52%) Docker
6 35 (3.95%) vSphere
7 15 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 13 (1.47%) vCloud
9 10 (1.13%) Firmware
10 9 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (0.90%) KVM
12 6 (0.68%) Terminal Services
12 6 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
13 5 (0.56%) XenApp
14 4 (0.45%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.11%) NFS
15 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.11%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 106 (11.98%) Ansible
2 90 (10.17%) Terraform
3 50 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 45 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
5 44 (4.97%) Kubernetes
6 34 (3.84%) Puppet
7 31 (3.50%) FortiGate
8 25 (2.82%) SCCM
9 24 (2.71%) WSUS
10 21 (2.37%) Progress Chef
11 16 (1.81%) vCenter Server
12 13 (1.47%) Grafana
12 13 (1.47%) Nagios
13 12 (1.36%) Graphite
13 12 (1.36%) HAProxy
13 12 (1.36%) Prometheus
14 10 (1.13%) CASB
14 10 (1.13%) SCOM
15 9 (1.02%) CSIRT
16 8 (0.90%) Nmap
Vendors
1 321 (36.27%) Microsoft
2 224 (25.31%) Cisco
3 204 (23.05%) VMware
4 90 (10.17%) Palo Alto
5 56 (6.33%) Citrix
6 54 (6.10%) Meraki
7 53 (5.99%) CheckPoint
7 53 (5.99%) Red Hat
8 49 (5.54%) Google
9 48 (5.42%) Fortinet
9 48 (5.42%) Veeam
10 46 (5.20%) Juniper
11 41 (4.63%) SolarWinds
12 40 (4.52%) HP
13 32 (3.62%) Oracle
14 28 (3.16%) Aruba
14 28 (3.16%) Dell
15 25 (2.82%) NetApp
16 23 (2.60%) Apple
16 23 (2.60%) F5