firewalls jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, firewalls appears in 1,474 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning firewalls, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is firewalls in demand in 2026?
Yes. firewalls appears in 1,474 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning firewalls (5.6% of all postings mentioning firewalls).
+What jobs require firewalls?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning firewalls are Network Security Engineer (29.1% of that role’s postings mention firewalls), Customer Reliability Engineer (23.1% of that role’s postings mention firewalls), Systems Security Engineer (18.1% of that role’s postings mention firewalls).
+What skills are commonly paired with firewalls?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), firewalls most often appears alongside DNS, Python, Linux, AWS, routing.
+Where is firewalls most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring firewalls are Bengaluru, Pune, New York City, London, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring firewalls — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require firewalls
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Network Security Engineer | 44 | 29.1% |
| Customer Reliability Engineer | 6 | 23.1% |
| Systems Security Engineer | 13 | 18.1% |
| Network Engineer | 45 | 17.6% |
| Network Architect | 21 | 17.4% |
| Cybersecurity Architect | 12 | 16.9% |
| IT Systems Administrator | 4 | 16.0% |
| IT Security Engineer | 8 | 13.3% |
| Cybersecurity Intern | 7 | 13.0% |
| Information Security Director | 5 | 12.8% |
Roles with the most firewalls postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 83 | 5.6% |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | 58 | 3.9% |
| Systems Engineer | 58 | 3.9% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 52 | 3.5% |
| Software Engineer | 49 | 3.3% |
| DevOps Engineer | 47 | 3.2% |
| Network Engineer | 45 | 3.1% |
| Network Security Engineer | 44 | 3.0% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 31 | 2.1% |
| Cyber Security Engineer | 27 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for firewalls
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 33 | 2.2% |
| Pune | 23 | 1.6% |
| New York City | 22 | 1.5% |
| London | 18 | 1.2% |
| Toronto | 18 | 1.2% |
| Arlington | 16 | 1.1% |
| Austin | 16 | 1.1% |
| Dallas | 16 | 1.1% |
| Washington | 14 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with firewalls
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning firewalls by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s firewalls postings by all firewalls postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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