Firewall Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Firewall Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 112,037

✏️ This salary info is based on 36 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Firewall Engineer salary lies between USD 75,600 and USD 143,700 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Firewall Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
36
Top 10%
$ 184,392
Top 25%
$ 143,700
Median
$ 112,037
Bottom 25%
$ 75,600
Bottom 10%
$ 62,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Firewall Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Firewall Engineer job listings are Firewalls, Network security and VPN. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Firewalls | 56 jobs Network security | 38 jobs VPN | 32 jobs Monitoring | 30 jobs Cloud | 26 jobs Computer Science | 24 jobs IDS | 22 jobs Compliance | 22 jobs IPS | 21 jobs Automation | 20 jobs Clearance | 20 jobs AWS | 18 jobs Scripting | 17 jobs CISSP | 16 jobs CCNP | 15 jobs Azure | 14 jobs TCP/IP | 14 jobs Windows | 14 jobs Intrusion detection | 13 jobs Incident response | 12 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Firewall Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Firewall Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 30 jobs Health care | 14 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Startup environment | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 9 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs

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