Firewall Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Firewall Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 120,465

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Firewall Engineer salary lies between USD 75,405 and USD 184,392 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
6
Top 10%
$ 260,590
Top 25%
$ 184,392
Median
$ 120,465
Bottom 25%
$ 75,405
Bottom 10%
$ 58,169

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 Automation. 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 | 6 jobs Network security | 4 jobs Automation | 4 jobs Monitoring | 4 jobs VPN | 4 jobs IDS | 3 jobs IPS | 3 jobs Splunk | 3 jobs GIAC | 3 jobs Intrusion detection | 3 jobs Intrusion prevention | 3 jobs CompTIA | 3 jobs Incident response | 2 jobs Industrial | 2 jobs NIST | 2 jobs SANS | 2 jobs CISSP | 2 jobs GICSP | 2 jobs SSCP | 2 jobs DoDD 8570 | 2 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, Flex hours and Equity / stock options. 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 | 5 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Health care | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Team events | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs

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