Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NGFW skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NGFW over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 846 754 1164
Rank change year-on-year -92 +410 -317
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 65 207 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.21% 0.047%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% 1.33% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 53 76 58
10th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -26.53% -10.91%
75th Percentile £72,250 £64,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £72,500 £71,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% -2.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NGFW 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,562 15,535 22,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.13% 15.99% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 7,743 11,780
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NGFW.

Salary trend for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NGFW over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NGFW in the UK

NGFW
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England -47 61 £52,500 +16.67% 18
UK excluding London -147 48 £52,500 +16.67% 12
Work from Home +43 30 £57,500 +9.52% 11
West Midlands +11 21 £52,500 -23.64% 1
Midlands -14 21 £52,500 -23.64% 1
London +95 14 £65,000 -5.45% 8
South East -10 13 £52,500 +43.84% 5
North of England -39 11 £46,000 +2.22% 2
North West -39 10 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Scotland -77 2 £39,500 - 3
East of England -7 1 £55,000 +29.41%
North East -13 1 £39,000 +4.00%

NGFW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.31%) Azure
2 12 (18.46%) IaaS
3 11 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (12.31%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (12.31%) PaaS
5 4 (6.15%) AWS
5 4 (6.15%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.62%) Serverless
7 1 (1.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (70.77%) Firewall
2 29 (44.62%) Wireless
3 24 (36.92%) Cisco Firepower
4 23 (35.38%) Network Security
4 23 (35.38%) WAN
5 21 (32.31%) VPN
6 20 (30.77%) LAN
7 16 (24.62%) OSPF
8 14 (21.54%) BGP
8 14 (21.54%) SD-WAN
9 9 (13.85%) DNS
9 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
10 8 (12.31%) Software-Defined Networking
11 7 (10.77%) DHCP
11 7 (10.77%) IPsec
11 7 (10.77%) VLAN
11 7 (10.77%) WLAN
12 6 (9.23%) EIGRP
12 6 (9.23%) Internet
13 5 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) NoSQL
General
1 16 (24.62%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.69%) Legal
3 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.15%) Finance
4 2 (3.08%) Law
5 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Police
5 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (46.15%) Network Engineer
2 19 (29.23%) Senior
3 13 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (15.38%) Network Security Engineer
4 10 (15.38%) Security Engineer
5 9 (13.85%) Architect
6 8 (12.31%) Citrix Architect
6 8 (12.31%) Cloud Architect
6 8 (12.31%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 8 (12.31%) DevOps Architect
7 7 (10.77%) Consultant
7 7 (10.77%) Security Consultant
8 6 (9.23%) Network Consultant
8 6 (9.23%) Network Security Consultant
9 5 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (7.69%) Senior Network Consultant
9 5 (7.69%) Senior Network Security Consultant
9 5 (7.69%) Senior Security Consultant
10 4 (6.15%) Lead
11 3 (4.62%) IT Infrastructure Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.31%) ARM Templates
1 8 (12.31%) JSON
1 8 (12.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (43.08%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (12.31%) Private Cloud
2 8 (12.31%) Public Cloud
3 5 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 5 (7.69%) Data Structures
4 4 (6.15%) Driving Licence
5 3 (4.62%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.54%) IoT
6 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.54%) NHS
6 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.31%) Windows
2 5 (7.69%) Android
2 5 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 5 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.54%) Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.00%) Network Design
2 11 (16.92%) Agile
2 11 (16.92%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (16.92%) Project Delivery
3 10 (15.38%) ITIL
4 9 (13.85%) Network Architecture
5 8 (12.31%) CI/CD
5 8 (12.31%) Cloud Security
5 8 (12.31%) Data Centre Operations
5 8 (12.31%) DevOps
5 8 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (12.31%) Mentoring
5 8 (12.31%) Network Virtualisation
5 8 (12.31%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (12.31%) SDLC
6 7 (10.77%) Configuration Management
6 7 (10.77%) Information Security
6 7 (10.77%) Project Management
7 6 (9.23%) Computer Science
7 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.31%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (44.62%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (35.38%) CCNP
3 12 (18.46%) CCIE
4 7 (10.77%) CCNA
4 7 (10.77%) Degree
5 6 (9.23%) JNCIS
5 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (7.69%) JNCIE
7 4 (6.15%) MCSA
7 4 (6.15%) SC Cleared
7 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
7 4 (6.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.08%) CISSP
9 1 (1.54%) CISM
9 1 (1.54%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.54%) OSCP
9 1 (1.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.54%) GxP
2 1 (1.54%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (16.92%) Virtual Desktop
1 11 (16.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (12.31%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.31%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (12.31%) vSphere
3 5 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 9 (13.85%) Terraform
3 6 (9.23%) Ansible
3 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.54%) CASB
Vendors
1 33 (50.77%) Cisco
2 29 (44.62%) Palo Alto
3 19 (29.23%) VMware
4 16 (24.62%) Fortinet
5 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 12 (18.46%) Meraki
7 11 (16.92%) Aruba
8 10 (15.38%) CheckPoint
9 9 (13.85%) F5
10 8 (12.31%) Citrix
10 8 (12.31%) Juniper
11 5 (7.69%) Veeam
12 4 (6.15%) Barracuda Networks
12 4 (6.15%) SolarWinds
12 4 (6.15%) Sophos
13 3 (4.62%) Dell
14 2 (3.08%) ConnectWise
14 2 (3.08%) Ruckus Wireless
14 2 (3.08%) Zscaler
15 1 (1.54%) Riverbed