NGFW Jobs in the UK excluding London

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 715 581 801
Rank change year-on-year -134 +220 -168
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 45 170 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.28% 0.070%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.46% 1.56% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 40 85 41
10th Percentile £37,400 £33,750 -
25th Percentile £46,875 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% +0.81%
75th Percentile £90,625 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £72,500 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +16.67% -26.53% -15.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,776 10,911 10,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.78% 18.11% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,770 6,474
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,889 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NGFW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NGFW in the UK excluding London

NGFW
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NGFW in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for NGFW in the UK excluding London

NGFW
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NGFW in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NGFW in the UK excluding London

NGFW
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands +23 21 £80,000 +16.36% 3
Midlands +7 21 £80,000 +16.36% 3
South East +11 13 £52,500 -16.00% 4
North of England -32 8 £44,500 -1.11% 4
North West -34 7 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Scotland -70 2 £39,500 - 2
East of England +4 1 £55,000 +29.41%
North East -14 1 £39,000 +4.00%
NGFW
UK

NGFW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 1 (2.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (33.33%) Azure
2 14 (31.11%) IaaS
3 11 (24.44%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (22.22%) PaaS
5 4 (8.89%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (57.78%) Firewall
2 21 (46.67%) Wireless
3 19 (42.22%) VPN
4 14 (31.11%) LAN
5 13 (28.89%) OSPF
6 12 (26.67%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (26.67%) Network Security
7 11 (24.44%) BGP
7 11 (24.44%) WAN
8 8 (17.78%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (15.56%) DHCP
9 7 (15.56%) DNS
9 7 (15.56%) IPsec
9 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
9 7 (15.56%) WLAN
10 6 (13.33%) EIGRP
10 6 (13.33%) Internet
11 5 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (11.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) NoSQL
General
1 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (4.44%) Finance
4 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Police
4 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (48.89%) Network Engineer
2 14 (31.11%) Senior
3 12 (26.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (22.22%) Architect
4 10 (22.22%) Citrix Architect
4 10 (22.22%) Cloud Architect
4 10 (22.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 10 (22.22%) DevOps Architect
5 5 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Network Support
6 2 (4.44%) Network Support Technician
6 2 (4.44%) Network Technician
6 2 (4.44%) Support Technician
7 1 (2.22%) Consultant
7 1 (2.22%) Network Consultant
7 1 (2.22%) Network Security Consultant
7 1 (2.22%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.22%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (2.22%) Senior Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.22%) ARM Templates
1 10 (22.22%) JSON
1 10 (22.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 10 (22.22%) Private Cloud
2 10 (22.22%) Public Cloud
3 5 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 5 (11.11%) Data Structures
3 5 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (8.89%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.22%) NHS
5 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Android
1 5 (11.11%) Apple iOS
1 5 (11.11%) Windows
1 5 (11.11%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.22%) Linux
2 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Network Design
2 10 (22.22%) Agile
2 10 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 10 (22.22%) DevOps
2 10 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 10 (22.22%) Network Virtualisation
2 10 (22.22%) SDLC
3 8 (17.78%) Network Architecture
4 7 (15.56%) Cloud Security
4 7 (15.56%) Data Centre Operations
4 7 (15.56%) Mentoring
5 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (11.11%) Coaching
6 5 (11.11%) Continuous Deployment
6 5 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
6 5 (11.11%) Network Optimisation
6 5 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 5 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (22.22%) CCNP
3 8 (17.78%) CCIE
4 6 (13.33%) Degree
4 6 (13.33%) JNCIS
5 5 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (11.11%) JNCIE
6 1 (2.22%) CCNA
6 1 (2.22%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 13 (28.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (22.22%) vSphere
3 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 4 (8.89%) Active Directory
5 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) Terraform
2 7 (15.56%) FortiGate
3 6 (13.33%) Ansible
4 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (44.44%) Cisco
2 17 (37.78%) VMware
3 15 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 10 (22.22%) Citrix
5 9 (20.00%) Meraki
6 8 (17.78%) Juniper
7 7 (15.56%) CheckPoint
8 6 (13.33%) Aruba
8 6 (13.33%) Fortinet
9 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
10 4 (8.89%) Barracuda Networks
10 4 (8.89%) Sophos
10 4 (8.89%) Veeam
11 2 (4.44%) ConnectWise
11 2 (4.44%) F5
12 1 (2.22%) Dell
12 1 (2.22%) HP
12 1 (2.22%) NetApp
12 1 (2.22%) Nokia
12 1 (2.22%) Riverbed