Firewall Job Trends in Cumbria

Firewall
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 45 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 -13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 5 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 1.33% 1.21% 5.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 12.24% 25.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile £35,400 £46,375 -
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,313 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £54,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% +61.19% -4.29%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £35,250
90th Percentile - - £40,800
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.06% +2.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

Firewall falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 49 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.26% 9.88% 19.69%
Number of salaries quoted 31 5 16
10th Percentile £13,380 £35,950 -
25th Percentile - £43,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.67% +17.78% +28.57%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £55,938
90th Percentile £85,000 - £72,500
North West median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Firewall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Firewall job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Firewall
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Cumbria over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Cumbria

Firewall
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness +16 2 £53,000 - 4
Maryport 0 2 £57,500 +4.55%
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) BGP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (20.00%) HSRP
2 1 (20.00%) IPsec
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) OSPF
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 2 (40.00%) Senior IT Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Field Support Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) IT Support
4 1 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) Aruba
3 2 (40.00%) Meraki
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam
3 2 (40.00%) Zerto
4 1 (20.00%) Apple
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Google
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) VMware