Firewall Job Trends in England

Firewall
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 68 55
Rank change year-on-year -22 -13 +30
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 1,540 1,598 3,353
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.91% 4.09% 3.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.02% 27.57% 28.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 1,327 2,923
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +7.14% -2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,375 £61,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -2.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,097 5,797 11,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.06% 14.83% 13.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,669 3,423 8,531
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in England

Firewall
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in England

Firewall
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
London -5 501 £71,750 -1.03% 138
South East -5 330 £52,500 +10.53% 139
North of England 0 289 £45,500 +1.11% 122
North West +9 153 £43,500 -17.14% 74
Midlands -64 152 £45,000 - 57
East of England -9 123 £40,500 -14.74% 39
South West -59 113 £42,500 -10.53% 41
Yorkshire -39 100 £48,445 +11.37% 29
West Midlands -70 83 £55,950 +24.33% 35
East Midlands -18 69 £42,500 -5.56% 22
North East -22 36 £45,000 +20.00% 20
Firewall
UK

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 197 (12.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 182 (11.82%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.97%) Confluence
4 13 (0.84%) IIS
5 9 (0.58%) Apache
6 1 (0.065%) nginx
6 1 (0.065%) SAS
6 1 (0.065%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.01%) MS Visio
3 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (0.26%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.065%) Alphatax
4 1 (0.065%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.065%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.065%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 774 (50.26%) Azure
2 592 (38.44%) Microsoft 365
3 333 (21.62%) AWS
4 323 (20.97%) Entra ID
5 101 (6.56%) GCP
6 64 (4.16%) IaaS
6 64 (4.16%) SaaS
7 59 (3.83%) GitHub
8 55 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (3.31%) PaaS
10 50 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
11 49 (3.18%) Datadog
11 49 (3.18%) Mimecast
12 46 (2.99%) Azure Sentinel
13 40 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
14 39 (2.53%) Google Workspace
15 35 (2.27%) OneDrive
16 32 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
17 30 (1.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 27 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 582 (37.79%) VPN
2 445 (28.90%) WAN
3 390 (25.32%) DNS
4 357 (23.18%) LAN
5 298 (19.35%) Network Security
6 264 (17.14%) VLAN
7 261 (16.95%) DHCP
8 229 (14.87%) Wi-Fi
9 194 (12.60%) TCP/IP
10 178 (11.56%) SD-WAN
11 157 (10.19%) Wireless
12 134 (8.70%) BGP
13 114 (7.40%) OSPF
14 89 (5.78%) Cisco ASA
15 85 (5.52%) Cisco ISE
15 85 (5.52%) VoIP
16 80 (5.19%) SAN
17 68 (4.42%) Cisco Firepower
18 64 (4.16%) WLAN
19 55 (3.57%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.04%) MySQL
3 15 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.58%) GIS
7 8 (0.52%) Power BI
8 4 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.26%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.19%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.13%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.13%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database 11g
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database 12c
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.065%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.065%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (1.88%) GitLab
1 29 (1.88%) Jenkins
2 20 (1.30%) Chocolatey
2 20 (1.30%) JIRA
3 18 (1.17%) Git
4 9 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (0.26%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 480 (31.17%) Social Skills
2 204 (13.25%) Finance
3 184 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (6.10%) Telecoms
5 76 (4.94%) Public Sector
6 57 (3.70%) Banking
7 56 (3.64%) Retail
8 48 (3.12%) Law
9 46 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 44 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
11 40 (2.60%) Manufacturing
12 36 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
13 30 (1.95%) Legal
14 29 (1.88%) Marketing
15 20 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.84%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.71%) Billing
18 10 (0.65%) Retail Banking
19 8 (0.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 278 (18.05%) Network Engineer
2 251 (16.30%) IT Engineer
3 246 (15.97%) Senior
4 245 (15.91%) IT Support
5 243 (15.78%) Support Engineer
6 197 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 174 (11.30%) IT Support Engineer
8 117 (7.60%) Architect
9 109 (7.08%) Analyst
10 103 (6.69%) Azure Engineer
11 98 (6.36%) 2nd Line Support
12 90 (5.84%) Security Engineer
13 86 (5.58%) Cloud Engineer
14 84 (5.45%) Senior Network Engineer
15 82 (5.32%) Lead
16 73 (4.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 68 (4.42%) Cisco Engineer
18 61 (3.96%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
19 50 (3.25%) Consultant
20 49 (3.18%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.69%) LDAP
2 24 (1.56%) YAML
3 23 (1.49%) REST
4 22 (1.43%) Elastic Stack
4 22 (1.43%) OAuth
4 22 (1.43%) SAML
4 22 (1.43%) XMPP
5 17 (1.10%) 802.1X
5 17 (1.10%) JSON
6 16 (1.04%) ADO
6 16 (1.04%) Regular Expression
7 12 (0.78%) Jinja
7 12 (0.78%) OpenID
8 10 (0.65%) XML
9 7 (0.45%) .NET
10 6 (0.39%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.39%) YANG
11 5 (0.32%) FreeSWITCH
11 5 (0.32%) Node.js
12 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 203 (13.18%) Data Centre
2 121 (7.86%) Driving Licence
3 84 (5.45%) Security Posture
4 65 (4.22%) PKI
5 61 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 59 (3.83%) Onboarding
7 53 (3.44%) Cyber Threat
8 46 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (2.73%) Management Information System
10 39 (2.53%) Cloud Native
11 36 (2.34%) Replication
12 24 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
13 22 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
14 21 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
16 18 (1.17%) IoT
17 16 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
17 16 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 16 (1.04%) Enterprise Storage
17 16 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 604 (39.22%) Windows
2 353 (22.92%) Windows Server
3 206 (13.38%) Linux
4 83 (5.39%) Windows 10
5 44 (2.86%) Mac OS
6 37 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 36 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 35 (2.27%) VMS
9 30 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (1.43%) Apple iOS
11 21 (1.36%) Android
12 19 (1.23%) Ubuntu
12 19 (1.23%) Unix
13 9 (0.58%) Debian
14 7 (0.45%) Windows 7
14 7 (0.45%) Windows 8
15 6 (0.39%) CentOS
15 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
17 3 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 348 (22.60%) Cybersecurity
3 261 (16.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 231 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 205 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 199 (12.92%) SIEM
7 193 (12.53%) ITIL
8 191 (12.40%) Incident Response
9 168 (10.91%) Customer Service
9 168 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
10 135 (8.77%) High Availability
11 129 (8.38%) Cloud Security
12 126 (8.18%) CI/CD
13 121 (7.86%) DevOps
14 118 (7.66%) Mentoring
15 112 (7.27%) Migration
16 108 (7.01%) Project Delivery
17 106 (6.88%) Business Continuity
18 105 (6.82%) Zero Trust
19 104 (6.75%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 221 (14.35%) PowerShell
2 217 (14.09%) Python
3 100 (6.49%) Bash
4 63 (4.09%) SQL
5 31 (2.01%) Bicep
6 27 (1.75%) Go
7 19 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (0.84%) Shell Script
9 10 (0.65%) JavaScript
10 8 (0.52%) Korn
11 5 (0.32%) C++
11 5 (0.32%) Perl
12 3 (0.19%) C#
12 3 (0.19%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.13%) C
13 2 (0.13%) Java
14 1 (0.065%) PHP
14 1 (0.065%) VB
Qualifications
1 273 (17.73%) Cisco Certification
2 193 (12.53%) CCNP
3 191 (12.40%) Security Cleared
4 188 (12.21%) Degree
5 122 (7.92%) CCNA
6 101 (6.56%) SC Cleared
7 100 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 87 (5.65%) CISSP
9 86 (5.58%) DV Cleared
10 78 (5.06%) Azure Certification
11 66 (4.29%) CCIE
12 64 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
13 46 (2.99%) CISM
14 45 (2.92%) CompTIA Security+
15 41 (2.66%) DBS Check
16 37 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
17 34 (2.21%) CEH
18 23 (1.49%) AWS Certification
18 23 (1.49%) JNCIA
19 19 (1.23%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (12.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 123 (7.99%) NIST
3 121 (7.86%) GDPR
4 120 (7.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 81 (5.26%) SLA
6 57 (3.70%) PCI DSS
7 38 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 27 (1.75%) GRC
9 26 (1.69%) SOC 2
10 18 (1.17%) JSP 440
11 16 (1.04%) PMO
12 11 (0.71%) NCSC
13 10 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 9 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.39%) Accessibility
16 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 6 (0.39%) QA
System Software
1 528 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 225 (14.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 171 (11.10%) Hyper-V
4 52 (3.38%) vSphere
5 46 (2.99%) Docker
6 42 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 37 (2.40%) Firmware
8 33 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
9 30 (1.95%) VMware NSX
10 17 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
11 16 (1.04%) ProxySG
12 11 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (0.45%) Terminal Services
14 7 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
15 6 (0.39%) KVM
16 4 (0.26%) BitLocker
17 2 (0.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.13%) Samba
Systems Management
1 195 (12.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 189 (12.27%) Terraform
3 174 (11.30%) Ansible
4 86 (5.58%) Kubernetes
5 79 (5.13%) FortiGate
6 56 (3.64%) Grafana
7 46 (2.99%) SCCM
8 45 (2.92%) Prometheus
9 22 (1.43%) Autotask
10 21 (1.36%) vCenter Server
11 19 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
12 15 (0.97%) Proxmox
13 12 (0.78%) CASB
14 11 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 11 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
15 10 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
15 10 (0.65%) Nagios
16 9 (0.58%) Check_MK
16 9 (0.58%) Cisco Prime
16 9 (0.58%) vRealize
Vendors
1 769 (49.94%) Microsoft
2 422 (27.40%) Cisco
3 337 (21.88%) VMware
4 184 (11.95%) Fortinet
5 167 (10.84%) Palo Alto
6 117 (7.60%) Meraki
7 96 (6.23%) CheckPoint
8 94 (6.10%) Juniper
8 94 (6.10%) SolarWinds
9 77 (5.00%) Aruba
10 65 (4.22%) Google
11 57 (3.70%) Splunk
12 54 (3.51%) Veeam
13 50 (3.25%) F5
14 46 (2.99%) CrowdStrike
14 46 (2.99%) Tenable
15 44 (2.86%) Red Hat
16 41 (2.66%) Zscaler
17 40 (2.60%) Sophos
18 37 (2.40%) Dell