NGFW Job Trends in Lancashire

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 72 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.086% 0.50% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 4.17% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,446 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 - -
75th Percentile £50,443 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £48,445 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +38.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

NGFW 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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 666 96 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 57.56% 12.09% 12.11%
Number of salaries quoted 85 66 51
10th Percentile £13,380 £32,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £41,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,875 £65,000
90th Percentile - £65,000 £67,500
North West median annual salary £30,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -31.67% -5.26% +5.56%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in Lancashire

NGFW
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing NGFW

NGFW
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGFW within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Blackpool - 1 £48,445 - 1
NGFW
North West

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Network Operations Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout