Firewall Jobs in Leeds

Firewall
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds requiring Firewall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Firewall over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 34 65
Rank change year-on-year -30 +31 +29
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 14 127 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.77% 5.55% 4.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 38.37% 43.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13 99 72
10th Percentile £42,750 £36,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £63,125
90th Percentile - £77,750 £76,316
West Yorkshire median annual salary £44,100 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +5.00% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 98 331 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 12.39% 14.47% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 81 224 137
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,750 £41,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +18.92% -7.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,542
West Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.11% -3.65%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Firewall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Leeds

Firewall
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Firewall in Leeds.

Salary trend for Firewall in Leeds

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Leeds over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Leeds

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 2 (14.29%) Nutanix
3 2 (14.29%) OCI
4 1 (7.14%) Azure AI
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (7.14%) IaaS
4 1 (7.14%) PaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) Rubrik
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) VPN
2 4 (28.57%) Network Security
3 3 (21.43%) DNS
3 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 2 (14.29%) BGP
4 2 (14.29%) NAS
4 2 (14.29%) OSPF
4 2 (14.29%) SAN
4 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
4 2 (14.29%) VLAN
4 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (7.14%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Database
3 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
3 1 (7.14%) MySQL
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Lead Network Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Network Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Network Security Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Security Technical Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Service Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Service Manager
2 1 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (7.14%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Client/Server
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (7.14%) NHS
1 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 3 (21.43%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (14.29%) Network Design
4 2 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (14.29%) Runbook
4 2 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (14.29%) Security Patching
4 2 (14.29%) Server Building
4 2 (14.29%) Server Management
4 2 (14.29%) Task Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CCNP
2 1 (7.14%) CCSA
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
3 3 (21.43%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (14.29%) Firmware
4 2 (14.29%) pfSense
5 1 (7.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Ansible
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) NetBackup
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) VMware
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.14%) Commvault
4 1 (7.14%) Databricks
4 1 (7.14%) Meraki
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) Veeam