NGFW Job Trends in Leeds

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring NGFW skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NGFW 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.30% - 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.13% - 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,446 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 - £60,000
75th Percentile £50,443 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £48,445 - £60,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 121 87 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 7.20% 11.01% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 85 61 172
10th Percentile - £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,886 £80,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% -10.00% +17.65%

NGFW
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

NGFW job vacancy trend in Leeds

NGFW
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing NGFW.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing NGFW

NGFW
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Network Operations Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 5 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Coaching
1 5 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
1 5 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Arista
1 5 (100.00%) Aruba
1 5 (100.00%) NetScout