Firewall Job Trends in Liverpool

Firewall
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 34 29
Rank change year-on-year -18 -5 +12
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 5 16 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 1.01% 4.11% 4.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 26.23% 31.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 22
10th Percentile £27,050 £37,825 £31,375
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £66,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £46,000 £83,750 -
Merseyside median annual salary £30,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -29.41% - -15.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 45 61 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Liverpool 9.13% 15.68% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 41 48 68
10th Percentile £26,500 - £29,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,288
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £32,500 £45,375
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% -28.37% -4.47%
75th Percentile £43,750 £44,063 £57,813
90th Percentile £81,250 £67,450 £85,000
Merseyside median annual salary £30,500 £32,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% -27.78% -5.26%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Firewall
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Liverpool

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Liverpool over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Liverpool

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) BYOD
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft