Firewall Jobs in Manchester

Firewall
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 84 92
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +13
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 51 142 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.39% 2.78% 3.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 21.79% 24.96% 19.94%
Number of salaries quoted 40 125 147
10th Percentile £37,750 £27,250 £28,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile - £76,250 £69,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 234 569 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.98% 11.13% 18.65%
Number of salaries quoted 142 446 407
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,575
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.33%
75th Percentile £71,529 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
North West median annual salary £34,000 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% -4.26% +3.87%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Firewall in Manchester

Firewall
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Firewall in Manchester

Firewall
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Firewall in Manchester

Firewall
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bolton -5 14 £75,000 +130.77% 5
Wigan - 3 £41,000 -
Bury +3 1 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Firewall
North West

Firewall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (1.96%) IIS
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) AWS
1 8 (15.69%) Azure
2 4 (7.84%) Entra ID
2 4 (7.84%) Nutanix
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.96%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.96%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
5 1 (1.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (31.37%) Intrusion Detection
1 16 (31.37%) WAN
2 13 (25.49%) LAN
3 12 (23.53%) VPN
4 10 (19.61%) DNS
5 9 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (15.69%) Network Security
7 6 (11.76%) HTTP
7 6 (11.76%) IPsec
7 6 (11.76%) SD-WAN
8 5 (9.80%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (9.80%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (9.80%) OSPF
9 4 (7.84%) BGP
9 4 (7.84%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (7.84%) EIGRP
9 4 (7.84%) SSH
9 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
10 3 (5.88%) DHCP
10 3 (5.88%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Big Data
2 1 (1.96%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Git
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (54.90%) Social Skills
2 18 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (3.92%) Automotive
4 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.96%) Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Retail
5 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (47.06%) Architect
2 16 (31.37%) Security Architect
3 8 (15.69%) Network Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Network Architect
5 4 (7.84%) Administrator
5 4 (7.84%) IT Administrator
5 4 (7.84%) IT Support
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Consultant
6 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (5.88%) Junior
6 3 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.92%) Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Cisco Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Cisco Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Junior Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Presales Consultant
7 2 (3.92%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) LDAP
2 2 (3.92%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.92%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (35.29%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 16 (31.37%) Security Posture
4 14 (27.45%) Social Media
4 14 (27.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (7.84%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (3.92%) Cyberattack
6 2 (3.92%) Life Science
6 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.96%) NHS
7 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (49.02%) Windows
2 14 (27.45%) Windows Vista
3 5 (9.80%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.84%) Android
5 3 (5.88%) Linux
6 2 (3.92%) Debian
6 2 (3.92%) Mac OS
6 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.96%) CentOS
7 1 (1.96%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (39.22%) Information Security
3 19 (37.25%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (35.29%) Identity Management
5 17 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 16 (31.37%) Ethical Hacking
6 16 (31.37%) Incident Response
6 16 (31.37%) SIEM
6 16 (31.37%) TOGAF
6 16 (31.37%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (29.41%) Cloud Security
7 15 (29.41%) Computer Science
8 14 (27.45%) Collaborative Working
8 14 (27.45%) Data Protection
8 14 (27.45%) DevSecOps
8 14 (27.45%) Information Assurance
8 14 (27.45%) Proactive Management
8 14 (27.45%) Risk Analysis
8 14 (27.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (3.92%) Bicep
4 1 (1.96%) Bash
4 1 (1.96%) C#
4 1 (1.96%) Go
4 1 (1.96%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (45.10%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (35.29%) CISSP
3 17 (33.33%) Degree
4 16 (31.37%) CEH
4 16 (31.37%) CISM
5 14 (27.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (27.45%) CISA
5 14 (27.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (27.45%) DBS Check
5 14 (27.45%) Master's Degree
6 6 (11.76%) CCNA
7 5 (9.80%) CCNP
8 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
8 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
9 3 (5.88%) JNCIA
10 2 (3.92%) CCIE
11 1 (1.96%) CCSA
11 1 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (31.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (31.37%) NIST
2 15 (29.41%) GDPR
3 3 (5.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (19.61%) Active Directory
2 9 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.84%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.92%) vSphere
5 1 (1.96%) Docker
5 1 (1.96%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 5 (9.80%) Ansible
2 4 (7.84%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.88%) SCCM
3 3 (5.88%) Terraform
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.96%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.96%) Grafana
5 1 (1.96%) Istio
5 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.96%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 23 (45.10%) Cisco
2 11 (21.57%) Microsoft
3 9 (17.65%) Aruba
3 9 (17.65%) VMware
4 8 (15.69%) Fortinet
4 8 (15.69%) Juniper
5 6 (11.76%) Palo Alto
6 5 (9.80%) CheckPoint
6 5 (9.80%) ServiceNow
7 4 (7.84%) Okta
7 4 (7.84%) Perforce
8 2 (3.92%) Apple
8 2 (3.92%) Google
8 2 (3.92%) Hitachi
8 2 (3.92%) Meraki
8 2 (3.92%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (3.92%) Veeam
9 1 (1.96%) Oracle
9 1 (1.96%) Planview
9 1 (1.96%) Veritas