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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 85 88
Rank change year-on-year -25 +3 +23
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 51 142 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.26% 2.74% 3.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.41% 24.78% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 40 126 147
10th Percentile £37,600 £26,500 £31,850
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 £61,875
90th Percentile - £76,250 £72,500
North West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +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 277 573 921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.27% 11.05% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 141 444 400
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,625
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,084 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% +0.53%

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 14 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 14 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 -1 2 £41,000 -5.75%
Bury -1 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 9 (17.65%) Azure
2 8 (15.69%) AWS
3 5 (9.80%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.84%) Nutanix
5 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.96%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.96%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.96%) GCP
6 1 (1.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.96%) IaaS
6 1 (1.96%) PaaS
6 1 (1.96%) SaaS
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (31.37%) Intrusion Detection
1 16 (31.37%) WAN
2 12 (23.53%) LAN
2 12 (23.53%) VPN
3 11 (21.57%) DNS
4 8 (15.69%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (13.73%) Network Security
6 6 (11.76%) HTTP
6 6 (11.76%) SD-WAN
7 5 (9.80%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (9.80%) Cisco IOS
7 5 (9.80%) IPsec
7 5 (9.80%) OSPF
8 4 (7.84%) BGP
8 4 (7.84%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (7.84%) EIGRP
8 4 (7.84%) SSH
8 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
9 3 (5.88%) DHCP
9 3 (5.88%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Big Data
2 1 (1.96%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.96%) MySQL
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Git
2 4 (7.84%) JIRA
3 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 18 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.92%) Finance
3 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.96%) Automotive
4 1 (1.96%) Banking
4 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Retail
4 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (49.02%) Architect
2 16 (31.37%) Security Architect
3 7 (13.73%) 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%) 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 Consultant
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
3 1 (1.96%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 17 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (31.37%) Security Posture
3 14 (27.45%) Social Media
3 14 (27.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (7.84%) Anti-Spyware
5 2 (3.92%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.92%) NHS
5 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.96%) Life Science
6 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 27 (52.94%) 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
5 17 (33.33%) TOGAF
6 16 (31.37%) Ethical Hacking
6 16 (31.37%) Incident Response
6 16 (31.37%) SIEM
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 2 (3.92%) Bicep
2 2 (3.92%) Python
2 2 (3.92%) SQL
3 1 (1.96%) Bash
3 1 (1.96%) C#
3 1 (1.96%) Go
3 1 (1.96%) Java
3 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (43.14%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (35.29%) CISSP
3 17 (33.33%) Degree
4 16 (31.37%) CEH
4 16 (31.37%) CISM
5 15 (29.41%) DBS Check
6 14 (27.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 14 (27.45%) CISA
6 14 (27.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (27.45%) Master's Degree
7 5 (9.80%) CCNA
8 4 (7.84%) 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%) Azure Certification
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 2 (3.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (21.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.84%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.92%) vSphere
6 1 (1.96%) Docker
6 1 (1.96%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 5 (9.80%) Ansible
1 5 (9.80%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.88%) SCCM
3 2 (3.92%) Terraform
4 1 (1.96%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.96%) Grafana
4 1 (1.96%) Istio
4 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
4 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%) Meraki
8 2 (3.92%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (3.92%) Veeam
9 1 (1.96%) Hitachi
9 1 (1.96%) SAP
9 1 (1.96%) Sophos
9 1 (1.96%) Veritas