Firewall Job Trends in the Midlands

Firewall
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Firewall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 59 37
Rank change year-on-year -47 -22 +46
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 144 263 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.68% 4.41% 4.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.13% 28.46% 31.21%
Number of salaries quoted 121 170 375
10th Percentile £29,000 - £26,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,250 £55,000 £56,600
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,050 £65,600
England median annual salary £48,445 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +10.00% -4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,578 924 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.40% 15.48% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 421 405 1,139
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,792 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.83% +10.00% -3.85%

Firewall
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Firewall job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Firewall
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Firewall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Firewall

Firewall
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Firewall in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Firewall in the Midlands

Firewall
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Firewall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 February 2026. 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
West Midlands -39 95 £53,750 +11.98% 39
East Midlands -30 49 £37,500 -16.67% 18
Firewall
England

Firewall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 22 (15.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (4.86%) Confluence
4 2 (1.39%) FactoryTalk
4 2 (1.39%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (2.78%) CATIA
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 70 (48.61%) Azure
2 60 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (31.94%) Entra ID
4 20 (13.89%) AWS
5 9 (6.25%) SaaS
6 6 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (4.17%) GCP
6 6 (4.17%) IaaS
6 6 (4.17%) iPaaS
7 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.78%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.78%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.78%) PaaS
9 3 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.08%) Datadog
10 2 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.39%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 57 (39.58%) WAN
2 49 (34.03%) LAN
3 41 (28.47%) VPN
4 33 (22.92%) DNS
5 31 (21.53%) SD-WAN
6 25 (17.36%) DHCP
7 22 (15.28%) TCP/IP
8 19 (13.19%) VLAN
9 18 (12.50%) Network Security
10 11 (7.64%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (6.94%) VoIP
11 10 (6.94%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (6.25%) BGP
12 9 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (6.25%) OSPF
12 9 (6.25%) Wireless
13 8 (5.56%) MPLS
13 8 (5.56%) SAN
14 7 (4.86%) IP Telephony
15 6 (4.17%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.17%) GIS
2 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.42%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (8.33%) Finance
4 10 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.86%) Law
8 6 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.08%) Marketing
10 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.08%) Retail
11 1 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 46 (31.94%) Support Engineer
2 37 (25.69%) IT Support
3 32 (22.22%) IT Engineer
4 30 (20.83%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (18.75%) Senior
6 24 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (13.19%) Architect
8 18 (12.50%) Network Engineer
9 14 (9.72%) 2nd Line Support
9 14 (9.72%) Technical Engineer
10 12 (8.33%) Analyst
11 11 (7.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 11 (7.64%) Cisco Engineer
11 11 (7.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 11 (7.64%) Security Engineer
11 11 (7.64%) Senior Network Engineer
12 10 (6.94%) Firewall Engineer
12 10 (6.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (6.94%) WAN Engineer
13 9 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.97%) Driving Licence
2 21 (14.58%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.64%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (7.64%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.86%) CCTV
4 7 (4.86%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.17%) Clustering
5 6 (4.17%) SCADA
6 3 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.08%) PKI
6 3 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.08%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.39%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.39%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (46.53%) Windows
2 42 (29.17%) Windows Server
3 14 (9.72%) Linux
4 12 (8.33%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.08%) Android
8 3 (2.08%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.39%) VMS
10 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.61%) ITIL
2 29 (20.14%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (20.14%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (13.19%) SIEM
5 16 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 14 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (9.72%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (9.72%) High Availability
6 14 (9.72%) Migration
7 12 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
7 12 (8.33%) Service Delivery
8 10 (6.94%) Presales
9 9 (6.25%) ITSM
9 9 (6.25%) Risk Management
10 8 (5.56%) Mentoring
10 8 (5.56%) Network Design
10 8 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (5.56%) Time Management
11 7 (4.86%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.86%) SQL
3 1 (0.69%) Python
3 1 (0.69%) VB
3 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (23.61%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (18.75%) CCNP
3 23 (15.97%) SC Cleared
3 23 (15.97%) Security Cleared
4 15 (10.42%) CCNA
4 15 (10.42%) Degree
4 15 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.86%) MCSA
5 7 (4.86%) MCSE
5 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 6 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.47%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (3.47%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.78%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.78%) MCITP
9 3 (2.08%) HND
10 2 (1.39%) CEH
10 2 (1.39%) CISSP
10 2 (1.39%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (11.11%) SLA
3 13 (9.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.25%) NIST
5 7 (4.86%) GDPR
6 4 (2.78%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.08%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.39%) IEC 61508
8 2 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 60 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 39 (27.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (21.53%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.56%) vSphere
5 4 (2.78%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.78%) XenApp
6 3 (2.08%) Firmware
6 3 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.94%) Terraform
3 6 (4.17%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (4.17%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.78%) Ansible
4 4 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.08%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.39%) CASB
6 2 (1.39%) Endace
6 2 (1.39%) Nessus
7 1 (0.69%) Nagios
7 1 (0.69%) QRadar
7 1 (0.69%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 66 (45.83%) Cisco
2 63 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 47 (32.64%) VMware
4 24 (16.67%) Juniper
5 21 (14.58%) Meraki
6 18 (12.50%) Fortinet
7 13 (9.03%) Dell
8 12 (8.33%) Veeam
9 10 (6.94%) HP
10 9 (6.25%) McAfee
11 8 (5.56%) Aruba
11 8 (5.56%) Google
11 8 (5.56%) SonicWALL
12 7 (4.86%) Draytek
12 7 (4.86%) Mitel
12 7 (4.86%) WatchGuard
13 6 (4.17%) Palo Alto
13 6 (4.17%) Zscaler
14 5 (3.47%) SolarWinds
15 4 (2.78%) CheckPoint