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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 64 64
Rank change year-on-year -21 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 255 240 365
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.72% 4.12% 3.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.90% 27.84% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 196 183 278
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £46,295
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -2.80% +0.64%
75th Percentile £60,250 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £69,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -1.93%

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 775 862 1,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.22% 14.80% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 601 523 741
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,631 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.80% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,941 £55,000
90th Percentile £74,475 £71,000 £68,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -2.91%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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
East Midlands +30 128 £42,500 +6.25% 23
West Midlands -48 127 £55,000 +22.22% 46
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 38 (14.90%) SharePoint
2 32 (12.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (5.88%) IIS
4 7 (2.75%) Apache
4 7 (2.75%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.39%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 106 (41.57%) Microsoft 365
2 105 (41.18%) Azure
3 73 (28.63%) Entra ID
4 30 (11.76%) AWS
5 25 (9.80%) Mimecast
6 10 (3.92%) GCP
6 10 (3.92%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.14%) SaaS
8 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.35%) Cloudflare
10 5 (1.96%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.57%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.18%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.78%) GitHub
13 2 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (35.29%) VPN
2 79 (30.98%) DNS
3 67 (26.27%) WAN
4 66 (25.88%) LAN
5 56 (21.96%) DHCP
6 44 (17.25%) TCP/IP
6 44 (17.25%) VLAN
7 41 (16.08%) Network Security
8 34 (13.33%) Wireless
9 33 (12.94%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (9.80%) BGP
11 23 (9.02%) EIGRP
11 23 (9.02%) OSPF
12 16 (6.27%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (4.71%) SAN
13 12 (4.71%) SD-WAN
14 10 (3.92%) Internet
15 9 (3.53%) VoIP
16 8 (3.14%) MQTT
17 4 (1.57%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.57%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.57%) MySQL
2 4 (1.57%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.78%) KNIME
3 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.78%) Power BI
4 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.96%) JIRA
2 4 (1.57%) Git
3 3 (1.18%) GitLab
4 2 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 85 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.84%) Manufacturing
4 12 (4.71%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.31%) Finance
6 8 (3.14%) Law
7 7 (2.75%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.96%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.57%) Retail
10 3 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Legal
11 2 (0.78%) Marketing
11 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 53 (20.78%) Senior
2 46 (18.04%) IT Engineer
3 40 (15.69%) Network Engineer
3 40 (15.69%) Support Engineer
4 37 (14.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 36 (14.12%) IT Support
6 25 (9.80%) Analyst
7 22 (8.63%) Administrator
8 19 (7.45%) Network Analyst
9 18 (7.06%) IT Technician
10 17 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
11 16 (6.27%) Field Engineer
11 16 (6.27%) Field Service Engineer
11 16 (6.27%) Firewall Specialist
11 16 (6.27%) Lead
11 16 (6.27%) Technical Specialist
11 16 (6.27%) Technical Support
12 15 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
12 15 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.49%) Terraform
2 6 (2.35%) Middleware
3 4 (1.57%) COM
3 4 (1.57%) DCOM
3 4 (1.57%) LDAP
4 2 (0.78%) Pulumi
4 2 (0.78%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.78%) REST
4 2 (0.78%) YAML
5 1 (0.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.45%) Data Centre
2 18 (7.06%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.71%) Security Posture
4 10 (3.92%) Clustering
4 10 (3.92%) Operational Technology
4 10 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.14%) IoT
6 8 (3.14%) Smartphone
7 7 (2.75%) PKI
7 7 (2.75%) Private Cloud
8 6 (2.35%) Replication
9 5 (1.96%) CCTV
9 5 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.57%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.57%) PMI
10 4 (1.57%) SCADA
10 4 (1.57%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 131 (51.37%) Windows
2 82 (32.16%) Windows Server
3 46 (18.04%) Linux
4 24 (9.41%) Android
4 24 (9.41%) Apple iOS
5 23 (9.02%) Windows 10
6 13 (5.10%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.96%) Solaris
8 4 (1.57%) VMS
9 1 (0.39%) CentOS
9 1 (0.39%) Debian
9 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.71%) Continuous Improvement
1 63 (24.71%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (21.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 49 (19.22%) Cybersecurity
4 47 (18.43%) Disaster Recovery
5 45 (17.65%) Customer Service
6 42 (16.47%) ITIL
7 34 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 32 (12.55%) Migration
9 29 (11.37%) Project Delivery
9 29 (11.37%) Service Delivery
10 24 (9.41%) Proactive Monitoring
11 23 (9.02%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (8.63%) High Availability
13 21 (8.24%) ITSM
14 20 (7.84%) Incident Response
15 19 (7.45%) Patch Management
15 19 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (7.06%) Technical Leadership
17 16 (6.27%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 56 (21.96%) PowerShell
2 47 (18.43%) SQL
3 23 (9.02%) Python
4 12 (4.71%) VBA
5 11 (4.31%) Bash
6 6 (2.35%) Bicep
7 3 (1.18%) C#
7 3 (1.18%) Java
7 3 (1.18%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (12.55%) Cisco Certification
1 32 (12.55%) Degree
2 29 (11.37%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.02%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.63%) CCNP
5 19 (7.45%) CCNA
6 17 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (3.92%) CISSP
8 8 (3.14%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.75%) CISM
10 6 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.96%) MCSE
12 4 (1.57%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.57%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.78%) MCSA
14 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.39%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.55%) SLA
2 23 (9.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (7.84%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.53%) GDPR
5 8 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (1.96%) NIST
7 3 (1.18%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 91 (35.69%) Active Directory
2 65 (25.49%) Hyper-V
3 53 (20.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.92%) vSphere
5 9 (3.53%) Firmware
6 8 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.35%) Docker
8 4 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (9.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.75%) Ansible
2 7 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.35%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.57%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.57%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.78%) Grafana
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.78%) Nessus
5 2 (0.78%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.39%) Podman
6 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.39%) Puppet
Vendors
1 138 (54.12%) Microsoft
2 71 (27.84%) Cisco
3 57 (22.35%) VMware
4 23 (9.02%) Fortinet
5 20 (7.84%) SonicWALL
5 20 (7.84%) Sophos
6 16 (6.27%) Logitech
6 16 (6.27%) TOWER Software
7 14 (5.49%) Veeam
8 13 (5.10%) Meraki
9 9 (3.53%) Aruba
9 9 (3.53%) HP
9 9 (3.53%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.14%) Citrix
11 7 (2.75%) Dell
12 6 (2.35%) Juniper
12 6 (2.35%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.35%) Ubiquiti
12 6 (2.35%) WatchGuard
13 5 (1.96%) McAfee