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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 54 33
Rank change year-on-year -44 -21 +39
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 152 275 362
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.90% 4.40% 5.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.55% 28.74% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 122 168 329
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,875 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £58,250 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £66,050 £67,500
England median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% -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 1,591 957 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.90% 15.29% 16.98%
Number of salaries quoted 421 407 1,002
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,900 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £66,500 £73,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -37 103 £52,500 +13.51% 34
East Midlands -24 49 £37,500 -6.25% 15
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 21 (13.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 21 (13.82%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.21%) Confluence
3 6 (3.95%) WinCC
4 4 (2.63%) FactoryTalk
4 4 (2.63%) nginx
5 2 (1.32%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) CATIA
1 4 (2.63%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 72 (47.37%) Azure
2 60 (39.47%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (25.66%) Entra ID
4 27 (17.76%) AWS
5 9 (5.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 9 (5.92%) SaaS
6 6 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (3.95%) Amazon ELB
6 6 (3.95%) Amazon S3
6 6 (3.95%) AWS KMS
6 6 (3.95%) GCP
6 6 (3.95%) IaaS
6 6 (3.95%) iPaaS
6 6 (3.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 56 (36.84%) WAN
2 48 (31.58%) LAN
3 41 (26.97%) DNS
4 39 (25.66%) VPN
5 32 (21.05%) SD-WAN
6 27 (17.76%) DHCP
7 22 (14.47%) TCP/IP
8 21 (13.82%) VLAN
9 18 (11.84%) Network Security
10 14 (9.21%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (7.24%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (6.58%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (5.92%) BGP
13 9 (5.92%) HTTP
13 9 (5.92%) Modbus
13 9 (5.92%) MPLS
13 9 (5.92%) OSPF
13 9 (5.92%) SAN
14 8 (5.26%) VoIP
14 8 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.63%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (2.63%) GIS
2 4 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (9.87%) JIRA
2 7 (4.61%) Git
2 7 (4.61%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.95%) Vagrant
4 2 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (28.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.87%) Documentation Skills
2 15 (9.87%) Public Sector
3 11 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.24%) Finance
4 8 (5.26%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.61%) Law
5 7 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.95%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.97%) Marketing
8 3 (1.97%) Retail
9 1 (0.66%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 39 (25.66%) Support Engineer
2 35 (23.03%) IT Support
3 30 (19.74%) Senior
4 27 (17.76%) IT Engineer
5 25 (16.45%) IT Support Engineer
6 24 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (14.47%) Network Engineer
8 18 (11.84%) Architect
9 15 (9.87%) 2nd Line Support
10 13 (8.55%) Technical Engineer
11 12 (7.89%) Senior Network Engineer
12 11 (7.24%) Cisco Engineer
12 11 (7.24%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 10 (6.58%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 10 (6.58%) Analyst
13 10 (6.58%) Firewall Engineer
13 10 (6.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (6.58%) Security Engineer
13 10 (6.58%) WAN Engineer
14 8 (5.26%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.63%) LDAP
2 1 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.11%) Driving Licence
2 19 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.24%) Operational Technology
4 10 (6.58%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (6.58%) SCADA
5 9 (5.92%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.61%) CCTV
6 7 (4.61%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (3.95%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.95%) Clustering
8 5 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.29%) Replication
9 3 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.97%) PKI
9 3 (1.97%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.32%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 75 (49.34%) Windows
2 41 (26.97%) Windows Server
3 21 (13.82%) Linux
4 15 (9.87%) Windows 10
5 9 (5.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (5.26%) VMS
6 8 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.95%) Amazon Linux
8 5 (3.29%) Ubuntu
9 4 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.66%) Android
10 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (20.39%) ITIL
2 29 (19.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (18.42%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 17 (11.18%) SIEM
6 15 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (9.87%) High Availability
7 14 (9.21%) DevOps
7 14 (9.21%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (9.21%) Migration
8 12 (7.89%) Presales
9 10 (6.58%) Network Design
9 10 (6.58%) Patch Management
9 10 (6.58%) Proactive Monitoring
9 10 (6.58%) Service Delivery
10 9 (5.92%) Cloud Security
10 9 (5.92%) ITSM
10 9 (5.92%) Risk Management
11 8 (5.26%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.55%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.24%) Python
2 11 (7.24%) SQL
3 6 (3.95%) Groovy
4 2 (1.32%) Bash
4 2 (1.32%) Java
4 2 (1.32%) Ladder Logic
4 2 (1.32%) Perl
5 1 (0.66%) Bicep
5 1 (0.66%) Go
5 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.66%) VB
5 1 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (24.34%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (19.74%) CCNP
3 29 (19.08%) Security Cleared
4 28 (18.42%) SC Cleared
5 19 (12.50%) Degree
6 18 (11.84%) CCNA
7 12 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (5.92%) Azure Certification
9 7 (4.61%) MCP
9 7 (4.61%) MCSA
9 7 (4.61%) MCSE
10 6 (3.95%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (2.63%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.63%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (2.63%) DBS Check
12 3 (1.97%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.97%) HND
13 2 (1.32%) CEH
13 2 (1.32%) CISSP
13 2 (1.32%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (9.21%) SLA
3 13 (8.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (5.92%) NIST
5 7 (4.61%) GDPR
6 6 (3.95%) IEC 61508
6 6 (3.95%) QA
7 4 (2.63%) IEC 61131
7 4 (2.63%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.97%) NIST 800
System Software
1 57 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 37 (24.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (21.71%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.26%) Docker
5 7 (4.61%) vSphere
6 4 (2.63%) DFS Replication
6 4 (2.63%) Dovecot
6 4 (2.63%) Postfix
6 4 (2.63%) Squid
6 4 (2.63%) Terminal Services
6 4 (2.63%) XenApp
7 3 (1.97%) Firmware
7 3 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (14.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (11.18%) Terraform
3 7 (4.61%) Nessus
4 6 (3.95%) Failover Clustering
4 6 (3.95%) FortiGate
4 6 (3.95%) Grafana
4 6 (3.95%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.63%) Ansible
5 4 (2.63%) Proxmox
5 4 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.97%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.32%) CASB
7 2 (1.32%) Endace
8 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.66%) Nagios
8 1 (0.66%) Puppet
8 1 (0.66%) QRadar
8 1 (0.66%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 65 (42.76%) Cisco
2 60 (39.47%) Microsoft
3 45 (29.61%) VMware
4 24 (15.79%) Juniper
5 20 (13.16%) Meraki
6 19 (12.50%) Fortinet
7 11 (7.24%) Dell
7 11 (7.24%) Veeam
8 9 (5.92%) Aruba
8 9 (5.92%) ServiceNow
9 8 (5.26%) Google
9 8 (5.26%) HP
9 8 (5.26%) SonicWALL
10 7 (4.61%) Draytek
10 7 (4.61%) McAfee
10 7 (4.61%) Mitel
10 7 (4.61%) WatchGuard
11 6 (3.95%) Rockwell
11 6 (3.95%) Siemens
12 5 (3.29%) Zscaler