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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 63 37
Rank change year-on-year -52 -26 +53
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 145 202 504
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.36% 4.16% 4.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.13% 27.71% 33.76%
Number of salaries quoted 110 173 464
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £26,575
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.28%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,625 £62,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +8.16% -2.00%

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 1,588 729 1,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.90% 15.01% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 419 439 1,264
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,850 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,627 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% -5.00%

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 29 March 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 29 March 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 -52 88 £55,250 +22.78% 37
East Midlands -30 57 £35,000 -20.00% 25
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 30 (20.69%) SharePoint
2 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) CATIA
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 65 (44.83%) Azure
2 64 (44.14%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (35.86%) Entra ID
4 19 (13.10%) AWS
5 8 (5.52%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (4.14%) IaaS
6 6 (4.14%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.45%) GCP
8 4 (2.76%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.76%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.76%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.76%) PaaS
8 4 (2.76%) SaaS
9 3 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.07%) Datadog
10 2 (1.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.38%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.38%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 56 (38.62%) WAN
2 48 (33.10%) LAN
3 41 (28.28%) VPN
4 23 (15.86%) SD-WAN
5 21 (14.48%) DNS
6 19 (13.10%) Network Security
7 12 (8.28%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (8.28%) Wireless
8 11 (7.59%) DHCP
8 11 (7.59%) TCP/IP
9 9 (6.21%) Cisco ASA
9 9 (6.21%) VoIP
10 8 (5.52%) VLAN
11 7 (4.83%) Internet
11 7 (4.83%) IP Telephony
12 6 (4.14%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (4.14%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (4.14%) WebEx
13 5 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (3.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.52%) GIS
2 3 (2.07%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.38%) MySQL
3 2 (1.38%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 30 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.34%) Finance
3 8 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.52%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.14%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (4.14%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.76%) Law
6 3 (2.07%) Marketing
6 3 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.07%) Retail
7 1 (0.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 48 (33.10%) Support Engineer
2 35 (24.14%) IT Support
3 28 (19.31%) IT Engineer
3 28 (19.31%) IT Support Engineer
4 21 (14.48%) Senior
5 20 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (13.10%) Technical Engineer
7 17 (11.72%) Analyst
8 15 (10.34%) Technical Support
8 15 (10.34%) Technical Support Engineer
9 14 (9.66%) Architect
9 14 (9.66%) Network Engineer
10 10 (6.90%) Security Engineer
11 8 (5.52%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.52%) Digital Architect
11 8 (5.52%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (4.83%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 7 (4.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 7 (4.83%) Network Analyst
12 7 (4.83%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.10%) Data Centre
2 18 (12.41%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.52%) CCTV
3 8 (5.52%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.76%) Clustering
5 4 (2.76%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.07%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.07%) PKI
6 3 (2.07%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.07%) SCADA
7 2 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.38%) IoT
7 2 (1.38%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.38%) Replication
8 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.69%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 62 (42.76%) Windows
2 40 (27.59%) Windows Server
3 17 (11.72%) Linux
4 8 (5.52%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.76%) Android
7 4 (2.76%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.07%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.69%) CentOS
9 1 (0.69%) Debian
9 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (24.83%) ITIL
2 34 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (17.93%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (15.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (15.17%) SIEM
6 17 (11.72%) Proactive Monitoring
7 12 (8.28%) Migration
8 11 (7.59%) Customer Service
8 11 (7.59%) High Availability
8 11 (7.59%) Mentoring
9 10 (6.90%) ITSM
9 10 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
9 10 (6.90%) Service Delivery
10 9 (6.21%) Incident Management
11 8 (5.52%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (5.52%) Impact Assessments
11 8 (5.52%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (5.52%) Time Management
11 8 (5.52%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.97%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.52%) SQL
3 4 (2.76%) Bash
4 3 (2.07%) Bicep
5 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.69%) VB
5 1 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (14.48%) Degree
3 19 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.10%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.41%) CCNP
5 17 (11.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (10.34%) CCNA
7 7 (4.83%) MCSA
7 7 (4.83%) MCSE
7 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 6 (4.14%) A+ Certification
8 6 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (4.14%) MCITP
9 5 (3.45%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (3.45%) DBS Check
10 4 (2.76%) CISSP
11 3 (2.07%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.07%) HND
12 2 (1.38%) GSEC
12 2 (1.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.17%) SLA
2 14 (9.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (9.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.21%) NIST
4 3 (2.07%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.69%) GDPR
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 59 (40.69%) Active Directory
2 42 (28.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (18.62%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.21%) vSphere
5 4 (2.76%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.76%) XenApp
6 3 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.69%) Docker
8 1 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.83%) Terraform
3 4 (2.76%) Ansible
3 4 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.07%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.38%) CASB
5 2 (1.38%) Galera Cluster
5 2 (1.38%) Nessus
5 2 (1.38%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.69%) Puppet
6 1 (0.69%) QRadar
6 1 (0.69%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 66 (45.52%) Microsoft
2 61 (42.07%) Cisco
3 51 (35.17%) VMware
4 25 (17.24%) Juniper
5 16 (11.03%) Dell
5 16 (11.03%) Meraki
6 15 (10.34%) McAfee
7 11 (7.59%) HP
7 11 (7.59%) Veeam
8 10 (6.90%) Fortinet
9 8 (5.52%) Google
9 8 (5.52%) SonicWALL
10 7 (4.83%) Draytek
10 7 (4.83%) Mitel
10 7 (4.83%) WatchGuard
11 6 (4.14%) Aruba
12 5 (3.45%) CheckPoint
13 4 (2.76%) Citrix
13 4 (2.76%) IBM
13 4 (2.76%) Zscaler