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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 60 61
Rank change year-on-year -25 +1 0
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 247 244 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.68% 4.19% 3.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.80% 28.18% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 190 185 299
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +2.20%
75th Percentile £60,250 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.58% -5.00% -

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 753 866 1,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.13% 14.87% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 592 523 790
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,566 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,566 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £68,300
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,085 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.87% -15.83% -1.96%

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 24 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 24 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 +27 125 £42,500 +6.25% 19
West Midlands -45 122 £55,000 +22.22% 54
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 34 (13.77%) SharePoint
2 29 (11.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.67%) IIS
4 6 (2.43%) Apache
4 6 (2.43%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.81%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.40%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 99 (40.08%) Azure
2 98 (39.68%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (26.72%) Entra ID
4 27 (10.93%) AWS
5 24 (9.72%) Mimecast
6 9 (3.64%) GCP
6 9 (3.64%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.24%) SaaS
8 6 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.43%) Cloudflare
8 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (2.02%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.21%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.21%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.81%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.81%) GitHub
12 2 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
13 1 (0.40%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (35.22%) VPN
2 74 (29.96%) DNS
3 66 (26.72%) WAN
4 65 (26.32%) LAN
5 52 (21.05%) DHCP
6 41 (16.60%) Network Security
6 41 (16.60%) TCP/IP
6 41 (16.60%) VLAN
7 32 (12.96%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (12.96%) Wireless
8 24 (9.72%) BGP
9 22 (8.91%) EIGRP
9 22 (8.91%) OSPF
10 16 (6.48%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (4.86%) SAN
11 12 (4.86%) SD-WAN
12 10 (4.05%) Internet
13 8 (3.24%) MQTT
14 7 (2.83%) VoIP
15 4 (1.62%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (1.62%) MongoDB
2 4 (1.62%) MySQL
2 4 (1.62%) Neo4j
3 2 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.81%) KNIME
3 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.81%) Power BI
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.02%) JIRA
2 3 (1.21%) Git
2 3 (1.21%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 81 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (8.10%) Manufacturing
4 11 (4.45%) Finance
5 9 (3.64%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.24%) Law
7 6 (2.43%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.02%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.21%) Retail
11 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Legal
12 1 (0.40%) Marketing
12 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 51 (20.65%) Senior
2 42 (17.00%) IT Engineer
3 39 (15.79%) Network Engineer
4 37 (14.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 37 (14.98%) Support Engineer
5 33 (13.36%) IT Support
6 25 (10.12%) Analyst
7 22 (8.91%) Administrator
8 19 (7.69%) Network Analyst
9 18 (7.29%) IT Technician
10 17 (6.88%) Systems Administrator
11 16 (6.48%) Firewall Specialist
11 16 (6.48%) Technical Engineer
11 16 (6.48%) Technical Specialist
11 16 (6.48%) Technical Support
12 15 (6.07%) Field Engineer
12 15 (6.07%) Field Service Engineer
12 15 (6.07%) IT Support Technician
12 15 (6.07%) Lead
12 15 (6.07%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.26%) Terraform
2 6 (2.43%) Middleware
3 4 (1.62%) COM
3 4 (1.62%) DCOM
3 4 (1.62%) LDAP
4 2 (0.81%) Pulumi
4 2 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (0.81%) REST
5 1 (0.40%) .NET
5 1 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 14 (5.67%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.86%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.05%) Clustering
4 10 (4.05%) Operational Technology
4 10 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.24%) IoT
5 8 (3.24%) Smartphone
6 7 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.83%) PKI
6 7 (2.83%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.43%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.43%) Replication
8 5 (2.02%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.62%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.62%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.62%) PMI
9 4 (1.62%) SCADA
9 4 (1.62%) Smartcard
10 3 (1.21%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 125 (50.61%) Windows
2 76 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 42 (17.00%) Linux
4 23 (9.31%) Android
4 23 (9.31%) Apple iOS
5 21 (8.50%) Windows 10
6 12 (4.86%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.02%) Solaris
8 4 (1.62%) VMS
9 1 (0.40%) CentOS
9 1 (0.40%) Debian
9 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (24.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (22.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (17.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 43 (17.41%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (17.00%) Customer Service
7 38 (15.38%) ITIL
8 32 (12.96%) Mentoring
9 29 (11.74%) Migration
10 28 (11.34%) Project Delivery
11 26 (10.53%) Service Delivery
12 24 (9.72%) Proactive Monitoring
13 23 (9.31%) Vulnerability Management
14 22 (8.91%) High Availability
15 19 (7.69%) Incident Response
15 19 (7.69%) ITSM
15 19 (7.69%) Patch Management
16 18 (7.29%) Stakeholder Management
17 17 (6.88%) Technical Leadership
18 16 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.46%) PowerShell
2 47 (19.03%) SQL
3 22 (8.91%) Python
4 12 (4.86%) VBA
5 11 (4.45%) Bash
6 6 (2.43%) Bicep
7 3 (1.21%) C#
7 3 (1.21%) Java
7 3 (1.21%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (12.96%) Degree
2 30 (12.15%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (11.74%) Security Cleared
4 23 (9.31%) SC Cleared
5 20 (8.10%) CCNP
6 17 (6.88%) CCNA
7 14 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.05%) CISSP
9 8 (3.24%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.83%) CISM
11 6 (2.43%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.62%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.62%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.21%) MCSE
14 1 (0.40%) CRISC
14 1 (0.40%) CWNA
14 1 (0.40%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.55%) SLA
2 22 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (6.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.64%) GDPR
5 8 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (2.02%) NIST
7 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
System Software
1 88 (35.63%) Active Directory
2 61 (24.70%) Hyper-V
3 51 (20.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.05%) vSphere
5 9 (3.64%) Firmware
6 7 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.43%) Docker
8 3 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.43%) Ansible
3 6 (2.43%) FortiGate
4 4 (1.62%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (1.62%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (0.81%) Grafana
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.81%) Nessus
5 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.40%) Podman
6 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.40%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 132 (53.44%) Microsoft
2 71 (28.74%) Cisco
3 53 (21.46%) VMware
4 23 (9.31%) Fortinet
5 19 (7.69%) Sophos
6 18 (7.29%) SonicWALL
7 15 (6.07%) Logitech
7 15 (6.07%) TOWER Software
8 14 (5.67%) Veeam
9 13 (5.26%) Meraki
10 9 (3.64%) Aruba
10 9 (3.64%) HP
10 9 (3.64%) Palo Alto
11 8 (3.24%) Dell
12 7 (2.83%) Citrix
12 7 (2.83%) Juniper
13 6 (2.43%) McAfee
13 6 (2.43%) ServiceNow
14 5 (2.02%) Ubiquiti
15 4 (1.62%) CheckPoint