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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 63 36
Rank change year-on-year -51 -27 +47
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 139 227 486
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.42% 4.32% 5.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.82% 27.06% 32.95%
Number of salaries quoted 109 172 447
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £26,400
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,688 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,250 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £69,000 £66,050 £63,750
England median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.82% +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 1,576 839 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.08% 15.97% 15.17%
Number of salaries quoted 410 432 1,261
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,900 £35,000 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £50,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.50% +19.05% -6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £53,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.56% +10.31% -4.98%

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 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 11 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 -46 87 £53,750 +15.59% 35
East Midlands -38 52 £35,000 -22.22% 24
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 28 (20.14%) SharePoint
2 20 (14.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.16%) CATIA
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 66 (47.48%) Azure
2 60 (43.17%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (34.53%) Entra ID
4 19 (13.67%) AWS
5 8 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (4.32%) IaaS
6 6 (4.32%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.32%) SaaS
7 5 (3.60%) GCP
8 4 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.88%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.88%) PaaS
9 3 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.16%) Datadog
9 3 (2.16%) iPaaS
9 3 (2.16%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.44%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 54 (38.85%) WAN
2 47 (33.81%) LAN
3 39 (28.06%) VPN
4 24 (17.27%) SD-WAN
5 23 (16.55%) DNS
6 19 (13.67%) Network Security
7 16 (11.51%) DHCP
8 15 (10.79%) TCP/IP
9 12 (8.63%) VLAN
10 10 (7.19%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (7.19%) VoIP
10 10 (7.19%) Wireless
11 8 (5.76%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (5.04%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (5.04%) IP Telephony
13 6 (4.32%) Internet
13 6 (4.32%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (4.32%) SAN
13 6 (4.32%) WebEx
14 5 (3.60%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.76%) GIS
2 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (5.04%) JIRA
General
1 31 (22.30%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.63%) Finance
3 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.76%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.16%) Law
8 3 (2.16%) Marketing
8 3 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.16%) Retail
9 1 (0.72%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 48 (34.53%) Support Engineer
2 36 (25.90%) IT Support
3 29 (20.86%) IT Engineer
3 29 (20.86%) IT Support Engineer
4 22 (15.83%) Senior
5 19 (13.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (12.95%) Technical Engineer
7 15 (10.79%) Analyst
7 15 (10.79%) Architect
8 14 (10.07%) Network Engineer
8 14 (10.07%) Technical Support
8 14 (10.07%) Technical Support Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (7.19%) Security Engineer
10 8 (5.76%) Digital Architect
10 8 (5.76%) Senior Network Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) Firewall Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) WAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.11%) Data Centre
2 19 (13.67%) Driving Licence
3 10 (7.19%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (6.47%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.04%) CCTV
6 5 (3.60%) Clustering
7 4 (2.88%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.88%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.16%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.16%) PKI
8 3 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (2.16%) SCADA
9 2 (1.44%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.72%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 60 (43.17%) Windows
2 38 (27.34%) Windows Server
3 14 (10.07%) Linux
4 8 (5.76%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.88%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.16%) Android
8 3 (2.16%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.44%) VMS
10 1 (0.72%) CentOS
10 1 (0.72%) Debian
10 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (25.18%) ITIL
2 31 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (17.99%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (16.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (15.83%) SIEM
6 20 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (12.23%) Proactive Monitoring
8 13 (9.35%) Customer Service
8 13 (9.35%) Migration
9 11 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (7.91%) High Availability
9 11 (7.91%) Service Delivery
10 10 (7.19%) Mentoring
11 9 (6.47%) ITSM
11 9 (6.47%) Mobile Device Management
11 9 (6.47%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (5.76%) Impact Assessments
12 8 (5.76%) Incident Management
12 8 (5.76%) Time Management
12 8 (5.76%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.47%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.04%) SQL
3 1 (0.72%) Bash
3 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.72%) VB
3 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (20.14%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (15.11%) CCNP
3 20 (14.39%) Degree
4 17 (12.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (12.23%) SC Cleared
4 17 (12.23%) Security Cleared
5 15 (10.79%) CCNA
6 7 (5.04%) MCSA
6 7 (5.04%) MCSE
6 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 6 (4.32%) A+ Certification
7 6 (4.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (4.32%) MCITP
8 5 (3.60%) CTC Cleared
8 5 (3.60%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.16%) CISSP
9 3 (2.16%) HND
10 2 (1.44%) CEH
10 2 (1.44%) GSEC
10 2 (1.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.11%) SLA
2 16 (11.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (9.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.47%) NIST
5 4 (2.88%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.16%) GDPR
6 3 (2.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 58 (41.73%) Active Directory
2 39 (28.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (17.99%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.76%) vSphere
5 4 (2.88%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.88%) XenApp
6 3 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.72%) Docker
8 1 (0.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (15.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.04%) Terraform
3 4 (2.88%) Ansible
3 4 (2.88%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.16%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.44%) CASB
5 2 (1.44%) Nessus
6 1 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.72%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.72%) Puppet
6 1 (0.72%) QRadar
6 1 (0.72%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 63 (45.32%) Microsoft
2 62 (44.60%) Cisco
3 48 (34.53%) VMware
4 25 (17.99%) Juniper
5 17 (12.23%) Meraki
6 16 (11.51%) Dell
7 14 (10.07%) McAfee
8 13 (9.35%) Fortinet
9 12 (8.63%) Veeam
10 11 (7.91%) HP
11 9 (6.47%) SonicWALL
12 8 (5.76%) Google
13 7 (5.04%) Aruba
13 7 (5.04%) Draytek
13 7 (5.04%) Mitel
13 7 (5.04%) WatchGuard
14 5 (3.60%) CheckPoint
15 4 (2.88%) Citrix
15 4 (2.88%) IBM
15 4 (2.88%) Palo Alto