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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 60 54
Rank change year-on-year -28 -6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 209 233 512
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.63% 4.45% 3.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.67% 28.04% 31.22%
Number of salaries quoted 159 186 439
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,996 £32,813 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £60,517 £54,229 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -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 660 831 1,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.13% 15.87% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 522 503 1,229
10th Percentile £27,519 £26,886 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £30,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +3.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,100 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £72,324 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -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 1 July 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 1 July 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 +5 106 £43,486 +8.72% 22
West Midlands -57 103 £56,400 +22.61% 40
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 35 (16.75%) SharePoint
2 25 (11.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.39%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (41.15%) Azure
2 83 (39.71%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (24.40%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.00%) AWS
5 18 (8.61%) Mimecast
6 8 (3.83%) GCP
7 7 (3.35%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.91%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.44%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.44%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.96%) GitHub
11 2 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.96%) IaaS
11 2 (0.96%) Pulumi
12 1 (0.48%) PaaS
12 1 (0.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (29.19%) VPN
2 56 (26.79%) WAN
3 51 (24.40%) LAN
4 38 (18.18%) DNS
5 35 (16.75%) Network Security
6 30 (14.35%) VLAN
7 28 (13.40%) DHCP
8 25 (11.96%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (11.48%) TCP/IP
10 17 (8.13%) Wireless
11 13 (6.22%) BGP
11 13 (6.22%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (5.74%) Internet
12 12 (5.74%) SD-WAN
13 11 (5.26%) EIGRP
13 11 (5.26%) OSPF
14 10 (4.78%) SAN
15 8 (3.83%) MQTT
16 6 (2.87%) VoIP
17 4 (1.91%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.39%) GIS
3 4 (1.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.91%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.91%) MySQL
3 4 (1.91%) Neo4j
4 2 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.96%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.96%) KNIME
4 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.48%) Power BI
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.96%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 58 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.13%) Manufacturing
3 15 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.74%) Finance
5 8 (3.83%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.35%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.87%) Law
8 5 (2.39%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Military
11 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (19.62%) Support Engineer
2 38 (18.18%) Senior
3 35 (16.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 35 (16.75%) IT Engineer
4 34 (16.27%) IT Support
5 30 (14.35%) Network Engineer
6 21 (10.05%) Analyst
7 17 (8.13%) Administrator
8 16 (7.66%) Firewall Specialist
8 16 (7.66%) IT Technician
8 16 (7.66%) Network Analyst
8 16 (7.66%) Technical Engineer
8 16 (7.66%) Technical Specialist
8 16 (7.66%) Technical Support
8 16 (7.66%) Technical Support Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) IT Support Engineer
10 13 (6.22%) IT Support Technician
10 13 (6.22%) Support Technician
10 13 (6.22%) Systems Administrator
11 12 (5.74%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.87%) Middleware
2 4 (1.91%) COM
2 4 (1.91%) DCOM
2 4 (1.91%) LDAP
3 2 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.48%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 10 (4.78%) Clustering
3 10 (4.78%) Security Posture
4 8 (3.83%) IoT
4 8 (3.83%) Operational Technology
4 8 (3.83%) Smartphone
5 7 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.87%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (2.87%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.39%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.39%) PKI
8 4 (1.91%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.91%) Replication
8 4 (1.91%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.44%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.96%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.96%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.96%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 99 (47.37%) Windows
2 54 (25.84%) Windows Server
3 33 (15.79%) Linux
4 14 (6.70%) Android
4 14 (6.70%) Apple iOS
5 13 (6.22%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.35%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.39%) Solaris
8 4 (1.91%) VMS
9 2 (0.96%) CentOS
9 2 (0.96%) Debian
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (20.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (18.18%) ITIL
5 30 (14.35%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (12.92%) Mentoring
7 25 (11.96%) Customer Service
8 24 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (11.48%) High Availability
8 24 (11.48%) Proactive Monitoring
9 22 (10.53%) Migration
10 19 (9.09%) Service Delivery
11 18 (8.61%) Project Delivery
12 16 (7.66%) SIEM
13 15 (7.18%) Mobile Device Management
13 15 (7.18%) Vulnerability Management
14 13 (6.22%) Patch Management
14 13 (6.22%) Technical Leadership
15 12 (5.74%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (5.74%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 41 (19.62%) SQL
2 34 (16.27%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.70%) Python
4 10 (4.78%) Bash
4 10 (4.78%) VBA
5 6 (2.87%) Bicep
6 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (15.31%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.44%) Degree
2 26 (12.44%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (8.61%) CCNP
5 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.26%) CISSP
7 9 (4.31%) A+ Certification
8 8 (3.83%) CCNA
9 7 (3.35%) CISM
10 5 (2.39%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.39%) MCITP
10 5 (2.39%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.44%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.96%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.48%) CRISC
13 1 (0.48%) CWNA
13 1 (0.48%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.96%) SLA
2 12 (5.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.96%) GDPR
6 2 (0.96%) NIST
7 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 77 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 48 (22.97%) Hyper-V
2 48 (22.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.26%) vSphere
4 7 (3.35%) Docker
5 5 (2.39%) Firmware
5 5 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.31%) Terraform
3 8 (3.83%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.87%) Ansible
5 4 (1.91%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (1.91%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.44%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.96%) Grafana
7 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.96%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.96%) Puppet
8 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.48%) Podman
Vendors
1 103 (49.28%) Microsoft
2 65 (31.10%) Cisco
3 52 (24.88%) VMware
4 17 (8.13%) Fortinet
5 15 (7.18%) Juniper
6 14 (6.70%) Dell
6 14 (6.70%) HP
6 14 (6.70%) Veeam
7 12 (5.74%) McAfee
8 11 (5.26%) Meraki
9 10 (4.78%) Aruba
9 10 (4.78%) Sophos
10 9 (4.31%) Logitech
10 9 (4.31%) SonicWALL
10 9 (4.31%) TOWER Software
11 5 (2.39%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.91%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.91%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.91%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.44%) ConnectWise