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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 58 56
Rank change year-on-year -35 -2 +28
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 196 229 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.57% 4.54% 3.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 30.72% 27.10% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 149 187 450
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,741 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -0.28%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,719 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £62,625
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% -3.00%

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 638 845 1,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.12% 16.77% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 498 489 1,261
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,324 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.53% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -53 99 £56,400 +22.61% 37
East Midlands -2 97 £43,486 +5.42% 27
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 (17.35%) SharePoint
2 21 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.04%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 81 (41.33%) Azure
2 80 (40.82%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (26.02%) Entra ID
4 17 (8.67%) AWS
5 16 (8.16%) Mimecast
6 8 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.06%) OneDrive
8 5 (2.55%) GCP
9 3 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.53%) IaaS
9 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.53%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.53%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.53%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.02%) GitHub
10 2 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.02%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.02%) Pulumi
11 1 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 59 (30.10%) VPN
2 53 (27.04%) WAN
3 48 (24.49%) LAN
4 35 (17.86%) Network Security
5 29 (14.80%) DNS
6 24 (12.24%) VLAN
7 23 (11.73%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (9.69%) DHCP
9 17 (8.67%) TCP/IP
10 14 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (7.14%) Wireless
11 13 (6.63%) BGP
11 13 (6.63%) Internet
12 12 (6.12%) EIGRP
12 12 (6.12%) OSPF
12 12 (6.12%) SD-WAN
13 9 (4.59%) SAN
14 8 (4.08%) MQTT
15 5 (2.55%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (2.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.08%) GIS
3 4 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.04%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.04%) MySQL
3 4 (2.04%) Neo4j
4 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.51%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Git
2 1 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 52 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.65%) Finance
2 15 (7.65%) Manufacturing
3 14 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (3.06%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.55%) Aerospace
6 5 (2.55%) Law
7 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (20.92%) Support Engineer
2 37 (18.88%) Senior
3 34 (17.35%) IT Engineer
4 33 (16.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (16.84%) IT Support
5 28 (14.29%) Network Engineer
6 19 (9.69%) Analyst
7 16 (8.16%) Administrator
7 16 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
8 15 (7.65%) Firewall Specialist
8 15 (7.65%) Network Analyst
8 15 (7.65%) Technical Engineer
8 15 (7.65%) Technical Specialist
8 15 (7.65%) Technical Support
8 15 (7.65%) Technical Support Engineer
9 14 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
10 13 (6.63%) IT Technician
11 12 (6.12%) Systems Administrator
12 11 (5.61%) IT Support Technician
12 11 (5.61%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.55%) Middleware
2 3 (1.53%) COM
2 3 (1.53%) DCOM
2 3 (1.53%) LDAP
3 2 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.69%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.61%) Security Posture
3 10 (5.10%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.59%) Clustering
5 8 (4.08%) IoT
6 7 (3.57%) Operational Technology
6 7 (3.57%) Smartphone
7 6 (3.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.55%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.04%) PKI
9 4 (2.04%) Replication
10 3 (1.53%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.53%) Smartcard
11 2 (1.02%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (1.02%) SCADA
12 1 (0.51%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 86 (43.88%) Windows
2 46 (23.47%) Windows Server
3 30 (15.31%) Linux
4 13 (6.63%) Android
4 13 (6.63%) Apple iOS
5 11 (5.61%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.57%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.04%) Solaris
7 4 (2.04%) VMS
8 2 (1.02%) CentOS
8 2 (1.02%) Debian
8 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 41 (20.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (19.39%) ITIL
5 29 (14.80%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (12.24%) High Availability
7 23 (11.73%) Mentoring
8 22 (11.22%) Customer Service
8 22 (11.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 22 (11.22%) Proactive Monitoring
9 21 (10.71%) Migration
10 17 (8.67%) SIEM
11 16 (8.16%) Service Delivery
12 15 (7.65%) Vulnerability Management
13 14 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
14 13 (6.63%) Project Delivery
15 12 (6.12%) Roadmaps
16 11 (5.61%) Incident Response
16 11 (5.61%) Patch Management
16 11 (5.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.86%) SQL
2 31 (15.82%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.63%) Python
4 10 (5.10%) Bash
5 8 (4.08%) VBA
6 5 (2.55%) Bicep
7 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (16.84%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.80%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.24%) Degree
4 19 (9.69%) CCNP
4 19 (9.69%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (5.10%) CISSP
7 8 (4.08%) A+ Certification
8 6 (3.06%) CISM
8 6 (3.06%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.55%) CCNA
9 5 (2.55%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (2.55%) MCITP
10 4 (2.04%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.53%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.51%) CCIE
12 1 (0.51%) IISP
12 1 (0.51%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.22%) SLA
2 13 (6.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (3.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.53%) NIST
6 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.51%) GDPR
7 1 (0.51%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 74 (37.76%) Active Directory
2 47 (23.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (20.41%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.61%) vSphere
5 6 (3.06%) Docker
6 5 (2.55%) Firmware
7 3 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.51%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (5.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.08%) Terraform
3 7 (3.57%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.06%) Ansible
5 4 (2.04%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (2.04%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.02%) Grafana
6 2 (1.02%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.02%) Puppet
7 1 (0.51%) CASB
7 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.51%) Podman
7 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 64 (32.65%) Cisco
3 51 (26.02%) VMware
4 18 (9.18%) Juniper
5 16 (8.16%) Fortinet
5 16 (8.16%) HP
6 14 (7.14%) Dell
7 13 (6.63%) Veeam
8 12 (6.12%) McAfee
9 9 (4.59%) Aruba
9 9 (4.59%) SonicWALL
9 9 (4.59%) Sophos
10 8 (4.08%) Logitech
10 8 (4.08%) Meraki
10 8 (4.08%) TOWER Software
11 4 (2.04%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.53%) ConnectWise
12 3 (1.53%) Palo Alto
12 3 (1.53%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.53%) Ubiquiti