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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 58 56
Rank change year-on-year -31 -2 +30
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 207 232 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.64% 4.57% 3.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.85% 27.65% 31.75%
Number of salaries quoted 157 187 445
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,741 £34,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +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 650 839 1,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.14% 16.54% 11.78%
Number of salaries quoted 511 494 1,243
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,968 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,813 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -9.60%
75th Percentile £58,450 £57,425 £53,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £71,135 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -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 25 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 25 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
East Midlands 0 104 £43,486 +2.32% 23
West Midlands -55 103 £56,400 +22.61% 39
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 36 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 24 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (40.58%) Azure
2 83 (40.10%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (25.12%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.66%) AWS
5 18 (8.70%) Mimecast
6 7 (3.38%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.90%) GCP
8 4 (1.93%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.45%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.45%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.97%) GitHub
10 2 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.97%) IaaS
10 2 (0.97%) Pulumi
11 1 (0.48%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (29.95%) VPN
2 57 (27.54%) WAN
3 52 (25.12%) LAN
4 37 (17.87%) DNS
5 35 (16.91%) Network Security
6 29 (14.01%) VLAN
7 27 (13.04%) DHCP
8 24 (11.59%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (11.11%) TCP/IP
10 17 (8.21%) Wireless
11 14 (6.76%) BGP
11 14 (6.76%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (6.28%) SD-WAN
13 12 (5.80%) EIGRP
13 12 (5.80%) Internet
13 12 (5.80%) OSPF
14 10 (4.83%) SAN
15 8 (3.86%) MQTT
16 6 (2.90%) VoIP
17 4 (1.93%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.28%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.90%) GIS
3 4 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.93%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.93%) MySQL
3 4 (1.93%) Neo4j
4 2 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.97%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.97%) KNIME
4 2 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.48%) Power BI
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 56 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.21%) Manufacturing
3 15 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.28%) Finance
5 8 (3.86%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.86%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.90%) Law
7 5 (2.42%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (20.29%) Support Engineer
2 39 (18.84%) Senior
3 36 (17.39%) IT Engineer
4 35 (16.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 34 (16.43%) IT Support
6 31 (14.98%) Network Engineer
7 20 (9.66%) Analyst
8 17 (8.21%) Administrator
9 16 (7.73%) Firewall Specialist
9 16 (7.73%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (7.73%) Network Analyst
9 16 (7.73%) Technical Engineer
9 16 (7.73%) Technical Specialist
9 16 (7.73%) Technical Support
9 16 (7.73%) Technical Support Engineer
10 15 (7.25%) IT Technician
11 14 (6.76%) Senior Network Engineer
12 13 (6.28%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (5.80%) IT Support Technician
13 12 (5.80%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.90%) Middleware
2 4 (1.93%) COM
2 4 (1.93%) DCOM
2 4 (1.93%) LDAP
3 2 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.48%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.14%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.83%) Clustering
2 10 (4.83%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.83%) Security Posture
3 8 (3.86%) IoT
3 8 (3.86%) Operational Technology
3 8 (3.86%) Smartphone
4 7 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.42%) Cyber Security Posture
6 5 (2.42%) PKI
7 4 (1.93%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.93%) Replication
7 4 (1.93%) Smartcard
8 3 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.97%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.97%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 96 (46.38%) Windows
2 52 (25.12%) Windows Server
3 32 (15.46%) Linux
4 14 (6.76%) Android
4 14 (6.76%) Apple iOS
5 13 (6.28%) Windows 10
6 7 (3.38%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.42%) Solaris
8 4 (1.93%) VMS
9 2 (0.97%) CentOS
9 2 (0.97%) Debian
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (28.02%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 42 (20.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (18.84%) ITIL
5 29 (14.01%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (12.08%) Customer Service
6 25 (12.08%) High Availability
6 25 (12.08%) Mentoring
7 24 (11.59%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (11.59%) Proactive Monitoring
8 21 (10.14%) Migration
9 17 (8.21%) Service Delivery
10 16 (7.73%) SIEM
11 15 (7.25%) Mobile Device Management
11 15 (7.25%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.25%) Vulnerability Management
12 13 (6.28%) Patch Management
13 12 (5.80%) Roadmaps
13 12 (5.80%) Technical Leadership
14 11 (5.31%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 40 (19.32%) SQL
2 34 (16.43%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.76%) Python
4 10 (4.83%) Bash
5 9 (4.35%) VBA
6 6 (2.90%) Bicep
7 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 27 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.56%) Degree
4 21 (10.14%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (9.66%) CCNP
6 13 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.83%) CISSP
8 9 (4.35%) A+ Certification
9 7 (3.38%) CCNA
10 6 (2.90%) CISM
11 5 (2.42%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.42%) MCITP
11 5 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.93%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (1.93%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.45%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (1.45%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.48%) CCIE
14 1 (0.48%) ISACA
14 1 (0.48%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.59%) SLA
2 12 (5.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.97%) NIST
4 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.48%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 76 (36.71%) Active Directory
2 48 (23.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.31%) vSphere
5 7 (3.38%) Docker
6 5 (2.42%) Firmware
6 5 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (5.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.35%) Terraform
3 8 (3.86%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.90%) Ansible
5 4 (1.93%) Galera Cluster
5 4 (1.93%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.45%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.97%) Grafana
7 2 (0.97%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.97%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.97%) Puppet
8 1 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.48%) Podman
Vendors
1 103 (49.76%) Microsoft
2 66 (31.88%) Cisco
3 52 (25.12%) VMware
4 17 (8.21%) Fortinet
5 16 (7.73%) Juniper
6 15 (7.25%) HP
7 14 (6.76%) Dell
7 14 (6.76%) Veeam
8 12 (5.80%) McAfee
9 10 (4.83%) Aruba
9 10 (4.83%) Meraki
9 10 (4.83%) Sophos
10 9 (4.35%) Logitech
10 9 (4.35%) SonicWALL
10 9 (4.35%) TOWER Software
11 5 (2.42%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.93%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.93%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.93%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.45%) ConnectWise