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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 62 38
Rank change year-on-year -64 -24 +46
Permanent jobs citing Firewall 141 211 491
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.36% 4.19% 4.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.83% 27.84% 33.04%
Number of salaries quoted 107 171 452
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £58,250 £53,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,000 £66,050 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -0.50%

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 1,596 758 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.37% 15.07% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 426 433 1,260
10th Percentile £26,125 £29,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,925 £32,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -4.61%

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 23 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 23 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 -44 86 £52,500 +16.67% 38
East Midlands -38 55 £35,000 -20.00% 30
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 (19.86%) SharePoint
2 19 (13.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.42%) CATIA
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (44.68%) Azure
2 61 (43.26%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (35.46%) Entra ID
4 18 (12.77%) AWS
5 8 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (4.26%) IaaS
6 6 (4.26%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.55%) GCP
7 5 (3.55%) SaaS
8 4 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.84%) Google Workspace
8 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.84%) PaaS
9 3 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.13%) Datadog
9 3 (2.13%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.42%) iPaaS
10 2 (1.42%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (38.30%) WAN
2 47 (33.33%) LAN
3 41 (29.08%) VPN
4 22 (15.60%) SD-WAN
5 21 (14.89%) DNS
6 18 (12.77%) Network Security
7 13 (9.22%) TCP/IP
8 12 (8.51%) DHCP
9 11 (7.80%) Wireless
10 10 (7.09%) VoIP
10 10 (7.09%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (6.38%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (6.38%) VLAN
12 7 (4.96%) IP Telephony
13 6 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (4.26%) Internet
13 6 (4.26%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (4.26%) WebEx
14 5 (3.55%) MPLS
14 5 (3.55%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) GIS
2 3 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.42%) MySQL
3 2 (1.42%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 31 (21.99%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.64%) Finance
3 8 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.67%) Telecoms
4 6 (4.26%) Manufacturing
4 6 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.84%) Law
5 4 (2.84%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.13%) Marketing
6 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.13%) Retail
7 1 (0.71%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 49 (34.75%) Support Engineer
2 36 (25.53%) IT Support
3 29 (20.57%) IT Engineer
3 29 (20.57%) IT Support Engineer
4 21 (14.89%) Senior
5 20 (14.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (13.48%) Technical Engineer
7 16 (11.35%) Analyst
8 15 (10.64%) Technical Support
8 15 (10.64%) Technical Support Engineer
9 14 (9.93%) Architect
10 13 (9.22%) Network Engineer
11 10 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support
11 10 (7.09%) Security Engineer
12 8 (5.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 8 (5.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (5.67%) Digital Architect
13 7 (4.96%) Senior Network Engineer
14 6 (4.26%) Help Desk Analyst
14 6 (4.26%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.18%) Driving Licence
2 19 (13.48%) Data Centre
3 9 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (5.67%) CCTV
5 7 (4.96%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.84%) Clustering
6 4 (2.84%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.13%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.13%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.13%) PKI
7 3 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.13%) SCADA
8 2 (1.42%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.42%) IoT
8 2 (1.42%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.42%) Replication
8 2 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.71%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 62 (43.97%) Windows
2 39 (27.66%) Windows Server
3 17 (12.06%) Linux
4 8 (5.67%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (3.55%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.84%) Android
7 4 (2.84%) Apple iOS
7 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.13%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.71%) CentOS
9 1 (0.71%) Debian
9 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.71%) VMS
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.11%) ITIL
1 34 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (19.15%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (16.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (15.60%) SIEM
5 17 (12.06%) Proactive Monitoring
6 13 (9.22%) Customer Service
7 12 (8.51%) Migration
8 11 (7.80%) High Availability
8 11 (7.80%) Mentoring
8 11 (7.80%) Service Delivery
9 9 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (6.38%) ITSM
9 9 (6.38%) Mobile Device Management
10 8 (5.67%) Impact Assessments
10 8 (5.67%) Incident Management
10 8 (5.67%) Time Management
10 8 (5.67%) TOGAF
11 7 (4.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.80%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.96%) SQL
3 2 (1.42%) Bash
4 1 (0.71%) Bicep
4 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.71%) VB
4 1 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (17.73%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (14.89%) Degree
3 18 (12.77%) CCNP
4 17 (12.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (12.06%) SC Cleared
4 17 (12.06%) Security Cleared
5 15 (10.64%) CCNA
6 7 (4.96%) MCSA
6 7 (4.96%) MCSE
6 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 6 (4.26%) A+ Certification
7 6 (4.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (4.26%) MCITP
8 5 (3.55%) CTC Cleared
8 5 (3.55%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.84%) CISSP
10 3 (2.13%) HND
11 2 (1.42%) CEH
11 2 (1.42%) GSEC
11 2 (1.42%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.60%) SLA
2 15 (10.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (9.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (6.38%) NIST
5 3 (2.13%) NIST 800
5 3 (2.13%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.42%) GDPR
System Software
1 58 (41.13%) Active Directory
2 42 (29.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (17.73%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.38%) vSphere
5 4 (2.84%) Terminal Services
5 4 (2.84%) XenApp
6 3 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.71%) Docker
8 1 (0.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (17.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.26%) Terraform
3 4 (2.84%) Ansible
3 4 (2.84%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.84%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.42%) CASB
4 2 (1.42%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (1.42%) Galera Cluster
4 2 (1.42%) Nessus
4 2 (1.42%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.71%) Puppet
5 1 (0.71%) QRadar
5 1 (0.71%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 63 (44.68%) Microsoft
2 61 (43.26%) Cisco
3 51 (36.17%) VMware
4 26 (18.44%) Juniper
5 16 (11.35%) Dell
5 16 (11.35%) Meraki
6 15 (10.64%) McAfee
7 11 (7.80%) Fortinet
7 11 (7.80%) HP
7 11 (7.80%) Veeam
8 8 (5.67%) Google
8 8 (5.67%) SonicWALL
9 7 (4.96%) Draytek
9 7 (4.96%) Mitel
9 7 (4.96%) WatchGuard
10 6 (4.26%) Aruba
11 5 (3.55%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.84%) Citrix
12 4 (2.84%) IBM
13 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow